draft my book with me for camp nanowrimo || writing vlog 001

[@AriBPK]

welcome to the nano diaries! ✨let me know how you first week of camp july nano has been going in the comments ❤

[@briellewrites]

“And I told my main character to start some shit” is sending me hahaha i love it

[@Raekyzz]

To get to my "flow state" I usually ask the characters what they wanna do next. As in I make them have this conversation. Character A "So, what do you wanna do next?" Character B "I don't know. Maybe..." and then the balls start rolling. It's pretty awesome. And if it takes a while it's a fun exercise in characters interactions.

[@AriBPK]

oooh I love that idea! I'm going to have to try that next time!

[@mirandatheauthor]

it's hard to remember that we're just people with varying feelings day-to-day, and it's double hard not to be tough on ourselves about that! "meeting myself where i'm at" is something i've been trying to do, too--especially with writing. enjoyed your vlog!

[@AriBPK]

I know -- I find it so challenging, especially with writing but we owe it to ourselves to give ourselves grace and kindness! thank you so much for watching and commenting 💖

[@TheRaptorsClaw]

Night time writers rise up! I get all my best writing done between 11pm and 1am, and doing it in lil writing sprints I've found is the best way to get over my writer's block! ♥

[@AriBPK]

night time writing is the best and agreed on the sprints :)

[@isabellajuanitalyn]

I love this! The office is gorgeous!

[@AriBPK]

thank you so much! ❤

[@briellewrites]

I also have those feelings that there’s no conflict and things are boring. I definitely think some of that might be in our head since we already know what happens? Idk it’s hard lol

[@AriBPK]

it is hard! I'm hoping that getting this draft to betas and rounds of revision will only help figure that out -- we got this! ❤

[@beccatobar]

Aw Ari!! Ok so hearing about how down you felt about your draft is so relatable but knowing the livestream helped you turn it around literally makes me SO happy ! 🥹 you really did that! Also I love how you told your characters to go start some shit. I feel like I definitely need to do that too 😂 congrats on your progress so far!🤍

[@AriBPK]

you're a wizard, becca! but I loved the livestream, it was so fun ❤ and try telling your characters to start some shit and then let me know how it goes 😂

[@vaneicecoleman]

Hey Ari, I’m very new to writing and I’ve never heard of a “dialogue draft”. Can you explain? In some of your clips, it looked like you may have typed a name and text beneath, is this the dialogue? I am probably the most scared of writing dialogue and it not sounding like real people but very proper robots instead.

[@AriBPK]

Hi Vaneice, thanks so much for watching and commenting! ❤ That's totally fair, I also didn't really take time explain it very much in the video! So a dialogue first draft prioritizes dialogue for each scene, so I'm essentially writing the draft like a screenplay. So my draft looked like this: Character A DIALOGUE Character B DIALOGUE I find it very helpful for distilling a character's motivation and how that might influence their dialogue in specific scenes and conversations. Dialogue is very tricky and it's so hard to make it feel natural and I think it takes several rounds of editing to make it work. I also find reading my dialogue out loud helpful! I can make a video that goes into dialogue more in depth, if you think that would be helpful?

[@vaneicecoleman]

@@AriBPK yes, a dialogue draft video would be great!!