here's *everything* i'm doing to prep for revision 📝 a writing vlog!
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- Опубликовано: 11 окт 2024
- lets dive into how i'm prepping for revision, including annotating the draft, reading craft books, creating worldbuilding maps and more! enjoy coming along for the revision prep process :) come along for behind the scenes of writing a book in this romantasy writing vlog!
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hope you guys enjoy this longer vlog format!!! 🫢 edit: UGHH sorry for the glitch around ~28mins 🥺🥺 I’ll include that footage in a future vlog bc it’s so priceless lol
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As a person working on the first draft, this is so comforting! I love seeing other people's writing processes, it makes the STRUGGLE so much easier, if you know what i mean!
I love hearing about your thought process!! The. way you talk about writing is such a refreshing mix of holistic and practical if that makes sense. Best of luck with revisions (you're going to crush ittt)
Aw thanks Lynn!!! ✨💕
Just did my first readthrough this past weekend. I was ripping that thing to shreds and now, as I sit at my desk, I realize how much work it is going to be to implement everything.. it's fine! We are going to chip away chapter by chapter! Both my book and I will be better for it in the end! Best of luck to you in your revision process! :)
Woah that’s so exciting! Good luck 🤍
Yes!!! One page at a time!! We got this
I loved this! It's so nice seeing a video showing what it's like after reading a draft and realizing all the mistakes/plot holes/things that can be expanded on. Reading a draft can sometimes feel defeating when you see all the marks, so I appreciate you showing the process. It shows that everyone goes through it lol. I'm so excited to see the final result of this book and the steps leading up to it. 🙂
Thanks Kayla! Yes, it has to get messier before it can get cleaner… lol. Glad seeing the process is helpful :)
I didn’t get a physical copy of my previous draft because I knew it was a mess chronologically, but I’m currently revising as well. I went through my whole draft and made comments on the side about reordering scenes and entire chapters and just dove into revising.
I fully agree with what you said about ‘committing’ to and ‘selling’ a detail in the novel. I once read a writing tip somewhere that if you need a ‘flux capacitor’ in your novel, just do it. This of course referring to Back to the Future- we know the flux capacitor makes time travel possible but not how exactly it does it. And it’s a great movie! The audience accepts that this thing is what makes another thing possible and moves on. That’s definitely something I have to keep in mind myself when I feel the urge to describe how some magic rule in my world works, haha.
And when I re-read, I also found some repetitive sentences and tried to convince myself it’s just part of my ‘style’ haha. But I’ll just have to suck it up and change them.
I’m glad you’re seeing edits that you feel like you can easily tackle, that’s always really encouraging rather than staring at a scene/chapter and thinking that something is wrong but not being able to put your finger on it.
And great choice for the emoji, I adore dragons. 🐉
Love hearing your thought process!
Hard agree about working from home! I love my job but it can be difficult switching from work to creative writing, especially when I'm having a great writing session and I get a Teams meeting alert lol😅 like how rude, I'm writing a book guys leave me alone.
I completely relate to the stuff you said about having a 9-5. I actually have a 11pm-7am job and at top of that I’m taking my master and sometimes is very hard to differentiate the feelings because we’re feeling very tired but the ideas are running and you want to write but mentally you’re exhausted. That for me is the hardest to try coordinate. That would be an interesting video btw 😊 loving your videos and streams! Keep up ✨
Omg that sounds exhausting!!!! You’re doing great :) glad you’re loving the content
i'm CACKLING at the b roll from our writing date hahahahaha
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I use Google map to calculate distances... and you can see how long a trip takes whether you walk, bike or drive... I would use that to calculate your travel time... You just have to pick if your characters travel the equivalent of LA to SF or LA to Seattle? or anything else
This is a great idea
Ahhhh I love Village Well! So happy to see that place make an appearance in the video
im obsessed!
I'm so excited to visit The Ripped Bodice one day! Also, love seeing the revision prep!
its so amazing i i love going there!
🐉💚I loved this video. So encouraging. I completely understand the 9-5 thing. It’s so hard to do both sometimes. I just want to veg out when I get home, but I know the book won’t get done unless I write the thing. So, yeah. It helps to know I’m not alone. Thanks!
Yay! Glad you enjoyed it and found some comfort in that part :)
I’m so glad I found your channel! I am an aspiring author and all of your videos are so inspiring!
aw yay!! I love that!!
so fun to hear you verbalize alllllll the thoughts during this process !!! and witness it in real time :') loved this !!! 🐉
Thanks mic!!! And thanks for always listening to my story ramblings lol
Love this longer video 🐉 it was really interesting and inspiring to deep dive into your revision process.
Yay! So glad it was interesting
I can completely relate to have a 9-5 job working from home and trying to keep those feelings separate from writing!! It’s been hard and sometimes I have to take a break or find a different writing space (I only have the one desk so i use it for both work and writing) to keep it not feeling like work.
Great video and loved hearing your thoughts as you work through editing! I hope to be to the editing phase later this year on my first book so really enjoying your videos!
Yay glad you’re enjoying this videos!! And yup that sounds v similar to what I’m feeling
i love making a revision checklist!! this is such an insightful look at how to look at your story from afar after drafting and what to consider before editing! good luck with revision ✨☺
Ah thank you sm Kris!! Revision checklist is def a good idea
🐉 Seeing your progress is so motivating! Congrats with how far you've come with your book so far, and enjoy Hawaii!
Thank you so much!
I love learning about other author's revision strategies, always on the lookout for something I can steal. And love a 30 min video!
Yay!! Happy to hear
watching this video is really helping encourage me with my current draft (that I have wanted to throw out the window for the past week) 😂 It's been an absolute struggle and it's always nice to see other writers going through their processes to remind me that even if it's a LOT of work, it's very possible and should be fun ✨✨ loved the video Brielle!
Aw I love this so much!!! You got this, we all hit that ✨I want to throw this book out the window✨ phase sooner or later haha.
Am currently doing a first read of a book and adding notes to it across May to start edits in June so was fun/surreal to hear you be at the same stage in the same months ☺️ good luck!!
Woahh good luck with that 🤍
Ahhh very cool that we’re at the same stage! Good luck to you too!!!
This was really fun to watch! I enjoy watching other writers and learning about the processes that they use. 🐉
Yay! Glad you enjoyed it
lol yes this was a long vlog. A very good one too 🐉
Congrats on your progress so far. I caught the beginning of you and Lynn's stream, good stuff.
Your annotations are really good, I usually jot notes in a spiral notebook may have to give annotation a shot.
Have fun in Hawaii, good luck with revisions.
PS: that map was good.
I cackled when you asked “do they have money” 😂
Love the annotating process!! Strongly recommend!! lol do they have money is the ultimate question
Finally binge watched all your videos 🐉
yay! love that.
You explaining the small imperfections in your story is making me realize I'm not alone when having those exact same issues! The only difference being I'm still writing mine haha
Yay so happy to hear that!! Yup yup it happens to us all lol
So inspiring I have save the cat book as well❤❤
The bangs look great. It’s giving Camilla Cabello. Also I do agree that having a 9 to 5, writing a book and writing scripts for RUclips videos and filming and editing, is A LOT and something will fall by the wayside inevitably and for me lately that has been the book. Anyway thanks for documenting every step. It’s helpful and entertaining. 🐉🐲
Thank you!!!! Camila cabello is the celeb I’m compared to the most lolol. An honor. But yes it can be overwhelming!! Glad you enjoy the videos.
The details you always take the time to give abt your writing process are so refreshing and motivational❤ so tysm
yay! love to hear that :)
I love these vlogs, they’re so inspiring 🐉🐉🐉
Yay!! 🐉
Thank you so much for this video. I’m right now trying to start edits for my hockey romance and I decided to divide my edits to things I need to add, revise and delete and I feel it gives so much clearity for me 🐉
Ooh that’s a great idea!
I made it to the end!
🐉 this vlog was a treat, so motivating! You made me want to get back to work and I really needed that! Thanks ✨
Aw yay!! So glad it was motivating!!
I love this longer vlog!!
Yay!
Love your channel! 🐉
Thank you!$
Loved this video ❤🐉
Ikr her videos are so chill 🤎
Thanks bestie
I love your channel so much! What annotating pens do you use? They're so pretty!!
The highlighters might be Mr. Pen; not sure about the actual pens, but they probably don’t bleed through.
@@kokoro_flow thanks! I ordered some cute highlighters a few months ago but they were way too pigmented and bled right through!
Had so much fun watching you revise ur novel why I sulk that I dont even have a 0 draft XD🐉🐉
lolol
do you think with the revision that the book will become bigger in the sense of both page and word count to extend the universe
Yes I think it’ll get substantially longer! Wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up being closer to 100k words by the end of revising.
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Honest question: how’d you stay consistent and finish drafting, through womanly struggles and just general fatigue? I’ve been going through period depression (I have long, painful periods) and it’s made me stop writing for a while. But I’m also depressed over the fact that I CAN’T write and no longer have that outlet for my emotions. Did you quite literally write in your bed? Because I literally can’t sit without hurting.
Thanks for reading my little essay 🥰 and I just wanted to say that I love listening to your process 🤍 the test scenes sounds cool. I might have to try that during revisions. We love foreshadowing and connecting threads 👀👀
Hiii! I’m sorry you have to deal with that ❤ I don’t have any personal experience with that but, I think there’s nothing wrong with writing in bed! I find writing to be a nice distraction sometimes when I’m not feeling well. But be kind to yourself and don’t push it if it’s making you feel worse ❤
I don't want to diagnose you or anything, but I went through that my whole life, and by the time a gyno listened to me about it and I had surgery, I had Stage IV Endometriosis. They took everything out because it was so badly diseased from it. :( I hope that's not the case, but I've been trying to raise awareness for my girls with painful menstrual cycles. But I recommend heating pads and talking to your doctor about RX strength anti inflammatories.
@@nicolinasurel my mum had a large ovarian cyst at 16, I’m 18. It was after she had her grade 8 immunisations though, so she thinks it could’ve been a reaction to it. I didn’t get those immunisations, painful menstrual cycles run in the family.. but we don’t trust doctors nowadays. I do use heat packs and I drink anti inflammatory teas. I take pain killers if it’s that bad. I just deal with it. I’m sorry you had to deal with that btw 🤍
@@briellewrites thank you 🤍
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