A Difficult Day & A Look At My Outline Wall [The NaNoWriMo Diaries - Day 11]
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Day 11 started out as a really tough day. I just don’t know where all the time goes, urghhhh! But in the end, I made HUGE progress. It’s going to be down to the wire, but I believe in myself!
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The NaNoWriMoDiaries Day 11
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Okay, so Day 11 was not my best day, but in the end, I did have a huge breakthrough with my outline. That's something, even though it was a zero word day and a terrible hair day, hahaha. How are you doing?
Your hair looks wonderful! You look like you are ready for business. Glad you broke through your outlining block. Well done x
Plucking along, really appreciate these vlogs my friend! 🤟
This was so, so encouraging to hear. I'm 47k into my novel (not all of it NaNo) and I'm realizing I might be writing it from the wrong protagonist's perspective. Which means complete rewrite, maybe saving only a little dialogue. Devastating. But to know someone who has published so many books still has to throw out thousands of words as they work toward improving their story makes me feel less like a failure and more like this is just a normal part of the process. Thank you for that gift.
You say *crazy but we see *crushing it! I know it probably doesn't feel that way in the thick of it but you are doing amazing, while inspiring us as well! And gosh, I feel your pain! I lost a huge portion of plotting notes to a blue Gatorade this summer! Ah motherhood! Sending you all the good vibes to keep going! 💖
Honestly, as writers, I think we’re all a little crazy, but that’s what helps us create, lol. It’s so amazing seeing what you’ve accomplished in so little time. I’m just so thankful that as I get further into my series I’m finding those problem areas sooner, though I know I’ll be struggling when I start editing the first novella. Thanks so much for these videos and the inspiration you give us!
I've lost two laptops to bottles of water spilled by my kids. I totally feel your pain. I'm glad you're making so much progress.
Oh, a laptop would break my heart!
Evie and Cade would have so much fun together being daredevils. They would probably give us both heart attacks though! You need one of those plexiglass writing boards at the new house. It would be so cute and useful. You could stick all your washi and post it notes to it and write on it with dry erase! Happy writing! You can do this!
Yessss. I need to make this happen, but it has to be BIG.
Thanks for being so real about the struggles. It is inspiring me to keep going. I have run into a similar plot issue and was going to throw up my hands. I am consistently amazed at how much you accomplish while still managing a family and two channels!
I love how real you are about the struggles you're having. It shows us writers that it's not always easy or smooth sailing. I also love your board! Going to have to try doing something like that when I edit. You've got this!! We all believe in you. Your little one is adorable.
Go Evie, speak your mind baby girl! I cried for you when you said there was an accident. You’ve got this mama, now get to it!
I love the look of your plotting wall. The idea of being able to see it all at once in an overview like that really calls to me. This new rental doesn't allow us to put anything on the wall so I'm going to have to be creative and see what I can come up with.
I just bought butcher paper and painters tape. Hoping I can make that work and it"shouldn't" affect the wall.
Great video Sarra. I can echo everyone else, that this is just what I needed to hear. I can so relate to Andrew's water spill and what you went through. I was a single mom from pregnancy on, and I had more of those kinds of events than I would like to remember. (My son just turned 23). I also agree with you that you need to take your own advice. I have had a couple of down days since the first. I have had days when the words flowed freely, and days like the last two where I just wasn't feeling it. As I read all of these comments and reflected, I thought about how hard we all push ourselves, and the fact that 'life' is just not about being 'on' 100% of the time. Right now, in most of the eastern and midwest states, the leaves are turning and it's fall. The fact is, the leaves are dying and the trees and plants are going into hibernation for the Winter. The trees are not dying, they are going 'dormant' to store their energy in their roots for the season, so they can come back strong in the spring. Life ebbs and flows. We need to cut ourselves some slack when we have a down day, because every day is not down. We can come back the next day stronger than we were the day before. There can't be a Spring and Summer without Fall and Winter. You can do this Sarra! Everyone can do this! We just need to remember that 'we can do this!' Love you, and you are the best! :)
Rest in peace office supplies. I'm sorry that happened. I'd have been pissed off too, even if it was an accident. Evie getting huge and she's gorgeous!
Haha, RIP.
Omg, I think I've got sympathy hives!! We're cheering you on, Sarra! You're AMAZING!!
😍😍 your baby girl clips were my favourite part of this video. Her smile just warms my heart!
I am doing really well on my Nano project and it is 100% thanks to you!!
I hit 31k today and your planning and plotting methods have been PIVOTAL.
Hang in there, you are awesome and we know you've got this!
Amazing!!!
it's so wonderful to hear someone be so positive about writing after having to hear my parents be so negative about it
i agree that writing is a gift for us!
Evie is so adorable!! You are such an inspiration! I always wondered how you managed your time with all that you do creating videos, writing and raising a family. You're so fortunate to have such a supportive husband. George is a keeper! Can't wait to see what you accomplish!
You're not a crazy person, don't worry.
Good luck this weekend at the hotel.
When you show how you work through stuck parts of the story it helps me so much!
Holy Cow, lady. Loving the behind-the-scenes peek in these vlogs. The pressure has to be unbelievable for you right now, but this is soooo inspiring to watch! I'm currently finishing the draft of Book/Volume one of the webseries I started and I had a similar 'stuck moment'. Before I hit my epiphany I thought I thought I knew what was going on in my story, but I was wrong. My characters had to sit me down and straighten me out. So now it's turning into a multi-book MONSTER (in the best way), lol. Cheering you in on in the eleventh hour while also balancing all the life things!
It's soooo helpful to see this part of the process
Haha when you were talking about the baby’s nap she said “No! No!”
Such good advice in this one! Are you going to bring your plotting board to the hotel?
Haha, she's a firecracker! No, it's taped to the wall, but I have everything on notecards now, too!
Just want to send a word of encouragement. You can do this. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Thank you so much!
Thanks again for keeping it real. Congrats on persevering to your plotting solution. Love the daily vlogs, but please do what you need to, for yourself and for the book. *Checking to see if I have it on preorder*
I'm guessing you've read The Wheel of Time based on your daughter's name. :) It's crazy how much time can pass each day without even knowing! Great job on the breakthrough.
You got this! Just started reading the first book from the Beautiful Demons box set download that I snagged from one of your videos. I love the way you write, I can really picture the world through your words. Your vlogs have been fueling me through a huge writing deadline I have for law school, so, thank you!
Thank you so much
I hit 19010 tonight. I'm doing better. Hopefully when it cools down here, I'll be able to do more. Sounds like you had a full day with the plotting.
Love your nano diaries! I started bingeing them last night after watching your plotting series (which was incredibly helpful! I always thought I was a discovery writer but have struggled to finish any novels because I would get stuck and overwhelmed with directions the story could go. Now I’m trying out plotting with index cards and learning structure. I’m finding a lot of comfort in getting organized and planning 😊)
Just wanted to say thank you so much for your videos! They are so helpful ✨
Wow! Sounds like your first half of NaNo is crazy. Glad you didn’t lose your plotting notes! I feel your frustration. I’ve had a laptop crash and lost my physical copies of research for an historical novel before-I think in 2017. Maybe now the stars will align and things will go more smoothly for you. 🙂
Amazing plotting wall. Love seeing your method for mind mapping your story!
You post this at the perfect time... I've been looking for outlining wall ideas ALL WEEK!
Hang in there. It's difficult but that's because you care and want to produce a quality book.
Loooved seeing Evie. She's grown so fast 💛🤗
I'm so grateful that I've taken both of your courses. They've helped me stay focused with my health issues as well as these stressful days in our world. Thank you for providing such informative products.. and for all you do. 🥰
You are doing tremendously well! Just keep going and loving your family and getting those walks and enjoying some coffee! I think you’re so brave to throw out all those words and reconsider your plot line and then just keep going. Hugs!
Thank you for these daily blogs. It is so helpful. I’m definitely gonna try making a plotting wall.
Just ADORE your diaries. It's so honest and never fails to inspire me to get my work done! Cheering for you, all the way!!!
When evie was shouting I legit freaked out, turned off the video and went walking around the house to see if my younger bro was crying or doing something, but then I realized oh wait it was the video 😅
haha, sorry!
I'm so happy that I stumbled across your channel last month. I really appreciate your transparency throughout your writing process. I was beating myself up at the close of week one for NaNo, but you inspired me to keep going. I finished out day 12 with a little over 17,000 words. I never thought I was capable of that, but you showed me how to break the task down into smaller parts. Thank you so much for helping the Heart Breathings community make our dreams a reality. Side note: Evie is so adorable!
Great job!!!
Go Sarra Go! Encouraging vlog about how you can do hard things! I'm enjoying very much, love seeing all your planner and stationery goodies and your process for breaking apart something big. ♥️
You can do it!! Write you awesome thing!!
We are our own worst critic so I get the whole questioning things. Sometimes we need to. But you're amazing and an inspiration to fellow writers. Thank you for sharing your process with us. Even the moments when life/kids throw you off. :-)
Awww. Sorry about your planner 😟 And thank you so much for sharing this part of your process!
I feel your pain with replotting. I was staring at the transition between Act 2 part 2 and Act 3, and could not figure out what was wrong with the pacing. And just like you, I found I was stuck because my "I know this scene goes here" scene was actually much earlier than I thought. Well, that opened up a whole new can of worms. One of the characters that I thought was a supporting character wasn't who I thought they were! Their final scene in act 2 was actual the "B Character Sacrifice" in the finale! Which means that they were the "B Character" this whole time! And that cascaded throughout Act 2 part 2 and Act 3! Oh what wonderful lives we lead that we get the chance to remake our stories until they are the way they are meant to be!!
Evie is so cute!! I really appreciate you doing this and letting us see you being a crazy lady lol. It's nice to know that even accomplished authors go through the same things us new authors do. Yes I would be so upset if my plotting notes and writing things got ruined by the kids. Accidents happen but oh no that's a lot of work. Thank you for sharing!
Oh my gosh, Sarra! How hard could it possibly get?!?
You are a my hero, making so much progress despite all the roadblocks. Keep it going! :-*
Oh Sarra I feel for you. I have all the confidence in the world that you'll meet your deadline.
Thank you for sharing your writing journey with us. I understand that there are many setbacks to writing a story and I am so happy I can relate to your vlogs! Look forward to more updates!
Yaaay for more hotel nights! Evie's teeth are so adorable and so is your bun Sarra!
Time gets away from me so quickly - between a full time job and two teenagers, I don't know how I ever manage to get things done! Oh, I know - the HB90 plan!
Great Video Sarra! you can reach your deadline! i Believe in you! I am pulling three all nighters this weekend! wish me luck! and Also we got this!!
You see crazy but I see inspiring. You got this!!!
You can do this!
I'm doing the notecards to see how that works for me. My journal planning n plotting I rarely follow. So I'm gonna try index cards on a binder ring colored and white🙃😁❣❣❣❣
Woohoo 3 nights!!! ❤️❤️❤️
I love colour, markers and page flags are my thing.
I haven’t made any progress in four days, however, I will start writing again tonight. I am not upset about missing days since I have a very good excuse. I still think you are doing great! Thank you for sharing your progress
Watching your process is so helpful !! Thank you for giving us this insight into your writing and your life !
wow what a great video. such interesting insight to writing. im not a writer so while i always knew that its not easy, i dont think i quite grasped how complex and complicated it can get. kudos to you and all writers here!
I so appreciate you sharing your process in this way.
Yay, George! AND OMG, Evie's eyes!!!!!!! :-). :-)
Your baby is so cute :) Hang in there, oh the spillage on your planner ahhh! Kids and work don't mix so well ;). Hope you get through your re-writes now you have the outline sorted.
Motivated because of this!! THANK YOU FOR BEING REAL.
You definitely need and deserve your Disney vaca after this! Keep up the great job! 📚
Can you do a whole desk tour??? Just looking at how much you have in your background id wanna see. or like a room tour!
yay you are doing great! I think 3 nights at the hotel going to really help with getting it to the finish line!
I think I need a big thing of coffee like this one you had there..
omg so sorry for the notes and Andrew
You are such an inspiration, thanks for sharing so much of your process with us. Love your work Sarra 😊
Lol. Your shirt was so appropriate for the day.
Dear God! Evie is your CLONE!! She's so adorable! So please know that you are a total boss with your writing. If something is not working, then that's what it is. And I personally would prefer you to push back your release date for a great book than you release a subpar book... which now that I think about it, I have yet to see something subpar come from you. Stay Safe!
I so needed the Evie smiles! Really rough day!
Hang in there!
Such a precious happy baby!
I love the vlogs! Thank you for making them!💖
I am loving the song in the middle of the vlog, can anyone tell me the name?
More importantly, thanks for these videos, you are so inspiring to me. Seeing you work through your process has helped me with my own so much and I always love and appreciate your enthusiasm and positivity. Good luck on your edits!!
Cutest baby girl ever!!!
George is great!!!!!!
Wow this is amazing! I write Amish Fiction and I'm also self published. I make more money than my husband does at his job and in a few years I want him to quit and stay home with our 4 kids so I can write more. Did you find once your husband quit you were able to work a lot more and therefore make a lot more money? It's a scary transition I'm sure but looks like it worked out well!
I only just reached 19,310 words today (Day 12). It's getting harder and harder to write my story. It seems like my story will be 'done' before I hit the 25,000 word count.
I had that same problem. This week I hit the three-quarter mark for my outline, but only a third of the way into my story. I stopped, analyzed the problem, and realized my heroes had everything. So yesterday was spent plot editing to take it all away from them. Now I'm back on track, and my heroes are as miserable as ever.
@@dwaynep4390 Sometimes, things just pop up as I'm writing, too. For example, I never planned for my mc to go down to the dungeons, but she does and she talks to the bad guy that they captured.
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I need to know... Do you have a Binder Bible with all about your characters and places of that huge saga? Cause I'm planning to write a huge saga and I don't feel like I would remember everything for the last one 😅 any recommendations for new writers of huge sagas?
PS: I love your channel you're awesome ♥️
Hi Barry! I keep my Series Bible inside a Wiki! I have a couple of videos about it here on the channel, so just search for Wiki. If you take a look at my playlist, I also have a series on writing a series :p. I'll be doing an updated Wiki video soon where I'm creating my most recent series wiki inside Notion!
@@HeartBreathings thank you so much for answering, you're awesome. Hope you'll enjoy your NaNoWriMo experience
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Just an update 12,733 wc for novel
Go you!!!
Cute 🥰 baby adorable 😍 can she drop in a cameo role in your novel?
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But if you have to stop writing what a cute face to stop for!
I, a Pantser, accidentally stumbled upon the wrong part of NaNoWriMo Tube. _backs out slowly_
Your husband doesn’t start minding his child until late afternoon there’s no way you can work full time like any other caregiver they wait to have showers until kids are in bed or early morning you spent more time working and minding your child then he did where was he all morning etc he doesn’t even cook and clean if this were the other way around it wouldn’t be acceptable