writing a book is harder than i thought...📖⏳NANOWRIMO week writing vlog // *motivating*

[@redwritesbooks]

I am definitely struggling ! Trying to get a large word count today so can hopefully have some rest days soon! Don't forget to rest y'all!

[@CanadianRoastCrunch]

Yesterday i was def struggling, but then i outlined a bit to know what REALLY was going to happen, and then i was like “my story still doesn’t make much sense but i have fun writing it so who cares” and then i made it a bit more sense ANYWAYS IM GOING INSANE but then again dont all writers go insane during nanowrimo? ANYWAYS BYE IM PROCRASTINATING TODAY

[@notesbysaraawynn]

I feel you! Flew through Act 1 🕊✨... now on Act 2 and STRUGGLING! 🥀Taking some time to outline my scenes better before I go back to writing tomorrow.

[@Awtuch]

Act 2 Is the hardest for me FR

[@tinnab94]

You don't know how much your videos have helped me with my books 💖 I reached 89000 words and it had never happened before. So, thank you Ana for making me want to write again and forgive my English, but I'm Italian 🌹

[@lynsey69]

I can't lie, I spent a good portion of this video crying over the hedgehog cup! It's too cute! I hit 12.5k yesterday and I'm feeling so drained today. I love seeing how your story is adapting and coming to life, even from the little glimpses of it we see. I hope you're enjoying your job! Thanks for another heartwarming video (:

[@xkiruo]

Your vlog came at the perfect time! I’ve been stumped at my laptop feeling pretty down about my writing, so I decided to watch one of your videos to motivate me again, and here you are haha. Hope everyone’s NaNoWriMo is going smoothly. Let’s bounce back together 😭😭!! Edit: oh my gosh I’m so happy the vlog is 24 minutes. I love your vlogs and vibes ahhh

[@rachelwritesbooks]

Your writing vlogs are the best 😭 congrats on all the words you’ve gotten in, good luck!

[@caileycarrot]

Both of ur channels r big inspirations to me!!

[@rachelwritesbooks]

@@caileycarrot ❤️❤️

[@ananeu]

rachel! hiii! aw your too kind - falling behind has never been more funn. hehe hope your writing is going well too! just watched your recent vlogg (and adored it obvi)

[@sincerelyvee]

livinggg for your nano vlogs!!

[@gigi_43]

Hey Ana, you can do this. Everyone goes through these times but with the right mindset and timing, you can overcome those times. For me, writing at least ten pages a day is not easy but watching your videos really help. Btw, I love you and your vlogs. Good luck!

[@ellie-in8zf]

aaa this video came at the perfect time!! i just finished my first chapter of my nano project (around 7k words) and i’m kinda lost as to what to do next. thank you for the motivation ana, hope everything is going well ❤

[@ystar21k]

haha I know right? I just finished 8401 words of my novel so far and the second I stopped she uploaded. I was originally 1-3 days late without writing anything so I didn’t earn my badge for that on the website! :’)

[@ellie-in8zf]

@@ystar21k oh my goodness, congrats!!! that’s a crazy amount, i’m proud of you :D good luck with the rest of nano, you’ve got this!!

[@ystar21k]

@@ellie-in8zf thank you so much! 7k words is a huge amount too! I hope you get all your goals for this month and the future ones to come! have a great day/night!

[@meetmeattheguillotine]

this channel is just slay in general I’m trying to write as much as i can but I usually barely get three chapters in before a new idea for another project pops up 😭 I’m glad for the ideas but it’s getting annoying, especially when I haven’t even decided what I’m going to do with my other projects yet (I’m definitely a pantser-plotting just drains the motivation straight out of me LOL) that aside, can’t wait to see how your book turns out. good luck to all nanowrimo-ers on this journey that will surely drive you insane, if you aren’t already

[@newestsinatra]

i was in a very deep depressive state but your videos helped me find my passion for writing again which helped me beyond belief. thank you so much!!! can’t wait to see the finish product of your books❤️❤️

[@r0iii.]

I’ve been watching your vlogs for a while and finally decided to dip my toes back into writing again. This is my first nanowrimo. Currently, I’m at 9,000 words. I’m having a lot of fun but maybe it’s because it’s the beginning stages 😅 anyways, this video is very motivating.

[@harryathornton4463]

As someone who’s had neighbours almost rotate their construction house-to-house for years at a time, I FEEL YOU, well done on writing anything with that, your focus is inspiring!

[@ystar21k]

the fact that the second you uploaded this video I hit a word count of 8392 words- 😭 ! Also I didn’t see the video yet but I know it’s going to be awesome! Are you going to allow us to read the book by the way once it’s done? It seems interesting 👀

[@ananeu]

hahah wooo! 8K already? my bestie is doing AMAZINGG. and i might not upload my first draft straight away haha, will probably take a long time for revisions but i hope to maybe put this novel out there someday

[@Addiee-12]

Really ?!?! I've only gotten to 1200 lol

[@4nS0Gaming]

@@Addiee-12 same 😭

[@ystar21k]

@@ananeu aw thanks a bunch! well I started of a horrible start, I didn’t even write a single word in the first 2-3 days of November! but I’m sure you’ll get there-and yes, revisions are a HUGE block for me, and exams are right around the corner! Why does NaNoWriMo have to be in exam month!?

[@ystar21k]

@@Addiee-12 you’ll get there soon enough! don’t stop believing !

[@zenebornman7917]

Oh my goodness the struggle is real!! I honestly have been struggling myself with distractions from my family--except my mother--who don't understand the importance of writing to me. And then I just have to get sick with the flu and I feel so sluggish and NOT in a mood to write! Watching you rave over the construction made me laugh despite feeling so bad for you Ana! Haha! Thanks for showing us the reality of being a writer! 😍💕

[@katekat4522]

I've had days already with less than a thousand written, and today as I'm writing this comment I'm not confident I'll have any words for the day. Keep up the good work!

[@lilylarson1474]

I’m doing nanowrimo too! It’s really difficult for me to not constantly change things in my plot, I have done that a bit but I’m trying my best not to because I know it’ll be hard to finish my novel if I do that, I definitely need to become more confident in my writing

[@ananeu]

your seriously doing so so well. i totally understand what you mean - confidence is soo important. just always remember to ENJOY what your writing, write scenes that you find interesting and fun. hope we can come out on top bestie!

[@cositaloca]

We need more blogs! Also, the lights are soo pretty!! Is like an universe.

[@ananeu]

ur so sweet! yes! more vlogs incoming bestieee

[@elvenaubade]

i’ve been super busy out of nowhere this month and it’s been making reaching my daily word goal quite a workout but i’m so proud of myself for having reached chapter 4! it’s crazy how when we make writing a priority even when it’s tiring it’s actually so fulfilling 😍 p.s. from one southern hemisphere baby (brazil here) to another i totally feel ya with the sunny weather being a little fatiguing 😅

[@taylornaicker143]

hey girl!!! im not entering nano this year but I wish you and everyone else good luck📝📝📝📝📖

[@tseritykat404]

I definitely relate to distractions and my procrastination is back to haunt me aaaa I'm writing 1600 words a day so it's been rough but honestly it gets easy once I'm in the flow of things Good luck ana!

[@yurri2682]

ana giving us the motivation we needed, as always!

[@aliciac.7997]

I had an idea for what my characters would look like but when I finished my artbreeder portraits it’s almost as if they brought themselves to life. There are now details of my characters, even down to their nicknames, I would have never thought of if I hadn’t have used the site!

[@aliceinjupiter2068]

You're excuse for Nov 3 is valid s2 was so good

[@ananeu]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL. hahah i knowww it was too good ahhh

[@reezers101]

To everyone struggling: Don't worry you'll get there eventually. Ngl the other day I nearly forgot to write 😂, but I remembered last minute so it's good. Haha the construction thing reminds me of this one time when builders were legit hammering into the wall that separated my room to the other side of the house, and I slept through it until my mom woke me up. I didn't even faintly hear the hammering! I can see the Ned thing now that you pointed it out, I can see it. Congrats on 6k.

[@katie9646]

my story is progressing pretty well so far, and it seems like yours is too! over 4000 words in a day- that's great, and its always ok to take breaks. also, i always noticed your cavetown poster in the background. what did you think of worm food?

[@Lookatmycrystals]

17:32 Hey! I have the same keychain!! I love tgcf!

[@carolynfrasier4192]

Im def gonna try to write more I have like 5 novels going and desperately need the help. I hate having to start and I feel like if I could just get my words down my life would be so much easier. Thank you for posting I love your content!

[@AlcmeneUndertaker]

Ana, it's okay. Low word days are fine. You're okay sweetie

[@moderndayphilosopher4356]

😂 the “what was I gonna do NOT WATCH THAT?!” is why I didn’t do Nano - there were so many release dates this year!! 😂🤣 I’m also injured though so I physically can’t :/ 😂

[@Evybooks]

Oh dark skies, the video of kris on your youtube feed. I love her!

[@nicoleryanbooks]

I was fully on track, but then I got sick for a few days and didn’t write. Sigh, now the anxiety is real, despite it being a self imposed deadline

[@amitapatole5885]

hey love, I really really admire your consistent work schedule. I'm tryna be like you lol - juggling medicine and writing is difficult, but you somehow manage to motivate me to do it everytime. And also, I noticed the little tab thingy playing Vee's live while you were working on your desktop. Is it like a google chrome extension? Btw, I hit 10k words on my second novel! This is really really inspiring and aesthetic to look at. Thank you for everything you do for us, Ana. I'll be forever grateful for these vlogs!

[@stxrstruck6755]

Glad im not the only one struggling, Im like 2,220 words behind! Ahhh 😭

[@ystar21k]

I was 2-3 days late of writing my first words for NaNoWriMo! Why does this have to be when exams are here? 😭

[@violet_sooorrengail]

hello ana i'm currently writing my story right now! u're my inspiration 🫶🏻💗

[@maryodonnell6908]

I missed the 3rd too :,) I was supposed to write at night, but my parents were out until 9pm, getting dinner and I had to babysit. By the time they came home, I was exhausted. I caught up yesterday though, so I’m back on track!

[@Ana-19.]

First off, your project seems sooo fun! Mine is kinda depressing haha... I just realized all my projects are kinda depressing beacuse of internal conflict and i just dont know how to smush in very happy and extra fun sceens... Any tips? Anyways, the second thing is OMG writing on beds looks so cozy and fun! I def wanna try!

[@ameviko4467]

i love your channel and it gets me more inspired to write, since this year i came back to writing after few years and i wish i could harness the power of 13 year old me that once wrote over 16k words idk how i did it and yeah my goal is doing at least as much as back then xd

[@reaganrockon1734]

You always have the cutest mugs! I can’t stop paying attention to them, where do you get them?🦔💐💕

[@maddieee777]

Hey ana you have given me inspo to stop the plotting and just write because my goal is to get to 10k on my project by the end of the year. also, you dont have to explain to us why you didn't write like you dont owe us anything. starting to think abt writing i get where your coming from. i am not participating in nano but i have my own goals too! I wish you so well on your novel

[@ananeu]

aww yay!! u can do it!🤍✨

[@maddieee777]

@@ananeu thanks for the encouragement ana!! also can u pls do more writing lives and say it on ur community tab is eastern time i always have so much fun but miss it bc of school or the 20 hr time difference in canada ily

[@BoardGame_Bird]

First year participating and struggling as well😅. Tuesday was my best day so far, barely making the needed word count.

[@strawberrymilk2987]

Im....struggling. This is my first nano and it is really hard! So far I'm doing good but I don't really like what I'm writing. I'm probably going to have to rewrite a lot and that just bothers me. I have already wrote the book but the beginning was "bad" so that's what I'm writing this nanowrimo. I don't really like the beginning and that's like part that gets the reader hooked in so that's also bad but I hope your doing well and happy writing😅🙏

[@-autumnfeelings]

Today writing was quite hard for me. I came back so late and was sick from friday to sunday and I just physically and mentally couldn't do anything. I also seem to hate everything a wrote so far but when I reread it I think it might be fine. I feel so bad and sad about just writing about 800 words today but I also don't want to lose the fun in writing this novel and get burned out.

[@RedGingham]

Hang in there Ana, I’m at 5,514 words and I should be at 8,000 something 😅

[@ystar21k]

you’ll get to that point soon enough!

[@RedGingham]

@@ystar21k thank you! 😊

[@ssarlenaa_lee]

you’re very inspiring to any beginner writer like me. i wanted to ask you a little technical question, do you think a keyboard like yours is necessary to write? because i have a laptop but i don’t really like its default keyboard but alsoooo i do not have a desktop computer, so i don’t know if it’s worth buying a separate keyboard for my laptop!?? thanks in advance!❤❤

[@Ana-19.]

It going really well for me. Currently have about 15k. But im scared i could only write this much this week beacuse i had a break from school. The rest of the month i will have it, and also some other activities, that will be sure to stop me from writing. What about you guys? Good luck to all! And thanks for your videos ana. I swear they are litterary the best.

[@wendise150]

Hi! Hope you’re having a nice Sunday! Just wanted to say that your videos really inspire me to write. They make me start thinking and be more creative about my own writing, character arcs, plotting etc. Have been on a writer’s block for a long while now, hope to have a better writing month. Anyways, I really like how you let us follow your process, your thoughts and everything! What do you think inspires you the most to write? 😊 And, you’re also watching Young Royals?? 💜👑 That’s my favorite series ❤ Have you watched season 2 yet? Thoughts on it? 🙈 (Sorry for a lot of questions, just answer if you want to. Also want to apologize for grammatical errors, English is not my first language 🙃)

[@AlcmeneUndertaker]

I'm at chapter 5, which is 2 chapters away from act 2 of my novel. I ended today with 19.2k words

[@ananeu]

19.2K is amazing!! your doing soooo great bestie!!

[@AlcmeneUndertaker]

@@ananeu If you need any motivation, I got you, bestie...

[@michellebarrow1185]

i’m having a bit of trouble writing more than i normally would cuz i’d school but on the bright side i decided what i’m gonna call it for now, project - Track Star

[@lylah_.]

(Tw for later in the comment) I love these videos! At this point in time me and my friend have been assigned to write a 20 chapter novel and we have chapters planned up until chapter 8, let me explain our problem. Writers Block. I’ll tell you the plot. There’s this girl Avery, one day after cleaning out her grandma’s apartment she finds a journal, she later finds out this journal writes everything that is happening at the exact second but not in the future, meaning that the pages towards the end are blank. One day after her best friend is over the book goes missing, the next day at school she goes through Riley’s (the best friend) bag. She finds the book, that night she flicks to the end and realised that it had a date written down and below that it said *died* she then starts to freak and worry. Then her and Riley get into a fight, but in a couple days she is meant to die. That day rolls around and she doesn’t die, but you know who did die, RILEY! So then Avery gets all upset as the last thing she said was ‘I hate you’. And so Avery tries to jump of a bridge but someone stops her/the water was running so it didn’t break her fall. We have absolutely no idea what to do from there! DO YOUR THING KZbin! GIVE ME IDEASSSSSSS

[@PrincessKJBunni51819]

I can relate to the construction, however it's not actually construction. I have an autistic family member and they tap on walls and the floor and it sounds like construction. I also relate to having to stop writing to go to work, but can't relate to the not writing because of TV, since I barely watch TV😂 I am definitely a plotter. I need to know where I am going in a story to keep from 😵‍💫😵🤯. I thrive on structure and couldn't possibly pants my way through a book. 🤣🤣🤣

[@lousarchives]

hii ana!! i need help with my book please, so basically its talking about a girl detective who was looking for her family's murderer, she met a lot of people who had no families like her, and they named their gang ect. any ideas?

[@ystar21k]

they could be chased by a secret organization who takes kids and takes all their info and makes their parents forget about their kids or something and the kids try to run away from that secret organization, leading them to run away from their family and meeting each other? And the girl detective could volunteer to be a spy for the organization and whatever info she gets she tells to the gang members? I’m not sure but I hope you get ideas! (Sorry if my idea wasn’t clear)

[@lousarchives]

@@ystar21k YASSS it's perfect!! I'll let u know when Im done writing the first chapter

[@fralou_sind_kreativ]

Hey cutie :) Ui, that noise was really distracting. Maybe try some Oropax ;) I'm getting along well with my story. Last year I wrote 50K in 25 days so this year writing every day the 1667 Words seems almost chilled :) I really like the way you write. Super poetic. The part you read sounds good to me. Poetry doesn't have to rhyme. There are amazing and deep poems out there that don't rhyme at all :) Cheering you on for your NaNo and don't forget to check your writing buddy invitations ;) Sending you love and creative vibes

[@maddieee777]

i just need to ask where you got this idea from bc the book im writing is based on my life but like my bestie Laura talks like a book character and i get like 10 ideas from like 3 words. I think of you and how you would be besties with her. also i want u to be my bestie ana you kinda are my writing bestie lol.

[@Pr3ppyGU4l]

I just started writing my novel but im struggling and focusing on my word count. I have no ideas, oof

[@ewwwwuwu6656]

I’m at 6k-7k words!!! Struggling as I’m supposed to be a little over 11k but it’s fine-

[@k1illxbxba]

Is there any good site where I can write my book without having to print it n sell I want to write stories online

[@kavel-leespaulding]

First! 💗👀

[@mattmallecoccio8378]

I'm above 6k but that's cuz I started my wip in October lol and I'm not really doing NaNo

[@galaxy5893]

I am struggling for inspiration right now.

[@4nS0Gaming]

Okay, so why is everyone in this comment section already at like 10k?!? I'm at 4k only 😭😭 (I should be at 8k but oh well)

[@Alex.Hustad]

Writing my first ever story rn and fuck me (excuse my French) I might have a breakdown

[@ananeu]

girlll we are all there don't you worry. please just breathe and remember that writing is supposed to be fun!! when your stressed, take a break

[@HappilyEverFandom]

Hello Ana Neu :)

[@ananeu]

hellooo!

[@lagadema16]

That is why I don't participate in NanoWrimo. It's like with New Year resolution - If you made it, that's cool, but if you don't - you get a depresion and you fall into belief that you will never do anything right or get any success.