write a novel with me vlog 📖 starting draft 2 ~

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Welcome to another writing vlog! We're continuing our project teacup writing vlog series ~ I'm so excite that, in this vlog, we got to start on draft 2 of my adult fantasy story! I'm changing things up a little now with my process: writing more slowly and carefully now that i'm on this draft. I'm so excited to share the process of working on the early stages of this writing this novel with you all 💛
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[@enchantedlibrary3409]

I just love watching people document their creative project journeys.Its perfect to listen to while working my own projects.

[@donna25871]

Writing a book is just like writing a PhD- I get the distractions and the struggle staying on task can be on some days. I had a 🤣 when you dusted the keyboard - been there and done that.

[@christy-anne-jones]

I've been there many times lol 😅 I'm very easily distracted hahaha

[@ScholarDeepika]

I agree ☑️ 🥱✨

[@kiwii72500]

Me watching this video while procrastinating my master thesis is the exact example of your argument 😅

[@billyalarie929]

I loved the Very Serious Business gestures when emphasizing “I have to do it… Right Now.” Laughed way too hard at that. BECAUSE, YOU SEE, I GET THIS. IT IS ME.

[@literaterue]

yours is one of the very few magical corners of the internet. i don’t always leave a comment on your videos but i’m here, silently watching, secretly admiring you (well, i guess it’s not a secret anymore). 🌸

[@christy-anne-jones]

Thank you so so very much 💛

[@xerosolar307]

"You can't fix a blank page" what a powerful phrase

[@sigridvanvelzen5943]

If you also rinse off the flowerstems when changing the water it helps preserving them a bit longer. Also slightly warmer water helps because it contains less oxygen. 💐

[@heyart3668]

Finally a youtube channel that I want to frequently watch. Imagine happy. Watching your videos for days now.

[@vinodhiniharish2772]

🤩 the inspiration has come

[@christy-anne-jones]

😊💛💛

[@lemontart8601]

I can't explain you how much your vlogs make me feel positive and calm💛💛💛 i desperately wait for Sunday so that you upload something. I love your baking ,you simply sitting in a cafe that is so relaxing. And whenever you talk about mental well-being 💛💛💛 Thank you Christy 🌸

[@bellelang929]

Anne Lamott has a great essay about drafting called "Shitty First Drafts" that sounds very much like you'd enjoy, considering your own drafting process as you explain it here!

[@billyalarie929]

Bird by Bird!!

[@gabbylohse2935]

I love "Shitty First Drafts", I go back it every time I'm in a slump!

[@lesliemoiseauthor]

I am always intrigued by hearing about other author's writing process. Thank you for sharing.

[@merilynread4115]

You are so inspirational! Hard-working, realistic, a novelist on the verge!!!!

[@HannahlovesStories]

I’ve never written a novel (or even attempted it) but your writing process (starting a new word doc for each draft) is exactly what I did ever time I wrote an essay in uni. This brought back so many memories of writing essays haha! Anyway, I love hearing about your progress and I can’t wait until “Project Teacup” is published!

[@dmtdreamz7706]

On a certain level, we have a novel in our brain, the neurochemicals that show up in flow: so dopamine, norepinephrine, anandamide, endorphins, and serotonin. If you were to try to cocktail the street drug version of that, right, you're trying to blend like heroin and speed and coke and acid and weed- and point is, you can't do it. It turns out the brain can cocktail all of 'em at once, which is why people will prefer flow to almost any experience on Earth. It's our favorite experience. It's the most addictive experience on Earth. Why? 'Cause it cocktails five or six of the largest pleasure drugs the brain can produce. We're all capable of so much more than we know. That is a commonality across the board. And one of the big reasons is we're all hardwired for flow, and flow is a massive amplification of what's possible for ourselves.

[@kimberlymiller566]

Love your writing vlogs and looking forward to see more! Also would love if you ever wanted to do more “write with me” videos with music and typing like the one you did in the library, but maybe in different settings (home, cafe, outside). Your content is always so inspiring! 💜

[@emilieclaire7981]

Quick question as a non-writer : do all novelists write many drafts of their books? Is it possible to just work over the first draft until it becomes the final product? Also, would you be interested in making a video where you explain your entire writing process, from idea conception to publication?

[@christy-anne-jones]

I think it depends on the person honestly and what their definition of a "draft" is. If you write chapter one, then go back over it, then go back over again it before starting chapter two, you've still *drafted* (or edited and improved upon) that stretch of writing even if you haven't officially renamed your document Draft #2 or Draft #3. The general consensus/advice is that writing is rewriting; and, honestly, with any creative medium, polish and quality generally comes from iteration and refining your work. AND the novel you submit to a publisher, if it gets picked up, will definitely have edits (structural edits, copy edits, possibly sensitivity edits) before it goes into the hands of readers. So, from my understand drafting/editing is an essential process for everyone. But I think some people would definitely draft and refine more than others 😊 hope that all makes sense!

[@ashcheri680]

You should totally check out Scrivener! It's a program designed specifically for writing stories and it has tools for all the different steps/info that you need to include for the story. Including drafting the plot (on sticky notes in the program) and separate folders for worldbuilding, characters, etc. So you can just have one document instead of 50 :) Not sponsored, of course, it just changed my life with writing!

[@everausten]

I love seeing process 💛🌙🌟✨

[@drawrobot]

Have you ever used Scrivener? I love it. You can save all your research, notes and draft all in one accessible file. There’s a notecard view where it looks like a beat board. You can save out the draft as a word doc or pdf. The software is relatively cheap and I haven’t had to update or renew it in some time.

[@TheNessa284]

This was so relaxing and comforting to watch. I'm so proud of the progress you have made. I can't wait for the finished product.

[@lostinthesupermarket7]

Wonderful video, as always! A lovely slice of calm in an ever busy world ~ So exciting to see your writing process, I love how you are taking us along your novel writing journey. Have a lovely day!

[@christy-anne-jones]

Thank you so much!! Hope you have a lovely day as well! 💛

[@ajaybahure111]

Woww you are writing a novel 😃 can't wait for it....

[@christy-anne-jones]

😊💛💛

[@clarejean3309]

I love the cover! So beautiful! But I get it. I struggle to get up in the morning and write a new chapter on Google docs. I just take the story on my notebook everywhere with me, to my day center and my weekend's career's house. Everywhere.

[@ericupchurch2967]

I really love your Posty Notes and Board! 📚

[@hopeforstariskies1132]

caught on the fact that the tea that came with the book was russian caravan. It has definitely grown on me, but I absolutely hated it the first time I drank it (slightly unrelated to the video as a whole, but yeah)

[@sunnyday05]

I love watching your writing vlogs! :)

[@bailey_sachs]

could you talk about how your planing process changes with writing a novel vs writing a short story?

[@abigailhoneycombe]

14:04 felt this on a personal level, working on my first draft right now and it is actually horrible writing that will never see the light of day

[@tonydeluna8095]

This was a beautiful vlog. Thank you 🙏 for sharing! Let’s get this novel in!

[@sandramathews24]

Hello Christy, how are you doing? You are such an incredible person and you inspire everyone because of your vlogs. Thankyou for sharing your tips and thoughts.

[@christy-anne-jones]

Awww thank you so much!! 😊💛

[@literaterue]

i second this!

[@KayGee_yt]

I'm on draft 1 of my first book! I thought it was gonna be a cute 10,000 word novelette but it's looking like more like 3x that. There's already so many issues. I wanna get to draft 2 already but I told myself I'd finish this first. Thanks for encouraging me to finally write something long-form! Poetry books and blog posts for work are cute, but it's time to tell a tale

[@キャネット-x5t]

hi! I'm japanese and a writer live in Tokyo.I like your video.I hope you'll enjoy japan trip😊

[@Ema_-xw2ph]

Annie is wonderful. She is a writter and a reader. And I Just think she is very amazing. I just like everything like this. Thanks💫💫🌸🌸

[@ShelfTimeMuses]

Always love to see other writers' process. Love your color-coded stickies!

[@saram5659]

I loved the chatting in the kitchen 😍

[@ReadingNymph]

This was so relaxing, i dont write but it was lovely to listen to your process

[@MariJadeWrites]

Lovely writing vlog, thank you for sharing 😊 it's exciting to start a new draft of a story ☺️

[@sarahnoe1588]

You popped up on my feed at just the right time. I'm starting draft two of my story as well and needed as much motivation as I can get.

[@funastacia]

Hi Christy! I’m a new subscriber :) Would you mind sharing the app you use for your stickies in the beginning of the video? I literally have done physical boards like the one you showed for video scripting through the years, but now that I work with another science writer, I struggle to find a more visual and non linear (not like Notion and Google Docs) app to collaborate in. Might this be it? 😄 Thank you!

[@sabina8234]

it’s miro

[@funastacia]

@@sabina8234 Thank you, Sabina, that was really helpful! Tried it out and it seems like exactly the tool I was looking for!

[@nancyedwards4847]

Yes I love the way you start

[@Yami7Ra1313]

I really really liked this video! I learned a lot!! I hope you make more but please do not let it impede your creative progress

[@hannahcrews5137]

I love that comment, you can’t fix a blank page 💗

[@nwokorochima3059]

Beautifully done

[@oxcy8519]

Hiii Christy please please do a real time write with me video!! I bet it would be cozy

[@christy-anne-jones]

I actually did do one! it was a while ago but here it is kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGrJl6OXga6jic0 😊

[@peacefusion]

I love your outfit. So classic.

[@ayabee3646]

Hello from Japan! It is such exciting news that you are coming to Japan

[@ConstantineLoskutnikov]

Im reply sorry to say that, but Im in love with her... So much! Thank you for the positive you shines

[@olabisiibironke5810]

Cool

[@oluwabukolaashaye4982]

Amazing 🤩🤩

[@drmblu]

Loved the video! Makes me more motivated for my book hahaha. Christy please! Share the visualiser app you use i really need it, my book is sitting on a mess now and wouldn't mind some organisation 🤍

[@margaretoffere7384]

Good job

[@ADSCoachSimonB2112]

Interesting stuff. I have a black cardboard poster that I use to put post it notes on. Take a picture and you can use on your iPad. My book is like has been sitting in the naughty corner for like 6 months. I have too many university assignments to complete plus work plus going to the hospital for lecture and role play sessions. What do you use to do your novels on. I use ClickUp for university assignments and I was thinking of using scrivener but it seems like more work than productive

[@Layla-yc8rn]

Do you think anyone can write a book? I’ve never really written anything so I don’t think I’m anywhere as good as actual writers but I’d love to try!

[@MariJadeWrites]

You can, of course! No first draft is ever perfect so don't put pressure on yourself and just write what you want to write ☺️ and then you can edit/do revisions after it's written 😃

[@reganstandlick7520]

love your videos. What are your thoughts on creative writing therapy and can you list your teas

[@oguejioforpeterchinonso6962]

nice one

[@jenburch1504]

Hi. I'm from Texas.Very beautiful cover. And a cute package that sent to you. I'm new on your channel. I'm a new beginner in writing.

[@monikaorlow6517]

😍

[@onajiteekure8363]

Good 👍

[@hypatia4754]

I don´t know how you can bear to repeat the writing until you get so bored with it you can hardly breathe. When I write a novel I write it once, as if it´s a final draft (no "just get it done and we´ll come back it it later", but "this is the story") and it´s done. And I move onto the next one.

[@billyalarie929]

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[@IvonneSpinoza]

What website did you use for the book planning notes?

[@kyjoraven9776]

What's the website you use to plot out your book so pretty with the sticky notes? Love this video!!

[@EurekaKatie]

Miro

[@MaryAmongStories]

💛🌻

[@raheelazam6385]

Hi beautiful awesome work I like it thanks for sharing ❤💛❤💛❤💛❤💜❤💜❤💜❤💜❤💜👍👍👍👍👍

[@Saffronelle]

are you able to do one with no music?

[@hannahcrews5137]

Does anyone else want her music playlist??

[@baraahsinjab2968]

Someone make her a sticker saying “creator of thingies”

[@herrydinson296]

Nice 👍 class

[@drlopez6755]

How much books have you written so far?

[@boomshine87]

This is a bit off topic and random but how do you proof read? I love reading and am surprised at how many books I read where there are obvious incorrect words!

[@eleart4951]

How many hours do you write a day?

[@rynctv]

What is the website you used to outline your novel?

[@TheVideoboy9]

What monitor size do you use?

[@Po30tomasz]

💪👍

[@kritoarwen]

Hola. Me encanta tu cuenta!! Me recomiendas un anime !? Gracias

[@eleart4951]

I'm Italian and I can't conceive milk in tea, how do you do it?

[@evacogan]

Draft 2 means you start writing the whole thing right from the beginning? You're not editing what you wrote before? Can't understand how this works....

[@christy-anne-jones]

It's different for every story, but for this one I'm referencing draft one while rewriting completely from scratch 😊 I find this type of iteration to be way better for my creative brain / problem solving. It also means that I'm less stifled and trapped by what I did in my rough draft.

[@alanarose2511]

👌 քʀօʍօֆʍ

[@billyalarie929]

HOW DO YOU GET TO A POINT of being comfortable with the first draft being shit, so that you CAN get it done more quickly?!?!!?? I’m a Goddamned Perfectionist POS, and so my work never gets done as a result. Tell me how to murder my own ego, is basically what I’m asking.

[@lilithjunefilms]

I don’t know if this is a stupid question but are you planning on publishing this book one day? Bc I’m really intrigued ☺️🫶🏻

[@lisassodiangelo]

Hi! Do you have Instagram or tik tok?

[@Dliz_empire]

Cool

[@EudaemonicGirl]

I love the crow video too! Such a talented bird!

[@noralindt]

I love watching your vlogs when I need inspiration, they are so incredibly cozy, thanks for your great work! 🥰

[@Wee_Carl_]

revisiting this video because im about to start draft 2 of my screenplay! Really appreciate you sharing your process so much ✨✨

[@genzvideos]

Drafting out Books IS never an easy job

[@ekureedafedaniel2622]

Lovely