I was blown away when you mentioned this was your first video. The setting, the audio & video quality, the editing, and the content itself-all fantastic and the work of a professional. If this is your floor, I can hardly wait to see the ceiling. Great work!
Wow, thank you! I've uploaded a few since this, and I'm actually taking a quick break from editing my next upload to reply to this comment-kind words such as these make that work a lot easier!
Step 1: Overview - One paragraph summary of plot. Set tone and concept. Step 2: Setting - Worldbuiling; tech, magic, culture, geography, myth, biology, factions, aesthetics, societal trends, the big plot secret. Step 3: Main Characters - Flaws, arcs, worth, goals, obstacles, persona. 3-5 paragraphs. Heading per character. (Steps 4 & 5 follow similar format.) Step 4: Secondary Characters - 2-3 paragraphs. Step 5: Minor Characters - 1-2 paragraphs. Step 6: Plot Archetypes - Plot layers, maintain cohesion, plots feed back into one another. Identify story type for study. Step 7: Plot Endings - Figure out how all these plots end to satisfaction. Step 8: Disconnected Plots - Filling gaps between otherwise disconnected plots. Heroes journey, save the cat, three act structure. Every story beat has a plot heading, with bullets explaining the start and end of these plot points. Step 9: Writing Your Story - Combine these various A, B, C, etc. plot outlines. Chapter arrangement is useful. Draw bullets from the various outlines to combine things into one. Now write the story.
This is what a lot of new writers don't understand about outlines. The story has a lot that needs to happen, and most of us can't work that all out in our heads and retain it until it's written. You do a great job of explaining how Sando does it, and he clearly knows what he's doing. This is an excellent way to see how an outline helps work plot, world-building, and character development together into the finished product. I'm starting Mistborn tomorrow (first time reading him for me), can't wait.
Wow! I never thought to try plotting all the arcs separately and then piecing them back together like that! I have been watching Sanderson’s lectures on RUclips recently and this was really cool to see how he breaks down his outlines! Thanks, great video!
Thank you! I'd also never considered plotting arcs separately as he suggests, but it does make sense, especially if you're working on a multi-pov, multi-volume behemoth like he is with The Stormlight Archive.
I literally-literally screamed when you mentioned a plot involving the sun mysteriously turning off because that's just as literally (and in the literal-literal sense) a major plot point in a narrative I've been working on for a couple years now. Thanks for that coincidentally *very* targeted joke and cracking me up 2 years later :D
It's always frustrating (in the best way) when I see a video like this, one that summarizes all of the issues that I'm having with some particular endeavor and then provides such a structured and succinct solution for me. This is a great video! I plan to try all of this for the book that I'm writing currently, since I'm needing to go back and rework the first few chapters. There is simply too much going on for me to be able to write it by the seat of my pants. And I think I'm learning that about myself, that one of the reasons why I can't write like that is because I simply want to put too many things into my novels for them to accidentally come together perfectly. I need to plan and design my elements with each other in mind. Thanks for the video!
I can not stress enough, how top notch this video is for your first one! I'm just beginning my writer's journey, and this video has helped me out so much. The rewatch value of this video is amazing as well.
I'm a bit late to the party but this has been the key video I needed to stop just thinking about how wonderful it would be to write a novel and actually starting writing things down. Besides the content of the video, your way of communicating is amazing, and as a not native English speaker your way of speaking is so clear that even without a high level I could understand every single part. Im surely checking your other videos, so I hope you don't stop doing what it seems you enjoy. Thanks a lot!
This is such a great video. You had me laughing out loud when you were talking about the speed limit and being happy that people still cared about writing in the "future"!
I just found this video while scrolling through videos on writing in between writing spurts, and I have to say I was blown away by the idea of bullet points and using them to fulfill A, B, and C arcs. I just wrapped up my first novel, but after editing and pushing it out, I'm definitely doing that idea for my next one.
Thank you for saying what you did about how this outlining method isn't the only and infallible way to outline and plan a story. I subscribed and liked immediately when I heard that. So many times I see new writers (like me when I first started writing) believe that the way other people outline and plan their novels is the only correct way. The point of outlining and planning is to create a map of the story you are writing so you know what's going to happen. Because of this, every person creates their map differently and its so important that all writers know they can create an outline that works for them and not just to make it look "perfect" or "accurate" by someone else's standards. On another note, I really loved learning more about Sanderson's outlining method. I'll definitely play around with this method and add it to my own outlining process. You did a great job breaking down his outlining method and explaining how writers can apply it to their own writing. Good video! Thanks so much for sharing and keep it up! :)
TIL I outline like Brandon Sanderson! It's weird because it's literally exactly the same. It was just so much easier to outline when I knew the plot archetypes and how each of those would morph before putting them all together in a massive outline. Great video!
I’ve never written a book before. I’ve found I’m very picky about what I like in my fantasy and figured I would enjoy writing a fantasy series. This is exactly what I did as well before watching this video. I didn’t have any knowledge of writing a book before but this is all pretty common sense/logical stuff. I don’t understand how someone could write a series any other way haha
This is the first outline method ive found that doesn't leave a huge gap between "plan your characters and jot down some key plot points" and "now you write a book". The dot point methodology from steps 7-9 are the piece of the puzzle my ADHD brain has been needing to get my stories from disconjointed scenes in my head to becoming an outline of a cohesive story. Credit to branden sanderson for his method, but thank _you_ for the video. After years of wanting to create stories and researching what makes for good writing, i finally feel not just motivated to try, but actually prepared to do so. Ps. I did tweak it a little, i felt that "whats stopping your character from achieving their goal" was a bit... Eh. Heres what i listed down: Main characters: •who are they? •what do they want? •what do they need? •what do they lose along the way? •what do they gain along the way? •How do they get there? Secondary characters: •who are they? •how do they serve the story? •what impact do they have on the main characters? •what do they want and what do they get? Minor characters: •who are they? •how do they serve the plot?
Hearing that I've helped someone take a step toward writing their story is my favorite way to start my mornings-I'm glad you found the video helpful and thank you for the comment!
Wow that was seriously helpful. I recently had to write a strongly worded letter to fix some real life problems and it inspired me to delve back into some creative writing. It's been a while. Thank you.
Getting an overview of the story has always been the most difficult part for me, this method forced me to start with that step and oh god it helped a LOT. Thank you for sharing this and huge thanks to Brandon Sanderson as well!
Found your video 2 years later, impressed that this is your first, your production setup is pretty good. Can't wait to dig around your channel and see what else you've got 😊
Your wording is wonderful, such as the wording you use when cautioning the viewer to not view the steps you discuss in this episode as those that the viewer needs to follow.
Quality for a first video. A lot of work went into getting this "right". I'm about to write my first ever short story, and your summary of Brandon's Outline is gonna help immensely. Thanks!
This is SO helpful! Thank you so much for the time and hard work you put into this! I watched some of Brandon's lectures and read the Skyward outline in the past, but this has made it much more understandable to me. Thank you!
Hi, I just stumbled on this video. I'm so glad I did. I've watched Brandon Sanderson's videos and this summed up his method perfectly. Thanks for making an entertaining and informative video. I'll definitely watch more.
What a fantastically well put together video for a first video! And thank you for all the info. I'm outlining what I hope will be my first full length book right now and this was very helpful.
What a way to hit the ground running, would never have guessed this to be your first video. I am currently putting together different types of advice about outlining and your video was an immense help, thank you!! I am not yet finished but I believe it will be the foundation for the main structure of the model I plan on building!
Thank you bro, this makes writing feel so much more straightforward and it’s a lot shorter than Brandon’s lecture videos. I like how I can easily come back to it as I go through each step to anchor myself and determine a concrete objective.
You can shape then create or create then shape, those are the two main ways people write. shape than create is dreaming up your story, point forming it, then creating the story based on that outline. Create than shape is dreaming while writing a rough draft, and then shaping the story after the rough draft - that might actually take the form of an outline or just notes.
Great video! When talking about step 7 and plot endings, it made me think of The Otherland series by Tad Williams. It's a near future science fiction story vaguely similar to Ready Player One but not at all the arcade style that that particular story rolls with. Williams' story is dark, and scary and intense and very weird throughout. But concerning plot endings, the Otherland story (4 books) is hands down the most satisfying read I've ever experienced.
Thanks for this. I listened to all of Sanderson’s lectures but sometimes he can get a little rambley so it’s nice to have someone else speak of it clearly and cohesively. Now on to your next video.
Thank you for the summary. :) This was a helpfully succinct outline to outlining a novel! I've not read any Brandon Sanderson books yet (next on my global reading list is the Mistborn series) but have heard he ties different plot arcs together well and writes relatable characters. This video was just what I needed to help me organise the characters, worldbuilding, and plot ideas swirling around in my brain. I've written the draft of two different novels in what I estimate to be a five book series, and I'm finding I can't always keep track of where all the links between the details are. I'm a pantser in terms of getting words on the page, but I think for the process of turning these words into coherent books, I definitely see myself making use of more planning steps! Thank you again. It was so easy to follow along with your video and understand the points you were making. :)
Your humour is great, also your shirt goes beautifully with the lilac backdrop you chose - i think the video could be a tad more brighter, but overall - really good job on the video! :)
Last Christmas Eve morning, I woke up from a dream that I was going to write a Twilight-esque novel about a girl who falls in love with a vampire guy who turns out to be toxic and controlling. I spent several hours outlining before remembering that I had presents to finish making and set it aside. I did a bit of outlining but mostly went with my usual method of pantsing, although this time, I allowed myself to skip forward and write scenes I knew I wanted but hadn't connected yet. Then I decided I didn't want to do vampires and removed them from the script, going for straight historical romance/drama. I've been working on that version of the story for ten months now, and the plot isn't coming together in a satisfying way, although I've done more outlining. Tonight while watching this video, I decided to stick the vampires back in and I've already thought of an awesome climactic scene where the girl mercs her evil vamp ex before dealing with the cognitive dissonance of having violated the Hippocratic Oath (oh, yeah, she's training to be a surgeon in 1701 England, but also VAMPIRES lmao). All that to say, thank you for this video! You've given me a whole new perspective on this project and serious hope that I'll actually finish it instead of leaving it to simmer on the back burner. Once I'm finished, I'm definitely going to try this method on other recalcitrant unfinished manuscripts! (I can't wait to run my chaotic space boyfriends through it lol; that one's lightly Beauty-and-the-Beast-flavored.) Cheers, mate! You've earned my sub :)
@ yep. That's how realism works. We can suspend disbelief over things we a) don't know how it works or b) accept as a change in the setting. But when you don't charge the setting, and claim "this thing is like the thing you know," then when it differs, it takes the reader out of it. Your setting is ostensibly "18th century New England but with vampires," except that you should be saying "18th Century New England but with all the sociological changes subsequent to 19th and 20th century political movements," and so you see the timeline is a contradiction. You would have to say it's a multiverse story where it's not really our 18th century in our past, it's a parallel universe where phenimism started 250 years earlier, and honestly, exploring how come that happened would be the much more interesting thing to develop in your setting
@@cosmictreason2242 I'm not entirely sure what to tell you. The story I'm writing is about a girl whose surgeon father teaches her his art, and after he dies she manages to find someone else willing to teach her who happens to be a vampire who doesn't share the values of the society he currently lives in. You're perfectly welcome to find that unbelievable, in which case I advise you not to read the book if I ever publish it. At any rate, thank you for your comments, as they have helped me identify a part of the story I need to explore more!
Sometimes the B story is just a friendship. The most important part of the B story is exposition of your protagonist. The B story is where we learn about the protagonists flaws, hopes and fears, quirks and failures. We should see character arc in the B story. Thank you for your video!
Man you are really good at explaining why did you stop making videos, i myself write novels for a uk company and i can tell the things you explain help a lot
Man, that's your first video? You sure went off to a great start! The production is great, the humor is on point and the tips are useful as well. Just subscribed. Keep the good work.
I've just arrived after you have had your year long break. The sanderson outline video was well done. I also like the mistborn chapter one insights. Are you planning on more videos?
Thanks for this video dude, really great way and entertaining way to pass some great information. Really hope you do many more videos, you’ve got a new fan here. Hope you’re well
No joke, I'm working on a novel where the Sun does turn off. It's because of a science experiment that goes horribly wrong. Glad I could clear that up for you.
You should read A Deepness in the Sky by the great Verner Vinge. It has a sun that turns off and back on. I don't recall if they ever explain why, but it's a fantastic story with amazing world building.
Great video! For a first video, you're well on your way to having a thriving RUclips channel. This is a particularly useful outline. I am curious though if Sanderson's outline covers the inevitable moments where a new idea or reformed idea comes to mind? Sometimes I've had to completely re-write a chapter just because it didn't fit with a later development I hadn't originally considered.
nice job with the video. if you haven't, you might want to link to sandersons writing lectures from BYU. there's a playlist he made. i am not into his genre, but other types of fiction. his lectures are wonderfully practical, and excellent for guidance and troubleshooting.
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I was blown away when you mentioned this was your first video. The setting, the audio & video quality, the editing, and the content itself-all fantastic and the work of a professional. If this is your floor, I can hardly wait to see the ceiling. Great work!
Wow, thank you! I've uploaded a few since this, and I'm actually taking a quick break from editing my next upload to reply to this comment-kind words such as these make that work a lot easier!
I thoroughly agree!
Same
Hard agree, was very shocked to read that this is the first video.
I agree. Really well done.
this video is two years old but i just stumbled upon it and i am, in fact, here because i'm writing a story where the sun turned off.
HOW DOES IT TURN OFF?? AND WHY?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightfall_(Asimov_novelette_and_novel)
Very fun! Andy Weir installed a dimmer switch on ours in Project Hail Mary.
Check out the short story "00:08:23" (ignore the time signature link that RUclips autofills) in Of Gods and Globes vol I
Step 1: Overview - One paragraph summary of plot. Set tone and concept.
Step 2: Setting - Worldbuiling; tech, magic, culture, geography, myth, biology, factions, aesthetics, societal trends, the big plot secret.
Step 3: Main Characters - Flaws, arcs, worth, goals, obstacles, persona. 3-5 paragraphs. Heading per character.
(Steps 4 & 5 follow similar format.)
Step 4: Secondary Characters - 2-3 paragraphs.
Step 5: Minor Characters - 1-2 paragraphs.
Step 6: Plot Archetypes - Plot layers, maintain cohesion, plots feed back into one another. Identify story type for study.
Step 7: Plot Endings - Figure out how all these plots end to satisfaction.
Step 8: Disconnected Plots - Filling gaps between otherwise disconnected plots. Heroes journey, save the cat, three act structure. Every story beat has a plot heading, with bullets explaining the start and end of these plot points.
Step 9: Writing Your Story - Combine these various A, B, C, etc. plot outlines. Chapter arrangement is useful. Draw bullets from the various outlines to combine things into one.
Now write the story.
You're doing God's work
Well done.
Copy pasting this into my outline document.
Big thank for saving me a rewatch and 5 minutes of writing.
Thank you sir
You sir, are a good man
Watching this in 2024, when you said this was your first vid, I was utterly shocked. Very impressed, and definitely subscribing!
Legendary RUclips Debut 😮
True!!
This is what a lot of new writers don't understand about outlines. The story has a lot that needs to happen, and most of us can't work that all out in our heads and retain it until it's written. You do a great job of explaining how Sando does it, and he clearly knows what he's doing. This is an excellent way to see how an outline helps work plot, world-building, and character development together into the finished product. I'm starting Mistborn tomorrow (first time reading him for me), can't wait.
Wow! I never thought to try plotting all the arcs separately and then piecing them back together like that! I have been watching Sanderson’s lectures on RUclips recently and this was really cool to see how he breaks down his outlines! Thanks, great video!
Thank you! I'd also never considered plotting arcs separately as he suggests, but it does make sense, especially if you're working on a multi-pov, multi-volume behemoth like he is with The Stormlight Archive.
I literally-literally screamed when you mentioned a plot involving the sun mysteriously turning off because that's just as literally (and in the literal-literal sense) a major plot point in a narrative I've been working on for a couple years now. Thanks for that coincidentally *very* targeted joke and cracking me up 2 years later :D
Hey i would love to read this it sounds awesome
@@nonono9194 can you salvage some from a universal remote?
It's always frustrating (in the best way) when I see a video like this, one that summarizes all of the issues that I'm having with some particular endeavor and then provides such a structured and succinct solution for me. This is a great video! I plan to try all of this for the book that I'm writing currently, since I'm needing to go back and rework the first few chapters. There is simply too much going on for me to be able to write it by the seat of my pants. And I think I'm learning that about myself, that one of the reasons why I can't write like that is because I simply want to put too many things into my novels for them to accidentally come together perfectly. I need to plan and design my elements with each other in mind.
Thanks for the video!
Your first VIDEO!? I know this is old, but just wanted to let you know what an incredible way to launch your channel!
I can not stress enough, how top notch this video is for your first one! I'm just beginning my writer's journey, and this video has helped me out so much. The rewatch value of this video is amazing as well.
I'm a bit late to the party but this has been the key video I needed to stop just thinking about how wonderful it would be to write a novel and actually starting writing things down. Besides the content of the video, your way of communicating is amazing, and as a not native English speaker your way of speaking is so clear that even without a high level I could understand every single part. Im surely checking your other videos, so I hope you don't stop doing what it seems you enjoy. Thanks a lot!
This is such a great video. You had me laughing out loud when you were talking about the speed limit and being happy that people still cared about writing in the "future"!
I just found this video while scrolling through videos on writing in between writing spurts, and I have to say I was blown away by the idea of bullet points and using them to fulfill A, B, and C arcs. I just wrapped up my first novel, but after editing and pushing it out, I'm definitely doing that idea for my next one.
Thank you for saying what you did about how this outlining method isn't the only and infallible way to outline and plan a story. I subscribed and liked immediately when I heard that. So many times I see new writers (like me when I first started writing) believe that the way other people outline and plan their novels is the only correct way. The point of outlining and planning is to create a map of the story you are writing so you know what's going to happen. Because of this, every person creates their map differently and its so important that all writers know they can create an outline that works for them and not just to make it look "perfect" or "accurate" by someone else's standards.
On another note, I really loved learning more about Sanderson's outlining method. I'll definitely play around with this method and add it to my own outlining process. You did a great job breaking down his outlining method and explaining how writers can apply it to their own writing.
Good video! Thanks so much for sharing and keep it up! :)
TIL I outline like Brandon Sanderson! It's weird because it's literally exactly the same. It was just so much easier to outline when I knew the plot archetypes and how each of those would morph before putting them all together in a massive outline. Great video!
I’ve never written a book before. I’ve found I’m very picky about what I like in my fantasy and figured I would enjoy writing a fantasy series. This is exactly what I did as well before watching this video. I didn’t have any knowledge of writing a book before but this is all pretty common sense/logical stuff. I don’t understand how someone could write a series any other way haha
This video made my heart sink when I realized just how incomplete my narrative is. But at least now I know what I need to do to fix it. Great video!
This is the first outline method ive found that doesn't leave a huge gap between "plan your characters and jot down some key plot points" and "now you write a book". The dot point methodology from steps 7-9 are the piece of the puzzle my ADHD brain has been needing to get my stories from disconjointed scenes in my head to becoming an outline of a cohesive story. Credit to branden sanderson for his method, but thank _you_ for the video. After years of wanting to create stories and researching what makes for good writing, i finally feel not just motivated to try, but actually prepared to do so.
Ps. I did tweak it a little, i felt that "whats stopping your character from achieving their goal" was a bit... Eh. Heres what i listed down:
Main characters:
•who are they?
•what do they want?
•what do they need?
•what do they lose along the way?
•what do they gain along the way?
•How do they get there?
Secondary characters:
•who are they?
•how do they serve the story?
•what impact do they have on the main characters?
•what do they want and what do they get?
Minor characters:
•who are they?
•how do they serve the plot?
Hearing that I've helped someone take a step toward writing their story is my favorite way to start my mornings-I'm glad you found the video helpful and thank you for the comment!
stealing this! ty and hope your writing is going well :)
New subscriber in the first 50 seconds. Incredible quality of content. Keep going like that, you have a great potential!!
Thank you! New videos coming soon!
Wow that was seriously helpful. I recently had to write a strongly worded letter to fix some real life problems and it inspired me to delve back into some creative writing. It's been a while. Thank you.
Getting an overview of the story has always been the most difficult part for me, this method forced me to start with that step and oh god it helped a LOT. Thank you for sharing this and huge thanks to Brandon Sanderson as well!
I love the video. This is the best and clearest description, I have seen, of how Brandon Sanderson outlines his work. Keep up the good work.
Happy to hear you enjoyed it, thank you!
You should do this for all of his lectures! Just finally came around to rewatching and writing notes for myself and this was so good!
Found your video 2 years later, impressed that this is your first, your production setup is pretty good. Can't wait to dig around your channel and see what else you've got 😊
Your wording is wonderful, such as the wording you use when cautioning the viewer to not view the steps you discuss in this episode as those that the viewer needs to follow.
beautifully presented. also love when creators are understanding, you can always just tell. much love everyone
What a fantastic, workable summary of Sanderson’s lecture on outlining! Great work! Hope to read something by you someday! :)
Very professional! And concise -- I so much appreciate that. A lot of great information! Thank you so much! Wonderful work!
WAIT THIS IS A FIRST VIDEO? IT LOOKS AND SOUNDS SO PROFESSIONAL
Quality for a first video. A lot of work went into getting this "right". I'm about to write my first ever short story, and your summary of Brandon's Outline is gonna help immensely. Thanks!
just watched this, October 2024, and is still is so relevant. Thank you for your help!
You didn’t have to mail your school 3 kinds of portal recipes. Now half of the school had disappeared
This is SO helpful! Thank you so much for the time and hard work you put into this! I watched some of Brandon's lectures and read the Skyward outline in the past, but this has made it much more understandable to me. Thank you!
Hi, I just stumbled on this video. I'm so glad I did. I've watched Brandon Sanderson's videos and this summed up his method perfectly. Thanks for making an entertaining and informative video. I'll definitely watch more.
What a fantastically well put together video for a first video! And thank you for all the info. I'm outlining what I hope will be my first full length book right now and this was very helpful.
This was a really good first video. I'm sad to see you've only done 9 now in 3+ years. Hope you eventually decide to do more!
Drinking my morning coffee and came across this video. Great stuff, so subscribed straight away
What a way to hit the ground running, would never have guessed this to be your first video. I am currently putting together different types of advice about outlining and your video was an immense help, thank you!! I am not yet finished but I believe it will be the foundation for the main structure of the model I plan on building!
I love the way you described this. Thank you so much. Hope you get back to making more videos!
Thank you bro, this makes writing feel so much more straightforward and it’s a lot shorter than Brandon’s lecture videos. I like how I can easily come back to it as I go through each step to anchor myself and determine a concrete objective.
This just might be the outlining method that helps me finally finish my WIP...The structure of it all!
Same! Hoping it will help with _all_ of my WIPs XD but starting on my current WIP first.
This was excellent. I am in the middle of a story that was beginning to wander. Now I know how to fix it.
Hey! This was so helpful. Thanks and congratulations on your wonderful first video.
You can shape then create or create then shape, those are the two main ways people write.
shape than create is dreaming up your story, point forming it, then creating the story based on that outline.
Create than shape is dreaming while writing a rough draft, and then shaping the story after the rough draft - that might actually take the form of an outline or just notes.
Wow. If this was your first video it was done very well and I found the content very helpful and succinct. Thank you!
Great video! When talking about step 7 and plot endings, it made me think of The Otherland series by Tad Williams. It's a near future science fiction story vaguely similar to Ready Player One but not at all the arcade style that that particular story rolls with. Williams' story is dark, and scary and intense and very weird throughout. But concerning plot endings, the Otherland story (4 books) is hands down the most satisfying read I've ever experienced.
Thanks for this. I listened to all of Sanderson’s lectures but sometimes he can get a little rambley so it’s nice to have someone else speak of it clearly and cohesively. Now on to your next video.
Wow! Your first video ever? You did such an amazing job. Keep going.
Thank you! I've uploaded a handful of videos since this one, and there are plenty more on the way!
Thank you for the summary. :) This was a helpfully succinct outline to outlining a novel! I've not read any Brandon Sanderson books yet (next on my global reading list is the Mistborn series) but have heard he ties different plot arcs together well and writes relatable characters.
This video was just what I needed to help me organise the characters, worldbuilding, and plot ideas swirling around in my brain. I've written the draft of two different novels in what I estimate to be a five book series, and I'm finding I can't always keep track of where all the links between the details are. I'm a pantser in terms of getting words on the page, but I think for the process of turning these words into coherent books, I definitely see myself making use of more planning steps!
Thank you again. It was so easy to follow along with your video and understand the points you were making. :)
Great video! I'm going to watch your career with interest. All the luck in the world for you!
Thank you!! I'll do my best to create a career worth watching :D
This information is so helpful I get so distracted when writing and these tools (guidlines) I know will be so helpful thanks
This was very helpful. I've been outlining a story for a year now and still haven't gotten to chapter 1! Really need structure and guidance.
Great video - slick, well ordered and produced. Thank you for taking the time to make and share!
You have explained it even better than Brandon Sanderson in his lecture! Wow
I still have to check that out, I kinda thought that's what I was clicking on, pleasantly suprised, I liked the delivery and explanations.
Thanks, I'm so obsessed with outlining right now. And congrats on your first video. I see this channel going places!
Hello from the future. This was an exceptionally good first video. Mazel Tov.
What a great debut! Subscribed. ^_^
Damn, I didn't expect this to be your first video. Nice job!
Great video as always. I’ve my character rolled up and ready to play solo.
Your humour is great, also your shirt goes beautifully with the lilac backdrop you chose - i think the video could be a tad more brighter, but overall - really good job on the video! :)
Damn dude this is great, thank you so much for an excellent, compelling, and also extremely CONCISE video.
Thanks my dude, I´ll be checking out your other videos aswell. Best of luck with the channel!
Last Christmas Eve morning, I woke up from a dream that I was going to write a Twilight-esque novel about a girl who falls in love with a vampire guy who turns out to be toxic and controlling. I spent several hours outlining before remembering that I had presents to finish making and set it aside. I did a bit of outlining but mostly went with my usual method of pantsing, although this time, I allowed myself to skip forward and write scenes I knew I wanted but hadn't connected yet.
Then I decided I didn't want to do vampires and removed them from the script, going for straight historical romance/drama. I've been working on that version of the story for ten months now, and the plot isn't coming together in a satisfying way, although I've done more outlining.
Tonight while watching this video, I decided to stick the vampires back in and I've already thought of an awesome climactic scene where the girl mercs her evil vamp ex before dealing with the cognitive dissonance of having violated the Hippocratic Oath (oh, yeah, she's training to be a surgeon in 1701 England, but also VAMPIRES lmao).
All that to say, thank you for this video! You've given me a whole new perspective on this project and serious hope that I'll actually finish it instead of leaving it to simmer on the back burner. Once I'm finished, I'm definitely going to try this method on other recalcitrant unfinished manuscripts! (I can't wait to run my chaotic space boyfriends through it lol; that one's lightly Beauty-and-the-Beast-flavored.) Cheers, mate! You've earned my sub :)
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"Training to be a surgeon in 1701"
This breaks the realism. Something like this never happened
@@cosmictreason2242 It's a story about vampires, and the female surgeon is what's breaking your immersion?
@ yep. That's how realism works. We can suspend disbelief over things we a) don't know how it works or b) accept as a change in the setting. But when you don't charge the setting, and claim "this thing is like the thing you know," then when it differs, it takes the reader out of it. Your setting is ostensibly "18th century New England but with vampires," except that you should be saying "18th Century New England but with all the sociological changes subsequent to 19th and 20th century political movements," and so you see the timeline is a contradiction. You would have to say it's a multiverse story where it's not really our 18th century in our past, it's a parallel universe where phenimism started 250 years earlier, and honestly, exploring how come that happened would be the much more interesting thing to develop in your setting
@@cosmictreason2242 I'm not entirely sure what to tell you. The story I'm writing is about a girl whose surgeon father teaches her his art, and after he dies she manages to find someone else willing to teach her who happens to be a vampire who doesn't share the values of the society he currently lives in. You're perfectly welcome to find that unbelievable, in which case I advise you not to read the book if I ever publish it.
At any rate, thank you for your comments, as they have helped me identify a part of the story I need to explore more!
@@emilyrln lol well I'm glad this was at least somewhat constructive
Hope to see you back soon, great video topics
Dude, fantastic first video.
Sometimes the B story is just a friendship. The most important part of the B story is exposition of your protagonist. The B story is where we learn about the protagonists flaws, hopes and fears, quirks and failures. We should see character arc in the B story. Thank you for your video!
Man you are really good at explaining why did you stop making videos, i myself write novels for a uk company and i can tell the things you explain help a lot
1. overview
2. setting
3. main characters
4. secondary characters
5. minor characters
6. plot archetypes
7. plot endings
8. disconnected plots
9. writing/connecting plots
Found this channel just now. Pretty cool
Dude thanks. I finally understand how writing works
What a great video! Great sound, voice, knowledge, informative! Thank you !
What a great video. Like actually phenomenal. You should be proud
I cant really express how much this has helped me.
Great video!
So glad I could help! Thank you!
Glad I've found this video! Thank you!
Love how I have been kind of doing some of this. Writing is so natural in the most random ways 😂
Man, that's your first video? You sure went off to a great start! The production is great, the humor is on point and the tips are useful as well. Just subscribed. Keep the good work.
Thank you!
I've just arrived after you have had your year long break. The sanderson outline video was well done. I also like the mistborn chapter one insights. Are you planning on more videos?
Your editing delivery and bullet points are on par keep it up man.
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir has that setting!! Maybe you already know this, it's been a while. Awesome video!
Great video, man! Looking forward to more.
Great video bro, keep up the good work. Excited to see more of your thoughts on writing. Subscribed!
Thanks for this video dude, really great way and entertaining way to pass some great information. Really hope you do many more videos, you’ve got a new fan here. Hope you’re well
You're welcome, and thank you for the kind words! Your music is beautiful, so I guess we're mutual fans-keep it up man, and thanks again.
I hope you create more videos, this was great
Just found this via RUclips recommendations. Great overview, very helpful, and way above average quality for a first video. Nice work .
No joke, I'm working on a novel where the Sun does turn off. It's because of a science experiment that goes horribly wrong. Glad I could clear that up for you.
You should read A Deepness in the Sky by the great Verner Vinge. It has a sun that turns off and back on. I don't recall if they ever explain why, but it's a fantastic story with amazing world building.
Thanks. What's the tool or app you are using at 9:33 and following?
Great video! For a first video, you're well on your way to having a thriving RUclips channel.
This is a particularly useful outline. I am curious though if Sanderson's outline covers the inevitable moments where a new idea or reformed idea comes to mind? Sometimes I've had to completely re-write a chapter just because it didn't fit with a later development I hadn't originally considered.
Awesome video, man! Keep it up.
Dude, you've got great content.
Would love to see more videos.
This was extremely helpful, thank you for putting this together
First video! Well done!
I actually will be writing a book where the sun has turned off. It has to do with an event in a different book where the stars fall from the sky.
nice job with the video. if you haven't, you might want to link to sandersons writing lectures from BYU. there's a playlist he made. i am not into his genre, but other types of fiction. his lectures are wonderfully practical, and excellent for guidance and troubleshooting.
Great job on this first video
Appreciate this! It's a great start.
Wow, this was your first video? Damn impressive.
Doing this in reverse seems like a very good method of taking notes on books.
Just know we miss your awesome books! Hope all is well!
Amazing video!
9:24 cracked me up with those bullet points.
2:26 ironically, I started playing Oneshot yesterday! No spoilers since I just started the game tho.
Good gravy this is some good stuff!