I Erased All 10 of My Books from the Internet
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
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Welcome to the first episode of the Publishing Project, a series where I'll take you behind the scenes of starting my independent publishing company. In this video, I dive into my previous book publishing endeavors... and why they failed miserably.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Welcome to the Publishing Project
1:24 - Four Bad Books
5:26 - Vicious Cycle of Improvement
9:59 - The Last Straw
12:26 - Unpublished
15:50 - In Hindsight
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I'm Grayson Taylor, an author and filmmaker, here to help you on your creative journey by sharing what I've learned-and what I'm still learning-about storytelling. After writing my first full-length novel when I was seven, I've authored more than a dozen action-adventure, sci-fi, mystery, and dystopian books. I've also written and directed several short films, composed music, and acted onstage, on TV, and in films.
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Fun fact: I wrote the intro music for this video series! (0:00-0:43) A full-length version will be out on music streaming platforms soon. 🎶
Sign your books and put them in a box. If you become extremely famous you can sell them as exclusives for enough to pay for something nice.
Good idea! Now the hard part... becoming extremely famous. I'll work on that.
@@graysontaylornycIf you have a friend or family member who’s into crafts, you can give them some of those books (so long as you trust them not to give them away intact. There’s an entire set of hobbies based on “upcycling” books. Intact paperbacks can’t be used to create junk journals, art journals, or regular journals to, well, journal in. But their pages can be incorporated into those types of journals. I’ve also seen all kinds of creative art, from decorated lampshades to monochromatic wall art, made from book pages
As an autor that took 10 years to publish my first book, I was like: Damn, he publish at age of 7, lucky guy, he knew what took me a long time to do. Wish I started that soon, yes, the quality wouldn´t be there, but, everything helps, just writing will make you a better writer, but is also necesary to lern from other writers, you should check the book of Blake Snyder, save the cat, is for movie scrips, but helps reads and learn other tecniques. My first short stories are not worth to publish and right now that I´m in my fourth book, I see the first one could improve a little, but I´m happy with the result, was good for being the first and it will be less great as time pass, but that first book started everything.
Everybody's got a different writing journey. There are pros and cons to the route I've taken; I think every writer could say the same.
I'm actually a big fan of Save the Cat! It's one of my primary outlining methods nowadays. I think it strikes the right balance of providing sufficient scaffolding to build a story around, without being too proscriptive.
I am proud of you for recognizing when you needed a fresh start, and I relate hard to your story. I've never published or sold any of my stories, but, when I was younger, I didn't put much effort into revisions before wanting to show people my stories. Good luck, Grayson!
Thanks! Everybody's got to start somewhere-and at the start of one's writing journey, it's usually better to finish a story and move on to the next instead of endlessly revising it.
I came from Mel Torrefranca and found your channel. I watched this whole video and I am so impressed that you wrote that many books at such a young age! I mean, 50k words at seven years old? That is a literal prodigy. I pray the best for your journey as an author. May you succeed in life with writing books and publishing them. I am very inspired by you and I am happy that I found your channel. God bless, Grayson!
Thanks, that means a lot!
I think what you do is amazing. I started my first novella at 14, but actually, havent been able to finish it in two years so far. Therefore, your perseverance and willpower is just amazing. You are a future model for me, mate.
Thanks! Finishing things can be hard-I get that. Best of luck with your writing.
Cheering for you! The time you've invested in writing is valuable beyond price. I hope the energy and rest available to you meet your need after putting so much into motion
Thanks for your support!
Writing full novels at 7 years old??? That's some child prodigy shit right there!
Loved this! Now I wish I could order the books you wrote at 10!
Thanks! My unpublished books, excluding the Zaril Wars Trilogy, are all on my membership site Taylorverse+, www.taylorverseplus.com.
I refuse to believe that you don't even have 10k subscribers 😮 you videos are such highl quality!
Thanks for sharing your experience. I reckon hindsight cringe happens to every writer, but no doubt it’s rougher for those who start young and put a lot out there. Just wanna say, you put in the hard yards to get to where you’re at - be proud of that! And I wanna encourage you not to put too much pressure on yourself now that your standards have changed - self-imposed pressure can be crippling (speaking from experience, I guess !) & it kills creativity. Do what you love and have fun doing it. Our childhood selves got that much right, and i reckon it’s one of the most important things when it comes to writing. All the best with your projects!
I cannot believe you’re only 18.
Ikr. It's insane. That's the age I was when I self published my first. 😂
So true, although not a really published Author, my old drafts make me vomit.
Looking back may be a cringe-inducing experience (as it often is for me), but it's a sign of how far you've come since then-and that's something to be proud of.
Came from Mel, love your channel
Thanks, I will!
Well damn, now I want to read your original trilogy (Betrayal, The Magnet, Council of Spirits), they actually sound like fun reads.
😂 Entertaining, for sure. I plan on making a video about how I wrote the first one, and I might read some excerpts. Keep an eye out.
My brother, we are the same age and I really admire your works! 2 years ago I published my books online for a novel website in Vietnam, 1 novel and 1 novella, I completed the novel in only about 12 days with 52000 words (it sucked but readable, some of my friends really enjoyed it). I asked them to remove it but they refused, probably because they were still making money out of it. I'm starting over now and trying to write a tetralogy. I'm working on the first one (it was super hard, I could only write 700 words per day and now in chapter 2). I want to finish it by the end of this year, I know it is quite challenging.
I just turned 27, and I am only now, I'm working on my first full novel. I feel old by comparison. I am over halfway through writing it, and I intend to publish it next year in 2025
Strangely enough,I had the same idea of all my novels being linked together as one big universe
What was the book that changed your life and inspired you to write ?
Okay, now I am interested in your books you wrote as a kid 😂
This is why I startedwriting on Wattpad where I knew no one would take my books all too seriously so I could practice writing. 😂
Was The Mysteries of Harris Burdick the book that changed your life? If not, what was it?
I want to read them all, why did you delete them?
The books have a lot of use if you are handy enough, like turning them in a secret hide nooks on a book shelf, or creating a decor out of them with the help of epoxy, i once saw someone half-burn a book, seal it in epoxy and put it in a frame, things like this
I also saw someone make a bed frame with books, and a chair ( it was rectangular, hollow inside, nice place to store something)
Those are some interesting ideas! I'll keep them in mind.
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Off topic but you really look like literally a more nerdy and practical version of Harry Potter lol,,,,
I found the way you speak in here a bit odd. “I was a published author, sort of.” Like what does that imply exactly? Any creation you’ve published makes you an author. There’s a huge old school misconception that going indie or none transitional route makes you lesser than and that’s just no where near true.