I’m going to type & print this to put on my wall. 😅

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Equals consistent results😁

I've never made a visionboard ever. I absolutley agree with you on the newyear resulutions. Its like saying i'll start at 3pm but missing it with a minute and than: i'll start at 3.15. 12hour drives still boggle me. Im 2 countries over by than. "Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.- marcus aurelius" aka nature

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It took me a while to understand your vision board, but that's not your fault, I'm just sleep deprived which means my brain cells are slow. Anyhow, I'm glad 2024 included you making yourself happy.

I love the perspective you have behind resolutions and vision boards!

Not sure how big of a fan you are of the salt flats. There’s a side road just past the joshua tree that takes you about 15 miles off the main highway. No light pollution, perfect for meteor showers. We’ve gone several times and always enjoyed it.. heads up though, you’ll have to keep your speed around 15 miles per hour on the side road as it’s very rocky, we’ve had a couple flats for people trying to go too fast. Worth the isolation though.

Good evening, Sara! I enjoyed watching this vlog and hearing about the experiences you got to have. And I hope you're able to do some writing for Book #2 of "Project DE" this year at some point or start writing on another idea that comes to mind. I'm re-writing my Paranormal/Horror story right now because it didn't sound good with reading some of it. Anyway, have a goodnight with sweet dreams and happy writing. ❤

really splendid !take it easy. ))

Love the vision board! I'm also trying to hone in on that "doing more of what I loved in 2024" energy

Love your vision board Sara! The idea of including photos you took yourself is so cool. I definitely want to remember that the next time I make a vision board, maybe for my one in 2026! I did make one for 2025 and I am so in love with it (did it old school with cutting out images and phrases from magazines and gluing them on a poster board). I didn't have anything too much in mind while creating it; I let whatever I found guide me. But some turned out to be so wonderful and really resonated with me and what I am hoping for this year! And a lot of them are already coming true as well. My favorite things on my board are two sayings that I cut out. One is: "the best time to trust your instincts," which is something I am hoping to get better at this year. The other is (which I still can't believe I actually found!!): "and I was doing the writing" 🤩🥰

This video inspired me to make a vision board! I absolutely loved making it so thank you! I put some pictures about traveling and exploring the city I live in. A huge part of my board and goals for this year is building community so I put pictures about writing groups and book clubs. The other section of the board was about my goals to cook and bake more!

Morning that was a good vision broad and goal on 2025

I love this! I haven’t made a 2025 vision board yet as my 2024 vision board is still very accurate for where I want to be. But I did come up with the word “intentional” as my theme for the year. I want to be more intentional with my writing, my time, and where I put my energy. I also love using photos I’ve taken as it feels like you’re looking at a polished version of yourself instead of a stranger!

I am so hesitant to read or watch highly hyped content, but I am already hooked on Fourth Wing and I am only on Chapter 8. I have no idea what you are into bookwise, but I do believe it is well written, so hopefully it won't be a regretful read for you!

So glad to find this. Thank you. I watched her ads for this. She is brilliant.

And you , I, we, he, she, they, them, it, all know , you love doing said consequence very much 😁

This makes me want to keep track of the number of words I write dialy... but that's suck a pain in the ass ahhaha

My goal is usually just to write the next chapter I try not to think about the book as a whole otherwise it seems like a monumental task, and I get scared and don’t work on it.

This is a Godsend, I love working in service as a creative. I'm 23, dropped out of college after a couple of months both times I tried to attend and now am a customer services agent who coaches and trains (new) colleagues to become better. I have enjoyed becoming very, very good at what I do. The highly trained soft skills I developed while in this field were an unexpected aspect, that turned out to be the exact type of development I needed at that time as it fueled my confidence in myself as part of society. The thing you said about encountering stories is SO. REAL. A huge chunk of (published) fictional, storybased media are these mosaics of real life people, experiences, places, moods, atmospheres and stories, as told by the writers and poets that know how to. Artists are the translators of society's soul, which requires our storytellers to actually be a part of society apart from the creation of art. I'm leaving this job in august to move to Portugal for a year in september, hopefully joining the "Culinary Arts" program at a tourism school Lisbon. It's also in the field of service, but I'm instead following the dream I've had for years to be trained in a specific field of technical skill. I've always wanted to be trained as a chef but held off on it because I don't want to work as a professional chef (the lifestyle would never work for me I think, but I guess we will find out!). This year I decided to say fuck it and apply for the experience and the sake of following my heart and passion. I'm sketching out a rougher plan to getting into "higher" education after finishing the course to follow my passion for learning, researching and developing in fields that truly interest me. And after that? I might work in my field of expertise as a writer, professor, researcher or consultant. I might realize I'm done with the field at that point and go back into service at a "higher" level and in my personal time, live as a creator and a lover of life, stories and the arts. I most of all plan to enjoy the present and the process of learning academically, and developing soft/hard skills. Life is too juicy to not squeeze it until the last drop. Who knows where it takes me, but for now I am following my heart. I used to have this aching feeling of responsibility to "change the world", and I kind of am, in and from my square kilometer of the world. I won't know how big I can make an impact on the external, until I follow what lights me on fire internally.

I've noticed my mood can be negatively effected when my expected progress doesn't meet reality.

231,172. Wow, I have so much to say. First, congratulations!!!! Second, the fact that you or organized enough to keep track!! Third, fun fact, if you divide that number by 52 (as in 52 weeks) you get an angel number 444, so week by week, you are on the right path and have a solid foundation to build upon. And fourth, gee, I thought this video was kind of ... wordy. Okay #4 was uncalled for and terrible even by my low standards. I'll apologize and show myself out. 😁 Congrats Sara, I can't wait until DE is published!

Very cool, thank you !

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Those stats are amazing!! 2024 was a meh year for me drafting wise (restarted a project 7 times lmao, now we're in attempt 8), but I managed to get my poetry and short fiction accepted into two literary magazines, so ill call it a win!!

Good morning, Sara and Happy Friday! Happy 1st Birthday to your niece and I just watch the recent 2 videos you've posted due to rewriting my second story from beginning to end. I'm so happy for you with trying new things, getting a lot of hiking done as well as finishing the "Project DE" Edition 1 story. I also can't wait to watch your journey for Book 2 of Project DE when it's posted. Have a lovely day, happy writing and have a wonderful weekend. ❤❤❤

I don't even like to hype up any books that I think are good because I know other people might not have the same opinion as me lol

You have done incredibly this year!! Love seeing your journey x

Great video, as always! 2024 was a good year. I love looking back to see how far we've come. I started about 6 different projects last year, some anywhere from one chapter to 60 manuscript pages. I finished one draft at 123,000 words, which was a major win! Now, I'm balancing time between revisions and starting something new.

Where can I get a dragon necklace? CUTE!

Congratulations on a wildly successful 2024! Trackers can be funky like that and sell short the work you put in. Still a super impressive word count! Also love the sound of the 30/183 writing goal Some personal 2024 accomplishments: - Ran my first half marathon - Started DMing for the first time with a group of friends (hope you enjoy D&D!) - Finalized a 2-year long research article and applied for publication - Slogged through grad school apps

D&D, lucky. I've tried to learn to play that for years now. Hopefully, we can get some of your thoughts after you've played a few sessions in a future video.

I've decided to track my life a lot more this year. I've set up a few google sheets game boards with my goals. 😊

I'm so impressed you can work on so many projects at the same time. I'm a one WIP at a time kinda gal. I got over 360K words - all in first drafts. It was the best writing year of my life, obviously. 😃 This year, I'm finishing my current WIP and then digging into revisions for my 3 book series (which is what I wrote last year).

your friend invited you to a d&d campaign. or they tricked you into doing maths. is this person really your friend? I'm not sure friends make friends do maths.

I will try this method but instead of chapters I'm using 3 act story structure beats as a timeline. With 3-4 pov's and 3 manor plots throughout the whole series the beats will fall in different places And my (half plotter half) pantser mind can't figure out the beats when I just free wrote the first book

Getting beta readers is the hardest part 😭

What an awesome series. I just finished all 5 parts, and it was so helpful. The tips, ideas, and your own experience show the passion you have for this. I will be using these videos to help finish the story I've been stuck writing. Send a big thank you!

I think the "time away from your project" is extraordinarily important, and an awesome tip! I've found it to be true with other creative endeavors (i.e., piano, sketching) that taking time away really helps your brain focus back in on the important pieces

I think I've been following you for about 2 years now. I can tell by the way you present yourself that you have developed tremendously through the completion of that last draft of DE. And in this entire five-part series it looks like you sincerely enjoy what you're doing, you come across as an expert on it, and there is a lot of joy that is conveyed in the message. It's really cool to see that within you and I look forward to what unfolds next for you! 🐉

This video is so helpful and I'll definitely rewatch this when I get to the revision stage of my book. I just have one question if you could answer? How do you go about finding trustworthy beta readers? Especially if you don't have many friends to read your book, like me. I only have 1 friend and that's obviously not enough 😅

I don't ever want to live in a big city again, but if I did, I wouldn't mind a view like that. WOW.

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Hunting for weasel words with the CTRL+F function is one of the most satisfying things about editing, as is discovering how many weak words I use or abuse. I color "finished" paragraphs in green, continuity errors in yellow, and mechanical concerns in blue. I place symbols at certain beats of the story so I can CTRL+F for a dollar sign or a percent sign to help me jump effortlessly between sections without a lot of excess scrolling. But reading one's work aloud is seriously a game changer. We write to appease our eyes, or secretly, our high-school English teachers. Reading it aloud--slowly, like an audiobook and with feeling; don't drone on like a freshman reading Shakespeare--tells you where the words trip or fumble, where sentences run on too long or where the reader might stumble. I think of writing as coding a simulation. The end result should be a flawless program, with no breaks from reality. The reader forgets they are reading.

no way, its actually on a monday 😃 the best part is coming up with all the different ideas and interactions. making it one coherent story is a complete other tale