Conceptualizing a Short Story | Short Fiction Deep Dive #1

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Today we're starting a deep dive into short fiction! Over the next four videos, we'll be taking a detailed look into crafting a short story. In this first video, we'll talk about the elements of a short story and how to conceptualize your story. In later videos, we'll cover how to draft a short story, how to edit a short story, and finally how to publish your short fiction and the different publishing options out there.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - How long is a short story?
1:26 - Short stories vs novels
4:08 - Creating your concept
5:30 - Character
9:04 - Plot & conflict
11:50 - Form
13:08 - Setting
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@rev6215 2 жыл бұрын

Your short story content is so vital to my soul. No one on authortube really talks about short stories except you🖤

@haroldgodwinson4674 2 жыл бұрын

She's articulate and I find her confidence a real inspiration.

@rev6215 2 жыл бұрын

@@haroldgodwinson4674 The ever thing I notice about her was her confidence

@reborngreatnesss5712 2 жыл бұрын

@@rev6215 facts pure facts

@Kaitaritz2013 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing, there’s so little content on short stories out there. You’ve helped me so much already, truly. I have all your main points from your videos written down in my notes and refer to it often.

@raelyles8872 2 жыл бұрын

It seems each time I need help with a topic, you just seem to know. So helpful!

@paulapoetry 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I am so grateful for these videos about short fiction. I actually love the 900 to 1.5k word range. I know it's a difficult length to place, as it falls into the grey area between flash fiction and regular short stories, but it's my favourite length to write. 😀❤

@Dunamis_010 Жыл бұрын

This vid is FULL of great advice! Thanks Shaelin!

@ariekanibalie Жыл бұрын

My goodness, your videos are so jam-packed with valuable information. More importantly, they inspire me to have another crack at writing some short-form yarns of my own.

@Mrdogthecreatorsmom Жыл бұрын

This was short and sweet 😉 I always learn so much from your videos!

@tmc1373 2 жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT VIDEO, very well explained!!

@chadsimmons4496 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing. Just about to dive into some fairy-taling. Thanks for the video.

@MEXTguide_yoyo 2 ай бұрын

this was a great watch for me, thanks so much for making this. the advice made sense even to me whose experience with writing only goes as far as keeping a journal on the day to day. But I have a small interest in fiction and short fiction in particular and before I bury it for good I want to see if I can nurture it into something. so this channel and video in particular was very informative for my deliberate start into the realm of short story writing

@wendysmith7639 8 ай бұрын

Truly useful, I especially like the encouragement to write freely and not be plot bound.

@human.yoohoo4646 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!

@deanthonyparks9393 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for making these videos I hope you never stop🤙🏾🔥❤️

@zerujah 2 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@maxinejarrett7077 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@sergentjonnas7190 7 ай бұрын

Wow! So educative.

@battlefieldcustoms873 9 ай бұрын

I finished and self published my first novel its 286 pages and a historical fiction genre. I spent years developing and hashing out historical accuracy and characters and I have felt confident but an always learning. Now these videos are so well done I am not only subbing but will be binging your whole channel as I branch into other genres and projects for the future.

@englishlanguage7153 2 жыл бұрын

I love your style

@sanamir9886 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful ❤

@gdstrike8623 2 жыл бұрын

:) Great!

@billtippery1359 2 жыл бұрын

I'm just starting out the process to convert from scene writing, which I have always done to fiction that is ready to publish. Several authors have recommended me to concentrate on short stories and that's cool. My question is, other than enter contests, what do you do with short stories? Is there a market for personal anthologies in which several short stories in similar genres are packaged for publication? Don't get me wrong, I like writing for its own sake but feel so much better when I can share my stories. Oh, did I mention that I'm 67 years old so starting on a ten-year journey to my first published work (outside of contests) is not very appealing.

@bennbarbin5440 2 жыл бұрын

quality over quantity. exactly. i focus a lot on word choice, too, for variation.

@TheJlbrown 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@noot4213 2 жыл бұрын

For a future video, can you break down a short/micro you wrote in the past

@dinascott8815 2 жыл бұрын

I love your videos. They are very good. I wish you spoke a bit slower. I have to watch them several times to catch it all. Thanks for your hard work!

@theitchuk 2 жыл бұрын

Change the playback speed (settings control). Works wonders on fast talkers.

@shivamgautam949 2 жыл бұрын

So let me cross-check to what she said about conceptualizing a short story part. An extract of it. For instance, i want to write a story about three kids from different backgrounds of society who become friends. In a novel - I will try to dive deep into their lives, past, family, traits first and then proceed further into creating a story. As elaborately i can. But in short story - I will just explain here & there about their personalities, their characters and further pick an event that they all three become a part of & go along to finish my short story? Is that how it goes? An aspiring young writer from India. 🙏

@markforster6457 Жыл бұрын

I have a great idea for a shory story but I'm having trouble figuring out the payoff. I really need your help, please. How do I reach out to you? Thank you and thank you for your library of videos! They are so helpful.

@haroldgodwinson4674 2 жыл бұрын

New aspiring writer here. Gotta tell ya, this video has been such an inspiration. Thank you.

@haroldgodwinson4674 2 жыл бұрын

@Samara Hamilton Thank you for the gentle encouragement, but I plan to begin writing next week. Signed A. New (aspiring writer)

@SteveJubs 2 жыл бұрын

As a queer writer of short stories myself, these videos are so valuable! Also your haircuts just get cuter and cuter and I am so here for it.

@slevinchannel7589 2 жыл бұрын

Reedsy? Can we talk about Power-Systems/Magicsystems? Got time for that?

@Reedsy 2 жыл бұрын

We've got a video on magic systems!

@bcbcrklvlogs1906 2 жыл бұрын

Complete this There was a girl in the town Who wears a crown

@user-ud6ob2kj6h 4 ай бұрын

I Think in every person life so many events has been happening in our life , which some events become very memorable for us for ever . My one one coincidence is also my one best memorable events of my best experience in my life , It is story about my best one coincidence events. May I write about something.

@brycesonflowers8758 2 жыл бұрын

First

@vanbraxton8422 27 күн бұрын

Can you teach without the background music? I want to listen to you, not the music , ( not being negative) just a question, do a survey, ask ur Audience to put 1 in the comments if they like the music or 2 if they don't want the music😊

@billwatters4833 5 ай бұрын

Out of the mouths of babes. !!! How old is this person? Is she drawing on personal experience? Is she not simply reiterating scholarly stuff written by older and established writers?