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://ex-puritan.ca/jasmines-brows-and-cuts - 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: https://twitter.com/rachellwrites Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/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 #authortube