Reality in Fiction | Writing Tips

In which I take huge liberties with the things Wikipedia taught me in order to make sense of this brain-melting inception writing craft topic.

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:59 - Grounded Realism
3:01 - Realism
3:49 - High Realism
4:33 - Surrealism
5:48 - Magical Realism and Fabulism
8:09 - Low Fantasy
9:37 - High Fantasy
10:11 - Controlling Realism
14:54 - Why It Matters

MY SHORT FICTION:
☾ "I Will Never Tell You This" in The Puritan: http://puritan-magazine.com/never-tel...
☾"Solarium" in Minola Review: http://www.minolareview.com/shaelin-b...
☾"Barefoot" in The Fiddlehead [print]: https://thefiddlehead.ca/issue/282
☾"Wishbone" in PRISM international [print]: http://prismmagazine.ca/2020/04/19/pr...
☾"Wishbone" video reading: https://vimeo.com/420052282
☾"Cherry and Jane in the Garden of Eden" in The Puritan: http://puritan-magazine.com/cherry-an...

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