I WROTE 50,000 WORDS IN 19 DAYS! | weekly writing vlog

[@authorgkray]

"Please don't watch my old videos." But... what if we already have, being here since the start? LOL Happy 10 years, Kat! Your videos always cheer me up, especially these writing vlogs.

[@cjpreach]

Me, too! I spent my vacation week secluded in my sister's barn. I wrote 49,000 words in 7 1/2 days. First Draft done! Now, the 6 rounds of edits.

[@Katytastic]

ooh nice!! good luck w all the edits! XD

[@wildcherrygirl]

i love these writing vlogs so much! i don’t write but since i love reading i find the process super interesting

[@wordcharm2649]

You've come so far in terms of your confidence and ability to push forward in your drafts! So inspiring, Kat!

[@crystalrainbow19]

Congrats on ten years! I've been following you for more than five of those ten years. You, Jessie, and Christine were my first BookTubers and you're still my faves :-)

[@jdhelms]

I did this for the first time last month, and it is NOT easy to do. I came across your channel looking for outline options and your 3/9/27 structure is absolutely a godsend. I love your content, even though it seems you haven't posted in a while. Hope you are doing well, and I look forward to watching any future content. :) Happy Writing!

[@hollyriver22171]

yas Katy Sanderson

[@Katytastic]

i fully plan to do a "state of the sanderson" style round-up at the end of the year XD

[@dasha_vb]

Ooh, I’m so excited for writing topic of the week videos! 😄 Something I’d love to hear your thoughts on is character motivations. It’s fun to come up with new characters and give them personality traits but I find it difficult to give them an interesting drive/ambition. Congrats on 50K by the way, it’s a great milestone! 🥳

[@Katytastic]

yay thank you! and that's a great suggestion, thanks!

[@cassandramarie97]

Ah, congrats on hitting 50k! I'm planning on doing NaNo this year, but my idea is still in the very very early stages of planning, so we'll see how that goes. Good luck with the rest of your writing!

[@Katytastic]

thank you! and good luck to you w nanowrimo!

[@dreamofmedeukae]

Congratulations on hitting 50k! 😊🎉 Suddenly very tempted to participate in nanowrimo this year despite it being three days away and having no formal plans to do so 🥴

[@Katytastic]

i say go for it! sometimes the most impulsive ideas are the best :)

[@derlis_whatever7033]

Happy 10 years! I've been watching since 2013 when I was a senior in high school and it's still amazing when I see a notification that you uploaded! Love from Paraguay 💖💖

[@Katytastic]

thank you!!

[@derlis_whatever7033]

@@Katytastic ♥♥♥

[@thegreenreader]

50k hell yeah! And ten years on KZbin Ohmygod. Congrats! And three consistent videos yay! And more writing weekly vlogs with writing topics sounds helpful! I’d love to see you talk about info pacing. Like info dumping in slow action or lots of action with lots of information they cant know possibly know yet, that kind of thing. I think I’m going nanowrimo but I’m still not sure. I have joined a 21 day poetry writing challenge though so!

[@mackenziebrynnrap]

AH SO MUCH CELEBRATING! 50K AND your 10 year NaNo KZbin-iversary!! HUZZAH! AMAZING! CONGRATS! I'm so proud of you and so excited for your book and more videos and your enthusiasm and happiness and all that jazz EEEEEEEE! VERY pumped to hear your sit-down writing discussion videos! Particularly the fanfic one (lol) just cuz fanfic has been something I've been into since my (pre)teen years before and when discovered I was a closeted youth and you finding discovering and loving it has been so cool to see! As for video topics, I know you've previously discussed maybe talking about different story structures (like 2 Act or 4 Act maybe?) and I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on that, particularly if you've read anything from international friends or academic educator type people regarding non-Western formats. (I realize that might make you uncomfy since its a bit out of your lane, hence the suggestion of international friends and/or academic educator type peeps) Wow sorry this comment has been WAY too long as per usual from me lol but continuing to send you all the love and hugs and good vibes (if you want them) and looking forward to more!!!!

[@ciarawhite1700]

happy ten year anniversary

[@Katytastic]

thank you!

[@avsambart]

HAPPY TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!! I'm pretty sure I've been watching you since your 2012 videos...

[@lowercase_ash]

I wasn't sure about doing nanowrimo, but you got me inspired! And I started "practicing" in October, being amazed at how much I could write. Now I'm super excited!

[@Katytastic]

GOOD LUCK!!

[@MichaelAlthauser]

Cheers to 50K! Looking forward to more videos, doing a weekly topic sounds great, and you've got some great ideas.

[@Katytastic]

thank you!

[@jennifermckeithen1498]

Thanks so much for sharing, Kat! I wrote three novels because of your videos!

[@lina763]

Congrats on the 50k!!! Also, the new format and topics sound soooo good

[@anananana]

Congrats on hitting 50k! I'm so looking forward to new form of writing vlogs. And weekly topics that you mentioned all sound so interesting!

[@teighlorc2963]

Love the sound of all of these topics

[@BohoBookworm]

Love that you're swapping manuscripts! Adds such a fun element to the process :)

[@Katytastic]

yeah it should be fun! and it's always nice to be able to chat about plot spoilers with someone early on XD

[@amazonorchid1321]

Congrats on 50k, and happy anniversary 🥰

[@TiliaHaggstrom]

Congrats on 50k Major overwriter

[@taliw7736]

Woah happy anniversary Katy

[@foggyfiction9917]

Congrats on being a rockstar and hitting 50k!!

[@Charlotte-kc1ec]

Congrats on 50k!! 🕯 already manifesting the fanfic sit-down talk 🕯

[@Katytastic]

thank you!! and i'm sure that one will happen sooner rather than later XD

[@queendsheena1]

I'm doing Nano and congrats on hitting 50K.

[@samanthamathena2080]

Congratulations!! 🎉🎉👏👏 I love seeing your video notis pop up!! 🤗

[@Isabella-lf2ku]

The charts soooo satisfying

[@sercemwksiazkach]

Huuuge congrats on hitting 50k! It’s incredibly exciting and you should be soo proud!! Besides, I’m very excited for those writing tips kinds of videos. I love those! They’re extremely interesting even though I don’t write😅

[@Katytastic]

thank you!!

[@MeganTrimble]

we're so proud of you kat!!

[@jananiananthanarayanan4794]

CONGRATULATIONS KAT!!!! IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!

[@Katrein]

Heck yes! Kat planning to not disappear haha I am happy for you to hit 50 k. Good luck further on! :)

[@marianamauricio]

aaaaa congrats!!!

[@tejaswinisureshkrishnan4228]

Omg! Congratulations!!! I'm kind of stuck at 80% and I hope I'll get to it soon! I really hope I finish it😬😬

[@StarsAndEmbers]

Congrats on 50k!!

[@carole-rosemelanie-jane6570]

i'd love a video on genres and how to pinpoint the genre of your novel

[@Katytastic]

ooh that'd be a good topic, especially because i tend to blend genres which is where it gets a little tricky XD

[@L3onking]

I'm so proud of you!!!

[@charmedvenuss]

your videos have inspired me to try nano just one more time, I havent written more than 200 words in a wip in like 3 years, so if i get more than 10k ill be happy lol i have half of a novel outlined with your 27 chapter method(:

[@Katytastic]

GOOD LUCK!! YOU CAN DO IT!!

[@meimei7903]

in your "my experience writing fanfics" video, i'd love it if you could talk about your thoughts on how fanfiction/its authors are being integrated into more mainstream media? and by that i mean how former fanfic author are now new york times bestselling authors of their own original series - ie marissa meyer, tamsyn muir, etc - and how many former fanfics - ie fifty shades of grey, after, etc - are now new york times bestsellers? because as someone who does still actively write fanfiction and is planning on making it into a career, i'm always interested to hear the thoughts of someone else who writes both original works and fanfiction as well!

[@Katytastic]

ooh this is a good discussion point! my basic opinion is that I LOVE IT. two of my FAVORITE fic authors had novels sort of "break out" and get popular this year and i am THRILLED XD i honestly think it would shock most people to know how many trad pub authors either started in fic or are currently writing fic under a pseudonym because it's WAY MORE than they'd assume.

[@madisontheshootingstar]

Celebrate 🎉 always celebrate 🎉, I celebrated just hitting 20k because I never thought I’d get that far so soon in my project.

[@monti2842]

Love the topics idea!

[@andrescarbone3937]

I’m about to watch those old videos

[@Katytastic]

preemptive apologies to your eardrums for the poor microphone quality XD

[@lisawitcher6423]

I’m always so happy when you post. Love your videos, Kat! 🥰 For a video topic suggestion, I’d love to hear your thoughts on how you write original LGBT+ characters. I’m apart of the community, but I think your input would fantastic. ALSO, CONGRATS ON 50K!

[@BookishlyBri]

I wanted to do nano but it starts tomorrow and I don’t have anything planned and no ideas. Oh well

[@keelinover5584]

Incredible, 50k in 19 days is bonkers. I would love your thoughts on imposter syndrome in writing. I've been noticing it popping up for me while I write.

[@staceycoates1418]

I would love to see videos on how-to revise/edit.

[@Katytastic]

good suggestion, adding it to my list!

[@lumi33tv]

I miss youuuuu, helllooooo!

[@ninakay9916]

When Kat talks about doing youtube for ten years but you realized you've been watching her for the last ten years *spider man pointing at himself meme*

[@helenatieck7911]

Ohh how do I get the visual chapter target thingy you showed on screen? That is so cool! Also, congrats on hitting 50k!!!

[@Katytastic]

if you mean the overall wordcount goal tracker, that's under the "project" menu. there's a selection that says "show project targets" (though i use an older version of scrivener, so i'm not sure if that's different in the current version!) and if you mean the chapter progress charts, i tweeted about how to do that here: twitter.com/kat_tastic/status/1044974376456577025 (again, i use older version of scrivener, so not sure if still accurate!)

[@helenatieck7911]

@@Katytastic thank you ☺️ that helped!

[@LeiaArya]

Congrats for the 50k! I have a question. Where I can find de chart in scrivener? I want to see how many words per chapter I have written and I am getting crazy looking for it. Thanks

[@Katytastic]

i tweeted instructions for that here: twitter.com/kat_tastic/status/1044974376456577025 (HOWEVER i use an older version of scrivener and i've heard the current version is different!) you also have to have word count targets for each chapter for this to work the way i show it (in my version of scrivener there's a circular target on the bottom right side of the page that you click to set these goals)

[@LeiaArya]

@@Katytastic thank you. I will try if this works in the new version

[@jamesrichey]

I would love to read a book written by you.

[@trtlphnx]

You Are My New hero, Sweetie; Love Your Goal Achievement and Spunky Attitude ~ Please Keep Us Updated ~

[@Katytastic]

[@ZoesAllBooked]

Ayyyee this started on my birthday! Using this to manifest a successful NaNoWriMo season 😂

[@Katytastic]

woo happy belated birthday! and GOOD LUCK w nano!!! sending you all the good nanowrimo vibes!!

[@ZoesAllBooked]

Congrats on 50K!! 💜

[@ZoesAllBooked]

@@Katytastic thank you!! 💜

[@Orionmady]

Katy #teamseas!!!!

[@stevenjames2020]

wow that was kinda epic edit but in a good way , It doesn't look like a screen play . interested wut ur writing babe-a-lish

[@katekat4522]

This past NaNoWriMo, I wrote 51.6(ish)k in 26 days - my first nano ever. 50k in 19 days?!?!?!?!? Couldn't be me XD

[@brunm]

take a shot every time kat says she will put a screenshot and then doesn't 😆

[@brunm]

awww dang i spoke too soon

[@Katytastic]

@@brunm LOL GOTCHA! no shot for you! XD

[@brunm]

@@Katytastic now I gotta get drunk to forget this lmao 🤣

[@autumnbeauty4304]

OMG is that kat?!

[@Katytastic]

NO WAY WHERE

[@stevenjames2020]

anyone else think kate tastic's goals would have been looked at as kinda revoluntionary in the 90s ... oh KZbin your so standards and competitive . lol keep up the good work kate your eyes still captivate me . sigh

[@goodkiller93]

Happy anniversary! Please don't talk about it being 10 years. I won't hear it. It's been 5, max.

[@Katytastic]

TIME IS AN ILLUSION

[@zaheersiddiqui4678]

Holy crap, it’s kat.

[@Katytastic]

WHAT WHERE

[@shelbyhecox]

Im trying to hit 50k by end of year but only at 12k

[@Katytastic]

good luck!! and hey, even if you don't get to 50K, as long as you're working on it you're still making good progress! :)

[@ashleycaralee1369]

That’s nice 🙂 *blocks* Jk jk good job! That’s awesome 😎

[@Katytastic]

thanks! XD

[@AbiSaad]

not only are you cute af but also PRODUCTIVE!? GET OUT OF HERE