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I love these tips, especially about adding a cute animal! And I love the reading tip, too! I LOVE reading and I read 89 books last year and this year I’m barely at 25 (yes, I include beta and sensitivity reads). I also agree with taking a break. I have 6 drafts of the fantasy novel I started querying and I took a 7 month break between drafts 3 and 4. It helped SO much! Thanks for these great tips! 💜🥰

Great video ❤ where are you from

The more authors I follow, the more I hear about their 'debut' novel being in fact, the 3rd, 4th or even 5th finished manuscripts they have written. The word debut can be misleading for that reason.

My favorite writing says are the ones when I basically word vomit and just write down whatever comes to mind haha.

YES ❤😅😊 my office is also my happy place... which is my bed 🛏️

So true! I needed to see this right now because that's how I feel with my current 1st draft.

If it were me, then I would just make a picture of everything. A map of the town/city/village/country Lots of pictures of the locations Character sketches and color palettes Lots of pictures of specific scenes Simplified way of drawing everything for a graphic novel

does anyone have a link to the discord pls 😭 i’m not seeing it on the patron and i would LOVE to join!

These are great! I am definitely going to jot these down to have on hand! Thank you for sharing!

I do have a portal fantasy where the characters are transported into a futuristic earth where humans have died off, magic has returned along with mythical creatures, and most of the world is flooded, leaving few land masses. I've been using flood map predictors to create that map.

That sounds like such a cool way to make a map. I've tossed polyhedral dice on paper where each die represents something else (D4 = mountains, D20 = capital, etc) but nothing like you're talking about where you based climate and such off real places. That's too cool.

This wasn't a vlog this was a video diary. That's cool and all but once you put web developer or anything tech related there's going to be some expectations to show your workflow and tech stack and use cases of the type of problem you are solving mixed with coffee or cacao whatever floats your boat and then unwind

And this, friends, is why I'm writing a contemporary sports romance right now. 😆

For my last map, i used a hexagonal grid and made shapes that I liked, cut and pasted them together on a larger sheet then made a cleaner version. Still tough but easier. I like closely you are using our world to inside your realms. You might want to look at scifi games that might have portals/time warps for their maps. I'm working on 2 projects a contemporary novella that is almost done, and a fantasy novel that is always in the planning stages.

map making is unnecessarily difficult 😅 so i feel you on that front!! i am also writing a portal fantasy with duel pov with magic and royalty!! i'm about 31k in and nowhere near done 😅

Wow! I’m really impressed with how detailed your world-building document is and how you’re diving into BTW Book 2 right after finishing Draft 3 of Book 1! AHHH! I could never! Good luck! 🥰

Thank you so much for this!!! What's the name of your second book? That's such a stunning book cover also! 👏🏾👏🏾

I LOVE tip #2!!! Never heard it before but it’s so smart and such a good way to get out of your head and also learn from a scene you like. Genius!!!!

#5 is so interesting to me as a linear writer. I'll skip parts but other than a few notes, I don't write scenes out of order. Maybe I should try it.

A great video! I don't know why smell is the one sense I utilize the least, so maybe I need to remember to do that more often.

Thank you for this list, there were more than half I had not considered!

I'm so sad I missed this live but I loved the conversation you guys had! Can't wait to see what you both do next with poetry and otherwise 💛

Sarah J. Maas has been out too long for people to not know how to pronounce her last name correctly. I know this video is 2 years old though so maybe you know now? lol

I love seeing how people plan. I'm impressed that you're doing so much so close together. I've never done Nanowrimo/Camp Nanowrimo. I find being put on a hard deadline intimidating, and all my creativity gets zapped out of me....which is going to be rough if I'm ever picked up lol. I look forward to seeing your progress! Saying "I don't make the rules" when you do make the rules is the most relatable thing ever.

A very attractive crazy cat lady ;). And i don´t mean any disrespect with that.

I'm writing a fantasy series and a Detective novel rn. I'm having problems continuing the detect novel bc I want no Filler lol

Just came across your channel. It's always cool to fine people that are nerdy on the inside and beautiful on the outside! Good luck writing!

congratulations! last time I checked in with your videos you hadn't sent the first book to beta readers yet :)

You're doing Camp Nanowrimo? After finishing Book 1 a couple days (read: hours) ago?? 😮At the rate you're going, you'll have multiple books done in 2024 alone! 🙌🏾

you're a beast, Kayla! it's so inspiring to see you doing so well! congratulations on everything you've accomplished!🎉

omg the fact that you’re going to jump into camp after sprinting so hard to finish your draft of book one is so impressive!!! Love that you’re feeling so much momentum, good luck with the drafting!!!!

Congratulations on finishing your draft! 🥳 Have you read ALL THE STARS AND TEETH and its sequel ALL THE TIDES OF FATE by Adalyn Grace? It’s a YA high fantasy with romance and a mysterious pirate! The prose is gorgeous! 😍

just started watching but IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!! congrats!!! you did ittt!!! what a journey, years in the making & sooo many drafts later! finishing your manuscript is a hugeeeee accomplishment. you are so inspiring! 💛

There's no dictating for me. The idea of a giant block of unedited text awaiting my clean-up sounds awful! LOL But if it works for you, get it done.

Yes!! That one project where everything clicks!! I am beyond happy for you, Kayla!

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Hey Kayla! If you're looking for a treasure hunty-type show, have you checked out Outer Banks? It's not super pirate-y but there are a lot of references to (fictional) historical pirates and it heavily features a treasure hunt and is super vibey. It's not a fantasy or anything so I don't know if you will be into it as far as needing the vibes for your story, but it's definitely my favourite show on Canadian Netflix right now!

Hi Kayla, congrats on the website and Your Progress on the book. I have had that happen before and its amazing. Signed up for the newsletter also and cant wait to read it as well. If you need another beta reader hope you will remember me. Take Care

Love love love this! So excited for you and to read BTW! ❤

I really enjoyed this vlog. I hope you get the ending the way you want it and am excited to see how everything goes!

Loved this vlog so much!! So sweet hearing you talk about how the beta reader applications made you cry :’) can’t wait to hear more about this part of the process once you get the feedback!

So excited to hear about the beta reader feedback in a few weeks! I hope finishing your ending goes smoothly for Thursday. ❤

as long as you keep going, you can't fail!

That last part was so candid and humbling! 🥹 I have huge dreams of being a full-time indie and I'm like 80% sure my debut will be meh - BUUUT, it's gonna be a learning experience! ♡ Thanks for being so transparent about your process.

Kayla I need to know where you got that purple hoodie!! It's soooo pretty

I feel like if I wrote a "script" for my novel, it would make things a lot easier for me. Especially if I did it by chapter... hmmm

I'm going to try the dialogue first tip! I always get stuck when writing action scenes, and I think this will really help. Excited that your project is getting into the hands of beta readers, too.

Enjoyed this vlog so much, new subscriber here 😉

1:28 okay yes felt I’ve been feeling this more and more too!! I’d love to be doing this full time too 🥹 we will get there!!!!!!