Top Five Habits of Successful Writers

[@danielrusso1040]

"You can always edit a bad page, you cannot edit a blank page." I live by that quote lol.

[@ThewritingkingRichard]

Loved this quote also.

[@Weird_Quests]

That is so true. You have to create to have something to shape into something better. I think most writers are afraid of being inadequate, or are perfectionists haha :D

[@charlottedelpino628]

I agree. You can make changes to a bad page but cannot change nothing.

[@ernestocaro9802]

Daniel Russo damn right !!!

[@gracewestpfahl9968]

“You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.”

[@nojerama788]

1. Write every day. 2. Get up early to work - modify if you can't work early. 3. Stop self-defeat. 4. Be open to criticism. 5. Personal rituals.

[@goldeneddie]

Thank you. The 6th Habit is always finding the summaries of videos, so you can save more time for writing!

[@adelaidequeenpink8677]

goldeneddie 😂

[@dailybookreading]

#StartNow #Startsmall, Be Consistent, Improve Continuously. #Buddy

[@jplflyer]

3, 4, and 5 are pretty good, but 1, well. And #2 is ridiculous. Find a time and place that works for you, and don't assume what works for you is going to work for everyone else.

[@jplflyer]

I'm sorry, but rule 2 is exceedingly closed-minded. Morning people assume everyone else is lazy, sleeping away the most productive part of the day. The arrogance is outstanding. The reality is that people are different. There are times I get up and write early, but that is almost only when I'm at the end of a novel (the last 25%) and the story has me gripped so hard I can't sleep more than a few hours at a time. But the morning is not necessarily the most productive time. It takes time for my mind to really get bubbling, but I'm frequently writing until very late at night, and I do some of my best work after everyone else has gone to bed and no one is bugging the crap out of me. Getting up early works for people who are productive when they get up early. Staying up late works for people who are productive when they stay up late. And both habits are equally legitimate. So Rule Two SHOULD be: figure out when your most productive time is to write, and then protect that time so you are free to use it.

[@henryboleszny359]

I chuckled at that rule, too. Mornings for me are the WORST time to write because that's the guaranteed time for interruptions. I tend to get my writing done between midday and midnight. I guess that's where Rule 5 comes in - establishing a ritual that works for you and follow it.

[@Weird_Quests]

Exactly. Find a time that works for you. Be disciplined enough to make it a routine. Stay away from distractions and avoid disappointing yourself. Stay motivated, even during the demotivating days.

[@heartmommyinpa]

Agree!

[@Rose-tw8rp]

Thank you! I've always been a natural night owl. Mornings do not work for me. I'd rather take care of mindless tasks in the morning and save writing for when my brain functions best.

[@MrChinchilla_hn]

Happens to me that night is a richly good time for revision, re-making, re-editing.

[@lamb4life327]

Awesome vid!!The count of Monte Cristo was written by Alexander Dumas not Victor Hugo

[@kadewilliams7925]

Kay B I cringed on that. One of my most favorite books.

[@Weird_Quests]

Love that book. One of the best stories of revenge and adventure.

[@bhutanesesongswithenglisht9211]

Breath Of The Wild yeah ..My favourite book of childhood days....

[@alannothnagle]

Fascinating video, although I'm pretty sure Alexandre Dumas wrote "The Count of Monte Christo" and not Victor Hugo.

[@umritgaldresange9087]

Sure thing. Never read anything of Victor Hugo, but did read the Count books.

[@excelsior999]

The important point being - Always do your research before presenting something to the public.

[@dawnmoore9122]

I loved your advice, but I kept pausing the video to read the quotes. My brain can NOT pay attention to both at the same time.

[@bandisangeetha6056]

Dawn Moore lol I thought I was the only one

[@douglasstephens6693]

Exactly! Listening to the narrator and reading the quotes at the same time was futile. Hopefully the creator of this vid will not do that next time, and I hope there is a next time because the impulse to make this is a good one

[@ramziofficial4545]

Me too

[@tesspulido]

Dawn Moore Which is why I downloaded this. The narration and the quotes are all good advice :)

[@puteripelangi3388]

This is lingger on my mind..tq for point it out

[@hoogehiil9190]

Don't follow what others has followed, its better if u find and follow your own way. Writing has no rule, what u need is; when the readers are reading you book they should amaze and find trouble to put it down. Follow a way which no one have ever follow, try to dominate the reader's mind, and believe me, if you find your own unique way of writing,people will read your work, and Eventually you will become international hero. All ways think differently because you are different. All the best for all the writers around the world.

[@smartonline4570]

its amazing sir I, am a Indian I wanna be a talented writer. thanks to provide me this imp info about writing

[@excelsior999]

Here's another tip. Stop abbreviating words, even when sending a text or an email.

[@SarahMike147]

"Many of us struggle to write on a daily basis. Work,relationships, and laziness tend to keep us from writing" how about self doubt. That seems like the write answer to me

[@excelsior999]

Was "WRITE answer" a pun?

[@fozzymalik]

@@excelsior999 q

[@ThewritingkingRichard]

Five very good tips. Love the quotes.

[@suelynncho]

I mostly write at night even when it's past 12. So that drives my mom crazy. But sometimes I write in the day

[@k9-club212]

My mom too.

[@acastsaca]

You can’t turn off or ignore your inner critic, you simply find ways to trick it. Writing early in the morning is one if those tricks. Your critic isn’t awake enough, or isn’t strong enough, in the early morning to stop you. The more the day goes on the stronger the critic seems to become.

[@jplflyer]

Everyone is different and has his own style.

[@excelsior999]

@@jplflyer Exactly. Slavishly following Tip Lists is not for everybody.

[@jplflyer]

@@excelsior999 For that matter, people who think all other people are just like them -- or should be just like them -- are awfully arrogant and/or ignorant.

[@excelsior999]

@@jplflyer I agree. There is no Magic Formula to creating good art. Charles Bukowskii couldn't write without alcohol. Jack Kerouac would sometimes get loaded on amphetamines and then wind a roll of IBM computer paper into his typewriter so that he could type for hours without having to change the paper.

[@michaelwilliamson2255]

Great video! I loved all the quotes. The only correction I have is the big elephant in the room: Victor Hugo did not write the Count of Monte Cristo it was Alexander Dumas; other than that, job well done.

[@waseeqrahil304]

I am writing since 7 years. I work very hard. I write professionally in my own language but my language is persian and there r not good translators who translate them to English. I want to write them in English. Offcourse the idea and the story themselves are very important but the language (usage of proper words, phrases, sentences...) is one of the most valuable elements that should be taken extremely serious. What do you think , a person who lives in a non-English country, can he learn English to write at the same level like Native-English-writers ?

[@dianaali8492]

Salam waseeq rahil How are you? May i know what kind of the book that you has wrote? :)

[@waseeqrahil304]

Diana Ali I have written two books 1. (Aug, 2015)The prisoner queens: it is historical .10000 years history of Afghan women in three periods of time : a.women before Islam (Matriarchy, emersion of Patriarchy, Zoroastrian and Buddhists) b. Women after Islam C. Women in new Afghanistan 2.(2011) Peaks of pride : a collection of my poems. But i hate this book of mine because it was published about 6 years ago , when i was a very young poet and the poems are so weak. i have worked a lot on the first one but it is banned in Afghanistan because of criticising the religion. All my works are in Persian. Nowadays hardly i work on a Novel which will take 2 more years to be published. I also try to better my English to write it in English. It will be my life's best literary work till now ...

[@dianaali8492]

Very Interesting waseeq rahil, you are Awesome.. keep in on bcz you are so talented. I am also writer 5 years ago as a screenplay movie, it was i am also so young. I have been wrote 3 Movies in production 2016-2017. But idk why actually my passion is be an author. Alhamdulellah i got opportunity writing novel in the biggest publisher in Indonesia. FYI i am arabian and turkish descent who was born In Indonesia. Nice to know you, all the best for you, Waseeq!

[@waseeqrahil304]

Diana Ali Good to know that :) Writing novel is offcourse difficult and needs to much effort. I hope u earn what u wish:) Good luck

[@dianaali8492]

yeah, i've writing a novel about 3 months (250 pages A4), and still editing. Meanwhile, Ussualy i can wrap a script (Scenario less of 100 pages) only 1 month (draft1). Both has different difficulty, but writing a novel more pressing my imagination with many detail of words as well. Thank you for sharing waseeq rahil, you tho best of luck!

[@nickydarko9768]

Alexandre Dumas wrote Count of Monte Cristo! Not Victor Hugo smh

[@phillipwatson3698]

Thank You- and the Three Muskateers- Black Man

[@anuradhainamdar8967]

Very insightful and inspirational video. This advice that for writing one writer must get up early I'd right, because the mind had rested and fertile and bubbling with ideas.

[@JRichard112]

Great video, Victor. That "personal rituals" part is actually quite intriguing, especially the daily affirmations. I've been taking cold showers before bed, I suppose I might now do the same before writing. Because if you can endure taking a glacial shower, you most certainly can endure sitting down and coming up with shit to write. Keep making videos, man. People need them.

[@Writers-realm]

+John Wreed Thank you for your kind words, John. :)

[@ladybird491]

I wrote some of my best work just before bed. Not ever writer is a morning writer

[@MELISA-jb8ig]

Wow! So amazing, thank you so much. I will watch again and again.

[@gaurav2009june]

"Many thanks' for this wonderful video. It is very useful and informative.

[@TheLeonzebourdon]

Victor Hugo did not write the Count of Monte Cristo. Alexandre Dumas did.

[@excelsior999]

Very good video. I always get my best ideas just after I wake up and often create the scenarios and much of the dialogue in my mind before I even get out of bed. That can be done. In a letter to his father (composer Leopold Mozart) W.A. Mozart wrote, "I have just composed the most marvelous symphony. All that I have to do now is write it down." I am certainly no Mozart - not even close - but I often think about that line.

[@curiositypiqued6573]

I actually find I feel most creative late at night (everyone is different)

[@hawkstarz]

Thank you!! This is a great video. I'm sorry but, Victor Hugo did not write Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas Perè did.

[@leeanneweir4345]

I don't write at the start of the day because it has not inspired my get Inspiration isn't give to you from the universe Make the inspiration happen to you Learn,experiment,grow and fight through the goals

[@ladybird491]

I am a successful writer, and have lots of publication and awards...etc I don't even think about whether if someone will like my work, I just use my skills to write great. I don't get any negative feedback because I am very skilled and a master in writing. Every poem of mine is a painting in which I take my time creating. I walk in circles often outside by 5:30 am then sit down to edit, write, read, (rinse and repeat) and while I write I eat pumpkin seeds, or egg whites, and raw baby spinach, coffee with unsweetened almond milk or I drink it black, and I smoke CBD, take a brain vitamins, burn certain incents. I also drink tea. I am up by 6 am writing.

[@barshakc6653]

I write daily, but I think my writing's going nowhere. Even bears can write better than I do. Sometimes I really feel like giving this up..

[@bradebronson8835]

Keep writing. Professional writers who've made it in Hollywood write for 10 years before anything happens... thats free time grinding it out. It's all about hard work.

[@excelsior999]

Try not to become dscouraged. Charles Bukowski wasn't recognized as an important writer until he was iin his 50's. "How to ..." Tip Lists can be helpful, but only act on the tips that work for you. Everything that you write improves your skill, even writing Comments on YT or other sites. When I write emails I always use the classic rules of letter writing that I was taught in Grammar School (as we usd to call it), and I never use abbreviations. We are all creatures of habit. If I start writing "altho" for "although," I might do that unconsciously in my serious writing, which wouldn't look very good to an editor. Good Luck.

[@CookingwithYarda]

Nonsense, I am very tired every morning and have a lots of energy after midnight. Nights are mostly quiet in the big city, great for writing.

[@ladybird491]

Every writer needs to visit John Assaraf channel and do what he exactly what he says. I did what he said and ended up writing plenty of great poetry that got success. You need the template for your writing ritual and for your work, otherwise you are still winging it and wasting time and wasting energy

[@leeanneweir4345]

Am a night writer my days inspire my writing

[@kingdomseeker88]

4:00 The Count of Monte Cristo was written by Alexander Dumas.

[@Craftandprofithub]

Thanks for sharing this tips.

[@Writers-realm]

Thank you for watching. :)

[@ryandee9254]

#3 Is a monster of mine! I'm working on it though! Thanks for the video!

[@Writers-realm]

+Ryan Dee That's a HUGE one for most of us! Keep your head high. :)

[@MohamedAhmed-gq2wl]

Brilliant, sir. Thanks for sharing. It helps a lot.

[@CiecieNewson]

Thank you. Great video. ~Smile!

[@aimanhalim2150]

My TSL024 students... ASSEMBLE. 😊⚡

[@timjayson6599]

I am writing from last 2 years almost everyday as per your suggestion but still unable to write perfectly... Now what?

[@kyliebarker6647]

I also faced this kind of problem during my degree but someone told me to take help from online writing agencies and trust me that company helped me to score good marks. You can also take help from www.bestassignmenthelp.co.uk

[@TheSpaceHobo]

nice video man, I'm suscribing :)

[@doesntmatter3654]

Thank you so much for this.

[@AngelikaDV]

I love your videos on this channel, Vic! Maybe you could talk about writer's psychology? It plays a big role when it comes to writing and in my view contributes greatly to writer's block. If you suffer from conditions like stress, anxiety, depression, etc (as a lot of writers do) writing, in spite of it being your passion, can be a struggle.

[@Weird_Quests]

Writer's psychology would be an interesting topic. I would love to cover something like that in the future, but not soon. I think it would be a great point of discussion because I think most writer's suffer from something, mostly imposter syndrome.

[@freaktasticgaming1019]

"There is no such thing as writer's block. It's just an excuse for an author to be lazy." - Cody Lee Watson

[@GibbsTruth]

I like this

[@mdanique86]

it wud be better if you put some different visuals in this vdo bcs your narration is important to listen to but keeping up with the quotes of different authors and following what you're saying is quite hard to cope. Two elements, narration and quote... could be utilized in two vdos of similar topic. Anyway, useful content though. Thanks...

[@yourqueenisabella8582]

I don’t exactly struggle, in fact I have all A+ In English. All I really want to do is find a proper way to be even more advance for English.

[@NanoNano1414]

I think probably one of the best ways to overcome inertia is just to shoot for the biggest disasterpiece you can. Everyone's intimidated when they look at their first draft of something and realize its mediocre, maybe not so bad, but screwed up to the point that it sure aint great either. So you should shoot for Bad. The question is, is it Bad Enough? Is it so bad that its come around all the way to being good? Have you just penned yourself a disasterpiece?

[@jcmangan]

Franz Kafka always wrote at night. Because he was at work at day.

[@mahamo92]

I love writing 😌🙏💙

[@iffatulislam8104]

Thanks

[@lorenoli6204]

but in my mind it doesn't come any words to write down... what should I do ? :(

[@henryboleszny359]

When I was at Uni, facing my first 5,000 word essay assignment, my mind went blank with the deadline fast approaching. My mind simply WOULD NOT process all the research I'd done. So I started scribbling. Then I started writing nonsense. Then, like a manual car rolling down a hill in a slapstick silent movie, my pen took over. I don't know how, but my writer's block turned into my first Distinction at University. My point is this: just write. It can be anything. It can be irrelevant to your topic or novel. But write. The rest will follow.

[@Weird_Quests]

There are so many techniques to starting the process of writing. I think the most popular is automatic writing, a topic I'll cover in the near future. What it involves is using something as a stimulus (such as an image or word) and writing anything that comes to mind, focusing on never stopping. Eventually, you'll be able to pick certain ideas that you think are radioactive (as in they stand out). Then you can develop those ideas further and turn them into a story. Hope it helps.

[@murraywestenskow2896]

I sleep four hours - write/create four hours - sleep four more hours. The middle writing/creation hours are very productive. The other 12 hours - I pretend to work.

[@westerling8436]

Victor Hugo did not write the Count of Monte Cristo, that was Alexandre Dumas

[@davideddy346]

What happened to the website? I got a message that said it's temporarily been taken down.

[@EternalLux]

Thank you!

[@shadowydragonpirateninja]

Alexandre Dumas wrote the Count of Monte Cristo, but good tips

[@Writers-realm]

Haha. I don't know how I made that error, but that has been haunting me for years now. Maybe I'll make an updated video. :)

[@shadowydragonpirateninja]

Lol I just read some of the other comments, sorry. Big fan of the channel!

[@ouractionandreaction]

Very Inspiring

[@user-pf5ic3jo4j]

I am already a writer and I can win the writing competition

[@pierrehennequin3478]

Victor Hugo writer of the count of Monte Christo ... pauvre papi Hugo :D

[@bradebronson8835]

My writing is best at 1-5 am lol. Technically it is in the morning.

[@NiigaaniChrysler]

I usually can't write before reading.

[@jithingeorge571]

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[@Coophack6584]

I cant write everyday if i work everyday. I write all day 24hrs. If i have a idea.

[@SummumBonum.]

Anyone else think the claim that energy only wanes throughout the day isn't true. I feel I hit my peak later in the day.

[@MrK.A]

Bravo. Great video

[@caelestiriege4451]

Well instead of a ritual, more like a personal reality.

[@Xynt.h]

I'm awake at 4AM 💪💪

[@AA-nx8ki]

There is no such thing as writers block you must forget in order to remember, then take action.

[@excelsior999]

Try to get a writing job (at least for a while, or maybe Part-Time) where you have a deadline.

[@saikopiratos]

thanks for this

[@reginasatchellkelly271]

Um....Victor Hugo did NOT write The Count of Monte Cristo!

[@reneremsik]

Charles Bukowksi: never get up from the bed before midday...

[@mercedescriz2699]

I like your video and I write everyday while I'm in school. I mostly write when everybody is yelling in the cafeteria. I try my best when I write. I have a problem when I go in too deep into the character that is talking but I don't know how to stop it. Can you give me some advice Keep making videos

[@gajananadehuri7416]

Nice

[@julissa6715]

I clicked on this so quick.

[@celticarchie]

I wake up drained and tired.

[@adriang6259]

"The Count of Monte Cristo" wasn't that Dumas?

[@aparz617]

Not to be pedantic, but Alexandre Dumas, not Victor Hugo, wrote The Count of Monte Cristo.

[@tatianaeisner5340]

Victor Hugo did NOT write "The Count of Monte Cristo", it was Duma.

[@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858]

I urge you to dismiss your staple use of the pronoun "you". "You do this, you do that." Do I really, now?

[@excelsior999]

I agree.

[@mja4752]

1. they write because they like it ... if you struggle or find it challenging then you should do something else

[@ashokp92]

Nice video

[@skyfyacademy4039]

Writing is one of the beautiful part of my life and I want to make it art of my life..FAIZAN ULHAQUE

[@spanishDoll1]

laziness!! me

[@sahogan]

horror/thriller author at amazon.com books sez: Reading one thing while being forced to listen to another is distracting. Also, how many times do we need to hear it was Dumas, NOT Hugo, who wrote The Count of Monte Christo? Do people even read other people's comments before posting?

[@A.G.Birajdar]

You are talking fast sir

[@saswatmishra6662]

Writing 100 words a day, is it ok?

[@JordanBarclay]

where's the "have a drug or alcohol addiction" habit?

[@jaskirangoraya3282]

Your voice was distracting to see the visuals

[@BookClubDisaster]

The write in the morning rule is dumb. Some people do well with that, some won't. Also some people work day jobs so have no choice but to write at night. Also is this a bot speaking? Seems a bit stiff.

[@CaptainHook-uy9vg]

Post more motivation 🤔😏

[@loveapureheart]

Lol I write tHe deepest stuff when im on some type of drug 😂

[@excelsior999]

Who (besides you) thinks that it's deep?

[@jimcameron9848]

If I could add the following: # amphetamine consumption before 5 am, # a daily regiment of sexual gratification.

[@nonipaskucz8977]

Their website is for sale...lol

[@ladybird491]

Stop waiting for some imaginary inspiration fairy. Ideas are discovered and it comes from observation and listening and experience.

[@smexyangelmike3117]

If you never want to write...don't write....go find another career....geez! And if you want to write don't stop writing

[@theworkspace753]

Less than minute in and a lie…

[@nouseforaname5378]

I write better at night while drunk

[@entemailaddress]

The great failure of your video is you say one thing but another in screen. It is annoying dear

[@descendrion3582]

I've been writing 4 pages a day for past 3 and half weeks from 8am - 8pm. Im already on my 70th page

[@abdirahimmussa2708]

The Exegete well done but my written spelling isn't that great im only 75% good writting but i really want to become a writter to

[@mikkey246]

That's awesome, should let us check it out

[@angelangel7440]

The Exegete but are they good 70 pages

[@michaelonwuamaegbu1637]

What do you write about?

[@sahogan]

TE: TWELVE HOURS to write four pages?! Tell me you're just kidding. I write this much in < an hour once I get rolling.

[@mystic0]

I have only 2 rules for writing. I must know what I'm writing about and I must make it compelling.

[@GonzalezBrothers]

Thanks Dr. Freeman great advice.

[@Weird_Quests]

I also have an additional rule - be aware that thinking about my writing, story, characters etc... is just as beneficial to me as the actual writing is, as long as I don't fall into the trap of never writing.

[@thesoulnutrition4870]

🙏

[@geraldfrost4710]

Step one: grab the reader's attention. Step two: keep the writer's attention! Beyond that, there's some helpful stuff about sentences and plot development. But if you can't get a person's attention, they aren't going to read your damn book! (or if they do, it's a school assignment. I've a book on nuclei and particle physics that is beyond dull. A single paragraph can put me to sleep; a couple of pages has the same effect as a medically induced coma. At the end of the semester I couldn't sell the book. I mean, no one would buy it.)

[@charleseleggat8836]

I think it was Alexandre Dumas who wrote the Count of Monte Cristo, not Victor Hugo.

[@peterpuleo2904]

Correct !!

[@LeylaThaSavage]

Yup

[@morganeoghmanann9792]

Anne Rice has stated in many interviews that she simply cannot write prior to 10 am, so while I myself work best from about 11 am - 6 pm, I also find I can write from 11 pm to about 4 am, but a morning person I will never be. As far as the rituals he mentions - they become triggers for the mind to say, "Oh, okay. We're getting ready to write now." It is a very human thing to do. We all have rituals when we get ready for bed, or preparing to go to work, etc. The repetition or routine is the way we train our minds to get our "heads into the game". Personally, I love it and when I have time for those triggers, my writing is much easier and more productive.

[@Weird_Quests]

The best rule is to just find a time that works for you. If you try to write when you simply can't get into the right mindset, what's the point?

[@excelsior999]

I really don't believe that anything about creative writing should be routine.

[@NatLopezOnYoutube]

Hi internet! So, as someone who actually did research into this, I just wanna say that this...is kinda bogus lol. Most creative people do better work at night, many of the best writers (including Anne Rice) don't write everyday. Self doubt is a driving force for artistic people. It's what drives them to break rules and think outside of the box. Odd rituals are...kinda useless. Wanna write a book? Sit down and write it. This was an interesting video, but please be clear in the future that this is your opinion since much of what you've said is actually false and can make it harder for people to write. Art is a very subjective and personal thing. I see a lot of writers looking for selfhacks and miracles, but nothing works better than just planting your ass in a chair and writing. Stop looking for quick fixes and do the work that deserves to be done. Writing a book is damn hard and a lot of "writing advice" is just procrastinating.

[@Buddhax1982]

There's a book: Daily Habits. There two types of person: night owls and early risers. So no right answer there.