How to Write a Short Story (for BEGINNERS) | 4 Easy Steps

Do you want to learn how to write a short story (as a complete beginner)? This video is for you! In this writing advice video, I share my EASY 4-step method for writing bulletproof short stories!

- READ JASMINE'S BROWS & CUTS: https://bit.ly/3VBifwv
- READ MY OTHER PUBLISHED SHORT STORIES: https://bit.ly/3CYT7Y1
- A GIANT LIST OF MY FAVOURITE SHORT STORIES (free to read online): https://bit.ly/3utRaiH

QUESTIONS FOR YOU:
1. Have you written a short story before? How did it go? If you have not, would you? Why or why not?
2. What do YOU think the most important part of a short story is?
3. What's your favourite short story?

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:17 - 4 basic components of a short story
0:30 - 1. Character in particular predicament
1:02 - What is a theme?
1:46 - 2. Event unrolls that disrupts this predicament
2:40 - 3. Event peaks
3:25 - 4. Final revelation changes the predicament
5:41 - "But my character isn't SUPPOSED to change"
6:33 - Outro

CONNECT WITH ME:
Twitter:   / rachellwrites​​​​​  
Instagram:   / rachelxwrites  
Website: https://bit.ly/3rq2vz5
Tumblr: https://bit.ly/3BhAtK3
Pinterest: http://bit.ly/2qdKsyM​​​​​

MY STORIES:
→ "The Species is Dead" in Minola Review: https://bit.ly/3wEnkqE
→ "Mama Lives in My Mouth" in Young Voices: https://bit.ly/3yRzBKg
→ "Primary Organs" in The Malahat Review: https://bit.ly/2Tl0yWu​​​​ & read an excerpt: https://bit.ly/3fzSQR1
→ "The Wolf-Antelope Will Not Come for Us" in filling Sation: https://bit.ly/2UhCxjH
→ "Where to Run When the Lamb Roars" in The Temz Review: https://bit.ly/3GN246M
→ "Fig" in Fractured Lit: https://fracturedlit.com/fig/
→ "Jasmine’s Brows and Cuts,” in The Puritan, https://bit.ly/3mBsPDA
→ “Slaughter the Animal” in The New Quarterly, https://bit.ly/3BURVqb
→ “Eat Well” in CAROUSEL, forthcoming

MY POETRY:
→ "We sell skin on sale" in Augur Magazine (poetry): https://bit.ly/3vBvQH3
→ "the drive-up microphone at burger king" in carte blanche:
https://bit.ly/3sm6RoE​​​​​
→ "A burial" in The Fiddlehead: https://bit.ly/3oMU7ID
→ "The night my mother learns to use the bus" in The Fiddlehead: https://bit.ly/3oMU7ID
→ “What’s the difference between good and god” in CV2 https://bit.ly/3y9WXwT
→ “At night, I rest my limbs in water and search for my mother’s father’s mother’s mother’s tongue” in Augur Magazine, forthcoming
→ "My Wolf Lives on the Windowsill" in Grain Magazine: [print only]

ABOUT ME
Hi y'all! I'm Rachel, a 21-year-old writer from Toronto. I've been writing for eight years and am in my final year of my BA in creative writing. On my channel, rachel writes, I document my writing journey and try to post once a week (usually on Fridays).

DISCLAIMER:
I'm only one writer, and approach each video from my experience/expertise. While I make content like writing advice videos on this channel, it's important to me that my viewers ultimately write in the way that best resonates with them. :)

ASK ME ANYTHING: https://bit.ly/34wRv7u

Music by Mark Generous - Harrys Car Wash - https://thmatc.co/?l=E26C240C
Outro: This is not a joke by Monplaisir

My equipment:
→ Camera: Sony ZV1
→ Vlog mic: Rode Video Micro
→ Sit-down mic: Blue Yeti OR Blue Snowball iCE
→ Editor: Premiere Pro

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