Short Story Publishing Rights & Do Short Stories Need a Theme? | Short Fiction Q&A

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MY SHORT FICTION:
☾I Will Never Tell You This - The Puritan: http://puritan-magazine.com/never-tel...
☾Solarium - Minola Review: http://www.minolareview.com/shaelin-b...
☾Barefoot - The Fiddlehead [print only]: https://thefiddlehead.ca/issue/282
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☾Wishbone - video reading: https://vimeo.com/420052282
☾Cherry and Jane in the Garden of Eden - The Puritan: http://puritan-magazine.com/cherry-an...
☾Hold Me Under Till I See the Light - The New Quarterly: https://tnq.ca/story/hold-me-under-ti...
☾Beautiful Animal - Room: https://roommagazine.com/issues/twine
☾Zugzwang - Plenitude: https://plenitudemagazine.ca/zugzwang/

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - intro
0:42 - should you pants or plot?
1:46 - how do you stick to one project?
3:07 - nothing happens stories
4:08 - when should you revise after being rejected?
6:06 - what to do with a new idea
7:49 - short story submission 101
8:51 - knowing which journals are a good fit
11:26 - can you submit a previously published story?
12:43 - finding magazines to submit to
13:08 - losing touch with your voice while editing
14:53 - how to come up with short story ideas
15:35 - short story publishing rights
17:26 - unreliable narrators
18:33 - do all stories have a theme?
20:57 - can you write short stories while writing a novel?
21:28 - prioritizing which stories to write
23:06 - where to find a workshop
25:06 - are some genres better suited to short fiction?

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