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  1. Story_Marc

    Structuring a Vignette

    This is something I've been seriously looking forward to and worked out about two weeks ago. I was obsessing over all kinds of things I once couldn't right, finding the pattern, and when it made sense to me at last, this all started clicking. I'll get on top of releasing each of the vignette...
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    Scenes and Vignettes

    These are two different things, had to go way more into detail because of a few who didn't get it. Also showcased a bit more on what I had to say on story scope, so small preview of that.
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    Why Write Vignettes: What The Audience Gets Out Of It

    Wanted to release this yesterday, but behind-the-scenes peek, I actually split this away from my script on the psychology since it's its own thing. Glad I did, given what I was able to realize along the way when adjusting this script. Anyway, hopefully this is another useful piece in things for...
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    The Psychology of Vignettes

    First video for this week, I go into more on "why" vignettes function as they do! I have a couple of things I plan to hit up this week regarding this masterclass, though next week's entries are the ones I'm most hyped about. Regardless, this elaborates further on how I figured things out, what...
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    How to Create Vignettes

    Newest video, tackling vignettes more! I'm actually really fascinated with these given how much they can be used for various things and how much they are around without as much commentary on it. I'll do more case studies soon though, plus more practice. This is what I've worked out so far.
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    A Story vs. A Vignette: The Difference

    When working on all the short story work, I got really interested in studying vignettes more. It greatly impacted my understanding of writing and helped me recognize a serious mistake I made across different works. So, continuing to expand my toolkit and so forth resulted in this! I have a bit...
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    How to Avoid Confusing a Short Story with a Vignette

    And this completes everything I've been doing with short stories! At least what I've been doing for now. I have a lot I wish to do now beyond this, so moving on. When working on this, I got obsessed with vignettes and then scope, so that'll be some of topics I'm on next. Anyway, hopefully all...
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    Short Story Feels Flat? Watch this!

    Newest video, one left in the series I've been on! Also, trying out the new aesthetic I've been building in the background for slides, curious what anybody thinks.
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    Short story endings feels unearned?

    Newest one, addressing this problem! Almost done with all of this and can switch to some other stuff that's been on my mind lately.
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    Is your short story seen as incomplete? Here's why!

    Newest video, nearly done with this set. And yes, I'm aware of what happened at the end, stupid thing didn't save what I input on volume before exporting. -.-
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    Did someone say your short story is confusing? If so, watch this!

    Alright, reached the halfway point in this series of diagnostic videos! I've 4 more to go, will release all of those next week before moving onto the next project.
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    Does Your Short Story Feel Gimmicky? Watch This!

    Next video, tackling the problem of gimmicky short stories! I'll release another tomorrow and 4 more next week. Going to see what I can do to sustain 4 videos a week for a bit, since the current methodology is working for me mostly. I still need to find a bit of personal writing time, but I DO...
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    Issues with story predictability? Watch this!

    I focused this on the short story, but this touch more into the wider diagnosis. Though I want to go much deeper into what I touched on at the beginning with regards to predictability in its own video beyond the short story. Anyway, hope this helps and that this format is working well for...
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    Does your short story feel pointless? Here's the problem.

    So, over the last week I created a whole diagnostic of the many issues I've noticed with these and how to solve them. I'm going to be releasing it across the rest of April before I shift focus to serials and series. It's just important to do this first because people who can't handle the micro...
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    Short Story Case Study: Sherlock Holmes

    I put this together as a follow-up to breaking down how short stories work, with this as a more episodic example. Plus wanted to give a clear case study, just spreading stuff out more. I've another which will probably release tomorrow or Thursday -- we'll see, depends on what I do today. Anyway...
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    Secret Tips for Short Fiction

    One simple, quick tip I build on and forth here! Fourth video I made this week, getting more and more into the flow lately with new setup. Hope this can help!
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    When Should You Create Short Stories -- The Five Problems Short Stories Solve

    Newest entry in all this work I've been doing focused on shortform, regarding when it should be done. With webnovelist types, this is particularly useful given stuff I plan to discuss soon with series and serials. Regardless, hopefully this helps and adds to what I've been doing lately.
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    How to Create Short Stories

    The newest one I put together, working through what clicked with me when writing short stories and getting the format down. Next one will be on "when should you write short stories" since I don't feel it should inherently be used as a tool. I view it as a solution to a specific set of problems...
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    Why Writers Should Write Short Stories

    Alright, back at things in full! I have a lot of videos setup now since I refined my workflow and am able to just relax and make smaller things quicker and so on. Can thank short stories for one of these reasons. They're surprisingly great for handling burnout, as I mention in another video I'll...
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    Why Many Artist Fail (and How To Avoid That Fate)

    As I bring up in the video, artist counts for not just visual creators, but anyone who fits the definition of an artist I mention in it. So if you're an author, you're an artist. Just a subclass of artist. Anyway, this one helped me get down a lot and the result of clarifying a lot of thinking...
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