today i attended Reedsy’s “Writing a Short Story” online workshop hosted by writer Shaelin Bishop.

i’ve been a big fan of Shaelin’s youtube channel since last fall and love her perspective on fiction writing. (and her short story “Cherry and Jane in the Garden of Eden” is one of the most beautiful and evocative pieces i’ve read in a while—check it out here in The Puritan.)

this workshop was such a great round-up of her advice and reminded me of something i jotted in my notebook last September while watching another one of her videos:

i recommend starting with “15 Tips for Writing Better Short Stories!” and then working through the entire “Short Stories” playlist on the ShaelinWrites channel.