Finishing My Fast-Paced Fantasy Novella!

[@vanessaprestoncreative]

4 months instead of 9 years ... that must feel so good! I hope to have that feeling one day. I'm once again putting writing on the back burner while I prioritise something else: studying to be a library technician and making art that lights me up. My brain MAY rebel and decide we are NOT shoving writing into a corner, so there's still a glimmer of hope that I will finish a book or two in 2025. I can only imagine what it'd be like to be a person who does ONE thing at a time.

[@carolinapinto4085]

I'm actually trying to embrace it. I'm faster when I come back to what I left bc I get excited about it again, and it allows for more projects to be completed in different versions of revision.

[@Ghostrob2023]

Good morning, Sara and I'm glad that you finished the rough draft of your novella story. I'm sorry that you weren't feeling well but glad that you had a great Thanksgiving with your family. Good luck with the new project you had mentioned in this vlog and happy Writing. ❤

[@PassingSeagull]

Done with a full rough draft in 4 months is craazy, especially coming off a large project like DE. Congrats!! Also, 31:22 I see those dnd character sheets lol

[@Vaxxinate]

Hey Sara it's been about a year from when I met you at the Paolini book signing & I'm so happy & inspired by all the progress & work you've done over the past year. Can't wait to attend one of your book signings in the near future. Happy Holidays to you & all other creatives. 💛

[@SaraLubratt]

Thanks Kaden!! Happy New Year! Hope all of your writing and photography this year is wonderful!

[@oceanhooligan]

Loved the video! Its a great reminder that fast paced novellas are both awesome to write and a great pallette cleanser if you are feeling the novel-burn out!

[@comewritewithtea]

i've definitely been noticing how down i've felt in the last few days. here in Kansas it's still pretty bright out, but as a native Floridian, i hate going outside when it's cold. so it's a lot of just sitting at home. thank you for the recommendations, Sara! i'll definitely be looking into them

[@jasoncassibry]

I loved seeing how excited and proud you were for finishing!!! Thank you for sharing that moment. Happy holidays Sara!!!

[@Ghostrob2023]

I was wondering if you were going to post another vlog before Christmas. But if not than Merry Christmas to you, your family and your friends. ❤

[@samantharose1001]

What you shared at the beginning about stumbling into breaks from writing was really helpful for me to hear rn

[@SaraLubratt]

❤️❤️❤️ I’m so glad. It’s definitely normal to take breaks but it’s returning to writing that’s important!

[@RuebenNomura]

Morning from Hawaii I am proud you are all most done with fantasy novella

[@SaraLubratt]

:)

[@nicolewhite1696]

I wish I had winter. I’m in summer where I live 🔥

[@SilverXT]

I'm taking a 2 day break (I think). I'm burned out from writing and editing and realized I haven't taken a single "weekend".

[@karenshea7877]

The time in the winter is when we go back to normal time.

[@AdamFishkin]

As a disclaimer, your ways of combatting seasonal depression are very much for Utah and other dry places. My apartment in Ontario has the opposite problem. It's damp, and my across-the-hall neighbor (may he fall into a bottomless pit) keeps every window open in the communal rooms on our floor. As part of this winter's solution, I bought a cigarette lighter just for the purpose of running the flame along parts of my body. One time I ran it on the back of my neck, and I smelled new car smell and was able to take a 45-minute power nap where the outside world was mercifully blocked from my brain. I like your walking pad though. Movement = circulation = heat. Any idea how much those pads typically cost if you looked for them in a store?

[@hannahcoyner6145]

*immediately needs to know the last line*

[@kittea1804]

i bet your plants will enjoy the humidifier too

[@SaraLubratt]

100%

[@sakshikolhewrites]

ooohhh the little doggo has grown up so much! He is your brother's dog, right? what is his name? ❤❤❤❤🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 I remember you wanting a golden retriever as well in an older video. Not a bad idea to get one 😌

[@SaraLubratt]

Yes :). I’d love to have a dog but most of the hikes (at least all of my favorites) near where I live don’t allow dogs because they’re within the watershed in Utah so I haven’t been able to justify having a dog if I can’t easily hike with it. So I’ve befriended lots of people with dogs as my compromise for now lol

[@MaxEmery-c9q]

@@SaraLubratthi Sara I’m actually writing a book myself

[@EmillyCreative]

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