when you’re trying to finish a book but a new idea distracts you 👋 | brainstorm a book w/ me *pt 1*

hello! a quick disclaimer ⇩
this is a vlog, not an advice video. there’s no right/wrong way to write a book and my process is, in fact, very scatterbrained lol
I'm pretty much just rambling through my thought process trying to work through a new story idea and thought it'd be fun to capture some of my brainstorming chaos. :)
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timestamps:
0:00 hi
0:15 a new book baby has been born
1:06 not another fantasy story oh no
1:46 outlining (but pantsing a little)
3:02 a note on my writing style
4:31 the starting point of the idea
5:28 wizard-in-the-tower trope but no wizard and no tower
6:39 talking to myself in a google doc
7:44 contemplating the relationship between plot/character/theme
10:21 gender roles as a potential core theme
12:20 on second thought... no colonialism
13:21 the antagonistic threat??
14:43 a folktale rather than an epic
15:09 organising the madness
17:33 to be continued
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[@ananeu]

ahhh kris!! i can literally relate. i get so many 'bursts' of inspiration for so many novels! sometimes i have a cool dream, see an interesting picture of pinterest, or watch a new show and *bam!* i have a full on novel idea. i need to work on my outlining ahhh. and of courseee - loved the video!!

[@KrisMF]

ahh thank you for watching!! :D

[@AuthorElliot]

I LOVE the planning phase of a novel. it's where I get all the energy for the drafting

[@KrisMF]

me too!! :)

[@ascontralto]

sorry for the comment a full year after the post date, but I just found your channel and have been gradually binging lol. just wanted to say that you're the first writer-vlogger I've come across that has the EXACT same development process that I do, and im so thrilled lmao. I don't usually enjoy watching process videos, but yours are pure inspiration!! as far as planner-panster titles, I really enjoy Ellie Brock's quadrant definitions that add "intuitive" and "methodological" for a second axis. I relate heavily to her definition of "intuitive planner", as someone who is good at Feeling Out the rhythm of a story as long as i have my waymarkers to guide me (i call the messy stage my "spaghetti wall" 😂) thanks for the videos, hope you're doing well!

[@anandaferraresi]

I LOVE what you said about Azula, never thought of the story that way. You're so wise lol

[@fadedpages]

Ay ay ay! I'm also in the pre-drafting phase of a new adult fantasy WIP. I've been in revision mode for several months so it feels good (but weird!) to be at the very beginning of a project with a blank canvas before me. But I'm excited to dive into an adult project. As fun as my middle grade book has been to write, adult fantasy has a special place in my heart and my writing style lends itself to a more "mature" audience. Fingers crossed that outlining goes smoothly and beautifully for both of us.

[@KrisMF]

I feel you! I really enjoy writing adult projects, it’s just how most of my ideas seem to form these days :) but I LOVE reading middle grade, even though I’ve a tough time writing it 😭

[@HannaBee091]

It was really fun and interesting to watch your process of developing your new WIP. My process of brainstorming and plotting is very messy, too. xD I'm a pantser trying to be a plotter/planner because I think plotting my novels more thoroughly will help me actually finish writing my WIPs. I have several Pages documents, a Google doc, a Notion page and a notebook with random notes for my current WIP and sometimes it feels all over the place. But I think I have a good plan for writing the third draft of my novel. I use my notebook to brain dump and then have two pages documents for the world building and plot. One has a spreadsheet where I outlined the chapters in a few bullet points and the PoVs and in the second doc I plot the chapters more in detail, I write roughly 1k-1,5k per chapter and plan on breaking them down into scenes too but then in bullet points again (it's a lot of work). I finally am at a stage where the outlining feels like drafting and I love discovery writing, so this is great. But every time I run into a plot hole or any kind of problem I have to remind myself that this is just an outlining and not the actual third draft because it feels quite devastating when you write a lot and then notice you made a mistake and have either to delete and rewrite everything or at least edit a lot. So when that happens with my outline I can remind myself that this is just that, the outline, nothing is set in stone, I just add another note for myself for when I actually write the draft and I'm good to go. ^^

[@KrisMF]

interesting! that’s really thorough! I definitely relate to the feeling of getting to the point where “outlining feels like drafting” :) thats one of the funnest parts for me.

[@youremyfavoritesong9868]

6:36 reminded me of the John Green quote "I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once"

[@natbautista]

I love the idea of filling out comps and blurbs early on- which I’ve never done but might for my next outline! (also I really like your editing style :))

[@KrisMF]

thank you!! and yes! I love thinking about comps, helps me get excited while brainstorming :D

[@kasiagola9138]

Thank you for your content! I'm a beginner/amateur/hobbyst writer anf I find it very helpful to see other writer's process especially since you're also working full time! I really appreciate you sharing your tips and tricks and methods 😊 take care!

[@ngtskynebula]

Outliners writers club members: two (2) ✍️

[@jabarhenv5933]

do you use scrivener?

[@KrisMF]

I do!

[@jabarhenv5933]

@@KrisMF did u use it for this one? Like what you were typing?

[@KrisMF]

@@jabarhenv5933 I was using Google docs here. I prefer keeping my initial notes/brainstorming in google drive, but when I start drafting the actual manuscript, I use scrivener :)