a chaotic girl's guide to writing a book
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2023
- Writing tips and techniques that have worked for me over the last seven years. Thanks for all your questions! Hope you enjoy and that something I rambled on about here is helpful! LOL Get the Better Together Paperback ► tinyurl.com/xtinemaybt . SUBSCRIBE ► goo.gl/a4Mqk7 Read my first novel Again, But Better ► tinyurl.com/xtinemayabbwatch
kat of katytastic's brainstorming video: • HOW TO BRAINSTORM + DE...
kat of katytastic's outlining video: • HOW TO OUTLINE | 3 act...
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episode 2 ► • i hit my imposter synd...
episode 3 ► • questioning the existe...
episode 4 ► • taylor swift is import...
episode 5 ► • fully unhinged first d...
episode 6► • this book is my boyfriend
episode 7 ► • writing two books at o...
episode 8 ► • microsoft word is my n...
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My name is Christine Riccio! I write books! And other things. Thanks for being here! I love comedy and reading fantastic books. I make what I like to think are funny videos every Tuesday and other days of the week too about books and book related pop culture stuff! Hence the channel name polandbananasbooks. I also have a comedy channel if you're into that kind of thing winky face it's polandbananas20. I'D LOVE TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS WITH YOU. ALSO COMEDY. ALSO TV. ALSO MOVIES.
Let me just say: I'm do glad (and obsessed with) you still having a very similar editing style compared to 2015/16 ish and I've missed watching your videos so much. 😄❤️
Starting a new story isn't even real for me until I watch those two katytastic videos for ideas and outlining
🙌🙌🙌 YES
Same, those videos have been a lifesaver for my writing process!
Ooh its my first time hearing of those, what are the titles to those videos? Xx
Something about the lighting in this video is quite ethereal. It's cute!
thank you 😂❤️
Christine man, its like you can sense when some of us are dealing with writers block.
For what it's worth, I loved the characters in Better Together! The writing and characters really reflected how hard you worked on your craft.
thank you so much
I have so many ideas for an entire book verse that intertwines the story lines and leads to a huge book or trilogy that ties everything together. This task seems so daunting as a novice book writer.
I’ve decided to write a book that focuses on a war general who is wounded in battle and finds himself in this mysterious village in the center of a forest. He meets the village’s healer and she nurses him back to health. He is in the village for almost a year. The healer and general fall in love, but he has to leave to go back to the war. And then other things happen that bring the two back together.
This is book that I have been wanting to currently write. It would most likely be a stand alone fantasy novel but who knows
Perfect! I’ve been looking for a long chaotic vlog to watch while I work!!! 💜💜💜💜💜💜
yay 🤗
I love how you talked about the metal toll switching gears can have and the expectations that comes with it. I feel most adults can relate to this in different ways.
I literally can't wait to find out about Book Three!
christine treating her books like they’re her own children is so relatable lmao
I actually recently self published a book, I’d been working with my book for five years and it finally came into the picture. I tried everything to include on my novel and it’d been a great experience. It was some what of an unreal journey. Thanks for being an inspiration! I’ve watched you since I was a young girl in middle school. Keep being who you are Christine! Can’t wait to read your book!
LOL the way I was about to comment like imagine being friends with Kat but not using her ingenious outline structure and the second I was thinking it you started preaching to the choir. I love that with that formula each plot beat can be a single scene or a chapter or two or three chapters, it feels so flexible and applicable to every genre without ever feeling stale. Saved my ass a few times!
i’m doing camp nanowrimo and watching your writing blogs helps me stay motivated to write. you just make it so fun even when it’s stressful
"Maybe what they're saying is not the only way to change it." Incredible facts.
Thank you so much for making this video 🤍 I needed to hear all of that, it was really reassuring 🥺 I'm always so inspired by your work, excitement and honesty, thank you for sharing it with us 💕
Thank u so much for this great advice!! The reading ur draft in an un-editable format tip is so helpful!!
I LOVE your videos, you're literally the reason i got back into reading in 2015, i LOVe your film/tv reviews, and I'll ALWAYS keep coming back whenever you post, HOWEVER!!!... I will never be disappointed if you ever decide to step back from the video making to focus on writing! Careers evolve! and i love your eye for video editing, but i also love your stories! and writing is so demanding, you wont let us down! but for now I'm happy we have both ahahah
So excited to see my question make it in there, thanks Christine! I’m definitely familiar with Kat, been loving the both of you for years!! I’ll have to rewatch her videos on brainstorming and the 3 act/27 chapter outlining method for sure - I’m finally finished with my degree and want to get back into writing, wish me luck!!
i loved this video so much! thank you for sharing all of your writing/author wisdom with us! this was so helpful and I feel so excited to pursue tradition publishing and to try new ideas with my writing. I'm so excited to continue writing and just give it my all. Pls do another one in the future if you want because i would love to hear an updated version sometime. love your writing videos Christine!!!
Ahh thank you for your answer, Christine!! I’m currently on draft 5 and I can definitely feel I’m approaching the “I don’t know what to do with this anymore” stage.
I just wanted to let you know I can’t wait for your next book! I’m a big fan of your first two and can’t wait to see what’s next 😁
finally! I’ve been waiting for this video Christine!!! 🥹
Shane being a lot like you was one of my favourite things while reading ABB, that was such a joyous thing for me ☺️
thank you 🫶🫶🫶
I am so excited for your book 3 and 4 after watching this :D
Thank you for your writing video. And totally agree with you 100%
"PLEASE YOURSELF."
Perfectly well said.
You don't know how much needed to hear all this ❤❤❤
I will watch your videos for the rest of time!! So happy you continue to make videos even though authoring is your hearts passion. You are my inspiration.
thank you so much 🩷
I am working on writing my first book right now and this was so helpful! Thank you Christine!!!
yay so happy to hear that thank you!!!!!
Oh no, I'm late.
But I have to say that I always love the editing and titles of your videos! (thumbnails too)
This is very motivating for me as well while trying to write my first book (well the one I hope to be my debut novel)
Hoping camp nano helps me finally finish the first draft :)
Yehheeeaaaaahhh! More writing videos to watch instead of writing for camp nanowrimo 🥳🎉
LOL GOOD LUCK WITH CAMP NANOWRIMO 🤗
@@polandbananasBOOKS Thank youuu!!! 🤗
You gave such good advice in this video! I feel inspired to ponder previous ideas so I can come to the story I truly want to tell. I wasn’t able to submit a question (life has been so busy), but I found a lot of relevant questions to my own here!
Also, you look really cute in this video! I really like how you’ve been doing your makeup recently! 🫶🏻
thank you so much Shannon
Hi, it is like 2am right now but I just had to say I just finished reading you first book Again But Better and I loved it. I am struggling a bit with what I want to do after high school and connected a lot with Shane. I love this book and it helped me feel better about my future and feel more confident in myself (I also have never had a boyfriend like Shane in the begining of the book and I am going to be 18 soon). So I am going to take things slow and work hard in college. So thank you for this great book and I hope you have a great day 😊
Yeyyyyy Christine posted!! And it's a Q&A!!!
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“The flesh will come… it’s like decomposing in reverse” why did that actually make so much sense 😂
LOLOL
Love this!
thank you so much for this Christine!! this is so helpful
i'm so happy to hear that, thank you!!
yessssss i probably need this
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I loved “Again But Better!”❤
yay thank you!!!
One of my writing projects I've been working on (I've since paused it and am now working on another). I definitely based my main male character on a man that I knew and worked with because I had a big fat crush on him and it was a way for me to get over him. Thankfully i haven't seen or heard from him for about 5 years or so, so no awkward moments for me! Though once I go through revisions, I may go through having him as the love interest instead of being the antagonist. 😂😂
gonna bust out the lil note book for this one
nice 🤗
Poor middle book child. I can totally see why you had the problems you had and how tricky it must have been (and must be) to navigate that situation. It's quite a unique situation, so there isn't really a blueprint you can follow and I imagine it's a lot of trial and error which must be frustrating. I believe in you, and I'm sure you'll get there, even if it takes a misstep or two to find the right path. ❤
Such good advice! .. ps where did you get sunflower backdrop!!
thank you! 🤓 got it from society6 i think !
I know you said you love it still haha but I can’t emphasize how much I’m loving reading better together atm almost done so good such an idea I LOVE those characters again it’ll reach more of those who haven’t maybe heard or picked it up yet once people read books 3 (&4!) and wanna go back & read more of your great work after🤓
thank you so much 🤗 it means a lot ❤️
@@polandbananasBOOKS just saw🥹thank U so glad to have seen you realize your dream of becoming a wonderful author !! cannot wait for these stories sparking so much joy for you (&me already ✨)
if it helps, I absolutely love Better Together and all the characters in it! I have recommend it and Again but Better to lots of people!:)
thank you so much that means the world ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Ohhh she is amazing. Your videos real get me attention..
this is my sign to write… I've been motivated to write i just don't sit down to do so
so I am wondering this with your third and fourth book are you with the same publisher just an extended contract or did you start another contract for those two books
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Christine could you one day make a video with writing advice on how to create likeable characters? I'm having a hard time creating characters that people absolutely love. My male character has been called arrogant, liar and jealous, he is all of those things but I have no ideia how to also make him likeable!🤣
What do you like about your characters?
@@onarosebeam About my female main character I absolutely love that she's a dancer and that she loves her sister. About my male main character I love his friendship with his best friend and I just noticed there's nothing else about him that I like, maybe that's the problem 🤔
@@anaclarafreitas8974 that might be it! You have to love your characters (or at least be able to find what’s lovable about them lol) if you want others to love them. But if you know, then all you have to do is commit and they will find their fans!
@@onarosebeam I think I'm going to try and maybe add more things to them like hobbys, things that they like doing and other stuff like that! Thank you so much💕
@@anaclarafreitas8974 I’m glad I could have a helpful answer for someone!! 🥰
Please help me
the Hamilton lipsync nostalgia omg
Would you look at that hair....