My Favourite Writing Techniques
These are a few of my favourite things.
REALTED VIDEOS:
→Realism in Fiction: • Reality in Fiction | Writing Tips
→The Ultimate Guide to POV: • The Ultimate Guide to Tense & Point of Vie...
→How to Write in 2nd Person POV: • Video
→Writing Morally Ambiguous Characters: • Writing Morally Ambiguous Characters | Wri...
→BLM petitions, donations, and resources (updating list): https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co / https://blacklivesmattercanada.carrd.co
→Anti-Racism Resource Guide: https://allyresourceguide.com
→Issues in the World (updating): https://issuesintheworld.carrd.com
MY SHORT FICTION:
☾"I Will Never Tell You This" in The Puritan: http://puritan-magazine.com/never-tel...
☾"Solarium" in Minola Review: http://www.minolareview.com/shaelin-b...
☾"Barefoot" in The Fiddlehead [print only]: https://thefiddlehead.ca/issue/282
☾"Wishbone" in PRISM international [print only]: http://prismmagazine.ca/2020/04/19/pr...
☾"Wishbone" video reading: https://vimeo.com/420052282
☾"Cherry and Jane in the Garden of Eden" in The Puritan: http://puritan-magazine.com/cherry-an...
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:49 - Verbing nouns
1:57 - Characters who know they shouldn't want their goal
2:30 - Relationships that don't act as they should
3:48 - High or dreamy realism
5:06 - 3rd person present tense
6:12 - 1st person retrospective
6:53 - 1st person referral
8:20 - Atmospheric tension
9:20 - Unhinged narrators
10:00 - Similes
10:50 - Anaphora and repetition
11:23 - Lists
11:46 - Colour palette
12:33 - Juxtaposing beauty and disgust
13:18 - Highlighting discomfort
13:35 - Anatomy and physicality
MORE WRITING TIPS: • Writing Tips
WRITING VLOGS: • Writing Vlogs
WRITING CHATS & DISCUSSIONS: • Writing & Authortube Discussions
BOOK REVIEWS: • Recent Reads
Check out more writing and publishing videos from me over @Reedsy!: / @reedsy
OUTRO MUSIC: "l u v t e a [acoustic]" by Autumn Keys
SOCIAL
Tumblr: / shaelinwrites
Ask me anything: http://shaelinwrites.tumblr.com/ask
Twitter: / shaelinbishop
Instagram: / shaelinbishop
Goodreads: / shaelin-bishop