I Tried Writing Like Full-Time Author Victoria Aveyard // Writing Experiment

[@meloond]

Victoria Aveyard is an inspiration. She's so honest about the logistics of her career, completely real about the "this pays the bills" part. I love the creativity of writing, but it's soo true that there has to be a lot of disciple to keep a sustainable income. Great video!!

[@SaraLubratt]

I completely agree! I'm glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

The most inspiring thing is how Aveyard treats her writing as a business. I think this is one of the clear distinctions between amateur writers and professionals. The professional will decide to write, period. So I like to hear that, and it also applies for those who do not write full-time. I enjoy these writing experiment videos, I always make notes throughout. 👍

[@SaraLubratt]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I agree, I think it's awesome that she treats it so professionally and just shows up, and whatever happens at the page happens and she doesn't shoot for a certain word count

[@samkathryn4825]

If I ever becomes successful author, I’m going to make sure I publish my whole routine so people like Sarah and me can copy, lol. Also, Sarah, would you consider doing a video about your own writing routine? Like, “I tried writing like Ideal Sarah Lubratt“ where you write down your ideal writing routine or what works best for you and trying to hit all of those boxes?

[@SaraLubratt]

Lol Sam that's so smart 😂. I've made several writing routine videos about my own and there will always be more to come as I evolve as a writer and figure it out! And P.S. it's Sara, not Sarah :)

[@ajwinterbooks]

Love this! I know Victoria usually works out and walks her dog before even the admin stuff (she's one of my regular viewings when I watch her instagram stories). I absolutely love watching her stories because she is so open and honest about her writing process. Hers is probably most similar to mine (minus a few things, of course), but when I'm drafting, I usually hole up in my office by 10am and stop writing by 6/7.

[@ajwinterbooks]

Just want to add that I'm not a full-time writer lol. I have the weekends and Wednesdays to write as much as I can, and it's how I utilize them to their full advantage.

[@SaraLubratt]

Yes! Lol I didn't find out about the working out part until 10 so I just decided to skip that detail 😂, next time. That's awesome!

[@SaraLubratt]

That's amazing!

[@nicoledorman8484]

Ahhhh Victoria Aveyard is one of my favourite authors. I often stalk her tiktok and she does have some "day in the life" videos on there. But this was fantastic. And the amount of work you got done is incredible! I'm super inspired now.

[@SaraLubratt]

Thank you! Yeah she's awesome!!

[@HeatherSalterPurvesauthor]

I love these writers experiments that you and kate do. It keeps inspiring me to try famous writers routines. 🙋

[@SaraLubratt]

Thank you! They're so fun to try!

[@ninaking8087]

I love this series of writing like other authors. Victoria is one of my favorites too so I’m really excited about this video!

[@SaraLubratt]

Hope you enjoy it!!

[@t0dd000]

I consider a successful day of writing gauged by how I feel about it. Lots of words or not. I draft in essentially a text editor ... when not pen and paper.

[@rodrigo3732]

I love these experimets,really inspiring stuff

[@SaraLubratt]

Thank you!

[@gailc.m.victor]

Funny enough, being a nocternal writer is currently my ideal writing schedule... (And is, for the most part) :P Glad you were so productive that day! Also; I've been meaning to mention: our next door neighbor has a long-time visitor living at their house, and the car out front has Utah plates.... Reminds me of you whenever I go out/come home, lol.

[@SaraLubratt]

HAHAHA I love that!! I thought my ideal would to be fully nocturnal as well but I was really impressed with what I got done using this schedule! Oh my gosh I love that!! Thank you!

[@gailc.m.victor]

@@SaraLubratt Sometimes, I'm able to write first thing when I wake up, but it's more consistent that I'm able to write after 11pm. I'm glad it's working for you! Yeah :P You're welcome?

[@mspratyushasen]

I love watching these writing experiment videos. Must require a lot of reasearch too.

[@SaraLubratt]

Normally it is, thankfully Victoria had almost all of the answers in the FAQ on her website!

[@nothingimportant3881]

Awesome video! I typically work Monday through Wednesday for my "day job" and have a pretty strict writing schedule on Thursdays and Fridays. It makes me wonder what I could accomplish by setting those kinds of specific daily writing hours. Looking forward to the next video. Keep up the good work!

[@SaraLubratt]

That sounds awesome! Thank you! Good luck and happy writing!

[@BonnieDragonKat]

I love her video where she breaks down her structure in Red Queen.

[@SaraLubratt]

Oh I'll have to go find that!

[@pronspronson9669]

I like that you try these things for us, good video :)

[@SaraLubratt]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jeimyreid]

Im currently exhausted :( having a full time job in an office and trying to work on my novel is killing me 😩

[@SaraLubratt]

It it ALOT to do all at once! Remember to be nice to yourself and that mental health comes first!

[@jeimyreid]

@@SaraLubratt yes!! I keep telling myself that it’ll all be worth it for the day were I’m finally writing as a full time job :)

[@SaraLubratt]

@@jeimyreid Totally fair! And what a wonderful day to look forward to!

[@gospelpopmusic]

But you can write that novel. I am working on my sci fi thriller screenplay and the novel version. Just be determined. You've got God's Greatness within you.

[@TimRG]

Have you tried or will you try Scrivener sometime?

[@SaraLubratt]

I have not yet, but I want to and I'm sure I will make a video about it when the time comes!

[@SwedishTourist]

I'm not really into writing myself, I love the thought of being an author, but when it comes to actually doing it I feel like it's not really for me. So instead I watch book reviews and your vlogs, just to get a little bit of it in my life. Haha, I'm weird.

[@SaraLubratt]

That's so interesting! But I'm glad you like the little bit of that feeling that you get from my videos (and it's a huge compliment thank you!!)

[@Ghostrob2023]

Not related to this video. Good morning, Sara! Happy Tuesday and hope you had a nice Easter weekend. Have a wonderful, faithful, positive and productive day. God bless.

[@SaraLubratt]

Thanks!

[@mattmallecoccio8378]

I haven't worked for another person in 10 years, but I am seeking employment. I hope, however, that I will not be too weary to write while having a job

[@SaraLubratt]

That's awesome!!

[@nanukaable]

She's treating it like a traditional job and it shows in her writing style. (Not in a good way TBH)

[@SaraLubratt]

I'm just trying different routine styles :)

[@AdamFishkin]

Techniques used by other authors being duplicated as an experiment have often been the weirdest videos for me. Not sure why. Side note: finished the outline yesterday. It clocked in much closer to 15,000 than my predicted 10,000. So my semblance of NaNoWriMo was successful and then some, and now I get to sit all comfy in the stands cheering on friends like you as you work toward your typical 50K.

[@SaraLubratt]

For me, it's something that works really well for someone else and it's challenging to me and allows me to switch up my schedule to see if it's something that I think would be beneficial for me as well! It's all about evolving as a writer! That's awesome! Congratulations on finishing your outline!

[@AdamFishkin]

:) Thank you.