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: - READ MY OTHER PUBLISHED SHORT STORIES: - A GIANT LIST OF MY FAVOURITE SHORT STORIES (free to read online): 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: ​​​​​ Instagram: Website: Tumblr: Pinterest: ​​​​​ MY STORIES: → "The Species is Dead" in Minola Review: → "Mama Lives in My Mouth" in Young Voices: → "Primary Organs" in The Malahat Review: ​​​​ & read an excerpt: → "The Wolf-Antelope Will Not Come for Us" in filling Sation: → "Where to Run When the Lamb Roars" in The Temz Review: → "Fig" in Fractured Lit: → "Jasmine’s Brows and Cuts,” in The Puritan, → “Slaughter the Animal” in The New Quarterly, → “Eat Well” in CAROUSEL, forthcoming MY POETRY: → "We sell skin on sale" in Augur Magazine (poetry): → "the drive-up microphone at burger king" in carte blanche: ​​​​​ → "A burial" in The Fiddlehead: → "The night my mother learns to use the bus" in The Fiddlehead: → “What’s the difference between good and god” in CV2 → “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: Music by Mark Generous - Harrys Car Wash - 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