6 Misconceptions I Had About Writing Craft

Опубликовано: 11 Октябрь 2025
на канале: ShaelinWrites
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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...
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:56 - 'Natural' dialogue
2:29 - Sacrificing quality for 'realism'
3:50 - Lacking concrete character detail
4:52 - Not understanding POV
9:00 - Thinking more emotion was better
10:13 - Thinking likability was the most important character quality

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