"You are not a writer if you have an idea...." Best I've heard this year ❤❤❤ This was enough for me to understand what next to do. You've earned my subscription. Thank you for this beautiful teaching, for free. I really appreciate it. I'm 15 and my dream is to be rich through my writing.
All of your videos are extremely helpful but I found this one particularly so. I also appreciate your use of humor and the personality you bring to these lessons! Thank you for making them.
Thank you for this. After racking my brain and getting over my fears and doubts about writing, I came to the conclusion 2 years ago when I started my first script for a comic book that the only way for my writing to easily flow from my brain to my fingertips was after doing research and more research to get my brain up to speed to the type of story I wanted to write. So far it’s been great and I’m on my fourth script and I don’t know what writer’s block is. I couldn’t put this whole concept into words but you just did. Thank you.
Congrats! Writing for comics is a whole other beast. I tried it in college, but novels are more my thing. Do you create the lettering too? That's where I dropped off. Anyways, keep it up!
Thank you for laying down some truths- writers write, and writing is actively putting words on a page! Thank you for sharing super helpful content for writers and aspiring writers :)
I'm starting to understand the importance of an outline. I made it to page 20 (first draft), but then things started slowing down. Trying to create the map in my mind caused me to stop and even become distracted at times. Thanks for the great video. I'm off to start my outline. 😌
I usually have the problem of having too many ideas. After all, writing a book can take six months to a year, during which there will be a lot of pain and heartbreak. If I’m not absolutely sure that my idea is worth it, it’s very difficult for me to write. For example, I kind of want to set my next book in the 19th century, but at the same time, I want to write about the 1950s. I can’t commit to two books at the same time.
This video is for you, isn't it? Avoid this kind if "brain-flood" in the way I suggest. It works! Let you mind settle and focus. Please let me know how this works out for you.
The Chronicles of Narnia inspired inspired me quite a bit. In an indirect way my pursuit for expression brought upon one idea on which I'd really appreciate to read your opinion professor : If there would be a pillow that's capable of recording dreams , allowing you to upload it on a computer and watch it later ...and the invention went mainstream, would then art as we know it ceace to exist and we'll start literary watching each others dreams instead ? Would there be a couple of people considered to have the most artistic dreams so we'll cherish those more then others? Would everyone be an artist ? What if an animal , we found had the most interesting and profound dreams , specifically the ones living with humans ? Can a cow's , dogs , cats dreams tell us more about ourselves then Friedrich Nietzsche or can it be more interesting then a Hemingway novel ? And have you read or heared that someone maybe already used this idea for his/hers novel, movie and cetera? Thanks if you reply.
Kristijan, I appreciate how you are conceptualizing things. I am glad this video triggered your thinking. Let me make a few comments as you request. First, I do not think art will ever cease to exist no matter what happens. You are talking about different ways art may be expressed, but that does not change the art itself. We are all dream-weavers even though methods may change. By the way, I agree with Picasso. He said everyone begins as an artist (and writing is art), but society suppresses the artistic instinct in children. I blame teachers who are often ill-equipped to encourage creativity. Second, dreams do not come from pillows (or a Muse or other external source). You are talking about methods we can use to capture our dreams and converting them into something tangible, like a book. Methods of capturing thoughts have always interested me. That is why I am an advocate of voice writing and have taught an online course about it for a few years. I think "kinetics" (handwriting or typing) inhibits the release of ideas that are within our brains. Verbal storytelling is the natural method of expression for humans. Now we have the technology to transfer ideas into words on a page by speaking them into existence. Kind of like Aslan's roar, eh? See: velocitywriting.com/dictation-methods-to-empower-your-writing/ Finally, I would say there is an equality of dreams. No dream is inherently better than the dreams of another person. It is always the TANGIBLE EXPRESSION of the dream that matters. George Orwell put political ideas in the mouths of animals in his novella "Animal Farm." It is an allegory, of course, since animals do not have the mental apparatus for logical argument. But I agree with you--it would be fun if someone could capture dog dreams and turn them into a TV series.
Yes, that is exactly the problem I'm addressing. Perfectionism is a curse, not a blessing. Your only hope is to break yourself of your terrible habit by waiting to do revision until after you complete a story, chapter, or, better yet the entire book if that's what you're writing. Be disciplined. Be patient with yourself and keep your focus on your next sentence, not your last sentence.
Hopefully, I have freed you from the need to do that. As I say in the video, you want to write your first draft with wild abandon. It may be confused or incomplete, and that's okay. Your first draft is like a lump of clay that you place on the potter's wheel, and that's where you shape it into something beautiful. Revision is different than editing. You want to do several revisions (drafts) before you submit it for Developmental and Copy editing. I describe both types of editing here: velocitywriting.com/value-author-services/
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"You are not a writer if you have an idea...."
Best I've heard this year ❤❤❤
This was enough for me to understand what next to do. You've earned my subscription. Thank you for this beautiful teaching, for free. I really appreciate it. I'm 15 and my dream is to be rich through my writing.
All of your videos are extremely helpful but I found this one particularly so. I also appreciate your use of humor and the personality you bring to these lessons! Thank you for making them.
Thank you for this. After racking my brain and getting over my fears and doubts about writing, I came to the conclusion 2 years ago when I started my first script for a comic book that the only way for my writing to easily flow from my brain to my fingertips was after doing research and more research to get my brain up to speed to the type of story I wanted to write. So far it’s been great and I’m on my fourth script and I don’t know what writer’s block is. I couldn’t put this whole concept into words but you just did. Thank you.
Congrats! Writing for comics is a whole other beast. I tried it in college, but novels are more my thing. Do you create the lettering too? That's where I dropped off. Anyways, keep it up!
It's true! Research is key! Congratulations on your earned success!
Thank you for laying down some truths- writers write, and writing is actively putting words on a page! Thank you for sharing super helpful content for writers and aspiring writers :)
I really enjoy your entertaining and informative videos.
I appreciate that!
I'm starting to understand the importance of an outline. I made it to page 20 (first draft), but then things started slowing down. Trying to create the map in my mind caused me to stop and even become distracted at times. Thanks for the great video. I'm off to start my outline. 😌
Thanks sir it was really great video I have been writing a story and I barely completed 4 chapters before I lost the track. This video helped.
Glad it helped!
Thanks for another great video!
He compiled into one all the writing tips--God Bless you for so much help to poor writers like me...
Thanks for making these videos. BTW, I went ahead and hit subscribe and hope you'll keep these coming out.
Thanks for the subscription. More videos coming soon.
I bout lost my mind when I saw he had a real plate of desert in him. THATS great writing
I laughed way too much to that. Now I want some pie haha
I usually have the problem of having too many ideas. After all, writing a book can take six months to a year, during which there will be a lot of pain and heartbreak. If I’m not absolutely sure that my idea is worth it, it’s very difficult for me to write. For example, I kind of want to set my next book in the 19th century, but at the same time, I want to write about the 1950s. I can’t commit to two books at the same time.
This video is for you, isn't it? Avoid this kind if "brain-flood" in the way I suggest. It works! Let you mind settle and focus. Please let me know how this works out for you.
The Chronicles of Narnia inspired inspired me quite a bit. In an indirect way my pursuit for expression brought upon one idea on which I'd really appreciate to read your opinion professor : If there would be a pillow that's capable of recording dreams , allowing you to upload it on a computer and watch it later ...and the invention went mainstream, would then art as we know it ceace to exist and we'll start literary watching each others dreams instead ? Would there be a couple of people considered to have the most artistic dreams so we'll cherish those more then others? Would everyone be an artist ? What if an animal , we found had the most interesting and profound dreams , specifically the ones living with humans ? Can a cow's , dogs , cats dreams tell us more about ourselves then Friedrich Nietzsche or can it be more interesting then a Hemingway novel ? And have you read or heared that someone maybe already used this idea for his/hers novel, movie and cetera? Thanks if you reply.
Kristijan, I appreciate how you are conceptualizing things. I am glad this video triggered your thinking. Let me make a few comments as you request.
First, I do not think art will ever cease to exist no matter what happens. You are talking about different ways art may be expressed, but that does not change the art itself. We are all dream-weavers even though methods may change. By the way, I agree with Picasso. He said everyone begins as an artist (and writing is art), but society suppresses the artistic instinct in children. I blame teachers who are often ill-equipped to encourage creativity.
Second, dreams do not come from pillows (or a Muse or other external source). You are talking about methods we can use to capture our dreams and converting them into something tangible, like a book. Methods of capturing thoughts have always interested me. That is why I am an advocate of voice writing and have taught an online course about it for a few years. I think "kinetics" (handwriting or typing) inhibits the release of ideas that are within our brains. Verbal storytelling is the natural method of expression for humans. Now we have the technology to transfer ideas into words on a page by speaking them into existence. Kind of like Aslan's roar, eh? See: velocitywriting.com/dictation-methods-to-empower-your-writing/
Finally, I would say there is an equality of dreams. No dream is inherently better than the dreams of another person. It is always the TANGIBLE EXPRESSION of the dream that matters. George Orwell put political ideas in the mouths of animals in his novella "Animal Farm." It is an allegory, of course, since animals do not have the mental apparatus for logical argument. But I agree with you--it would be fun if someone could capture dog dreams and turn them into a TV series.
@@VelocityWriting Thank you, that was deep......Everything is Art...Art is Everything...Art in Everything...Everything in Art! Duane Henry Hofer Lyon
My problem is I don't like what I write...so I keep editing every sentence or even before I complete writing the task...
Yes, that is exactly the problem I'm addressing. Perfectionism is a curse, not a blessing. Your only hope is to break yourself of your terrible habit by waiting to do revision until after you complete a story, chapter, or, better yet the entire book if that's what you're writing. Be disciplined. Be patient with yourself and keep your focus on your next sentence, not your last sentence.
I always felt I had to edit as I go along....not good
Hopefully, I have freed you from the need to do that. As I say in the video, you want to write your first draft with wild abandon. It may be confused or incomplete, and that's okay. Your first draft is like a lump of clay that you place on the potter's wheel, and that's where you shape it into something beautiful.
Revision is different than editing. You want to do several revisions (drafts) before you submit it for Developmental and Copy editing. I describe both types of editing here: velocitywriting.com/value-author-services/
Sounds old school, but I write better if I re-write longhand and then type it into the computer.