write a book with me (it goes slightly better) | writing vlog #2

[@geenahreactss]

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[@AdamFishkin]

"Whoooo this one." Yes! For the world you've built to click, almost before you've even brainstormed it, is the definite advantage of whatever niche within fantasy you have a natural bond to. If that makes sense.

[@heyitsroro]

i'm in love!! i have been missing out on this corner of the internet for all these years!! currently writing a non fiction short book and looking for ways to optimize my writing processes :)

[@gabriellaRandom]

i love these videos so much i dont think ive ever related to an author more thank u for making these ily PLEASE PUT ME IN THE NEXT VLOGGGG

[@Personwhosings]

1000 words in an hour is great!

[@luise_marianne]

Research is always the hardest part for me because it keeps me from actual writing... but I started making youtube videos as well to document my process and I already feel a lot more motivation. Keep going! :)

[@ecyinka]

i think i quite like it here. great video!

[@Pupido_McMuffin]

The exact details elude me but I remember a professor mentioning an anthropologist that just wrote his thoughts as they came and never went back to edit so his books always ended up being a bit cumbersome to read. I think it was either Gregory Bateson or Bronislaw Malinowski, or at the very least that general time frame. Anyway, I would be insanely happy with 1000+ words in a day. I'd honestly take 100...

[@Thegirlwiththebooks-]

Totally true what you said about Pinterest boards! I recently made a video on motivation in writing and included this as well. It’s just so much fun to make :)

[@oliviarodrigues8386]

i’m an english major and writing blocks are the worstttttt i should definitely try a writing sprint to see if it helps!

[@geenahreactss]

I’ve heard of people even picking a random prompt and using that during a writing sprint to help get them into their writing session as well!

[@supersecretprojectx5642]

Try writing for a set amount of time, the same time every week day. Make it a habit. Make your brain get used to it. Then during the beginning of that period reread and embellish what you did the day before and when you get to where you left off… keep going. I find that helps the stories flow and writing discipline.

[@chippichawa4843]

I did enjoy this video, Writing sprints might be a good thing just to focus. Pomodoro thing. Also I do hope you get to finish your sci-fi book,i also wonder what the fantasy one is about. Also editing this video is a feat in of itself. I remember Hemmingway's quote that "the frist draft is always shit." So thats something to laugh at and be comforted with I hope.

[@art_bug]

Man i am writing my first book ever and I seriously don't know how to start I just have a rough idea (which is a mess) of it. 😩😞

[@thepokepoet9482]

I've been really stressing with writing these days to the point where writing just seems like a chore :(

[@geenahreactss]

I’ve definitely been there and it’s the worst. I’d say, take time to do things that made you fall in love with writing and the story you’re working on in the first place. Also, as hard as it sometimes is, try to not feel guilty if you go a day or so without writing. Those are a few things I’ve done in the past to help get out of that feeling.

[@marksullivan7766]

Have you read On Writing, A Memoir of the Craft?

[@76kilosofshade81]

Half the things I've read on KU were first drafts, I think. 🤣 But congrats on slightly better!

[@aloisflynn2003]

Have a good day :D

[@beanfeld]

Silly question but is Milanote secure? Are you worried people will see your stuff? 😊

[@ivan-zlidechat]

Hey Gina! Nice content. Dropped you an email.