HOW TO WRITE A BOOK AS A TEEN: How I published a book when I was 16

[@katymbeke8400]

All I need to do is finish my story and follow these steps. Thank you Claire.

[@WritewithClaireFraise]

So glad I could help!! Good luck with publishing :)

[@mariamart_0]

Thank you for not the excessive overwhelming urge of response when it comes to being a teenage author and writer for your audiences. Ciao!! 🌸🤭

[@caileycarrot]

I wish there could be more teen creators, ur an inspiration clair❤️

[@checkmate4791]

hello! :DDD im 14 years old and i started writing the first chapter of my book so far! this is what im thinking the summary should be soo yuh :>>> " All it takes is one person to ruin a lifetime. One person to take away a life, another to ruin someone's trust for a lifetime, and one person who snaps and decides that enough is enough They take the blade, or the nose, hatchet, machete, and they snap. This is the story of three people, all their trust broken, who picked up a key, a sword, and a bit of knowledge and took down a government. " basically my story is going to be about these three main characters, lilith, grinch, and amy, who are part of a rebellion against the so called "government" (which you find out later isnt actualy the gov but like im not gonna get into thatttttttt.) the three of them one day decide that to get rid of it, they have to join it, to destroy it from the outside andddd yeah! also at some point i forgot that these are my charaters and i made headcannons for them and then was like "wait a minute-" and yeah! :>>> i just really wanted to share it because im really proud of mehselfffffff edit: i fin chapter one! it has 1135 words! :DDDD

[@kittenloveer1625]

Cool! I'm 15 and I just started working on my book as well! I just finished chapter two and I've been writing for almost two weeks. We should edit our comments once a week to show how far we've gotten! Edit 1- Week two is over. Made it to chapter three and wrote 7900 words! 5/30 Edit 2- I didn't quit! I decided to slow down on writing because of exams but I'm back at it! I'm at 12,000 words and chapter 5. I'm going to update every 10,000 words just so I can see my own progress and how fast I complete things. Good luck on all of your writing! 6/13 Ok, actually did give up at this point. 14,000 words. I've realized I wrote myself into a corner and realized how writing makes me feel in general. I also do art and art is what I've always wanted to make my career. Now I understand why. When I do art I feel relaxed, I get into a zone that I can go into at 5:00, not wake up from until 8:00, then wonder where all the time went. It makes me happy, not just after I've done it but (and this is key) WHILE I'm doing it. Writing can be fun for me too but not in the same way. Writing itself almost always felt like a chore, it was hard to get started and hard to continue. The words felt empty and the black and white wall of text before me, bleak. The stress it put on me became heavier and heavier until it became something I never wanted it to be. Art is difficult too, and the drawing on the paper rarely even resembles the images in my mind but it doesn't stress me as writing does and I can see my progress and improvement in all of my work. Perhaps someday I will return to writing in some form, maybe even to my current project! But for now I am done. I'm not trying to discourage other aspiring authors. If you want to write a book, you can! It's not impossible and anyone who really wants to can do it, but if it becomes something that you don't want to do anymore don't make yourself continue, even if you've already told everyone you know that you're doing it! After quitting I have been much happier and have been able to do more art than I was before. Good luck with writing or whatever other task you set yourself! 7/28 Haha! How nieve I was, thinking I could escape! Like I could get away that easily. A new idea has trapped me and I shall never break free! 3 days: 5000 words. 7/30/23 I just write fanfic now

[@checkmate4791]

​@@kittenloveer1625 YESSSSS :DDD THAT SOUNDS AWSOME ADKSJFLKDASJFLK :DDDD

[@kittenloveer1625]

@@checkmate4791 Yay! 😄

[@checkmate4791]

@@kittenloveer1625 :DDDDDD

[@WritewithClaireFraise]

Omg that is so awesome congratulations!!!

[@robbiegarnz7732]

Great advice! The best way to start writing is to just write!! Especially for younger people who are just learning.

[@electricangel1001]

I know I’m a bit late to commenting on this video, but I’m hoping someone will see this comment :) I’m an eleven year old (turning twelve in 8 months) and I’m planning to write a book throughout the school year whenever I have free time, although I probably won’t publish it. I already have an idea in my mind which I’ll sum up in a few sentences: a twelve year old girl has to homeschool herself because of her legal guardian, her sister, basically pretends she doesn’t exist. When the sister gets arrested for drug dealing and child neglect, the girl is now owned by an elderly relative, although she doesn’t see him much because she goes to boarding school. At this school she solves mysteries and crimes. The idea is heavily inspired by the Netflix show Wednesday and the book Friday Barnes. If anyone can give me tips or feedback then that would be appreciated :)

[@WritewithClaireFraise]

Hi Lileh! That's great that you're writing a book. That sounds like a fun idea. Wednesday was a great show, I enjoyed watching it. My biggest piece of advice to you is to write as much as you can and write what excites you. Writing is fun, and the best way to get better at it is to write a bunch. See if you can write the entire book from start to finish, and do that before you wonder at all about how to make the book "good." As long as you love it and are excited about it, that's all that matters, so follow what makes you excited about writing and have tons of fun doing it.

[@electricangel1001]

@@WritewithClaireFraise wow I didn’t think anyone would reply! Thanks for taking the time to give feedback to a young aspiring writer :)

[@Aviyah_69]

I'm 10 years old, and i've written my first book but figuring out what next to do.

[@WritewithClaireFraise]

Congratulations on writing your first book that's amazing!

[@feruzammyusupova429]

same😃

[@zackfinkel4]

I just published my novel on the Amazon Kindle. This video helped a lot, thanks!

[@larajustlara8003]

What’s it called?

[@zackfinkel4]

@@larajustlara8003 I published two, one is called "When I'm On the Run" and the other is called "The Individual Soul"

[@geoffcherry3121]

Congrats on 500.. great videos!

[@WritewithClaireFraise]

Thanks so much Geoff!!

[@i_draw123]

I'm...not a teen but I want to write

[@Claireifudu.]

You can do anything you want to do if you believe ✨

[@filmetiquette2409]

I am working on my book right now, and luckily I have an idea written up.

[@WritewithClaireFraise]

That's awesome!

[@MarcusClark824]

His was a great video :) I really want to finish my book and I feel like I could have a good story it's basically a about people who have supernatural abilities but there are 5 special people that are "different" than everyone else because they have different powers than everyone else the main characters name is Tatsuo and his power is lightning. The book takes place in Japan and to these 5 special people have these monsters in them like different types of dragons. Sorry for the long comment I was just wanting to know if that sounds good :) thank you for your time

[@WritewithClaireFraise]

Ooh that sounds like a really cool idea!

[@storiesandtaps8510]

Thank you, Claire!!! ♥️

[@NotRealValty]

Hey! I know this was 2 years ago, but I hope you could give me a little step by step as to what editors I need first. Does it go like this? 1. Editor 2. Line Editor 3. Copy Editor - and so on? I'm not sure when it comes to these editors.

[@WritewithClaireFraise]

The typical order of readers/editors goes like: 1. Alpha readers 2. Beta readers 3. Developmental editor 4. Line editor 5. Copy editor 6. Proofreader -- but you don't need all of these editors! I used a developmental editor and a line editor on They Stay and They Whisper, and then a line editor and a proofreader on They Return. You can use as many or as few editors as you choose but I highly recommend working with at least one good professional editor who can make your prose clean and professional before publishing.

[@NotRealValty]

@@WritewithClaireFraise I very much appreciate your response! Thank you so much for clearing up for me!

[@arikidozi9244]

Hello I'm pretty interested in writing one too. I want to know what's an effective way to advertise my book? What platforms should I use or what articles should i write?

[@WritewithClaireFraise]

Hi there! This is a big question, but a great place to start with marketing is creating your own website and starting your own newsletter. One podcast that I really love listening to about marketing is Six Figure Authors, they do a fantastic job breaking down all of the different things that go into marketing your book. This might help you get an idea of the marketing things that you can do to market your book, but you absolutely don't have to do all of them. I hope your book is going well!

[@artistic_anarchy1016]

I’m in high school and I’m writing a book called Some Flowers Have Thorns it’s about a young florist who discovers a spell book that could save his mothers shop, but he doesn't realize the danger of using magic till it's too late. To sum it up he is a magical Florist pansexual mess on a journey to save his mother from the government, he meets some friend and maybe even a love interest.

[@ishipit6608]

I would so read that! Lemme know when it drops🔥

[@WritewithClaireFraise]

Ooh that sounds awesome!!

[@nereid149]

hi! i'm 12 years old and i'm working on the second draft of my book. it's about this girl who comes from a cursed family, and she can also see and communicate with ghosts. she goes out and discovers things about her family that she never knew before, like how the curse started. i want it to be a trilogy but since the first book will be my first book published, i feel like i'm going too fast. any tips on that?

[@WritewithClaireFraise]

This sounds like a really cool story! I hope your writing project is going well! My advice would be not to get ahead of yourself in planning a trilogy. Just focus on writing the first book and see where the journey takes you from there. But once that book is done and you're excited and want to plan a trilogy, then definitely go for it, writing a series is super fun 😀

[@saffron.2909]

personally, i'm not looking for publishing to make a platform or audience as such. i just want to publish one book so i can give it as a gift to somebody i love, do you have any ideas how i'd go about that? or is it simply not possible?

[@foodislife6425]

Anything is possible :) You although need to pay but not sure how much, you have to hire someone to make the book cover, correct your mistakes etc... Not sure much how it works but I suggest researching on it I hope for you the best!

[@samanthaarnette6113]

havent watched it all the way through yet but do you have any tips on this? So im 14 and looking to publish my book soon, i was looking through amazon KDP and when i got to tax imformation it asked for a tax code. Becasue im under 18 i dont pay taxes so i dont have a tax code. I can't use my parents becasue i dont want to IRS on my doorstep, so any info? i'll take it for anyone lol

[@NinaYen-uu3qi]

wait how does an IRS work, like what is it

[@samanthaarnette6113]

@@NinaYen-uu3qi they work with money and taxes

[@NinaYen-uu3qi]

@@samanthaarnette6113 oh ok thank you

[@user-or0ca9epyt]

Hi, Do Miners have to use their parent's bank account for KDP?

[@elitenext]

if you don't have your ow bank account yes but you could always get a childs account made and it later evolves to an adult account. ask your parents if its something you're considering

[@theexaltedpoet]

Hey 👋, This Video was very good, I got very information from this, I wanna ask you that I'm 13 year old and I wanna write a book and I don't know how should I start this, can you answer?

[@mariamart_0]

Glad to see a younger teenager finally doing something they love instead of their parents saying no to them. As someone is writing my current novel for distribution and retribution for publishing. You should start with a simple template like a writing template to plan and organize your thoughts for your novel :^)

[@theexaltedpoet]

@@mariamart_0 Thank You So Much but it was late as I've already started writing my poetry book. But still it'll help me in future, thank you again.

[@brat4812]

Man, wish to speak to you someday. From India, can I get a medium to talk to you once. please, every time I hear you my heartaches & even I write but I want you to see them so that you can give an idea of correction :-) 🙃

[@Viavampire]

Would wattpad be considered a distributor??

[@vecna1178]

I think so

[@arieson7715]

*NO*

[@Viavampire]

@@arieson7715 why "no"?

[@blazingtotodile6065]

Your Eyes 🫠🫶🤍

[@Nido123]

I'm 16 and I have a book that I'd like to get out before I turn 17 but it hasn't been edited yet. Will I be able to do it in time?

[@kittenloveer1625]

Sorry definitely not qualified to give advice but isn't it more important to make the book the best that you can and not to worry about some artificial deadline that you made yourself? If you can edit it and get it to where you want it in time that's great, but if not, think about waiting to publish until it's a product you know you're happy with. Again not qualified to give advice but I hope it helps anyway.

[@Nido123]

@@kittenloveer1625 Ok, thanks!

[@WritewithClaireFraise]

I second what Patrick said! Don't put artificial pressure on yourself and try to publish before you are ready and super proud of the book you have written. Also, don't put so much pressure on yourself that you stop enjoying the process. Writing should be exciting and fun (at least most of the time) - so make sure you enjoy it and don't rush to a goal too fast without enjoying the journey to get there :)

[@mariamart_0]

You should get it out if you want to. You can publish your book on other publishing websites for publication. Just don’t rush yourself dear :^). Just take your time because you are young just like me :).

[@royri502]

I am teen 18 year old want to write book i am into book writing since childhood but how can i write whole novel some tips

[@WritewithClaireFraise]

Hi! That's great you want to write a book. I have many videos on my channel talking about writing and how to publish books as a teenager, so I recommend checking those out :)

[@royri502]

@@WritewithClaireFraise thank you for your reply if i am writing a character so it also mean that i am living that character so it ok to go so deep of that character or its not ok

[@yeekam8317]

I have wrote a little part of my book, but I peronally knows that me english is very bad (my mother language is not eng) Do you have any tips on getting better? Or just write more? Thank you so much

[@user-nr4ee7dj7f]

hi I'm kinda in the same position you are now all what you have to do is watch, read and hear English, you will get better. that worked for me but you still have to study English from time to time. and if you are fluent in another language use it first, don't try to write your book in English but try to translate it into it. good luck!

[@nicoledobra]

The question is, why do you want to write in english? There are certain things that you can only express in your native tongue, and i think books turn out better if writen like this. I suggest you could try writing as you feel confortable, maybe it will turn out great because you made it in a way that you weren't scared of mistakes 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@nereid149]

why not write it in your native language? it could always get translated to english!

[@andrewkraunelis8297]

Nice!

[@yehudakellerman8297]

Hi. You have writers sense, your first sentence is polished. I have a book to publish and I want to network. It would be wonderful if I could share. Let me know! It’s called Chan Jones. What’s your story? Do you have an agent?

[@WritewithClaireFraise]

Hi! I am a self-published author of YA supernatural thriller and mysteries. I am not agented because I chose to self-publish and didn't query. That's so exciting you have a book coming out!

[@nursemadymads]

do you get paid tho..?