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@Larwill-OmniGothic-NeoFuturist 3 сағат бұрын

If you are trying to write at the same time as looking after a small child I would advise to make the child your main focus. Kids grow up and become their own people much faster than a new parent can ever realize when you are in the middle of those child rearing years. I was the one who stayed at home with my babies and I found that the demands of being a caregiver (focused on the needs of others) was not giving me the periods of uninterrupted mental space to be able to sink into a writing project to the extent I needed. Instead of being increasingly frustrated I decided to focus on the caregiver role and I put the writing aside at that time. At first staying at home with the kids and writing seemed like an ideal situation. However, three kids and a spouse to look after 24/7 took all the energy I had. For myself putting the writing aside was the right choice for myself at that time. Instead of the kids being a demand taking me away from something they became a joy. When I write I need to shut out the external world. Hence in the long term I have become an old hermit alone in the Canadian woods. A different personality might be able to balance multiple demands better, still the advice I would give is when young, the child is the main priority as it will grow up and leave you before you know it. Words will always be there waiting to be born into new forms. Kids will teach you how to respond to demands, so respond to them and try to keep writing as a break and a space for yourself. For now don’t let writing be too much of an added demand and pressure to succeed. Of course for a poet the idea of a “successful poet” is an oxymoron anyway.

@asifuddin1543 2 күн бұрын

Thank you so much❤

@piotr77669 7 күн бұрын

Interesting video, can't wait for a Japan trip vlog!

@sarahwrites95 4 күн бұрын

Thanks for the comment! I have plans for some general living in Japan vlog style videos in the new year. Keep an eye out for those in the future 😊

@mikoro1824 9 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for posting this video. It was very helpful. New subscriber here

@sarahwrites95 4 күн бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you found the video helpful 😊

@DM_Playz 13 күн бұрын

What are some of your works? Would really love to check them out 😊 BTW love the vid.

@sarahwrites95 4 күн бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed the video! At the moment I have one historical-fantasy romance novella published under a pen name (it’s a little bit old now), but my full length works aren’t published yet! If you’re interested in checking out my novella feel free to send me a PM on any of my social media and I can give you a link to it :)

@digitalmarketing-youtubeexpert 15 күн бұрын

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@northyhobbies 17 күн бұрын

Thanks! Have been looking for an alternative to scrivener that was on more platforms and didn't store everything in a single file, this looks like a great alternative

@sarahwrites95 16 күн бұрын

I’m glad the video helped!

@Ruwei_Lan 18 күн бұрын

Thanks so much ❤ your amazing when i downloaded it, it felt like my brain was in overload and i didnt know what to do first time using any app on PC for writing cause i normally just write on my phone but wanted a better writing habit and environment so here i am. 😅😊 thanks again you made it so much more easy to understand 😊😂 . Much love and God bless ❤

@sarahwrites95 18 күн бұрын

Thank you! I’m so glad my video was of some help for you 🙏

@piotr77669 24 күн бұрын

Came from the Kishotenketsu video, wanted to see if you have other, similar videos. I can totally see you becoming another great "somewhat niche video esssay channel". Have you considered branching out into analyses/explanations of various literary works? Also, this video is really good, but it could use being a bit more dynamic. Maybe more in-depth examples or some more infographics? I highly recommend the "Talk like TED" book, it contains a lot of really useful pointers

@sarahwrites95 24 күн бұрын

Thank you! I do have plans for analysis videos, but that’s a bit further into the future. Thank you for all of your advice, too!

@piotr77669 24 күн бұрын

You have really good japanese pronunciation, especially given that you are (presumably) a native English speaker I think that the kishotenketsu could actually be really useful when it comes to short horror stories. I feel like too many writers skip the "development" part, which makes the twist a bit.. jarring Edit: You said it at the end, nevermind

@sarahwrites95 24 күн бұрын

Thank you! I am a native English speaker, but I’ve studied and spoken Japanese for more than 10 years now and work as a Japanese to English translator in Japan.

@piotr77669 24 күн бұрын

@sarahwrites95 That is really impressive! I often see many native English speakers who are fluent in Japanese but still pronounce it english-y (You know, Arigatou Gozaimasu except the ri is read like in rigatoni; tou as toe; go as go!; su as sue. Basically like Shean Connery in that one movie?). I'm currently starting my 3rd year learning Japanese and it's a pain, even though it shares plenty of sounds with my native language (Polish, aside from ふ and ん). Do you have any advice on learning the pitch accent?

@sarahwrites95 22 күн бұрын

Oh man, the pitch accent is a pain, even for Japanese people. The best thing you can do is listen to native speakers and try to copy it like by listening to Japanese radio or watching Japanese shows (understanding of what’s said doesn’t really matter when you’re just trying to get better at pronunciation), but even within Japan a lot of the pitch accents for words actually varies by region, and it’s only very rarely that a word’s meaning relies on the accent. The most important thing to be careful with is making sure you properly lengthen sounds when they need to be and try not to omit any glottal stops (the small つ) when they’re needed.

@Nikki-rq2qg 26 күн бұрын

Hi Sarah! Thanks for sharing this! The history of kishotenketsu (and the comparison to johakyu) was especially fun to hear. I was curious, though, because I'd heard that a lot of Miyazaki's films follow the kishotenketsu format (I'm sure I'd heard it about Totoro, but I also think I remember Spirited Away as another example)? I guess I wonder if these are contrary examples, or if these films, despite being feature length, are still more like shorter stories? In either case, I'll look forward to your upcoming videos :)

@sarahwrites95 25 күн бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed the video! So Miyazaki as well as a lot of other famous Japanese directors and also game developers are very well known in Japan for using the structure in their works (Shigeru Miyamoto from Nintendo is a great example!). These days as I said, the structure is basically utilised as the basis for all narrative structures in Japan and a good deal of other East Asian countries, despite its original use as a poetic structure. The only problem with trying to analyse and define feature length stories with the structure is that a lot of the ‘in between’ events and beats and whatnot aren’t defined within the structure, which can make analysis difficult, but that doesn’t mean that the creators didn’t base their narrative around it. There’s been studies that show that those familiar with the structure but not a western narrative structure are easily able to analyse texts that use the kishotenketsu structure, but not the Western structure, and vice versa. I personally find that kishotenketsu taken at face value suits shorter narratives and is easier to understand that way, but it’s true that Japanese long form narratives are most often based on this structure too.

@realyoyoweb 26 күн бұрын

I would rather say that using Ki Sho Ten Ketsu, you can easily have stories with no conflict. But it doesn't exclude having one. For example: In old times, copying information by hand was necessary. Some mistakes were made. Copying machines made it possible to make quick and accurate copies. Traveling by car saves time, but you don't get much impression of the local beauty. Walking makes it a lot easier to appreciate nature close up. Although photocopying is easier, copying by hand is sometimes better, because the information stays in your memory longer and can be used later.

@unnamed_account663 27 күн бұрын

Would this include something where a conflict is "introduced" as a base like a more conventional story telling, but the plot twist ends up showing that the original conflict is not actually the conflict and there is a more important or more real conflict and the original one actually does not matter?

@sarahwrites95 27 күн бұрын

If you mean would that count as being a kishotenketsu structure, I think you could say so, yes. Even though the structure doesn't include the idea of presenting a conflict or question in the first act, that's not the same as saying that you MUSTN'T have any conflict. It might be good in this case to think of the Ten (twist) as a "shifting the goal posts" moment. I think doing something like this, where you mix more conventional story beats to fill out the weaker parts of kishotenketsu is a good way to adapt it to long-form narratives. It can be difficult to do this effectively though, because you run the risk of betraying reader expectations when they spend the majority of a story invested in one conflict only to be told with a twist that none of that was actually what mattered. But that's more to do with how to set up and write plot twists effectively than a problem with the structure itself.

@unnamed_account663 27 күн бұрын

@@sarahwrites95 Yes, that is what I meant. I can only think of 1 long form story that did this. I'm sure I've seen more but I can't think of them right of this moment, but as you said, it most likely will lead to a sense of betrayal toward the reader. Which, funny enough was the whole point of that one story I'm thinking of, which even though it leads to betraying the reader can result in some good story telling because of that very fact.

@PeebeesPet 27 күн бұрын

Here we go with yet another fundamentally Chinese concept being referred to and thought of as Japanese. Just like Zen, Ramen, Go etc. Just more Japanese fetishism.

@sarahwrites95 27 күн бұрын

This is a channel for discussing writing and the craft of writing. Your way of thinking about the way things and concepts are shared and adapted across cultures throughout history is narrow minded and fundamentally wrong in a lot of ways too (Japanese Zen is not the same as Chinese, neither is Japanese ramen the same as lamian. Having origins in one place does not mean a thing or concept can only belong to that one locality). Please be civil and stay on topic.

@Larwill-OmniGothic-NeoFuturist 27 күн бұрын

Good luck with your channel and writing.

@sarahwrites95 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@Larwill-OmniGothic-NeoFuturist 27 күн бұрын

@@sarahwrites95 You are very welcome. It is always interesting to hear about something you hadn't heard about before and you did a good job of it.

@shbsuri 27 күн бұрын

The Chinese novel bandits of the marsh uses this structure. There is a ton of conflict in that novel.

@PeebeesPet 27 күн бұрын

The concept is used everywhere, from poetry to prose in China.

@sarahwrites95 27 күн бұрын

Yeah, this structure is a corner-stone of East Asian narrative structures, and though it’s now often far removed from its original purpose as a structure for four line poetry and used as a base for long-form fiction, you’ll find that it will at least in some way inform how plot is handled in the vast majority of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean fiction.

@natMcil 28 күн бұрын

Did movie/manga Look Back include kishotenketsu comic strips?

@sarahwrites95 27 күн бұрын

I haven’t watched or read it, but from what I’m aware of yes! 4 panel comics are an important motif and plot device in Look Back.

@natMcil 27 күн бұрын

@@sarahwrites95 Thanks!

@TouhenWan 28 күн бұрын

Love your video, I want to learn some Japanese through the English I have just learned in the past few years.

@stephanerichard3979 Ай бұрын

I decided to write a few week ago. but I'm not yet sure what i want to write about. not sure yes i like fantasy, all levels, scifi of course. horror, most definitely. I've written in the past, more on programming and computer stuff. so really it's an open world for me. i have no idea which on to try first. I just knoe that it is time. so i joined your you tube channel to get inspired, to grow, and to learn.

@sarahwrites95 Ай бұрын

It can seem pretty daunting when there’s so many different genres and stories you want to write, but the most important thing to do is start. I hope there’s at least some points in my videos that can help you on your writing journey!

@jenniperl Ай бұрын

Thank you for this video!! It was extremely helpful :)

@undetectedviper1121 Ай бұрын

nice tutorial, the othher tutorial was milenial ago lol

@sarahwrites95 Ай бұрын

Thanks! That’s why I made this video, since the other videos out there for yWriter are mostly outdated.

@marcowrites1 Ай бұрын

Very informative and helpful. This video brought much clarity. I will keep all this in mind🙂

@sarahwrites95 Ай бұрын

You're very welcome! I'm glad it was of help 😄

@marcowrites1 Ай бұрын

@sarahwrites95 Good luck on your KZbin/Writing Journey🙌

@BrianBorderline Ай бұрын

thank you from italy, i'm going to write my book now also thank to you.

@sarahwrites95 Ай бұрын

@@BrianBorderline you’re welcome! I’m glad if the video helped!

@tyhbvft1218 Ай бұрын

Thank you for the tutorial! It always seemed like the program had too many parts to figure out so I could never start using it, but I'll start now!

@sarahwrites95 Ай бұрын

It's definitely a daunting program when you first give it a go, especially when there's so little out there in the way of tutorials. I'm glad the video helped!

@tripwire76 2 ай бұрын

missing novelwriter in this list

@sarahwrites95 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! I plan to do another video for other programs I missed/didn’t cover, so I’ll include that in the next one!

@addiepoulton2601 2 ай бұрын

This was extremely helpful. Thank you very much for explaining this!

@hey4855 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for helping me make sense of this program <3

@totallyfromearth 2 ай бұрын

About to download it tomorrow to start my second novel. This video was a great help. Thank you!

@juedejude 2 ай бұрын

great software and it's free!

@be8w 2 ай бұрын

You are cute

@natMcil 3 ай бұрын

this is a pretty good + informative video!

@mistamixSD 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Sarah. Very useful. I've also heard a lot about Obsidian but it looks way too complicated

@whitesnail5006 3 ай бұрын

its crazy people just write for fun

@KoishiteAkuma90 5 ай бұрын

Capacities? They have a free version and paid. It's a mix between notion and obsidian. Have you tried one Note for writing?

@sarahwrites95 4 ай бұрын

I've heard of Capacities, but haven't really looked into it! I've also not tried OneNote, but I have seen that some do use it for their writing.

@mimirthelegend7836 5 ай бұрын

I like the video Sarah. Thanks for the effort and research put In. Continue with your fantastic work.

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