what I struggle the most : when one chapter or a scene is not workng out after working and re-working it when is time to decide to discard it and start over ?

I'll recommend Abbie Emmon's immersive writing sessions all day for getting your writing done.

Well, you convinced me, writing isn't worth the effort. I'm gonna be a drug dealer instead. But I am going to show this video to all my friends...and we'll do a shot every tenth time you say writing.

f i just write 340page of my fantasy world history and i just realize the timeline all mess-up from my previous book, managing timeline is nightmare for me, bc all of the character have his own story that connected to the other and when i see the overall timeline its just didn't add up,

Oh this video is so helpful. I literally had NO ideas for what to name my work in progress and now I've got a list of potential titles (and probably more to come as I keep writing.) Thank you!!!

Gryffindor here (but I’m a Capricorn rising). This system rules. I was doing some of this but not to this degree! Color coding here I come!

I’m glad you got your physical ARC! I think that you have “earned “ it I know that at some point they have been some kind of standard thing but clearly they are no longer that so now you must be deemed worthy and I think you have proven it. If I’m all wrong on that, please forgive me, but You keep getting new books published, so I’m thinking that you’re doing pretty good job😊 PS: you definitely delivered on the rambling and I loved hearing it

My writing dommy mommy 🫡Thank you! ☺️♥️🙏🏻

I love watching other writers' vlogs mostly to inspire myself and give the motivation to continue. Thank you so much! Best regards from Ukraine! Keep vlogging!

I’ve been writing my novel for 8 years, I’m nearing the end of editing it to its fullest.

Lmfaoo I love this! Just tells it honestly, which is actually really helpful. Subscribed

Awesome needed this after having a story idea but not knowing how to tell that story ❤

You are hilarious ! Love the tough love, thank you for being honest and clear !

I'm working on this story, but I'm not sure if anyone would be interested in reading it. The story starts in Oregon in the 90's. The main character is a diner waitress who gets into a relationship with a struggling artist from Boston with a difficult past. But that's just the premise. Would you be interested in reading this story?

I absolutely love your videos! Thank you for the hard work!!

I absolutely LOVE YOU! Your advice is spot on, and I am so glad I found your channel. My first (gonna suck, but hope some people have some good downtime with it) book is in dev edits now. I have no illusions for it, but I wanted to take this journey. Thanks for keeping it real. My ISTJ (Logistician) personality trait thanks you for that. :).

I have a character Dana, he is a guy but Dana is more feminine. He is often emasculated by it. He's from the 1960s and is very embarrassed. Btw I did a play for GCSE drama and I had a name for a really awful character after we did this and recorded it, we realised he was a famous footballer

I really like how we can emotionally connect with the 1st person but due to my story being fantasy/war/kingdoms as well as setting it up to have a second book.. I was going to have multiple POV.. I was going to have it be 1st person with dual POV, my two main characters, Alyx and Kieran. Due to them being on the other side of the country and both being immensely important. I want my reader to connect with them. I would title the chapters by number with the POV 'Chapter One Kieran'.. Does this make sense? Is this too crazy?

I loved that this hits harder after I finished a novel

I knew what I wanted to write but no idea what I was doing. And stick at 200,000 words and no idea how to move. An editor was so worth it.

Great advices, I think so far the best underwriting tips of what I've watched. Definitely coming back to this video whenever I need to remind myself of what to look out for, thanks.

OMG i remember my first book. i thought it was the best book in the world and i reread it once. oh. my. gods. it SUCKED!! IT SUCKED SO BAD!!! i’m currently on another project which i am feeling is coming out nicely so far. for those curious, my first book was called Offbeat and was about this fictional species called Synthwaves, the mc being named Static and he ventured to be reclaimed by his tribe from exile. my current book is The Octet Rule, which follows Octet as he experiences the HORRORS OF WAR and LOSS OF HIS WIFE. plus a rebellion and memory loss :3

My most favourite standalone novel is The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. This novel is a really amazing novel. I highly recommend it.

Love ya

i want to have a penname coz im an introvert, my private life is very important to me😂 also my full name has 32 characters and i dont like initials as pen name😂

I love reading and have loved reading novels for my whole life! I agree with you! I want to be a fiction writer.

Disagree with her comment about publishers. It's not about the quality of the writing, it's about the marketability. All they care is what consumers will buy. The Hunger Games was rejected 60 times.

i laughed my ass off watching this, cause I'm too guilty

A lot of the time female authors use male characters as emotional support dogs for the main female character

does traditonal publisher copy right the book for you also?

This is so helpful! My YA romance books are literally around 150k (almost 600 pages) and even though I’m self-publishing, I don’t want to debut with a book over 500 pages. I need this so much!

I started posting there in hopes to at least get some feedback on my writing, but now 20+ chapters in and it barely has any reads. It’s really hard to get a following even though I advertise it in different platforms, make art for it, submit it to review shops and competitions. I don’t really want to get big, I just want to improve but how are you supposed to do that if there is no one willing to give you feedback? Not to mention the platform is only getting worse by the day, removing useful features like pm and littering it with annoying ads

I appreciate you!!

I am a pantser. While i write, i come up with new ideas. Alot of planning and out lining is very overwhelming. Focusing on small little details is too overwhelming.

So are you saying that in media res is bad?

“Imagining writing and wanting to write is not writing” Gosh that statement hit me like a brick. It’s true no matter how much I don’t wanna admit it 😞

This was so great, as always. I love to hear authors' writing and revision processes, and it's so rare we get to hear about it from start to finish. I imagine these videos would be nice to look back on as an author, too! See how your process changes over time.

Fine... I'll go write

I consider a Zero Draft as this nebulous entity existing somewhere between solid [Outline] versus completed [First Draft]. So for me the process is like this: Idea Vomit Loose Plot Solid Outline Zero Draft First Draft *** Edited to add that my crutch words are "literally" and "totally" and "entirely" and HOLY WOW do I annoy myself LOLOL

I tried to get published for 20 years. One book. Fantasy book. I finally gave up. It's no longer fear of failure. It's just failure.

i notice that sometimes like 90% of my stuff is internal narration................ literally i wrote an entire chapter the other day with zero dialogue so yeeeep. i had to go back and add it. :V and wen i googled for help, i found that apparently the bigger issues most ppl tend to have is too much dialogue. like. HOW???

jokes on you im writing while listening to this

Not me who has been writing a fantasy novel since I was 12 and one of the male characters' name is Rhysand...now I have to change it 🥲🥲

This hurt

Hey alexa i love your videos, id love to see a 2024 dead tropes, genres on the up etc

Can you re do this for 2024?? X

This is the most difficult aspect of writing a story for me. Tysm for this video

Thank you this was so helpful, I'm launching a children's book series this month and it's a whole new world for me! Had my channel for 7 years so hopefully that's enough pre work. Ha ha. Thank you! 😁❤

Soooo looking forward to your Bitter End video 💛

A smart parallel with a job hunt. You don't blast your resume out to 100 companies usually. You do your research, find the best fit job openings, work your network of contacts, and apply in a targeted fashion to jobs that actually suit your skills and interests which is a smaller pool. Quality over quantity.