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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