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Love your channel!

Your explanations are always so clear you're clearing up my head better than any other author on youtube. I have so much advice cluttering my head when I write it trips me up to no end. Also I am once again complementing your taste and examples 🤭 I'm glad NiF is still around and Beyond Evil is the closest I have come to witnessing a perfect show.

You are like the calmest author who gives such good tips. I love it. I can keep on watching you for hours. It calms my mind.✨

Talking about creativity, my favorite part of art as a whole is it's collective individuality. I know I'm writing a story in a tired genre, I doubt I'll become a best seller and write a long series with 2 million words, I don't even expect people to buy it, I just want to write a dungeon crawling grimdark fantasy. I don't even know if there's people out there that care about dungeon crawling anymore, and the people that would understand the references probably don't even read books, but I feel like I'll implode if I don't tell this story. Idc if it will do numbers, I'd surely not complain if it does, but my main goal is just to reach the end of it and see what those characters will do. I know that this is unique by the simple fact that it's me who's writing it, even if I've inspired myself with hundreds of similar works, and the best part about their similarity is that none of them are copying each other

The video games example is so on point. Remember they are the most addictive pieces of media. And it's always that at whatever point in the game you're doing something that leads to the other until you're at the end.

Subscribed 🎉 as I sense your explanation doesn't push my brain into Limbo.

I love how sassy you are with the coffee lol

Very interesting video. I'm trying to create the base for a story idea I'm having and this is an issue I've wondered a lot about. Somehow trying to push some conflict into my story just didn't feel right with what i want to do with my story, so it's been a bit of a block trying to find something that works and with what you explained, i realized that some of it is already there Regarding character goal, how precise do you get? Is "solve key mystery" good enough? One show i sometimes think about regarding this is dirk gentlys holistic detective agency. For several episodes it's not really clear what's going on, but it's the same for the characters and somehow it's still very engaging. Some characters do have very clear goals, but other main characters feel like they are just going with the randomness. However the overall narrative does feel like there's a clear goal that's set already in the first few minutes

This concept was far easier to tackle than I thought it'd be. Once again, you've really helped me understand more about storytelling! (You've been my go-to for writing advice haha) I'm hoping to see a video about world-building sooner or later. One question I have about it is should I do the worldbuilding before or during the first draft? I've been wanting to write a fantasy story but I'm not sure how to start with it. Do I consider the plot-relevant things first and whatnot and go from there?

It was such a pleasant surprise to see that your demonstration was identical to what I had gone through when plotting my project. After all, I applied the principles of mini arcs. And as you said, the conflict was naturally produced when planning narrative goals. Before committing to my project, I had been watching writing videos instead of actually getting things done, and when I tried to, I just stared at a blank document. It was your channel that helped me finally fill that ugly void. For helping me begin my journey, thank you, truly.❤

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Most applicable advice, at least to me

Your channel is awesome, keep posting!

Thank you!

Thanks for the video. Will love to hear your take on dialogue when you get the chance.

I've been waiting for you Mrs. Story

I like watching you because you inspire me to think for myself

Good stuff. Many thanks.

This topic was great timing and so clearly explained! The mystery of conflict is no more and I’m so relieved that I don’t have to ‘shoe horn in’ different types just for the sake of it 😊. I got so excited when you mentioned the up coming video in complex stories 😃, that what I’m struggling with at the moment, how to weave all my elements together. Hope you are feeling better, great to see you back ❤

I think good conflict is also related to honesty in writing - being real, digging deep, unflinching in facing our deepest fears or shadows.

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Your simplicity in making something most teachers have made complex, is incredible. I suddenly feel lightheaded about this. Thank you so much 🙏🏼

Thank you! Had some major aha moments even after all the craft books I’ve crammed!🎉

i love your videos, they really help me with writing

Love your videos... so helpful. Thank you. Had to groan when you used the example of Bai ChouFei as I so disliked the storyline in Heroes as they took away much of his agency when they gave him that drug and manipulated his brain. I see what you meant by the traits built in that they were able to use to manipulate his choices... but ugh. I very much enjoy Cdrama, but that one angered me to the point I resisted watching beyond a certain point for a while.

As someone who gets bored quick , I discovered the importance of pacing after reading a bunch of similar themed stories(power fantasy hero genre), and realising the main thing that separated the"bad" ones that I did not enjoy , and the "good" ones I did enjoy, was the pacing/flow of the story

Yet another brilliant video! I feel like I’m finally opening my eyes to what story structure really looks like and it’s seriously invaluable. I’m curious if you have any works published or if you’re planning to, I’d love to read how you implement these tips in your own writing. It’s okay if you don’t, I just always enjoy your demonstration stories and can only imagine what a fully fleshed out version of one would look like. Thanks again!

I cannot stress enough how helpful your videos are. The way you explain things in a straightforward, level tone is so relaxing and informative at the same time. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU

Oh Wow! I was not expecting this to have been posted only 4 hours ago - stumbled upon this video and it was EXACTLY what I needed. I'm in the process of writing my next book (in a different genre entirely from my debut) and needed help with driving the story forward organically. THANK YOU <3 I'll be watching more!

As far as balancing conflict, this sounds good in regards to a hero or heroine, but what about an anti-hero? Part of the fun of anti-heroes is just how dismal their predicament is, and providing them with some kind of harmony seems to me to undermine the attraction to anti-heroes in the first place. Am I wrong? Is there a way to not overload an anti-hero with conflict and yet somehow give them enough that they can have heroic moments without being too goody two shoes?

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This is lifechangingly useful advice!! Thank you!! Commenting for the algorithm gods 😂❤

Archetypes are effective. But contrary to the diatribe in this video (which is as disingenuous as someone decrying any structure is bad - bad critics will often go there), if your character does not precisely match the archetype, you do not have to sacrifice the character to the archetype; sacrifice the archetype to the character. When someone gets dogmatic, especially about other people's dogmas, it is best to ignore it. Otherwise, I love her videos.

I’ve been bing watching your videos thank you truly for these gold nuggets of info❤❤

Thank you so much. This educate me 🙇

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Excited to watch this one. Out of all of the story and writing channels I've followed recently, you probably have the best vibe and style. You might already know, but you have the ability to grow this and make this your living if you decide you want that. The content is really good. Excited to see more.

You've honed your craft well enough to describe life and not preach it. That's 1% stuff. Thank you for your stuff always waiting to hear from your videos what you have to offer.

your videos make me want to drink coffee

YEAH I was waiting EVERYDAY for your video

Your interludes featuring multiple poses and lots of coffee keep me rolling.

Oooh, been excited for the next instalment! Thank you 😊

So many channels tell us writers HOW to write. I love your channel because you don’t. You give us the principles and the tools we need but leave the method and formula up to us. That’s so refreshing. I hope you know just how much this channel has helped me on my writing journey. Thank you!

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Steohen King said he has the heart of a little boy . . . "I keep it in a jar on my desk." You, have a skull. Does this supporting character have a name? :)

YAY NEW VIDEO

More illuminating excellence. Thank You.

Amazing as usual

I found your first video on pacing in my FYP, you've helped my story a bunch. THANK YOU!