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I struggle with putting words on the paper. But hearing about your drive and the little habits you worked on overtime. Thank you for this.

You should call yourself an "aspiring published author" rather than an "aspiring author". You are the author or the book you are writing. You are already an author, published or not. It's a small distinction, but given you talk about the feelings of inadequacy associated with writing, I thought I should mention that. Framing it as such does a lot for your mental wellbeing. This is a really interesting video btw great stuff

I think very similar to you, other people inspire me to write. I don't feel envy or that I am in a competition. I am gonna follow your journey you seem like a really lovely person.

Just finished my first draft today. Finding this video was a godsend.

I am also writing my first fantasy romance novel! I'm about half way through draft one and it is so rewarding.

It's wonderful to see that we are not alone in the writing process. I decided to record my own writing journey and hope to achieve the dream of making a living out of it. However, if anyone reads our works at any point in life, that will be the most satisfying thing. We just have to be courageous enough to get our stories out there!!! =)

My trifecta draft tech is… Draft 1 THE BONES. Draft 2 THE MAGIC SYSTEM. Draft 3 THE PARABLES AND SUBVERSIONS. Draft 4 THE POLISH. Draft 5 THE SHINE. It sounds like a lot………………. Each their own I suppose.

****old grumbly man walks into the room. Leeeeeeet me teeeellllll you young lady the craziness of writing a novel. My gosh. Sorry. Inspiring author too. I first developed The Ancient World universe when I was 9, and spent years developing it. But it grew. And grew. And grew. And now I’m 31 and am ready to write the first draft but I have a 4-draft structure for the best novel. The Ancient World is like a 24-book multi series. The main series follows a triplet sons of the king. The triplet sons were seperated at birth and sent to different planets for protection. So the main 4-book series is the triplets finding their home world, finding each other, finding the other surviving children. The kids all need to figure out how to survive with no parents, no structure, no hope, no leadership, in a broken and fallen world while they are regularly hunted by demons. They all grow up together, learning how to make the world their own, find purpose in themselves and build a new world while defeating the original evilness that destroyed the world in the sequel series. The main series is actually titled Ille Anticuus Mundus. The sequel series Chronicum is 3 separate books describing different lives and experiences of other members of the family as the end of the world began and happened. Chronicum I depicts the experiences of the sons of the king as the Last War breaks out, the older brothers of the triplets from the main series; Chronicum II depicts the exp and lives of the daughters of the King during the Last War; and Chronicum III is the exp and life of the queen during the final days of the world where utter and complete ruin happens on a global scale destroying nearly all life that has not escaped miles under the surface or transported to another planet. Bar’Bariy is a series from a different cultures viewpoint-the Barbarian race. Its a 3-part series on the exp and lives of the barbarians as they also exp the end their entire culture, people, and history for reasons not of their own. Its such a culture shock. Then of course theres Short Stories of The Ancient World, a singular book of.. as you’d guess, many many short stories spanning millions of years across the ancient world universe. And there is The Adventures of the Ancient World which is like a 4th-wall 3-book series of one of the triplets returning to the world as an old man after leaving it at the end of the main series to go back to the place he grew up………. earth. Anyway, thats an exciting kind of kids story series like The Hobbit. Then theres Sophia’s Texts which is a sequel that happens thousands of years after the main series. And there is the Three Suns which is a series that describes the original triplets that the king wanted to recreate in prophecy that ended up destroying the world. The original triplets are like Creation figures, millions of years before the main series. Then there is Reginea Ballum which is a prequel to Bar’Bariy, and Aberax which is a sequel to the Queens War. Its a massive universe. It sounds like a lot but 21 years right. Tolkien spent 34 years creating LotR. Some people take time. Most of us fail. Most of us arent the ones. But some of us are. The thing we often forget is all great names are replaced. We are young, perceptively, and all the great writers of today will die or retire in the next 10-40 years. New people will come. Just the way…. The human zeitgeist goes. Its the circle of life. And most greatness is accidental. No one really knows what movie or book or game will be the smash hit. Art is always an accident. As artists, all we have to do is create. Its not our job to be successful, its our job to create. Even Leonardo had critiques and naysayers. Also, there is no actual planets. Its a flat universe, earth is a tiny tiny tiny tiny tiny tiny section on the massive universe plain and is protected by a unimaginably massive barrier plus the Gourian society has protected the sanctity of the 3rd realm since time immemorial, which a bit of support from the Min Qu Dynasty. Anyway, humans are actually 12-20ft tall, have every type of magic and fights monsters and demons that modern religion cant imagine. Amon Heim is a Jesus Christ figure, Sanuxe is the Satan figure, Abra is the God figure. The history is endless. It is representative of actual human ancient theories, religious mythologies, and actual proven history in our human existence. So the name The Ancient World DOES STAND! Haahahah. Ahhhh….. need more whiskey. Anyway, enjoyed your video. ****old man walks away in the darkness of the night.

I just found your channel and i love your videos!! Also I love how your channel name sounds like "writerly" ✍✨

This was the best way to start my pre-writing session. I've been working on a story idea and feeling a bit overwhelmed/imposter syndrome this week about it, and your pep talk was just what I needed to remind myself that I CAN DO IT! Above all, love your "start messy" quote. Such good advice for writing but also life. I am a chronic over-planner of everything and am really trying to not fixate on the details before I jump into this story. So thank you for the reminder to JUST START! 💞

Stage 0: I like reading--the universe feels pretty meaningless sometimes--maybe I should write a book. Stage 1: Sit in the lobby writing a book. Tell the same lady who asks every day that, no, it isn't a dissertation. Stage 2: All my friends and family and relationships are out on me because I'm spending all my time writing a book. Stage 3: That's a manuscript I guess. Time to see what other writer-people think? Stage 4: Oh. No one actually gives any feedback or answers my questions or responds. Should I change things at random? Stage 5: Look back with regret and wonder why I didn't pick a healthier hobby, like intravenous drugs. ... Stage 6: Try again?

Thanks for sharing 😍

9:44 honestly this is a great way to see it! this made me think about it differently because i used to think that rewriting would make me steer off from the original story, but yeah it’s more of finding and learning more about the story

I’m so glad I found your channel! I’ve watched all your videos up to this point (watching the newest one next) and I feel like I’ve found a younger version of my writer self. I’m 37 now and have loved writing since childhood. Then until my early-mid 20’s I got away from it but the writing ideas never really stopped. Now, I’ve been off and on writing since about 2013 and, while I’m still not finished with a single novel, I haven’t stopped writing. I have a trove of new ideas and one that I’ve been working on for 10 years. I decided last night, before I found your videos, I am writing that book for real this time. I tend to spend a lot of time reading books on the craft and watching videos just absorbing the information, then trying to apply it to my writing. But you’ve motivated me to just friggin’ write the thing, messy as it may be. If you read all this, thank you! Haha. And thank you for sharing your journey as well. I can’t wait to see where it takes you!

It is FREAKING HARD. My outline feels like a cryptic labyrinth and imposter syndrome is the worst. I have been working on my outline for AGES and I still don't have a single character NAMED. This better get easier!!!

Just found your channel and I love it. You have really good camera presence, keep it up ❤

You are so pretty.

Pretty much agree with everything you say. I've pretty much finished my first book. The mistakes I made: left long periods between writing (partly because I wasn't sure where to take the plot) ...ended up with plot holes and continuity errors, made it too complex ...ended up taking out one plot line which wasn't working anyway ...then felt it wasn't complex enough!, so added a twist to the main plot. Started with a scene-setting explanation at the start then rewrote that as action ...still like some of the original but think I did the right thing.

This is so helpful, thank you for posting this!! 🙏🏽🤍

The stages for me: Write a romantacy novel. Edit. Edit. Rewrite. Edit. Hire a diverse crew of alpha & beta readers that approve(after months of work), then have my submissions rejected continuously. Realizing I wasted so much time just because I'm male. Trad pub is so friggin toxic.

I’m so glad RUclips brought me to you! I’m a first time stay at home mom and I’ve for some reason decided this is the time to follow my childhood dream of writing a book. I’m in the beginning stages so I appreciate you sharing this and I’m so excited for you! I am subscribing and will be following your journey! You’re killing it!🤩

I see you all over my TikTok fyp all the time. So glad I finally found you on YT!

hey lily! I’m also in the (somewhat) process of writing a book too, I just haven’t had much time because of nursing prerequisite, but I wanna focus more on it during the winter break! I love seeing your journey and you give me motivation aswell. great video

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Loved hearing about your process!

Im two chapters away from finishing my first draft of my first book. The emotions are weird right now, and watching videos like this helps my mind focus on future projects

It is very relieving to see someone else go through a similar process than me when writing a first book and realising you're not doing so bad. Thank you for this 🤗 I would add, if you're fluent in other languages, you could consider translate your own book and publish that as well. That's what I plan to do with my own books, since nothing would make me happier than seeing people from other countries and languages reading my books

I started writing a novel four years ago, and it feels like my mindset shifted completely. There’s a clear before and after in my life once I committed to creating a world through words. Before that, my thoughts and emotions would come and go, fleeting like sparks, disappearing without a trace. Now it’s different; I’m much more deliberate about where I focus my energy, because I’ve learned that every idea requires time and effort. This goes beyond just writing-it’s helped me manage my thoughts in general. Something pretty wild happened to me two years ago, and people encouraged me to write about it. I had never considered writing a second book, but I did it. If I hadn’t written that first novel, I wouldn’t have found the courage to write the second. Writing has become a path of constant growth, and with this latest novel, I feel like I’ve done my best work yet. Keep creating-great things come from it!

Eye opening. Thanks for sharing.

Loved the insights! I am starting to find that discovery writing fits my style as well. Really appreciate your candor and am excited to hear more about your progress.

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So cool to see some insight about this process! I I’m a digital artist and I’ve illustrated some covers for a few indie fantasy romance authors, so this is so exciting to see. It really seems like you have your process down and I’m wishing you the absolute best of luck with self-publishing! ☺️🌷

I’m currently working my first book which is a fictional novel and it’s definitely a best seller🔥 Hopefully I see you at the top Lilly I’m rooting for you!! Whenever you get finished with it post it on here so we’ll know i can’t wait to shop and give it a read

I've just started exploring my own ideas! This was an amazing find. Thank you!

Great video. Would you be interested in adding English/Spanish subtitles to your videos? ✍🏻 💻

I really dig this video. I myself haven’t been a writer before though I used to love making stories when I was 8-9 years old. I recently started to start writing again and it feels so good since I haven’t been this creative in years. My teacher just read a short alternate ending to a story I had to read and he said he loved it! Keep up with the vids. You’re doing great!

omg girl this is my first time watching you, and let me just say I love your vibe already. New sub!

The back and forth between I have no idea to I have so many is so real lolol

I don't follow any real structure except thinking about the inciting incident and like having the midpoint and climax. They never really helped much and I felt they were too overwhelming. Following more of a plot timeline seems to work at least for this novel. I'm now trying out a chapter by chapter outline after exploring and running the story over in my head. I don't have too much detail because for now my brain doesn't have them and I don't have scenes in order in the chapter but I know enough, a vague idea, to figure out what might come after and allow me to discovery write in the chapter when drafting. For right now I feel I just wanna write it how it's coming to me and trust it.

Lolol yes that feeling of going back to square one. I've started drafting and stopped several times realizing what I had in mind kinda changed and now I have to think about how the new version works which can get frustrating at times but makes the story better.

Love this video! Yes to discovering things along the way. I start a lot of my ideas with piecing ideas in my head/on paper, and then pantsing for a bit then realizing it's not quite right which leads me back to figuring out more about the plot and the world until I have enough info to go drafting again. Currently working on the first draft of my first novel that I hope to finish at the end of the year. I always wanted to write stories. Tried a bit in 8th grade and then never bothered again. I found an outlet in poetry but writing a novel one day was always in the back of mind. Now, here I am finally starting on that journey. Glad authortube is around to keep me and other aspiring writers going!

What a refreshing point of view to hear amid all the other videos I see that like to say "*so and so* is the only way." I have always thought of myself as a hardcore planner but over the last year or so I have completely switched to discovery writing while working on a new project and I've been having such a blast with it! This is how I used to write my stories as a kid. It feels so nostalgic and freeing to do it again! One point I'm starting to realize about writing though, at least for myself, is that not all projects are meant to be worked on the same way. Some stories thrive better with heavier planning while others do better without any plan at all and just seeing where it takes you. Art was never meant to be confined to a strict set of methods and rules. The process is also very different from person to person. This video felt like a nice confirmation for me :) You've earned a new subscriber 🍄

We are all a bit delusional . I also wrote when I was a kid and strayed away from it

I agree you have to let it flow out