10 Steps To Start Your Novel ✨PREPTOBER 2024

[@HeartBreathings]

Thanks so much for watching! Hope to see you for Sunday's livestream!

[@augustinaiturra8037]

What, we get an amazing 90min Spooktacular Coffee Chat ☕️ and a HeartBreathings Preptober video!?!🎉 Thank you💜💜💜

[@blallydally]

I know this isn't really related to this video, but I always seriously enjoy listening to you talk. You've got a killer KZbin voice, very listen-to-able

[@HeartBreathings]

This is so sweet thank you

[@itcanbedonedollars3693]

🎉🎉 Yes! I love that we are in a position now to talk more about poly characters & multi partner story arcs.

[@marywockenfuss-thecraftypl6461]

This whole video is so helpful! If I weren't working on dinner for my family and guests right now, I'd be pulling up a document or other materials to start planning!

[@Colin91809]

I just finished my word sprint challenge yesterday! I'm so excited to push through November and finish my rough draft ♥

[@QueenViolet]

I'm later than normal because I decided to use this video as my reward after completing 85% of my gyst day tasks. I did and now I'm here.😊😅 Edit: sarra i just want to say congratulations 🎉. You are so close to your pie in the sky goal of 75k subscribers. I definitely believe you will meet and exceed this goal before 2025!! Wishing you a happy thanksgiving 🦃 (cuz I'm Canadian lol 😂).

[@LeahWriter]

What a treat! I haven't even left my desk after coffee chat!

[@HeartBreathings]

More Sarra to love, haha!

[@TurtleJulia]

Thank you for this! I read that book (Write Your Novel From The Middle) last year and found it pretty helpful, so I'm glad you like it, too.

[@lisabage232]

Fantastic video. I’ve been struggling with what I’m writing but this started to pull it together. And the preptober notebook is helping too. Thank you for being so accessible!

[@SusanGHaws]

This was helpful and encouraging. All tips were helpful but the number of scenes and how to work to the next scene hit an ahha moment.

[@rachelfangoria]

i'll definitely be watching that livestream. i really want to mind map my next story but don't know how to do it, so this will be perfect!

[@bellabookworm]

oh my gosh, I LOVE your halloween tree!! 😍👻

[@jullianacosta4536]

Oh mine! Life got weird and I'd "lost" your channel... so glad to have find it again!! 🎆🎆🎆

[@HeartBreathings]

🙌 welcome back!

[@DixieJoJarchow]

good info. Can't believe you already have your Christmas tree up.

[@HeartBreathings]

It's a black Halloween tree! My whole room is decorated for my October fan event called the Spooktacular.

[@suzisaintjames]

See the skeleton ornament hanging on the tree? It looks like the white balls have bats painted on them. 💕🌞🌵😷

[@McScraps4]

I've been trying to get out a story for 10 years, but I sat down and wrote out a log line according to your suggestion and I think that is what I was missing to pull it all together for me. Hopefully, the block is gone and I can fill in the blanks to get this story from halfway done to finished! Thank you!!

[@HeartBreathings]

That's so exciting!!!

[@EvelineUK]

Thank you so much. I am spending this weekend trying to make sense of all the bits of paper with scribbles on them, and notes in my phone so I can make decisions and work on my outline. So excited for the Rough Draft Challenge!

[@KHWriting]

Thanks for another informative video! I am hoping I can make Sunday's events. You are so generous with your communities! Thanks so much, Sarra. ❤

[@kimikobuford]

Thank you for sharing your experience with us newbies ❤❤❤

[@t.a.creech4999]

WOOT! I'm actually in the middle of outlining my next trilogy! You always have such perfect timing. 😊

[@HeartBreathings]

Ooo, perfect!!! So fun to outline a trilogy too!

[@t.a.creech4999]

@@HeartBreathings Figured I'd get my next trilogy outlined before I started edits on the trilogy I'll be relaunching as an indie next year, so I can just jump right into writing the new trilogy. I'm about to redo YPF to account for my new plan I've dreamed up, since everything is moving faster than I originally planned. Thank you for teaching me so much!

[@melb1016]

I need this motivation! I’m struggling with what to even write. So timely ❤❤

[@jessicahagan]

Hi Sarra, Thank you for this guidance and uplifting energy. I look forward to joining the community challenge!

[@EvaWright]

Awesome! I love the Halloween tree! And purple everything 💜 💕💜

[@kristie1802]

Hi Sarra! I'm so glad that I'm day a head of you right now, because if i wasn't then I wouldnt be able to be here for the live on Sunday, but i dont work this Monday, so I will be here! Im so excited!! 💜💜

[@froufroufeatherstone6291]

Wow! When you reappear, you come on like gangbusters. Thanks, Sarra!

[@jolainesantistevan8288]

This was super helpful in all ways. I am going to try the mind map and the note cards

[@YvonneA60]

Incredibly useful and inspiring advice. Thank you ❤

[@itcanbedonedollars3693]

❤ Love these tips & the resources recommended. I'm going to pick up James Scott Bells book. I really love his other books. 😊

[@hollychristensen2669]

I love how you share great examples. It's so helpful with the way that I learn. Your Plot Your Novel and Writing Great Scenes series are also pure gold to me because of the detailed examples you share with your how-to steps. Thank you so much Sarra!❤

[@HeartBreathings]

So happy to hear this! Thank you for the encouragement!

[@jojobuckreads]

This was soooo good! Thank you! 💙💙💙💙💙

[@christinaayala5993]

Lots of good info here and helpful tips, ty!

[@hindenburg2006]

Sarra, I’ve been following you for a few years now, and you never cease to amaze me - your content just keeps getting better and better!!! Even though I’m not an author, I still find your work incredibly valuable, and I love the community you’ve cultivated🧡 I think I’m going to use the template you laid out in this video as my new goal-setting process, with each “story” being the upcoming year. I even like the idea of it being a Rough Draft (since we know things rarely go exactly according to plan!🤣) Maybe I’ll start calling November “national goal setting month”, or NaGoSeMo, idk… This video came at the perfect time. Thank you🙏🏾💜💜💜

[@bethanyhensel2799]

thanks for this. :) hey, what camera are you using nowadays? your quality is great!

[@HeartBreathings]

Thank you! I'm recording this video from the Logitech Brio webcam and it's definitely the best webcam I've ever used!

[@mariajromaley]

Thx ! I was a little blocked and it helps very much. 😘

[@elliestephenson4146]

Woke up to a treat! Thank you, Sarra. This is exactly what I needed, as I’m planning to use The Rough Draft Challenge to go through my story ideas and find the one I want to write. Instead of 112 sprints of roughly 450 words, I’m planning to do 112 brainstorming/outlining sprints. At least that’s the plan 😅

[@giuliaidiometri186]

Hi Sarra! I can't wait to brainstorm with you, and I'm so happy to read your new book soon. I bought your Eternal Sorrow series. Is it complete? Because I noticed that, at the end of book 3, you taked about a book 4. Can I read it, or is it a series in progress? I also bought the Fairhope series.

[@HeartBreathings]

Fairhope is complete. Eternal sorrows has one more book

[@gamexpress111]

can you do a video about finding a street team? I'm trying to promote my book, but is street team worth it?

[@loridee21]

Hi Sarra, I couldn't find the link for Sunday. I'm sure I overlooked it.

[@HeartBreathings]

Sunday's live is just in the "live" tab here on KZbin on my channel!

[@thisricardopalma]

Are u sure this video is from October?!! I see xmas decor everywhere! :) 2 months to go

[@HeartBreathings]

It's Halloween 😂. Black tree decorated with bats and a spooky skeleton. Haunted houses. Ghosts. I'm running my annual Spooktacular celebration for my fans so I always decorate the room!

[@chantellestreete2767]

Yaaaayayayayayayyyy new video!!!

[@chantellestreete2767]

This is the exact stage I’m at (stage 0 lol) so this is perfect!!

[@JollyGreenComics]

Your Christmas tree is up already?!

[@kailahmom1]

Halloween tree.

[@poohbear0320]

What time Sunday again?

[@HeartBreathings]

1pm Eastern! It's already scheduled on the live tab if you want to hit the notifications!

[@poohbear0320]

@@HeartBreathings Thanks for responding so quickly. How do I plan out a devotional? That is what I will be working on.

[@deeplyhidden921]

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