the rough draft vlogs 02. 📓🧚🏻‍♀️ how i get out of a writing slump, magic system & scrapping scenes

[@ananeu]

BESTIE I am OBSESSED with ur channel. ur vlogs are so well created and omg - ur story?? im so happy my friend sent me the link to ur channel!🤍✨hope we can be friends! need to do a collab sometime in the future🎀 can’t wait for the rest of this series!!

[@briellewrites]

omg Ana HI! I’m so honored, also obsessed with your channel 🥹🫶🏼 would loveee to be friends & potentially collab in the future!!! 🩷🩷

[@_minkit]

Honestly, i prefer to write early. my best writing times is usually when i get up at 7AM and just. write all day. i did that a few yrs ago and finished a rough draft in a couple weeks. it wasn't GREAT, but i finished it. however, i find it difficult to go to bed early enough to get *up* that early, and tho i've tried, my sleep lately has just been so awful that i'm staying in bed till 10 which is just. blegh. i don't really like writing between 4pm & 8pm. smth about the evening just makes me want to relax and be lazy. tho once 10pm hits, i might write some more. tho it varies from day to day. today, i decided to try and write using dictation and got almost 6k words written which was INSANE! they absolutely were not nearly as good as they would be if i wrote them just typing, but i keep telling myself the 1st draft is me telling ME the story. that's it. also i LOVE the idea of your magic system. a relationship with magic is super fascinating to me too, and i like the idea that it can rebel against you if it wants, things like that. super cool!!

[@briellewrites]

1ST DRAFT IS ME TELLING ME THE STORY.... omg that is brilliant. I love that perspective on 1st drafts... im totally going to be turning to that whenever I find myself self-editing. i feel you on struggling to go to sleep early enough to wake up at the time you want. ive been curious to dry dictation, im not sure how I'd like it but I feel like I need to give it a try!! ive seen some authors rave about it. finishing a rough draft in a couple weeks is wild. I love when I get to write all day too, makes immersion so much better!!! and omg yay, im glad the magic system sounds interesting!! that's super affirming. thanks, I always enjoy reading ur comments :)

[@astoldbydiamond]

Brielle, girl, the more you tell us about this story the more I am INTRIGUED! Like pls hurry up and finish this so I can read it.

[@briellewrites]

omg hahahaha I love this comment so much!!! im so glad its sounds interesting 🥹🩷

[@mercedespurdue5813]

I cannot write after 10pm unless I'm feeling particularly antsy to get words on the paper, otherwise I can write at any time. I need to get into my project more though, I've really been slacking this week.

[@tristansaucedoyt]

as a social resident I so feel complaining about the cold but also its like 60 out lol

[@briellewrites]

hahahaaha yup yup yup

[@thathollyking]

How's the ecosusi bag holding up? They're so cute but I've heard they fall apart :(

[@briellewrites]

mine has done me so well and has had no problems so far!! And I carry heavy laptops in it often and stuff it full lol

[@tianawithaj]

called out within the first 30 seconds of the video 😅😅 the only time of day that i haven't written at yet is between 2:30 - 5am. not really sure what time of day is best for me since i can write at any time depending on my motivation, but i'd say i tend to prefer writing later in the day

[@briellewrites]

Hahaha I knew I’d get some of you guys with that intro 🤣

[@AdamFishkin]

Sounds like your instincts are getting sharper on where to trim exposition fat on things. Or at least shuffle it to a better spot. I can't remember if you ever mentioned being an overwriter, but having the extra material for a brief period is very helpful in knowing the specific things that DON'T work.

[@briellewrites]

Yes!!! I actually am usually an underwriter but as I’ve gotten further in the manuscript my chapters have been way more fleshed out, and I totally agree! Knowing what doesn’t work can be just as valuable so I’m glad I tested out the scene

[@ngtskynebula]

Lovely! No ending emoji today, ah 😔💝

[@MichaelButlerAuthor]

Huge fan of your stuff! Let's team up! Let me know if you need any help.

[@itsamina]

first of all, love the mini what's in your writing bag segment. also i love how you describe how the magic system is more like a relationship! it sounds so interesting like magic is a real living, breathing thing! so excited to read this book

[@briellewrites]

luv u !! Thank u for the sweet comment :’)

[@edelgrane9375]

I really like your vlogs! It's clear that you're having fun writing this story. I also like that you're genuinely feeling good about your writing and that you believe in yourself, even though you're at the beginning of your journey. It's super inspiring and encouraging to watch! I would usually do my creative stuff in the late evening, when everyone goes to sleep and there's silence and no interruptions

[@briellewrites]

Thank you!! I’m so glad it’s encouraging :) totally understand that, I love when I can write without interruptions too

[@avagvlogs]

I just started watching you a couple of weeks ago and I’m so invested in your journey! I’m writing my first draft rn and it feels nice to watch someone else starting from the ground up. Obsessed with this 💕💕

[@briellewrites]

aw welcome to the channel im so glad you're enjoying the vids!! best of luck with your first draft, you got this 🩷

[@cherrystm]

I prefer to write at night, after 10pm, because is when my family is sleeping and i can concentrate without being interrupted. But i would love to write in the mornings because my body can't handle sleepless nights anymore 😂

[@briellewrites]

hahaha my body also cant handle sleepless night anymore!! i love getting uninterrupted writing time to, so much easier to get into flow!

[@asmmovies0220]

A darker shade of magic by V.E schwab could be a good source of inspiration because of the way magic exists in their world!

[@Celinelikedion]

yayyy another rough draft vlog 🥹 love the idea of early sessions, you got this Brielle!!

[@briellewrites]

Thanks Celine!! I appreciate you 🥹❤️✨

[@fionahowellwrites5302]

I need to get back to editing too...too many drafts to go over....

[@catherinel.7837]

Ya girl 🙌 It made my day to see you uploaded a video. Last spring, I only wrote in the morning right before my 8 to 4 job. Now I work in the evenings, so I tend to write in the afternoons. Is it a characters profile in Notion I see in your tumbnail? I was hoping to see more about this in your video. Maybe next video 🫣

[@briellewrites]

hey!!! they're character profiles in scrivener, i'll show them in the future when they're more fleshed out! for now i just have the reference pictures to help me visualize them :)

[@asmmovies0220]

The opening SEQUENCe! A cinematographer. I’m here for it

[@briellewrites]

Omg I am honored! :’) thank u

[@studyofnoel]

I also want to hear more about your magic system! It sounds very intriguing!

[@briellewrites]

i'm so glad it sounds interesting, ill definitely share more about it in the future!

[@nataliehokanson]

These videos are so interesting! Can’t wait to read the book ❤

[@briellewrites]

thanks Natalie!

[@cherrystm]

Yay, it's here ❤

[@briellewrites]

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[@studyofnoel]

I wake up at 2 am to write! 🫣 My preferred writing time is 100% early in the morning before I have to go to work or do anything else in my day, and have been in bed between 6-7pm lately. I'm usually too tired after to work to do anything else, so mid or late day writing is not usually something that works for me.

[@briellewrites]

omg wow!!!! i love that you wake up at 2 am to write thats so impressive. and here i was thinking writing at 8AM was early hahaha. but that totally makes sense, i am often too drained to write after work too.

[@studyofnoel]

@@briellewrites Yeah when you said it was CRAZY that you woke up at 7:30 am I had to do a double take 💀 But circadian rhythms are wild. I genuinely will get cranky and delirious by 9-10pm if I'm still awake, but then there will be people who stay UP until 2 am to write. What's important is to remember that everyone is doing their own thing, and that's the beauty of creativity

[@briellewrites]

@@studyofnoel HAHAHA if you saw my normal sleep schedule you'd understand why 7:30 is so mind-blowing to me lolol. for a while it felt like my body was literally STUCK not being able to function before like 8:30!!! nuts how its all about what your body used to. the late night writers are even more of a mystery to me, my brain shuts off at midnight hard stop lol. I love hearing about other pals schedules and processes, so fun, thanks for sharing :)