how i am editing my *debut novel* 👩🏻‍💻 ₊˚🎧 behind the scenes + editing tips, mood board

[@ananeu]

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[@fallabeaufaebelle]

Looking forward to reading Ghostcide someday :D You got this, Ana!

[@fallabeaufaebelle]

I studied cinematography in college and our professors always told us to have 2 hard drives "just in case" and the way they said it was with this distant look in their eyes like the trauma was having an instant replay XD

[@ananeu]

hahaha i knowww their pain :')

[@riaiswriting]

not being scarred from losing ur projects REAL😭😭😭

[@J.KK-m2b]

omg I once lost my story (50k Words..) now I am rewriting it, and this is so motivating! Thanks Ana!

[@ananeu]

aww I’m so sorry!!!

[@welm8412]

I looooove milanote, planned 3 of my novels there already

[@riaiswriting]

google docs is cancelled for not saving ur work xoxoxox

[@the_enchanted_glader]

oh my goodness ana I love the sound of your project I'll be patiently waiting once your novel is published, the part where you said you'd love to write a book that feels like listening to Scott street I felt that my current project 'I fell in love with your ghost' which is about a ghost who doesn't know how he died so he makes a deal with a girl who just moved in that he'll move out if she agrees to investigate his passing is basically inspired by three songs cruel summer; you're on your own kid by taylor swift and this side of paradise by the coyote theory

[@ananeu]

I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS

[@the_enchanted_glader]

@@ananeu aah ty sm 🥰

[@samanthawright23]

that sounds so cool omg id read

[@ninapastaa]

omgg i would totally wanna beta read ghostcide, that would be awesome ! so looking forward to the book ^^

[@omeelett]

Hello!!, I'm from Argentina and I want to tell you that as a young writer, your videos inspire me every day to continue writing my projects, my stories. I feel proud and lucky to have found your channel at a time in my life when I didn't know where to go next with my projects. Now I know a lot of things, which I didn't know before and thanks to you, I can organize myself in a much better way. Love your videos

[@AtlanticAmi]

Omg ana!! I can't wait for the debut! Thank you for inspiring me to write more!

[@DanTheMostRandom]

You deserve WAY more subscribers. Content - always on point, relevant, aesthetically pleasing. Once Ghostcide is published, your subscribers will go up exponentially . The Whole World Needs To Know About Ana 😊

[@ananeu]

aww bestie stahhhpp ur too sweet🤍🤍😭😭💕💕

[@rosefxlms]

actually so excited for your novel to come out, ana. 💗

[@starslooknice]

Urghhhh, your so lucky that you've built such a nice community. I'm currently writing a series of books called The Narentines, which is about an organisation of hybrids, and I'm struggling sm to get it out there to people on my other channel !! I've shown it to my friends, family, and my teacher, and they all loved it, I wanna get my story out into the world so friggin bad :(

[@astronomynko]

I LOVE the art that was drawn of your characters oh my gosh. The characters look SO PRETTY! Also video idea, you could let people almost ask the characters things and you tell them what the character would say!

[@LunaOdellWrites]

Hi Ana, great video as always!!! I just want to thank you for your enthusiasm for writing because it really helped me to start my DEBUT NOVEL, WHICH I PUBLISHED THE OTHER DAY!!! 💕💕💕💕

[@ananeu]

Omg congrats bestie!!!! 😭🤍🤍

[@LunaOdellWrites]

@@ananeu Thank you!! I still can't believe that I wrote a WHOLE book!!! 😲😲😲😲

[@isabellajuanitalyn]

These tips are so useful and I love your aesthetic!

[@_rainy.lulu_4609]

I'm so excited for this book to come out, and as soon as it gets published, I'm running to the colsest bookstore to grab a copy!!

[@TheNightGalaxySystem]

You always seem to inspire me to work on my projects Ana, omg ilysm! ❤❤❤😊😊😊😊

[@askavaverse]

Thank you so much for this video! I'm going to make a mood board for my project now! Love your videos so much Ana!! And I CANNOT wait for Ghostcide!!

[@heyyitssj]

Currently starting draft 2 of my current wip and the editing process has felt a little overwhelming. Thanks for sharing your recs 😊

[@ananeu]

I'm with you, girl! Editing is a process for sure! 😩✨

[@ThatGirlWho_Draws]

SECOND!! ALSO I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL AND VIDEOSS!!! You have motivated me SO MUCh to write my stories!! 🩷🩷🩷 Also what age rating is Ghostcide?

[@adamannanni]

Love ❤❤

[@julianrobertson3303]

Well said as always , keeping book files safe is a must like any other file , for example Lana Del Rey had her laptop stolen out of her car , the laptop contained all the files to a book that she had written about her life story ,Lana had not backed up anything & the laptop was not recovered , I can't imagine how she must of felt ?. Memory is cheap these days so it's wise to have several back up's.

[@rhogam100]

❤ so inspiring

[@L_oliviarodrigosbiggestfan]

This sounds like such a good idea! When can I buy ur book??

[@alyssap7405]

Awesome advice.

[@MeganVisagie-e6u]

Ana, which website do you use more of: Milanote or Scrintal?? BTW You inspired me so much that I even started writing my novel! Thank you😊

[@leowaves7513]

I WOULD LOVE to beta read ghostcide!! Hopefully I can ❤❤😎

[@dukeofdenver]

I'd be honored to beta read for you. I read and write in that genre as well. And I have critiqued for other authors before

[@courtenaywrites]

A tip for you is to self-edit too! At 3:06, you have a piece of dialogue which reads “‘We’re not flirting.’ Red crosses her arms. ‘We aren’t flirting Ned, are we?’” The dialogue doesn’t make sense because of the full stops. You want to join it all together. By rewriting the sentences as you go, it lessens the workload for you. It should read: “‘We aren’t flirting,’ Red says, crossing her arms, ‘We aren’t flirting, are we, Ned?’” Noticing things like this makes it so you have a lot less mistakes to correct as you go! :)

[@iluvSchleeping]

What she’s written is correct. What you’ve written removes her voice. Dialogue-action-dialogue is fine. Maybe she didn’t want to use a dialogue tag.

[@courtenaywrites]

@ It’s actually not, but ok? 👀

[@crisvenez95]

Hello, Ana! I have so many things to write, and it's all my fault. I always come up with new ideas and I can't write them down fast enough. But! I still want to write, because I want to make other people explore new worlds, new ideas and new modes of being. That said, I have some questions for you: Why are you self-publishing? What is your novel about?

[@ananoir]

instead of just saving it on your computer, I recommend to save your important documents for your book everywhere you can. save it on your computer, a cloud like Google Drive, as well as a flash drive. things can happen to a computer and if you have to get your hard drive replaced, you lose EVERYTHING. so if you have to get a new computer or new hard drive, then at least you've saved it on a flash drive and your cloud

[@ananeu]

OMG yesss!! Backups are so important😩🤍

[@ysves3_00]

hello ana, where do you post your novel? i am currently writing a fiction novel and would like to know

[@Jess_Cozy_Corner]

I sadly have to use Google docs right now because word Microsoft is no longer free 😭 I hope my book project will be safe I'm also gonna try to make a music playlist for my book (it's a animal fantasy with animals that fall in love so maybe I could call it a animal romantasy with no spice?)

[@sylviamichaud4759]

The mood board is inspirational. I assume you are going to classify this novella or novel as young adult.

[@SpaceChell]

I'd love to be veta reader but I'm so busy idk if I'd get it done in time you need it done by.

[@ice12984]

I have this random question. How many povs per chapter is too much? I want to put six povs in each chapter with like 1200 words each pov but I feel like it’d be too messy?

[@glxsyy_avery]

I’m a new writer currently but I feel like it might be a bit much. BUT if you really want to make 6 povs I would recommend dedicating one section of the story to each character instead of switching between them multiple times Again this is only what I would do you can do whatever you want!

[@herelieschar]

i agree with the other comment that putting the book into 6 parts would be better than a new POV every 1200 words, it would make it confusing to read I think

[@sadturtle-i2c]

Six of Crows had a lot of POVs, I got lost, but everyone else loves that book. Personally, I’m not sure though, probably make sure it is like- not very confusing

[@herelieschar]

​@@sadturtle-i2c i forgot about 6 of crows, the povs were good i just found myself taking a bit longer to get into each chapter with the amount of them

[@era_by_era5771]

Books that do this well are Good Omens (no chapters but scene breaks where it switches) and Beartown by Fredrick Backman (pov switches throughout the chapter) both have way more than 6 povs. Something they do is going through their head instead of their eyes? Like, it analyzes the character's thinking and actions, but it's like you and the author are flies on the wall watching the character, instead of being them and seeing through their eyes. Both those books are literary/literary leaning, but I'd still recommend reading both just to see how it works. A book already mentioned, six of crows, also does 6 povs really well. A big thing that helps is characters being in physically different places, and having different priorities they're thinking about. When everyone's in the same place thinking about the same thing, which is mostly unavoidable, it's much easier to confuse povs. Also, if you plan to do every pov once a chapter, there's no reason it can't just be a different chapter each pov.

[@era_by_era5771]

🙋‍♀️ i volunteer as tribute!!!!! (To beta read, i love editing/beta reading)

[@L_oliviarodrigosbiggestfan]

STOP WHY ARE OUR PINTREST BOARDS SO SIMILAR???😭😭

[@delilahnovak12]

I WILL BE A BET READER PLZ OMG LIKE I WANT TO READ THIS SO BAD 😭😭😭🙏🙏 (of course if you want but if I'm able to then I would love to be able to read this for you

[@rabsrabs5827]

Hey girl, applying to be a beta reader! Have beta-read for some other authors before. I have time on my hands and would love to be of help. where can I reach you?

[@Stellafails]

I'd love to be a beta reader!

[@ellieim]

I'd literally love to be a beta readerrrrr

[@Evybooks]

I'm also stuck at the beta-reading stage for like two years, I can't get a relieable group who read it consistently. So for anyone who's looking for beta-readers, realy reseach for good readers or hire a beta-reader so you know they'll read it.

[@Clover2905]

💕

[@EudoraObasi]

Since this is your first novel, what is your source of income

[@dukeofdenver]

She's a student still😂

[@solotheblackorb]

should probably call it ghosticide with an I cuz otherwise it wouldn’t make sense tbh

[@eilinelisadraaraujo4920]

Ghostside is taking to long 😭 (not rushing u) is has been a year, like literaly

[@GL4MR1LEY]

It takes a while to write a novel..

[@JustgotanIPsniffer]

first?

[@DanTheMostRandom]

Yes you are lol 😆

[@EudoraObasi]

Since this is your first novel, what is your source of income