Conceptualizing a Short Story | Short Fiction Deep Dive #1

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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