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These methods are interesting. They seem simple enough that it isn't overwhelming to try. Also, your questions/comments about Elle Woods and her chances/experiences in The Hunger Games has me laughing!

For new writers, Developmental Editors can be a Pandora's Box, often requiring a significant financial investment that many can't afford. While the benefits are undeniable, the real issue lies in writers who don't take the time to thoroughly examine their own work, leaving loose ends and discrepancies. There's a trend of rushing to publish books to build a library under their belt, which compromises the quality of their writing. They're pushing out a product instead of crafting a potential masterpiece. Imagine if the Sistine Chapel had been painted in a year instead of 16-would the quality be the same? In my opinion, it's better if writers develop their own Developmental Editor skills through constant combing to weed out the inconsistences themselves and stop worrying about how fast they think they can put out a finished book. A DE should be called when one took a book to its absolute limits under their own strength and the writer objectively gets honest with themselves that they've done everything under their power and need a fresh pair of eyes to see what they can't find.

IDK about my work starting as fluffy, but I tend to read more fluff than write. My books are almost always more serious Ha ha And I like Save the Cat, but I'd rec Romancing the Beat for romance books since the pacing is a bit different.

🕦 Time stamps: 00:00:00 - intro 00:01:03 - Why am I shelving my first book? 00:06:28 -I’m writing book #2! 00:10:32 - Writing schedule & writing stats 00:14:01 - What’s coming up on this channel?

Q: What kind of videos do you want to see more of on this channel? ☺️✍️📚

Subbed! So glad I found your channel!! Best of luck with your book! I’m documenting my own writing journey over on my channel 😊

This video was fun to watch I love watching all of the author routine vids it’s so interesting to learn about their routine and I also love chocolate croissants myself lol 😂

That just seems a Massive amount of words to write. I nearly got there once, but not quite...the result was...complete...ly alright, but no masterpiece.

What a sweet video!❤

She has kept silent about the Genocide.

I spent 6 months outlining my novel. In now 70,000 words in, I can’t wait to be finished 🥲

It all comes down to underwriting to get a move on I fear

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And here I was, all ready to congratulate you on your 18K word day 😆

Not me thinking the Facebook photo was from the early 2000s because that was 10 years ago, right?! 😅😂 The story I'm working on is actually also from a dream 🙈 crazy

The back ground music is quite distracting. You dont need it. Your talking is interesting enough! 👍🏻💕

Thanks for this video! I'm definitely going to check out some of the books in this list. I especially enjoy the fact that you included grammar books and style guides besides the other structural and craft manuals!

I can, yes. I admire your eloquence in explaining your books plot and themes, that seems the best way to go in explaining your book.

Since I'm primarily a bad short story writer and a bad poet I rarely find that happens to me, but I can empathise.

Congratulations. I hope your book does well. I wish you every success with it. Nice to see someone who took their time writing their manuscript.

I'm a developmental editor as well as a writer so this was really interesting for me to see your reaction to your editor's feedback.

Let me know what other aspects of the aspiring author journey you'd like me to cover in future videos 📚✍ 🌟

Thank you for popping up on my feed! You’ve inspired me to start brainstorming on an old idea again!

so happy for you ieva

Love Save the Cat!

Wow! I finally encountered someone else who knows Tokio Hotel! I also found them in my teens! I'm working on a story whose idea came to me in a dream, lol. I've never plotted before, and am trying it for the first time. So far it's taking me forever to get it all laid out. I guess it'll get better with practice. All the other stories I started with no plan, got stuck eventually, and I never finished them after yeaarrrs! Three months sounds like a good amount of time if you know where you want it to go. :)

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I will never again trust a flashdrive, harddrive, cloud drive, or any other kind of drive. I run hard copies always. All my character profiles, lists, trackers, everything all has a paper copy. I don't usually write when I'm out, so I can wait till I get home to consult my notes. I do have a notebook I carry religiously and use that to jot down ideas, character issues, plot issues, etc. I have a huge binder with all my paper copies in it. I will never ever be without that. I lost the notes, outline, character profiles, etc, on one harddrive that went on me, I will never do that again.

My novel is set in NYC and google street view was my friend. You can walk along the streets from Australia!

Perfectionism and fear often go hand in hand-the fear of how others will perceive us when we lay bare the deepest layers of our imagination, revealing our desires through the characters we create. It can feel like standing exposed, vulnerable, and stripped of ego before our audience. But isn’t this what art and creativity are truly about? They’re expressions of our flaws, mistakes, and the universal journey to find happiness-not someone else’s version, but our own. That’s why it’s important to let go of the minor details and focus on telling our story, crafting our own version of a perfect existence, a blueprint of our dreams. It might not be flawless, but it could help others understand you-and the world-a little better.

Your channel just pop-up in my feed and directly subscribed because your informative videos will help me a lot to write my first debut young adult story as I am a children writer and I published eight books for children.

Great advice. I wouldn't say I'm a perfectionist in my writing (but I have been accused of it, in other areas). The problem I have seems to be that I keep thinking of something else to add, that I think would make the story even better.

🔥❓➡️ Has perfectionism ever stopped you from starting or finishing writing a story/a book? How did you work through that?

I'm on youtube for accountability too! Everything you said resonated so much with me. I am a recovering perfectionist.

I have book 1 finished. I am plotting book 2 - a sequel, and I list some foreshadowing and hints that come ot fruition in book 2. Should I point out this bits that may initially seem extraneous or superfluous that an editor might initially recommend deleting?

Relatable but with my Kindle. 😂😅📚

I picked up scrivener to keep myself organized, but not having a phone app makes me frustrated. I have a couple word docs I'm using for notes and outlines and reference photos, but honestly that's frustrating too. I thought about using Notion or maybe Milanote, i want something that will sync between devices, any suggestions?

I'd recommend getting a new microphone, the vocals in this video were really sharp and it was hard to listen to this, but your voice and commentary on the video were beautiful otherwise.

Walking really makes the brain work for some reason. I do stop on my walks when an idea comes into mind 💙

HI!! Super glad to come across your video...I am also working on a manuscript/full draft of my first book--non fiction and about self-health!! I have a lot to learn about writing discipline but Ive recently defined the small steps for progress and have an accountability club to keep be going!

Do you annotate books? 🤍✍️📚

Would you consider turning the 140,000 words into a duo-logy?

It’s not the writing process that’s the problem for me. It’s the “what now” after it’s written.

Struggling here to finish my first draft, definitely inspired to persevere though with your videos! Love from Brazil!

Yesss, girl! I'm also on a mission to finish my book by the end of August! Deadlines can be suuuper important for writers haha Good luck to you in this endeavor, we've both got this! 😁

I’m greatful I found your channel! 🎉 I was wondering if you could share some of the things you encounter on author from a different country than America that would like to publish in America and also If english is not their first language, would it be hard for them to find literary agent? Do you have any idea on how would that work out? Looking forward to your next video!

I think this video just made me realize trash panda _is_ my aesthetic.😆