My Creative Routine - how i wrote my novel

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Here we go, my complete creative process when writing my book. You guys asked me to make a video on this - about how I came up with the idea and how I wrote the first draft (which took just 7-8 weeks!) because I had so much of the story in my mind, and then just needed to get it out of me. But after 'the end' there were months and months of editing. Anyway, hope this video is helpful to anyone out there that wants to write their own novel or get going on a new creative project.
I talk about:
- writing my book
- my creative process
- how I wrote my first draft
- how to plan a story
- the release of my debut novel
- why writing short stories are important
- how it is to work with a copy editor
- how to get published
- how to find an agent
- my writing schedule
- how many words i write per day
- how to edit a book
- what my book is about
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[@TheDavidMustard]

This is my favourite book. Can't wait for the rest of the world to read it :)

[@JennyMustard]

and you’re like the least biased person in this situation 🥰💋

[@jasmin.gittel]

Yes, please keep the videos coming about your writing and publishing journey :)

[@JennyMustard]

will do!! thank you jasmin 🥰❤️

[@erikamince]

This was quite helpful! I would love to hear more about your daily writing practice!

[@JennyMustard]

Will do!

[@DMarie342]

I wrote a novel and my agent is shopping it around. As I wait, I’m thinking about my next story and I realize I have begun writing, even though I’m just thinking and taking notes. I’m allowing myself pure creativity and freedom and chaos at this stage. At some point something will click and it will be time to create structure. I love the entire process, even editing!

[@luciejanotova1949]

Please keep the tips coming, absolutely loving this type of videos! As someone currently struggling to write-up my PhD dissertation, I can use any advice available, haha. And massive congratulations again on writing this book, I cannot wait to read it :)

[@JennyMustard]

oh thank you so so much lucie !! best of luck with the phd, so impressive!! ❤️

[@luciejanotova1949]

@@JennyMustard ❤

[@jerichogirl30]

A big YES to all things related to your book, the publishing process, your creative process and so on. Keep them coming, please! :) Thank you :)

[@JennyMustard]

Thank you so much! Will do!

[@iveypreston8801]

I like the idea of writing scenes to see which ones ‘sing’. Thanks for sharing your process. Congrats on the book 🎉

[@ItsJustFashion]

Can't wait to read it! My advice for writing is to just sit and write without autocensorship. When I was creating the first draft of my book, I made myself just sit every morning for an hour and write whatever comes to mind. I repeated that process until I filled up the whole notebook, which took just 2weeks, definitely less than what I expected. Currently, I'm in the process of transcribing it to digital form and editing as I go. The plan is to publish in the next 6 months! If you have any advice on (self) publishing, dear Jenny, let us know in another video, it would be very helpful!

[@aisaisbabyyy]

I'd love to hear about your daily writing routine in an extra video :) thanks for sharing the journey so far!

[@ambarrose]

It always helps me out hearing other people talking and explaining writing processes and it always feels rather interesting to understand what works for each person.

[@katiescuggsgalloway]

Would adore more videos on your daily writing practice, publishing, etc. xx

[@anastasiiamatkovska6944]

looking forward to reading your book! :)

[@Antastesia]

Loved the video, thank you!

[@intjane]

Thank you for sharing your process! I’ve been procrastinating writing my first complete story. 🥲

[@alexandratracey8252]

I am so excited for June! And I love this format of video and the content. I am also so curious about other creatives process. Congratulations again! 🎉

[@JennyMustard]

ooo thank you so much lovely! means so much to hear ❤️❤️❤️💋💋💋

[@indigo_diary]

Big YES to content about anything related to the creative process😊😊😊 also, your editing style is so fun and aesthetic

[@agnieszkakarasiewicz1106]

Yes, please, would love to hear about your daily writing routine. I appreciate how you balance creative flow with structure.

[@silkehuybrechts7832]

I love hearing to talk about your creative proces! 😊 I often start with stand-alone scenes too. An image of a situation, or a feeling will come to me and I will write it. Those scenes might end up in a short story, an idea for a novel, or nowhere at all. But even if I never end up using them, I love that I am exercising both my writing muscle and my imagination. I have only written short stories so far, but I would love to write a novel one day.

[@marf1999]

Well done Jenny. Thanks for sharing your process!!!

[@elf10]

I loved this video!! I always find learning about people’s creative process fascinating. I’m more of a maximalist myself, and my creative process tends to be chaotic, spontaneous and ad hoc (basically the opposite of you), but I still found this video eye opening and magical. There really is beauty in our differences. Thank you for inspiring us, and I’m hoping to get a copy of your book when it’s out ❤

[@carlasanchez4349]

Love this, thank you for sharing 💕

[@romanticmaterial]

Jennie!! Thank you. I am in the midst of writing my book and the past few weeks, have felt so lonely and lost at times through the whole process. Cant wait to read your book!

[@romanticmaterial]

Jenny would you mind doing a video about the publishing process ? It would much appreciated as someone currently writing a book! Thank you so much for sharing your creative process and can’t wait to read the book ☺️

[@startpage717]

Beautiful pics and interesting creative process...Congrats again.

[@MariaM-ur8fq]

So inspiring, thanks for the insight! Your creative routine and the publishing process are very interesting, please keep talking about that. Looking forward to your novel

[@stephaniee.7325]

Yes please - more writing / creative process videos ❤

[@emilythompson7393]

Wow so many good tips and so inspiring. Would love to see a video on your more precise daily writing routine, any writing rituals you have, tips you've learned from other authors, etc.

[@luisarodriguez9980]

PLEASE would love to know how you got your agent and all you offered to talk about! Thank you for making this process (or at least your version of it) less elusive and more accessible to people :) so excited for your book!

[@LauraSallaerts1]

Great tips, I'm definitely doing the casually writing short scenes-one :D I would love to hear all about your daily writing routine!

[@Luniferagirl]

Loving this vid! Please please please tell us more about the process 🤗 Was it hard to write in your second language or did you make a draft and keep notes in your native language? So interesting! And how was the editing? Did you have to make a few rounds or your draft was almost perfect on the first try? Did you consider self-publishing at all? Sorry for so many questions ☺

[@ullawalder331]

This video, and the fact that I find you totally cool ❤️ made me preorder the book. Looking forward to June. Hugs from a danish photographer, also living abroad

[@WeLiveByTheSea]

I pre ordered my copy yesterday and can't wait. Its interesting that you found going for a walk helpful. Every morning I come up with snippets, snippets of scenes or dialogue or just snippets of stories. Then when I get home I get so caught up in the routine of the 9 - 5 that I never get round to writing anything down. In the video you show both laptop and notepad. Clearly a laptop is essential for the bulk of writing but do you use a notebook too? Thanks for sharing your tips. One of these days I may finally put pen to paper!

[@barbarafritzsche515]

Thanks for your inputs! Don't have plans to write a book but definitely can relate to the joy you are having during the planning phase of a project! What is the planning for you in your mind? A lose guideline for writing? A rope to hold to when it gets difficult? A safety net in order to not get lost on the way? Just a useful tool? - all the best for your second book:)

[@AiriAnew]

I would like to hear more about your journey as an artist - writer and how you found your agent. Congrats and best wishes. Publishing a book is a dream for many people. Congratulations.

[@ti1286]

“OK days” is such a cool book title :)

[@veragrue2901]

Love this video! I need to know how to write a master thesis with a baby 😅

[@thomasanders1314]

I'm at the beginning of my journey with writing in English. I use facebook to publish my ideas. it's about philosophy in general, but not only that! Thank you for sharing your creative process!:)

[@Bee-qm7rd]

Yes more about the writing

[@calmsleepspace]

Yes please to all the writing videos 🫶🏻

[@JennyMustard]

yay !! xx

[@Micahangelina_]

Yes, interested in all of the things.

[@winterburden]

Thanks Jenny Mustard!

[@JennyMustard]

❤️❤️❤️

[@mariacorretge6615]

This is honestly so helpful. I'm inspired!

[@MaryannCn]

More writing videos please!

[@agustina0110]

🥰 thank you!

[@elizabethash3247]

Brilliant. More of this content please. 👌

[@beatemyburgh824]

So cool to hear this. Well done!

[@JennyMustard]

thank you love!! xx

[@MeghanCreative]

I love this! Thank you for breaking this down. This might seem basic, but how did you even write the initial short story? Or how did you start writing the thriller? I mean that both in terms of how to make yourself do it and how to create a story.

[@msgreenswede]

Loved this video. So interesting!

[@caporalemamandine643]

Thank you 🙌🏻📖and congratulations again 🤍🥂 When I create an embroidery, I have the shape and the thread/beads I want to use but not really plan what I putting and where I mostly go with the flow and how I feel but for a book I think I need to be more planned 😅

[@JennyMustard]

whatever gets those creative juices flowing love 🥰🥰🥰

[@sivazona44]

i have to read this. you presented it beautifully. can you tell me how do you find time to do everything in youe life?? i have so much interests in life ughhh😭😭

[@stevenjohncarell]

Nothing taste better than a sweet tasty and delicious meal😛🤪

[@zeyneperol2984]

Like italo calvino! Some structure :)

[@TheMennomilist]

Will there be an audible version so we can hear you read it to us?

[@MaryLinn1999]

very interesting video, thanks for sharing! I have one question: when you talk about scenes/ short stories that you wrote, which frame did you have for these scenes? Like what did you know for sure before starting? For example the location, people, vibe, ... or also which time frame you wanted it to play in etc. ? So I gues my question is how freely should one start ? I am very motivated now to also jump into it just for fun. :)

[@alonew]

Chaos meets Control... That's practically my marriage 🙃😍 This might turn out to be our biography 😆

[@JennyMustard]

hahah do tell me if it turns out to be!! :P

[@kasseesmythe8738]

Did you write the first draft in English or Swedish? Do you plan to publish in both languages?

[@hglundahl]

2:55 OK, the first short story is the first chapter. Is the fifth short story (the one furthest into the book) chapter 5 or is it further on? For, if it is further on, you obviously wrote chapters in between already existing chapters - am I correct about this guess?

[@adrianamercer6623]

Congratulations on your book. Would I be able to buy it on Kindle?

[@JennyMustard]

yes, you can preorder it on kindle actually ! and thank you !! ❤️

[@hglundahl]

9:29 Ah, you can write 5000 words per day, in a pinch? I've been up in 3000 words or perhaps a bit more, but essay and dialogue writing is a bit different (dialogue not as ingredient in novel writing, but as writing my dialogues with intellectual opponents, like Socrates with Gorgias and so on).

[@JennyMustard]

3000 is amazing, those days really fry your brains don't they! and yes i've been over 5000k a few times. that 'writing retreat' week. mentioned, i did 5k words 5 days in a row, but i wouldn't recommend it for health!!! gosh!!

[@hglundahl]

@@JennyMustard Actually, as I am writing quite a few dialogues with others - like if you don't mind me taking this dialogue to a blog - those days were days with many dialogues, and therefore the other party of each had written quite a lot of the words. So, it's not like 3000 words all by myself, my average is rather a bit above 2000.

[@sexybeast140]

Beautiful eyes

[@sexybeast140]

Beautiful hair