My biggest writing accomplishment this year was meeting my goal of completing the first draft of my manuscript! Very exited to continue working. Love the idea of working on figurative language! 🎉🎉
When making characters never forget that, they all ride bikes differently. That's the best way to describe what makes a character different from the next. How true to their nature they remain throughout the book.
Congratulations on your published cli-fi story! It’s so good! I emailed it to myself, but I need to re-read it again! 😍 I’ve never written dark academia (yet), but as someone who writes a lot about university settings and ableism in academia, I felt that when you went on your rant about it! So relatable! Eee! I could talk about that with you all day! 😬 I’m excited for all you have accomplished in 2024! You queried and got an agent so fast! I’m just so impressed by that. 2024 things I’m proud of: attending my in-person PhD graduation, revised 3 more drafts of my PhD dissertation novel and started querying on July 1st, and taught my first longterm (six-week) writing class. 2025 goals: - Read 100 books (already on my 9th book) - Write and submit more short fiction (a goal similar to yours; already revised 2 flash fictions and 1 longer piece) - Write a new TV pilot - Get into a TV writing fellowship (can’t control this) - Be the best writing instructor I can be with my 2025 writing classes - Finish drafting and hopefully at least one revision of my YA gothic horror novel - Keep querying my PhD dissertation novel to give it its best chance at literary agent representation - Create an author/screenwriter website - Be more proactive about advertising my sensitivity/authenticity reading services + manuscript critique services - Look into more freelance fiction editing opportunities
Thank you so much, Lara! I'm so glad that my little rant resonated lol. I've been learning a lot about ableism in academia as well (and have experienced it to some degree as a learning disabled person) and it boggles my mind how deeply ableism is rooted in these systems, and how few people are willing to do anything about it. your goals and accomplishments are incredible!! & thank you so much for your support in these videos, as always
@@LindsayPuckett ahh the news ended up dropping right after i filmed this! I was a finalist for a cli-fi contest :) so excited to continue sharing, and ofc to continue following you on your journey as well 🫶
Hope 2025 is a fruitful year for you Lynn!! 🎉 (side note I actually really enjoyed your short story video so if u make another one I will be seated 🫡🫡) I think my biggest achievement for 2024 was writing a short story for the first time! It truly came out of nowhere like 3 days before the year ended hahahah
my biggest writing accomplishments last year were: 1) getting back into writing again and starting my novel draft 2) reaching 38.2k words in said draft and 3) my first published piece on an online youth zine! This year my biggest writing goal is finish my novel draft and begin edits. I hope to keep publishing in small zines and magazines throughout the year as well! Excited to see what you do this year Lynn!
2024: The year I actually started writing more consistently again. (I find it really hard for fiction during the semester). I hit 25k on my WIP, and I didn't even count the crazy amount of words I put into academic stuff. 2025: Finish draft 0 of that book, and then hopefully I get into the exchange program I'm applying to, and can get into the module on creative writing for the final project, and do a full revision (tbh its going to be a rewrite) with the guidance of a professor at a fantastic university. After that, (since the program would stretch into 2026) we'll see. But hopefully it wouldn't need much extra work before querying
2024 was awful for a lot of people (and I was one of those people), but it was my most productive writing year (~200K words) and the year where I began to take publishing seriously! Hopefully I'll get published this year, but who knows. It was also the year I got into authortube and that's kept me going. I hope everyone has a good writing year in 2025. 🎊
🥳🎊 I very much relate to having a specific and/or expansive story idea....but you just can't connect with the project anymore! 😭 I just shelve the project and hope my feelings towards it change one day lol. I know you said the rest of life was just ~bleh~, but it sounds like you had a pretty good writing year!! Can't wait to pick up Moths one day :D
it's so tough haha, i hope your feelings change too! although i also think it's a natural facet of personal and artistic growth to kind of move on from older ideas/projects. tysm for watching!
YES to weird figurative language! 🫶 🎊 I’m obsessed with the nuance and flavor that can emerge from this. I think writing and reading poetry helps to exercise this muscle.
omg sabaa tahir is my favorite author - definitely going to be checking out that skillshare!!!! Love this round up of stats and reflections, Lynn! when you said, "when im dead" 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭i cackled and i relate
@@mikwrites oh she's so excellent, after this video I went and found myself a used copy of Ember and I can't wait to reread it. Tysm for watching mik!!
Please please chat more about literary fabulism writer goals. So difficult to navigate this! Hard to find writer groups, describe the audience and find spaces where my more fabulist stuff fits in.
I just discovered your videos recently as someone getting ready to query next year, and it’s been very down to earth and encouraging. One thing I’d like to ask is what advice you have for getting connected to other writers? I want to really dive in and connect to the writing world and meet like minded creatives (writing is often quite lonely after all). So far the only tips I’ve gotten by searching online are vague, like “find a critique group” or “search on discord”. In other words, not very practical. What has been your experience in that regard?
I'm so glad to hear that. :) thank you for watching! I think everyone is a little bit different when it comes to finding a writing community that works for them, and a lot of it boils down to luck and timing. I made my first writing connections on Twitter years ago by posting about my own work while also actively seeking out and encouraging others. I still have a lot of those friendships, but I got lucky-we connected as people with similar interests and matching personalities (most of my friends are pretty laid back lol), and that came before the writing if that makes sense. There are a couple of different platforms with a similar vibe to late 2010's Twitter, like Bluesky, but I know a few authortubers run writing community oriented discords with open join links! From there, you can seek out mutual critique partners, and hopefully find at least a few folks you can connect with on a deeper level as well. I hope that helps!
2024 was pretty great for me! Certainly a big learning year of how I am not up to par yet as much as I would like to be. Definitely being more intentional with my writing this year. Even though I haven't writen a single word this year bucause I am buuuuuuuuuuurnt out but I am also trying hard to not beat myself up over that. Based on the hours of work I have its just not going to happen without killing myself. But I have potentially two betareaders for my work and I am so excited I've never had betareaders before 🥺💘
hey lynn, i would like to ask for your opinion on this. hope you'll reply 🫶🏼 my horror novel is written in third person limited - present tense. i plan on having several flashbacks for this book as it does deal with past trauma and grief. So for these particular chapters, I plan on using past tense. would this be too much/jarring for the readers? do i just need to stay consistent with present tense even with the flashbacks? thank you in advance 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I wish I had your worth ethic. Congrats on all you achieved 🎉 Yeah, use some beta readers next time...not that I'm thinking about anyone in particular😶
The first 500 people to use my link, skl.sh/lynndjung01251 will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare!
My biggest writing accomplishment this year was meeting my goal of completing the first draft of my manuscript! Very exited to continue working. Love the idea of working on figurative language! 🎉🎉
@@sammyLichen that's an amazing accomplishment, congratulations!!
@@lynndjungThank you!
When making characters never forget that, they all ride bikes differently. That's the best way to describe what makes a character different from the next. How true to their nature they remain throughout the book.
@@DanyDelacruz-u6b love this advice!
congrats on everything you learned and accomplished last year!!! i am so excited for everything that’s to come for u hehe ✨
@@KrisMF tysm kris!! This year is going to be huge for both of us 👀👀👀
it was so great to hear about all the ways you felt your writing grow this year, lynn! excited to see where you go in 2025 🎉
@@AriBPK thank you Ari!!! Here's to lots of growth in 2025 👯♀️
Congratulations on your published cli-fi story! It’s so good! I emailed it to myself, but I need to re-read it again! 😍
I’ve never written dark academia (yet), but as someone who writes a lot about university settings and ableism in academia, I felt that when you went on your rant about it! So relatable! Eee! I could talk about that with you all day! 😬
I’m excited for all you have accomplished in 2024! You queried and got an agent so fast! I’m just so impressed by that.
2024 things I’m proud of: attending my in-person PhD graduation, revised 3 more drafts of my PhD dissertation novel and started querying on July 1st, and taught my first longterm (six-week) writing class.
2025 goals:
- Read 100 books (already on my 9th book)
- Write and submit more short fiction (a goal similar to yours; already revised 2 flash fictions and 1 longer piece)
- Write a new TV pilot
- Get into a TV writing fellowship (can’t control this)
- Be the best writing instructor I can be with my 2025 writing classes
- Finish drafting and hopefully at least one revision of my YA gothic horror novel
- Keep querying my PhD dissertation novel to give it its best chance at literary agent representation
- Create an author/screenwriter website
- Be more proactive about advertising my sensitivity/authenticity reading services + manuscript critique services
- Look into more freelance fiction editing opportunities
Thank you so much, Lara! I'm so glad that my little rant resonated lol. I've been learning a lot about ableism in academia as well (and have experienced it to some degree as a learning disabled person) and it boggles my mind how deeply ableism is rooted in these systems, and how few people are willing to do anything about it.
your goals and accomplishments are incredible!! & thank you so much for your support in these videos, as always
can't wait to hear more about this exciting short story news o.o and so excited to follow your journey in 2025!
@@LindsayPuckett ahh the news ended up dropping right after i filmed this! I was a finalist for a cli-fi contest :) so excited to continue sharing, and ofc to continue following you on your journey as well 🫶
I actually enjoyed the vlog where you completed the two short stories. Would love to see another one!
Ahh congratulations you had such an amazing year!!! I’m so happy to see your progress and thanks for bringing us along :)
@@kelleyiswriting tysm kelley!! Couldn't have gotten through this year without yoo 🥹
Really loved this format! You accomplished so much this year and should be so proud. I’m excited to see what you get up to this year, Lynn! 🎉🎊
New Lynn and new Kris video, I am blessed
Ooh yay! So excited for this Lynn!
ty brielle!!
Hope 2025 is a fruitful year for you Lynn!! 🎉 (side note I actually really enjoyed your short story video so if u make another one I will be seated 🫡🫡) I think my biggest achievement for 2024 was writing a short story for the first time! It truly came out of nowhere like 3 days before the year ended hahahah
@@lydiabell7304 amazinggg ok that's all the validation I need to try again haha. The algorithm is cruel 🥲 congrats on your first short story!!!
Your accomplishments are inspiring!
@@hasanwallah7015 thank you Hasan!
what an amazing writing year lynn!! i love your introspections🎉 here’s to an even better 2025❤
my biggest writing accomplishments last year were: 1) getting back into writing again and starting my novel draft 2) reaching 38.2k words in said draft and 3) my first published piece on an online youth zine! This year my biggest writing goal is finish my novel draft and begin edits. I hope to keep publishing in small zines and magazines throughout the year as well! Excited to see what you do this year Lynn!
2024: The year I actually started writing more consistently again. (I find it really hard for fiction during the semester). I hit 25k on my WIP, and I didn't even count the crazy amount of words I put into academic stuff.
2025: Finish draft 0 of that book, and then hopefully I get into the exchange program I'm applying to, and can get into the module on creative writing for the final project, and do a full revision (tbh its going to be a rewrite) with the guidance of a professor at a fantastic university. After that, (since the program would stretch into 2026) we'll see. But hopefully it wouldn't need much extra work before querying
2024 was awful for a lot of people (and I was one of those people), but it was my most productive writing year (~200K words) and the year where I began to take publishing seriously! Hopefully I'll get published this year, but who knows. It was also the year I got into authortube and that's kept me going. I hope everyone has a good writing year in 2025. 🎊
@@foxpearlwilder haha it's so strange how that seems to be a recurring pattern for many writers. Fingers crossed that you get published this year!!
🥳🎊 I very much relate to having a specific and/or expansive story idea....but you just can't connect with the project anymore! 😭 I just shelve the project and hope my feelings towards it change one day lol. I know you said the rest of life was just ~bleh~, but it sounds like you had a pretty good writing year!! Can't wait to pick up Moths one day :D
it's so tough haha, i hope your feelings change too! although i also think it's a natural facet of personal and artistic growth to kind of move on from older ideas/projects.
tysm for watching!
YES to weird figurative language! 🫶 🎊 I’m obsessed with the nuance and flavor that can emerge from this. I think writing and reading poetry helps to exercise this muscle.
Agreed! this reminded me that I haven't truly devoured any poetry in a long time, I'll have to start reading poems again!
I also love weird figurative language to the point where agents called my unhinged smutty romcom “upmarket” lol
omg sabaa tahir is my favorite author - definitely going to be checking out that skillshare!!!! Love this round up of stats and reflections, Lynn! when you said, "when im dead" 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭i cackled and i relate
@@mikwrites oh she's so excellent, after this video I went and found myself a used copy of Ember and I can't wait to reread it. Tysm for watching mik!!
Please please chat more about literary fabulism writer goals. So difficult to navigate this! Hard to find writer groups, describe the audience and find spaces where my more fabulist stuff fits in.
I just discovered your videos recently as someone getting ready to query next year, and it’s been very down to earth and encouraging.
One thing I’d like to ask is what advice you have for getting connected to other writers? I want to really dive in and connect to the writing world and meet like minded creatives (writing is often quite lonely after all). So far the only tips I’ve gotten by searching online are vague, like “find a critique group” or “search on discord”. In other words, not very practical. What has been your experience in that regard?
I'm so glad to hear that. :) thank you for watching!
I think everyone is a little bit different when it comes to finding a writing community that works for them, and a lot of it boils down to luck and timing. I made my first writing connections on Twitter years ago by posting about my own work while also actively seeking out and encouraging others. I still have a lot of those friendships, but I got lucky-we connected as people with similar interests and matching personalities (most of my friends are pretty laid back lol), and that came before the writing if that makes sense.
There are a couple of different platforms with a similar vibe to late 2010's Twitter, like Bluesky, but I know a few authortubers run writing community oriented discords with open join links! From there, you can seek out mutual critique partners, and hopefully find at least a few folks you can connect with on a deeper level as well. I hope that helps!
2024 was pretty great for me! Certainly a big learning year of how I am not up to par yet as much as I would like to be. Definitely being more intentional with my writing this year. Even though I haven't writen a single word this year bucause I am buuuuuuuuuuurnt out but I am also trying hard to not beat myself up over that. Based on the hours of work I have its just not going to happen without killing myself.
But I have potentially two betareaders for my work and I am so excited I've never had betareaders before 🥺💘
Have you thought about doing another author writing challenge? like Brandon Sanderson or even Emily Henry or even Stephan King
yes, I have a few planned out, I just haven't been able to schedule any yet. but I'd love to do more of these!
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hey lynn, i would like to ask for your opinion on this. hope you'll reply 🫶🏼
my horror novel is written in third person limited - present tense. i plan on having several flashbacks for this book as it does deal with past trauma and grief. So for these particular chapters, I plan on using past tense. would this be too much/jarring for the readers? do i just need to stay consistent with present tense even with the flashbacks?
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I wish I had your worth ethic. Congrats on all you achieved 🎉
Yeah, use some beta readers next time...not that I'm thinking about anyone in particular😶
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