Getting Excited About My Novel Again✨💻 WRITER RESET
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- It’s been so much fun just allowing myself to focus on the joy of the process! In today’s writer reset vlog, I’m sharing the steps I’m taking to get back into my novel after a break and how I’m inviting the muse to come play!
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 New Plotting Wall
5:25 My Reset Plan
7:37 Organizing My Office
10:35 Coffee Shop Trip
14:37 Pens!
16:42 A New Day
21:37 Being Productive
25:26 Writing Time
27:35 Steps To Get Back Into A Book
35:27 Final Thoughts
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Who's joining me on the Writer Reset Journey? How are you getting back to your joy? And which project are you working on right now? Let me know in the comments!
Working on edits for book 4 and writing some newsletter cookies! This came at just the right time for me!
I am working on Where The Wicked Things Roam and I am struggling to get back into my joy simply because this book is so long and it will take such a long time.
I'm really glad to see you back in the saddle! And no judgments about when you weren't, or if your process involves setting up material things the way you like them or whatever. I really appreciate that you follow your own lead, which is how it has to be.
I accidentally unsubbed from your newsletter because I had subbed twice. But I'm getting ready to move across the country next week into a much better and less-expensive place that will free up my money to invest in researching and marketing my books.
Once I get moved, May/June will be about straightening out my first draft of my true crime book about the k*dnapping and m*rder of my best friend in high school and finding some beta readers for that. Then preparing some quizzes, games, and tests for my astrology primer and getting ready to publish that.
I will love to join your book club, count me in.
This is so encouraging. I’ve written just shy of 50,000 words. It was quick and the last 10,000 was like pulling teeth. Then, today, something clicked about where I wanted my story to go. So back to the plot board, to reread over and add in what puzzle pieces of the story were missing. This should be what I need. Scratch that, this is exactly what I need to get back to my creative flow.
Love what you did with your plot wall. Looks amazing. I always appreciate all your vulnerability in sharing your process and what you’re going through. Here’s to getting back to the flow of our stories and finishing our drafts. Thank you again! Have an amazing weekend. (((Hugs)))♥️
Way behind, started a month later than i anticipated and should be at almost 80 but am only at 40k. Not too upset believe it or not bc i'm succeeding in doing 1k per writing day, which is huge compared to my productivity in the past. My new adhd meds are definitely helping with that though. lol Very early in the game so I'm not stressing too bad lol But best of all, i'm loving every moment of it. This is such a passion of joy for me. I love writing so much.
You handled the backseat writers with far more grace than I could have. Forcing yourself is what got you here in the first place. You've shared enough of your journey that if they'd been watching they'd see that. You're trying to take back ownership of your creativity and find that love again. Whole different ballgame.
Agreed idk why they have to do that
"Backseat writers" - well said!
If the definition of being a "backseat writer" is someone who does the work rather than just talks about it then I'll happily take that.
@splufford that's not the definition at all. a backseat writer is just someone telling others how to do their writing. Sarra clearly can do the work and bust out the words. She's proven that with her backlist. She came on YT to share what she knew here and ended up with a second career and burnout. People attack her coping mechanisms, and I get that a lot of people genuinely want to see her actually get her words in. But she's trying to reinvigorate the spark - to reignite the passion for writing.
She clearly has discipline, as seen in all the work she puts into her classes. People are so ready to pounce on her, and I just don't understand. If she didn't have any books out, I'd understand better, I guess. It seems to me that she reached Hella Burn Out and is trying to get back to her craft.
That is what I am trying to get back to because trying to force myself never works. ADHD Brain here so I need the fun and the dopamine.
I'm not a writer, but I'll be following your journey because much of what you talk about can be transferred to anything we do in life. How we approach any project is a choice. Getting re-familiar is so key to restarting any project. 💖🌞🌵😷
Thanks so much for following Suzi!
Hey, Sarra! I have an idea for your flashback scenes, how to mark them so that you can move them easily and signal them as flashbacks on your plotting board: use a string on command hooks for each act, with clothespins so you can easily move them. You can use coloured pins, too, to mark whose flashback is, if necessary. I rarely comment on videos though I watch yours, but I felt compelled to write this. I hope it helps!
I think that some of the appeal of your writer videos for me is that you are so much about the sensory process of writing, which really appeals to my neurodivergance. When you're neurospicy, often you CAN'T force yourself to work. Making it a pleasure from a sensory standpoint--adding stimulation through texture, color, visual plotting displays--helps stir up those brain chemicals which helps us to write or create in general.
I love this so much. Getting on the floor last night with some index cards stirred things up for me, and I'm loving it!
Had to laugh at Evie saying the trip would be for cookies😂 and I love that you wear a button with his picture. I remember when I used to play, some parents liked to get a shirt for themselves with the kids name to wear for game days
So inspiring! Just an idea - the bookclub for a craft book would make fantastic RUclips content! I'd definitely enjoy that as a youtube livestream or something :)
She's a smart girl! She knows exactly what she wants. Now I want cookies! Thank you for helping refresh the love of writing!
I have so much respect for people that write mysteries! You basically have to write two stories for each novel. The one that will actually be read, and the one that caused the mystery in the first place. I could not even begin to figure out how to write something so complicated. lol
we don't wear pictures, but I've seen moms wear their kid's number on a hockey jersey. Thank you for this, Sarra. I really need it.
Hello there!
I am a homeschooling mother with five kiddos. I’ve participated in Nanowrimo six times (winning three of those 🙌🏻).
I just wanted to say that your videos are such an encouragement to me! I currently have four messy MESSY manuscripts that I’ve been playing with over years…
I’m hoping to get back into writing this summer and actually finish something. Your process of planning is very much my style and I love to hear you talk about your life as a busy mom! Makes me know that I CAN do it! ❤️
Anyways, blessings to you and yours!
I actually discovered I am happier working one project start to finish instead of being in different parts of the process of two at once. My plan was to finish the draft of book two in a series while editing, getting cover art, etc of book one. It was all such a stressful self imposed mess I decided to go start to finish. Then I can freely pick up the next book and finish it.
Our marching band does buttons of the kids with the show theme - parents wear them all the time! :) Hope you made it through the storms last week without issue. I was in Dallas at the VEX Worlds Championship for High School. Hope to be back next year, too! :) (Boy - that was a long week. The Convention center is huge!)
I do not understand why certain people always want to attack you. You give of your whole self. I myself, like pens, colors; whatever makes me happy and allows me to be creative. For those who do not, then just have nothing to say to Sarra. She is a wonderful human being. Sarra, you actually give to much of yourself. In any case, I love and appreciate all that you do. Keep doing what works for you...that is all that really matters.
I am probably just too sensitive to it, so it always stands out to me! I'm going to try to be less so, but it's not easy. And to be honest, I don't understand it either! I don't feel I'm sharing anything particularly controversial here. Just hey, let's figure out how to bring joy to the process. I don't know! But thank you so much for being here and supporting!
1:08 Your new plotting wall may be the inspiration I need to get back to work. My brain likes that horizontal progression.
I hope it is! There's something about switching it up this way that's working for me!
YES!!! You gather your tools, lean into YOUR process, re-set, re-boot and EMBRACE your journey to joy. Many just aren't wired that way -- But, This writer is with you!! Wear all the hats, tackle all the messes... You INSPIRE like hot organized madness!! xoxo
OMG! the player buttons are 100% a thing in Texas as well! I went to HS in San Antonio and it was HUGE. Also t-shirts with their kids pic on them, which is funny. I'm loving these writer reset videos. It's helping me get my own momentum going again. I always struggle a little bit after finishing a big project. I take a short break, which I think I need, but then it's hard to jump back into something new. So thanks for these!
Yes! Ga baseball mom here, totally wore the buttons, and the team shirts with my player name and number and still ( nearly 20 yrs later) have the magnets on the fridge. Precious memories
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Sarra, I’m at the same place you are: rereading my story so I can get into it, make the necessary edits and finish it. I, too, am taking chapter by chapter notes, which I wish I had done as I was writing it.
I’ve been away from my story for a year because I tried to force myself to write when I didn’t have a clear vision, and I wasn’t enjoying it. I thought, like your critics say, “just sit down and write already!” That was a mistake. It came through in the writing, and it also wound up burning me out. I’m just getting back to my writing now, looking for inspiration and joy. Everybody needs different things, but if you’re not enjoying the process, the product will suffer.
Wishing you the best as you get back to enjoying the process!
A buffet of pens!! I love it!!!!
People who write "get your backside in the seat and write" comments are probably the same people who make "I've never had creative block" RUclips videos. (And, when they inevitably do get creative block, go radio silent for two years because they are unaware of how to work through it.)
It's one thing to be a new author who struggles to find their confidence in the unknown. It's entirely different to be a successful author who struggles to find their voice again. Not many people are willing to be so vulnerable to the public. So thank you!
Thank you for having the courage to document and publish videos on your struggles with the creative process! You're amazing! You're helping people with your journey. :)
I’m from Georgia, and everybody wore sports buttons for their kids! I don’t think it’s weird at all.❤️
13:44 ❤❤❤ as someone whose father was a narcissistic Drill Sergeant (eventually Command Sergeant Major, but really we felt he was always a Drill Sgt), I simply don’t respond well to the “put your butt in the chair” philosophy. I’m far more likely to waste my time on unrelated tasks. If I’m allowed to follow my own process, even as I’m learning what works best, then I’ll RUN to that chair or start writing on anything handy! When I’m ready. And I have ideas and scenes for several books in my series…always keep paper handy!
I love watching your process! I wish I had it in me to make the process so beautiful. I just have three open Word docs, one for the draft, one for outline, one for notes, all set to dark mode.
Watching your process is both beautiful and also comforting in a way.
Yes! For the buttons, I'm from Texas though and "kid" sports is a big thing, so wear that button.
I'm definitely doing the writer reset with you and I just discovered I write way more when I'm away from my home office. Coffee shops, public library, and even onsite work meetings are super productive to me. I think (maybe) it could have to do less distractions in a public place.
I’m getting back into my story after not feeling it while I was pregnant. It’s been over a year since I *really* wrote in it, and getting back into it has been a very slow build up. Something that has helped for me is to find people with similar goals as I do, so your reset videos are *perfect*!
Every time I hear you talk about this book not only can I hear your love of it but I also cannot wait to read it! I am not a writer but watch your videos to help and keep me motivated through some tough times. Thank you for everything of yourself you give to us! You got this!!! ❤
You are not the only one! We had buttons and shirts when my kiddo played baseball!
We do it in Pennsylvania! And it's really common, yeah, everyone buys them. They did it when I was a kid too!
I love how people are telling YOU how YOU should write, and/or the validity of your process. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 Loved this one, Sarra! (Related: that coffee shop looks so wonderful to spend time in!)
It's a very strange thing, honestly. We all have different ways of doing things, but it's not about right or wrong. It's just what works for you. And yes, the coffee shop is such a nice vibe to it!
I will be starting all the stuff soon. We bought a house on the 20th so right now I'm working on making the office (crafty crap room really) pretty quickly.....For the moment I need the walls painted where my desk will be, I need to get ALL my stuff out of the old house and into this one.
I have so much to do and getting out of the shell we lived in and into a house that is OURS and I can make look good is so nice.
Once that is set up I'll work on writing again, I miss it.
Sad to hear that others critique when it’s not their journey. You continue to do what works for you Sarra. Your true followers and fan will stick around the ride no matter what. Thank you for sharing so openly, this give encouragement to those like me who want to make this their dream job. You are loved and appreciated.
Do what makes you happy. The haters are sad people belo2 your notice.
I appreciate your discussion about finding the love and spark again. I got derailed by a business trip and need to get back to my routine
Get it, babe! I really enjoy watching how other authors tackle their projects and I never know when something of their process might work for me, in some way. But even aside from that, it feels inspiring to watch someone take on all the bumps of writing a book. Writing can be lonely. For me, stuff like this feels like community. I'm currently working on an arranged marriage fantasy romance. Medieval setting. Rebecca vibes.
Book rec: From Where You Dream by Robert Olen Butler. It describes exactly what you are saying about dreaming and finding yourself day dreaming about the story. May be a good inspo book. I’m halfway through now.
Oh thank you so much Gina!
Our oldest ran XC in high school in the PNW. My husband made t-shirts. She wasn't one of the top runners, but we were proud of her. :) I think we also had buttons.
Many years ago, when my son played baseball in Michigan, several parents, including me, wore buttons. You can start the trend in Texas 😊
Yes we do wear buttons in SC! You’re a great Mom! 💓💓💓
Thank you for sharing!
I love the writer reset. I need this. I wrote my first draft in 2020. My life turned up and down and sideways. So, my manuscript was put on back burner. So many things you said resonated with me. ❤
Yes, your approach to writing is a choice, but I've also found that my energy level has a lot to do with it. If I'm full of calm energy I can fix anything and be totally positive. If I'm tired or my pain level is high, it's so easy to go down that negative rabbit hole. So whenever I get negative, I take a break. That makes all the difference in the world! 💖🌞🌵😷
So wise!
I agree! Discipline for me has turned me off from my writing! Time to turn on the joy!💟
This is gold. Thank you for sharing! I struggle with anxiety and overwhelm with my writing, and this approach of cultivating joy and enticing yourself is just so appealing! I am usually very serious and a deep thinker . . . But i can really see how feeding the side of me that loves tangible postits and notecards and pens and playing with story questions could really help. Thank you so much for this!
Loved you talking through the decision to untangle a fun storyline rather than let it get dusty in a box. Helped me immensely on my own dilemma about an old favourite character. Thank you ❤
I'm here for all of it, the process, the stickies, the markers, the color coding, all of the visuals that help with this process. I love what R.M. Galardo below said about backseat writers. For some of us it takes a few additional steps to get the butt in the chair--we're all different. I could maybe see the criticism if you'd never published a novel and spent the last 10 years doing prep work. Anyway, so glad to see your joy and be along on your journey! Thanks for sharing.
That is such a loving thing to do for him, He may be embarrassed but it also lets him know that you love him and are proud of him. (a heart touching moment ) also a memory builder. For when he looks back and can say "my mom loved me "!!!!!
This was really inspirational. Thank you for talking through your process and sharing what you do and what works for you. It sucks that you got such negativity your way about your reset method. You've given me great ideas. So thank you again for helping to get me past my block.
Photo buttons are a thing in the small town in Wisconsin where I live. Parents, grandparents... they're everywhere!
People need to love not judge. ❤❤❤ You’re doing great!
I grew up in Jackson Michigan and sport parents always wore their buttons to games…and to Kroger, lol.
Oh good!!!
Sent the WIP off to my editor today!!! I feel so good.
Amazing, congrats!
this camp has been one of my worst and best camps i’ve ever done. i didn’t write for a full week but now i’m writing over 1,000 words a day and almost completely caught up. i definitely relate a lot to your struggle and trying to get back into a creative project. thanks again for being my authortube inspiration!
I had my novel professionally edited back in January. I have felt so overwhelmed by edits that I tabled it. This video inspired my to start fixing it. That switch in mindset is everything!!! Thank you once again for bringing me back to my writing!!!!
This series is gonna be my favorite. I can feel the motivation already!
Yay 🎉 Enjoy the process and the story unfolding.. You're an amazing storyteller, and your readers can feel the joy and passion you put into the books you write ✍️
Hi Sarra, I am not a writer but I love your positive energy and focus. You are amazing and I am so happy for you that you got your joy back. Thanks for sharing.❤😊
Thank you for being such a ray of LIGHT & JOY in this crazy author journey
Yes My brother played different sports growing up and my mom wore his to his games as well absolutely enjoyed this video seen it many times already so motivating fixed my cricut machine while watching this 🥰
Love it!
I love how beautiful you make everything! Sorry to hear people just don’t get that! Nothing better and inspiring than being surrounded by things you love 💕
Much gratitude to you Sarra and the HB community!! I finally got back in my groove this week and owe the inspiration to you!! This video and all the ones before and yet to come are such gifts to the writing community! 💕💐
So happy to hear this!!! Way to go!!
This was inspirational; it helps to see a process that results in finished books but detours through creative organization.
I’m rewriting a a novel I wrote back in 2021. The essence of it is the same. Its a novel I’m writing for coursera: Write your first novel.
Your writer reset helped me to solidify the things that has being going wrong with my writing. I hope to use this video to help me go back into a previous novel i wrote called Ragnarok. I drafted it by hand and finished 160 pages out of a 160 page notebook.
Sarra, your "Writer Reset" is what YOU need to do for YOU. Anyone that contests your process fails to understand that we are all on a journey...whatever works for you is all that matters. Loving this series. Cheers.
I am really excited about this story . Lol and enjoying your process it is refreshing to have a joyful prospective instead of the you gotta sit and write teaching.
To your question about the buttons which is super cute by the way. I am in Florida and football is a big thing. We don't do buttons however lol you will see tons of families with shirts. 😂 everyone wears their kids face or number. Sometimes they even say things like Jordan's mom dad sister grandma aunt EVERYONE gets a shirt 😂l😂😂😂 even cheer moms and dads and family members. It is fun and the kids pretend like it's too much but deep down they feel loved. 😂😂😂
I loved this and it was so well timed for me! You getting unstuck has given me a boost to do the same 🥳 Your videos give me such joy 😍
First of all, buttons. In East Texas, I haven’t seen buttons but I sure do see a lot of shirts. So I don’t see where a button would stand out as odd. Do you boo! Secondly, I applaud your effort. You have spent an enormous amount of time in your courses. That in itself is a full time job. The brain needs to get empty and a little bored to day dream. I’m glad you have gotten to the point where you can empty the mind of all of that and just focus on the what you really want to write. I think it’s awesome and I’m rooting for you.
love your content and just how happy and comfy it always makes me feel, along with the great writing motivation!!! Thank you for all you do~
Thanks so much for watching!
Love your determination to find your writing passion again. You got this!
I used to get those photo buttons when my boys played baseball. Rock the button!
I’m very excited for this book! That plotting wall is such a great idea! 😊
I had an older project. It was a nightmare to get back into. Because there was a lot of issues and I gave up. Looking at this video ignited my passion to keep going.
I totally agree with you the pens stickys and whatever else it takes do bring the joy such simple items for me help the motivation so much more than forcing myself into the chair. I will be so much more productive with my "friends" around LOL
You really made me excite to jump back into my writing.
I definitely needed this! Although my story has been on the back burner for about 4 months, I'm having such a hard time getting back into it. I'm about 12K into it and am just not feeling the joy of writing it anymore.
I think having that picture pin is great! I know already that I'm going to be that mom who cheers and screams my kids' names at every game one day. Lol. I was the cheer pep leader in my high school days. 😂❤
Sarra! Thank you! It is So Helpful to see your process, makes me feel less alone in mine! ❤
You're a rockstar! You've got this! 😊
This is my favourite video of yours yet! I loved seeing the beginning of your second draft process. I'm nearly finished with my first ever rough draft and the visual guide of what to do next was great for me. Thank you for bravely showing us your unfinished manuscript!
These writer reset videos are so inspirational, and I'm so happy to see you enjoying the process of getting back into your writing! I'll be in your night owl sprints tonight, and hope to be super productive. No, scratch that, I will be productive :)
Loved this video so much, your joy is contagious, thank you for cultivating it and sharing it with us 💖
Idea: read some of the fan criticisms of Pretty Little Liars. It sounds like a similar concept. There were some plot holes and poorly done tropes that fans were not happy about. You could use that as a way to get inspired. Like market research. You can see what fans wanted and didn't get and fill that gap. I don't recommend reading the series or watching the show though (to avoid accidentally contaminating your own work).
Thank you so much for treating us like we have something to contribute. I struggled with that for years!!
I am doing a writer's reset along with you. I wait impatiently for your videos. Getting in the supplies and making my writing area pretty, is really getting me excited and eager to pick up my book and start again.
I am having the same issue. This helps me deeply. Thank you so much for this. ❤
It hurt my heart to see that you had criticism on your writing reset. As a person who worked SUPER hard to find the JOY in writing again, I felt your struggle all the way to my soul. I'm with you on this reset. You handled their comments with grace and kindness as always.
I am looking forward to seeing how your journey continues. Good luck! You're doing GREAT!
You are so inspirational.
That's really interesting with the time line and wall realignment - that's made me think of something with my old story I am trying to resuscitate :)
Love this video!
Ahhhh yesssss Vanessa book!
I'm also going through edits and rewrites. Your comment about mindset really resonated with me because this is my first book and I keep putting all this pressure on myself, so I tend to approach edits with not the best attitude. Definitely going to try to actively change my mindset before each session.
Good timing for me needing a writer reset right now.
So excited for the book club! I always buy the buttons and never remember to wear them 🙂
I'm sure you will get lots of writing done!!
Where I grew up the moms totally wore buttons!
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I love the button idea. It wasn't something done in NC, that I know of, when I was playing.
Ignore all those people I reset my writing too and some of it was getting some new notebooks and planners.
I do not want to read the work of someone who 1. Does not have the same passion and joy like you do. Their work could be blah. 2. Have the nerve to comment negatively. If you don’t have a positive, healthy mindset I don’t want to read words that come out of your mind onto paper. 😊 love this channel!
Between your videos about Q1 being off but not giving up, playing with some kanban style planning in my daily workbook in the fall, knowing about camp NaNoWriMo even though I didn't sign up, and experimenting with daily writing sprints for the first time ever this month, since April 2 I've written 43K words on a non-age-specific fable that I've been thinking about since last summer. When I started returning to the characters and the story later in the day when I was at work or something was exciting and reminds me of your first reset video and wanting to get back to living with the story. I know there are other influences, plus my effort of course, but just wanted to say a heartfelt thanks Sarra for your part in what I've accomplished in April.
My joy is collecting and reading books on the writing craft and hardback fiction books I love with beautiful artwork on jackets and covers. We’ve all got our thing. 😍☺️💜
It's so good to have you back to planning again, Sarra. I wish you much happiness in your journey with The disappearance of Vanessa Shaw. I also can't wait to read it!