The Best Writing Advice I've Ever Heard

[@groofay]

The intro led me to believe you were going to pitch me a cult, and you exceeded expectations.

[@TheAmyrlinSeat]

just listen to your inner voice.

[@user-hi4xk1bs2o]

​@@TheAmyrlinSeat2 REPLIES

[@Dani_77709]

Haven't finished the video but when it comes to killing your darlings - no matter what it is, don't permanently delete it. Create a separate document so you can put them all there because maybe it will work in a different book. For each book I write there's a 'deleted scenes' document. It just makes killing your darlings much easier and it's basically recycling.

[@ChaseTrent]

Ohhhh, this is a great idea!

[@carimeslockdownedtree2654]

That's where I originally thought the vid was going when the 'keeping the bodies around' was mentioned.

[@n0vitski]

Do you want to break the pact? Because that's how you break the pact.

[@edwardstanford7683]

Not me thinking this was going to be genuine writing advice

[@TheAmyrlinSeat]

I only trust people who make meta jokes about the meta nature of their metaness

[@ElijahStormblessed]

I'm So Meta, Even This Acronym

[@HShawnSun]

By the way, one of my friends work for Meta.

[@ephraimcullen]

Wow! This is one of the best, most informative writing advice videos I've ever seen. I'm sending it to all the writer friends I know! For those who don't have time to watch it, here's the TL;DR Step 1: Writing is a habit (Write every day. Start small, but make a habit out of it to keep improving) Step 2: Kill your darlings (Be prepared to sacrifice the ideas you love for the sake of the story) Step 3: Listen to your inner voice (Don't just do what other people say. Follow the voice inside you to make your own story) Step 4: A deal is made (Compromise is key. Find others who are willing to help you and give you feedback. You can't make anything good in an echo chamber) Step 5: Writing is a habit (Step 1 again but at a more elevated level. Use the skills you have developed to create something you can be proud of) Step 6: Revel (Take time to celebrate and be happy with what you've done. Don't be overly critical of yourself) Step 7: Remember (Keep in mind your favorite works that inspired you. Make sure you read other author's work so you can apply the things that you learn) Step 8: Regret (Remember, No book is perfect. Even if there are some things you regret about your own finished works, you can take those as a learning opportunity) Step 9: Betrayal (The writing community is full of people. Some are kind. Some are critical. Be prepared for mixed reviews, and take everything with a grain of salt. He also says here to try making a "Writing advice" video of your own to see what things you've come to treasure on your writing journey) Step 10: Punishment. (You've done a lot by now, and it was worth the cost! Hopefully. Don't beat yourself up over the time you spent honing your writing skill. This is a beautiful artform and you are a beautiful person for participating in it) Please, share this video so more people can have this practical wisdom! It'll support a great channel too!

[@JJMB27]

So you are the mighty wielder of the legendary Wholesome Shotgun.

[@arzabael]

I laughed so freaking hard when you narrated that you’re making sure to use your writing muscle while in the screen you were typing I want to die repeatedly into chatGPT

[@peaceofcrap]

Wow what a simple and straightforward guide! Delightful!

[@danisob3633]

my voices are telling me to do a live action of the whole stormlight archive series in 12 episodes by improvising the plot of the last 6 books. thanks!

[@amandathewolf]

By about a minute and a half in, I was going to write a comment saying thank you for the community post because I don't watch these videos partially for the same reason you were making fun of but now I'm not sure what to feel. That was definitely a thing I watched, for sure. Truly set apart from the loads of other writing advice internet available through that strange tool called youtube.

[@Alienrun]

As someone who's overthought making stuff for several years and got very overly perfectionist with it to the point that I barely made anything...I can safely say after all this time that this video doesn't even phase me in the slightest...I just instinctually "get" everything portrayed here. It can sometimes feel like the "voices" aren't actually you if your too self aware. Thankfully I know the solution to overcome perfectionism and avoid subconcious nhilism (via purpose) but as a result I've had to humble myself enough to realize that while I came up with some crazy ideas...it'll take time and effort to make any of it come true...a lot of time and effort...and if I'm not willing to do that...then it won't happen. Crazy stuff amiright?! :O

[@Crowned_PvP]

I will be losing sleep. Thank you for this. I will now be writing my next novel. I will call it "Codex Gigas 2: Write Harder"

[@alikababa3]

This was a masterpiece. I was more enthralled and entertained with this short film than any movie I've watched in the last months. Your acting and facial expressions were exactly what I needed. Keep it up!

[@Xob_Driesestig]

0:25 "jurus"

[@groofay]

Guess there's no need to ask how he pronounces "gif," eh

[@JKC1138]

I rewatched Eyes Wide Shut recently and this put me in a similar headspace.

[@sarahbeardsley]

SO REAL?

[@ShubhamGupta-ir2gn]

So... I am a Pacifist. Is maiming my darlings and imprisoning them in the basement good enough?

[@groofay]

No, go big or go home.

[@genericallyentertaining]

What do you think?

[@davidmay6609]

I have removed all videos from my writing advice playlist, only this remains.

[@infinitytower8957]

Reminds me of BDG’s “Earn 20k a month being your own boss”

[@oliverm2469]

What a ride, I love how every time I click on one of your video I never know what to expect. Cheers

[@nazimelmardi]

Cult starting. 😂 The voices offer a deal.. Sandman and Shakespeare…

[@genericallyentertaining]

I wasn't even thinking of the Sandman while writing this, but yeah, that's totally what happened here, isn't it? I guess Neil Gaiman lives rent-free in my subconscious.

[@fantasymagic97]

I will be implementing this. Thanks!

[@KrisInLove]

Don’t know how I stumbled across your channel. But I’m enjoying it. Laughed quite a lot. Thank you!

[@golmec9981]

This did, in fact, change everything

[@fofoagressive]

I was skeptical at first, but it actually worked.

[@domv9225]

It works! I have no regrets, time for step 8!

[@DisWriter]

OKay now I'm just watching your channel an enjoying myself instead of writing. Damn you!

[@zachclawson1186]

Juru's ? Legit made me watch that back 3 times 😂

[@Bowtiedhillbilly]

Wow, this was not the video to watch at 3 AM

[@PaulRWorthington]

Holy crap, the patterned tiles all over your home would drive me insane. I can see they got to you as well.

[@karendickson3995]

Have you ever seen 'Barton Fink' by the Coen Brothers? Your piece reminded me of that great film.

[@samfranck2119]

This rapidly turned into a writer's version of Zu Quirke's Nocturne 🙈😂👏

[@bendzam.6068]

He even has the serial killer glasses.

[@Shinooobi211]

That was the funniest god damn video i have seen in a while! Sorry folks, Im off to find my own inner demon !@!@#%)^%*#, hope you''ll have a great day! Writing sure sounds like fun

[@JeffreyBeardsley]

This is pure genius!

[@mahmoudadelfouad]

You are a genius

[@westvirginiaglutenfreepepp7006]

"Let your darlings die, kill them if you have to" Kylo Generic

[@sarahbeardsley]

gone beyond the infinite, I see

[@finchharper4647]

There are too many writing guuuruus. My ONLY PIECE OF WRITING ADVICE! Write one scene a day and get feedback from someone, and then rewrite till feedback approves!

[@AudioEpics]

The first part was a great parody to these typical sales videos. I was waiting for you to pitch your writing summer class that usually costs $ 5000 but that you will sell for $ 500 to me because I’m so special. My one rule is to follow my gut. If I listen to all the voices, I’ll end up with 300+ half-finished stories.

[@bross92]

Ehhhhh kind of standard advice, I’ve heard pretty much all of this before

[@stevepayne3094]

I'm not a writer in the traditional sense, my artistic focus is instead the creation of many many niche, surreal, absurdist Star Trek memes on Facebook with for a tiny and discerning audience. This ten stage process is essentially the precise same as this. Usually the, uhhh, voice for me is Picard. He starts out around steo 3 or 4 saying things like "Good Lord" a lot and not being mad, just disappointed. Then the voices and I, we take things too far again, and he's toking a crackpipe trying to find any divinity he can to punch them in their big stupid faces, while I'm all het up, and riling up mobs calling for Beige Crusade (a crusade of and for Beige, not against it, to be ckeae), and everything crashes down our us once more. Rinse and repeat. Its not the flashiest method and it's not the most reliable method, and it's not generally a socially accepted metgod but I can guarantee you that there are things that you will see and do whilst following it that are definitely something like resulys (usually in the form of "consequences", but results nevertheless. Speaking as a person that has a following of literally *some* fans, you'd be a fool not to at least consider this plan.

[@MinhThu-sm8tj]

🤣Tui review ngắn gọn nha: tất cả có 10 bước/ mẹo, chỉ cần làm đc cái thứ 1 là xong, còn từ 2 - 10 là chuyên mục: "lên đồng" đúng cách khi sáng tác. 😝Chung quy là khi sáng tạo một thứ gì đó, bạn sẽ đồng thời khám phá ra một bản thân khác rất thú vị của chính mình, điều quan trọng là bạn lựa chọn trả giá bao nhiêu cho nó thôi, sức khỏe, thời gian, tiền điện, tiền nước... đặc biệt là sức khỏe như trên video đề cập "Sau khi sáng tác, việc Xả lũ kịp thời rất quan trọng"🚾

[@theylivewesleep.5139]

The voices do a subscription service now Apparently they received complaints about their old ‘one-sitting model’ and this new system will allow patrons to spread the writing of their mad gibbering scrawl across several sessions.

[@ChrisOSemrik]

This is my new morning meditation.

[@WhatSmada]

ugh another generic top 10

[@dpstitches]

It's not Specific Entertainment. What did you expect?

[@kaesar9816]

Fucking masterpiece

[@tasteyfoood]

Are you writer Jreg?

[@blockman3508]

Does anyone have an update on when Pat Rothfuss is going to finish his end of the deal?

[@vladosnoname8923]

>listen to your inner voice >dude lol wich one

[@levilevi9621]

My inner voice takes me to some… dark… places. Must distract myself with generic entertainment to avoid falling into the abyss.

[@genericallyentertaining]

Don't think I can help you much there, I'm afraid.

[@levilevi9621]

@@genericallyentertaining 😂 deeper, deeper into the black pit I go then 💀

[@B.coffin]

Excellent advice.

[@human78631]

But what if your darlings are the voices? I have two "side characters" who brought my main project to a screeching halt with just a few scenes, barely an outline. And yet, they have now caused me to write my best work to date in their own "spin-off" stories. They are the main attraction now, out of my control. It is as though they have opened a portal from a distant yet here, alien world, for their minds to leak through and entwine with mine so that I may watch their very real lives unfold through their eyes, documenting what I witness - such beauty. I can hear, feel, touch, smell their reality channeled through me, transformed into words I did not think I had in me. I am obsessed with them. I can't write about anything else. I could not make a deal for they did not ask for my opinion or my permission. They consume me. I have no life beyond them. Please, don't send help. Perhaps if I wait long enough, I will be sucked in through that portal and become one with them. I wish to remain there forever.

[@human78631]

On a more serious note (although lbr it was more or less accurate to reality), I am getting loads of worldbuilding done with these stories which should be useful for the original story if I ever return to work on it... I may have to rework the whole thing to make use of what I've learned, writing these, about the characters, the world, and writing itself. If they ever let go of me and stop being more compelling than the protagonists, that is. Oof.

[@jenniferbauman]

I write short stories, that's about it. Well, and daily poetry. I'll be sending this to my writer friends! ❤ (Also, I kill my darlings daily!)

[@Skootfairy]

I havent even entered my author era, and im already fully as baneful as this dude about it

[@LUCTIANITO]

this is the argument of a book, isn't it?

[@Skootfairy]

The beowolf poet 😂

[@JoelCrumbleyAuthor]

I can never tell if you're joking darn you

[@Equilibrium13]

What on earth have I stumbled into

[@captivatingcurios]

SPARAGMOS

[@ChrisOSemrik]

2:25 - have you stolen my writing?! :D

[@ladyethyme]

❤❤❤

[@TheAl1213]

H..h...hollywood?😅

[@WrierSmith]

fr good advice! I did not completely understand it until i saw @ephraimcullen comment. really great video.

[@Mcxianyun]

Fucking masterpiece