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I love this video and everything in it :) I write by hand so sometimes, writing slow becomes a frustration of mine. But it does help me write in a more meaningful way :)

I love watching you live your life honestly, so glad that you're enjoying post-dissertation days ^^ could i ask what camera you use for vlogging?

I love your videos! They always have a relaxed vibe, even when you were stresssed out. Did you do any courses on creative writing or anything else that helped you with how to write a novel?

Do you have a room/space for reading? cool. looks cozy.

Spike and Buffy are still my favourite enemies to lovers as well. Really enjoyed your breakdown of the fascination we have with that trope and the reasons it doesn’t always work.

Loving your videos so beautiful how you create them and I enjoy seeing the process

Is it your full-time job :) Any advice to not compare yourself with other writers?

How many chapters is your Romance Novel going to be and how many pages? Is it your first Romance novel or have you written other novels before?

12:16 I'd forgotten how rough looking some of the Buffy creature effects and makeup looks nowadays with the scale up resolution 😄 Poor Adam

Love your videos! They're so cozy to watch now that I'm home full-time - would you mind sharing your coffee recipe?? :)

The moment you mentioned Spike and Buffy I knew you were writing a good enemies-to-lovers, haha! I still love them and I'm still sad about their ending. I understand what you mean about "bad" enemies-to-lovers, as I personally think some of what's out there today is simply glorifying abuse and bigotry, and there are some things I'm just not willing to ignore, but to each their own. This is to say that I'm happy to see you enjoying your creative projects after coming off of your dissertation. As someone close to finishing their bachelors in the next four months, I dream of the day I don't have academic pressure on my back to enjoy my creative writing projects again, haha. Lovely video!❤

love these videos! Excited to see many more!

Hey! Can you do a video talking about life post PhD? Are you thinking about entering academia?

Soo happy you're still posting and writing! Watching your videos on repeat whilst writing my dissertation for motivation and the vibes! So please don't stop :)

Hello! I wasn't planning on leaving a comment about this but I think it would be a good idea to leave a couple of seconds at the end after your voiceover with just music (and then have the music slowly fade out). Sometimes people do that to lengthen the video, but in this case, it would serve as a space to think. Especially with a video like this, with an impactful message that one would sit on and think about, it's nice to have that space/time to simmer.

Carsen, I am looking forward to your novel project and you deserved this vacation to France after earning your PhD.

love this video - so cozy and what great insight on a slow-cooked book

I love this video. The vibe, the honesty - so cozy! Please keep posting such videos. I'm curious to see more on your novel project.

Hello Carson, what a cozy vlog, if you are willing to I would be interested in hearing how finances work for a PhD and how you are able to travel while writing.

how peaceful and lovely

Congrats on the successful dissertation defense! And...good luck with the novel.

Lovely video altogether. If you don’t mind my asking too much: where do you stay? Are you living in Catalonia or Andorra? And was it the PhD that brought you there? My fave recipe after a long day of desk work is the Macedonian recipe Tavče gravče (I’m not Macedonian, I’m a veggie and I love beans)

I look forward to following your novel writing journey 💙 9,000 words a day is pretty impressive. Do you edit as you write?

Love this, Carson! Your vlogs are so cozy. :) Have you read the book The Art of Slow Writing by Louise DeSalvo? My writer's group and I all agree that it's the best writing book we've ever read...and we've read most of them! I agree--having a manuscript as a companion is the most fulfilling way to write a book. The process is so important.

love your videos

Reading and then writing about what you've read...there's nothing more exhilarating. I knew somewhere around 19 or 20 that I wanted to spend my life writing about the things I've ferreted out to read. No one else really cares about my doctoral thesis topic, but I wrote 415pp. on it. I'd do that again, too, if given the chance.

You are such an inspiration for me (writting my graduation monography) everything u said u felt I am also feeling. Thanks for creating a such confortable place for us to rely on❤

Good luck this month!! I love your approach-especially having things you can do in short sessions and things you can do in long sessions. I have “won” 8 NaNoWriMos in my life and two of those were published by a major publisher. If I could recommend anything, I wish I had had Story Genius by Lisa Cron much earlier in my writing life. It would have saved me so much time learning how to write. Highly recommend! It could help you get over that hump of moving from the exposition into the “saggy middle,” which is definitely a place you can easily get stuck.

Jane is so mentally strong, honest, even innocent. You started to support her from first novel`s paragraph

Drinking a martini while wearing a martini shirt 💯👌🏻👌🏻🤌🏻

“f…ing around” 😮 Thank you for your vlogs! They are very inspiring.

I wish you a lot of fun this fall/winter with completing your novel! Congrats on your dissertation! That is awesome 😀

I love your dedication to writing. It's so lovely and speaks to the true craft of this art form and the might it takes to create something with heart and intention. I've been daydreaming about pursuing a master's in creative writing and just when I think perhaps not, I see you here or on instagram and the daydreaming comes right back at full strength. Good luck with your writing, I can't wait to read your novel in the near future!

Good Luck !

All attempts are progress as a writer ❤🎉 I can't wait to hear about your journey writing this novel. I'm on my first draft of my fantasy and I feel the urge everyday to abandon it, but I'm pushing through a little bit more, day by day.

Always A thick blanket of new snow Has come today And hides away the season’s wear Painting it’s beauty on the scenery The sound of my steps is made quiet And in the deep covering My prints seem to follow behind Ghostly record on the unsullied ground I walk alone But the past walks with me The lane underneath buried Knows my feet And will not let me forget For I have tread here before Snow with or without My wandering From you - to you For you Always

This is such a great and honest self assessment of your writing practice! Bravo!!! (it's one of the hardest things to teach writers that you must reflect and understand how to build your writing habit out of past success/failure in order to reach your goals!) I bailed out of nano for the same reason -- but ONWARD to a successful 2024 autumnal writing season!! (I am half way through writing 'Zettelkasten for Fiction Writers: where imagination finds order' -- so far 35k in, likely 60k to go: LET'S DO THIS!!! We're cheering for you!!!! (and YES to updates, you are an inspiration!)

I stopped questioning and fixing my writing. Instead, I write the first draft, send it to others to see what they recommend I fix, fix it, and move on. I learned that if I spend too much time questioning it, I will unintentionally think of a different way of writing it, which usually ends up destroying the original concept. It's not healthy for me since I overthink. Maybe, instead of becoming frustrated with your writing, go back to the original draft, fix up the writing, and send it to others for feedback. Find people who don't want to change your story, but rather see your vision and want to help you tweak it, not change it. But of course, you do you.

I am excited to see how you will progress in your novels.

Excited to see your progress and journey!

You should really get Rectangle and AltTab for your MacBook (and a second monitor). Great apps for window management, less moving back and fourth from mouse and keyboard

Congratulations 🎉 I'm on Ch. 2 Literature Review and plan on graduating next summer I'm a full time faculty member and mom of 3kiddos under 10 years old... thank you for your content. Very encouraging ❤

I am completing Ch. 2 lit review and it seems so daunting ... thank you for your video. I guess I'm Not the only one very anxious about the final stretch ...

Where did you get the bookshelf from? It’s beautiful ❤

Watching this in Preptober and am so excited to start this year! This is a lot of wonderful tips! I hope you plan on doing NaNoWriMo again this year <3

I did a significant amount of the stats for my thesis on a single train ride from Istanbul to Ankara. It’s so helpful that for a while I was putting on videos of whole train journeys on in the background while working on the thesis at home 😂

Have you read The Woman in White by Wilkie Collin’s? I just finished it and really enjoyed the story.

Where did you study?