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Liselle Sambury
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Hello! I'm Liselle Sambury (she/her), a 2021 debut author. As someone who has gone on the long journey to traditional publishing, I'm VERY familiar with the ups and downs of the process, this #authortube channel is about helping other writers with writing advice, writing tips, publishing tips, querying advice, and the list goes on and on. As well as the sharing some personal stories from my own writing journey.
My novels include Blood Like Magic, Blood Like Fate, Delicious Monsters, Tender Beasts, A Mastery of Monsters and more. For information, buy links, or to contact me about media inquires and/or my media kit, please visit my website.
My novels include Blood Like Magic, Blood Like Fate, Delicious Monsters, Tender Beasts, A Mastery of Monsters and more. For information, buy links, or to contact me about media inquires and/or my media kit, please visit my website.
Drafting Series Compilation: Days 15 - 18
This is a compilation of days 15 -18 of a series I’m doing on TikTok where I update you as I write the second book in my new YA dark academia fantasy trilogy whose first book, A Mastery of Monsters, comes out Summer of 2025.
If you prefer to follow the series in real time on TikTok you can follow me here (playlist is at the top of my profile page): htttps://tiktok.com/@lisellesambury
Otherwise, check out the playlist for the series on CZcams here: czcams.com/play/PL0W2VBaFFFrkAhxe1bbMnlLbPtyTiPxaY.html
And please add A Mastery of Monsters to your Goodreads here: A Mastery of Monsters: www.goodreads.com/book/show/198374537-a-mastery-of-monsters
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
1:55 Compilation
📗 BUY MY BOOKS
lisellesambury.ca/books/
📗 ADD MY BOOKS ON GOODREADS
Blood Like Magic: www.goodreads.com/book/show/52305778-blood-like-magic
Blood Like Fate: www.goodreads.com/book/show/52305972-blood-like-fate
Delicious Monsters: www.goodreads.com/book/show/61273084-delicious-monsters
Tender Beasts: www.goodreads.com/book/show/176530010-tender-beasts
A Mastery of Monsters: www.goodreads.com/book/show/198374537-a-mastery-of-monsters
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EVERY CHILD MATTERS
Please consider donating to the Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society, and educating yourself about the experiences of Survivors and their families and communities so we can help foster truth and reconciliation
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🎶 MUSIC CREDITS
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📹 EQUIPMENT I USE
Camera: Sony ZV1F, DJI Osmo Pocket, iPhone 13 Pro Max
Editing: Premiere Pro CC
If you prefer to follow the series in real time on TikTok you can follow me here (playlist is at the top of my profile page): htttps://tiktok.com/@lisellesambury
Otherwise, check out the playlist for the series on CZcams here: czcams.com/play/PL0W2VBaFFFrkAhxe1bbMnlLbPtyTiPxaY.html
And please add A Mastery of Monsters to your Goodreads here: A Mastery of Monsters: www.goodreads.com/book/show/198374537-a-mastery-of-monsters
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
1:55 Compilation
📗 BUY MY BOOKS
lisellesambury.ca/books/
📗 ADD MY BOOKS ON GOODREADS
Blood Like Magic: www.goodreads.com/book/show/52305778-blood-like-magic
Blood Like Fate: www.goodreads.com/book/show/52305972-blood-like-fate
Delicious Monsters: www.goodreads.com/book/show/61273084-delicious-monsters
Tender Beasts: www.goodreads.com/book/show/176530010-tender-beasts
A Mastery of Monsters: www.goodreads.com/book/show/198374537-a-mastery-of-monsters
FREE PALESTINE - DEMAND A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE
Gaza Awareness post featuring accounts to follow, content hubs, and more: pCySCPAprJ9M/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
This video is a great overview: reelCy0xr23rszq/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
This same creator has other great videos to learn more: sbeih.jpg
Contact representatives in Canada: act.newmode.net/action/islamic-relief-canada/canada-call-immediate-humanitarian-corridor-gaza
Contact representatives in the US: actionnetwork.org/letters/urgent-stop-the-genocidal-bombing-of-gaza?source=mc_email
EVERY CHILD MATTERS
Please consider donating to the Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society, and educating yourself about the experiences of Survivors and their families and communities so we can help foster truth and reconciliation
www.irsss.ca/home
nctr.ca/
STOPASIANHATE
anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/
✊🏾 BLACK LIVES STILL MATTER
blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
blacklivesmattercanada.carrd.co/
#Authortube #DraftingSeries
✨ CONNECT WITH ME ON SOCIAL
lisellesambury.ca
lisellesambury
lisellesambury
www.goodreads.com/lisellesambury
www.tiktok.com/@lisellesambury
🎶 MUSIC CREDITS
Music by 8thDimensions - Shining - thmatc.co/?l=2579F04F
📹 EQUIPMENT I USE
Camera: Sony ZV1F, DJI Osmo Pocket, iPhone 13 Pro Max
Editing: Premiere Pro CC
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Writing Vlog: Writing After a Medical Emergency...
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This month I start work on drafting the second book in my new YA dark academia fantasy trilogy whose first book A Mastery of Monsters comes out summer 2025. Though it's interrupted by an unexpected medical emergency showing that basically anything can end up derailing carefully laid plans. Timestamps 🎥 VIDEOS I MENTIONED Playlist for the Drafting Series I Mentioned (I decided to post compilatio...
Drafting Series Compilation: Days 10 - 14
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This is a compilation of days 10 -14 of a series I’m doing on TikTok where I update you as I write the second book in my new YA dark academia fantasy trilogy whose first book, A Mastery of Monsters, comes out Summer of 2025. If you prefer to follow the series in real time on TikTok you can follow me here (playlist is at the top of my profile page): htttps://tiktok.com/@lisellesambury Otherwise,...
Drafting Series Compilation: Days 5 - 9
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This is a compilation of days 5-9 of a series I’m doing on TikTok where I update you as I write the second book in my new YA dark academia fantasy trilogy whose first book, A Mastery of Monsters, comes out Summer of 2025. If you prefer to follow the series in real time on TikTok you can follow me here (playlist is at the top of my profile page): htttps://tiktok.com/@lisellesambury Otherwise, ch...
How to Outline a Novel Using Plottr
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I share how I outline/plot my novels using the Plottr software. This method I outlined in a FOLD workshop previously, and decided to do a dedicated video showing the whole process specifically using Plottr. If you attended that workshop, I have updated some things since then which I include in this video. *IMPORTANT NOTE: since I filmed this, Plottr has changed their pricing so the pricing I me...
Drafting Series Compilation: Days 1 - 4
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This is a compilation of days 1-4 of a series I’m doing on TikTok where I update you as I write the second book in my new YA dark academia fantasy trilogy whose first book, A Mastery of Monsters, comes out Summer of 2025. If you prefer to follow the series in real time on TikTok you can follow me here (playlist is at the top of my profile page): htttps://tiktok.com/@lisellesambury Otherwise, ch...
Writing Vlog: Working Through Summer Malaise to Plot & Submission Updates
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Sharing my July vlog where I continue to work through the summer malaise to get the sequel to A Mastery of Monsters plotted. I also celebrate my adult thriller going out on submission and share how this round of sub is going to be a little different on my channel. 📘 BOOKS I MENTIONED Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven: www.goodreads.com/book/show/28695606-fantasticland?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=1h8...
2024 Mid-Year Writing Projects Update
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I update you on everything I've been working on so far this year as well as what writing projects I plan to work on for the rest of the year Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 00:55 Ongoing Projects 13:03 New in 2024 Projects 25:53 Reflection 🎥 VIDEOS I MENTIONED 2024 Writing Projects Update & Future Plans: czcams.com/video/Hr-IvDOR8mo/video.html 📗 BUY MY BOOKS lisellesambury.ca/books/ 📗 ADD MY BOOK...
Writing Vlog: Being an Author When You Don't Feel Like Writing
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Join me during my june writing month where I do some last minute edits on my adult thriller and attempt to work on the second book in my dark academia trilogy despite not feeling like writing. 🎥 VIDEOS I MENTIONED Writing Craft: How to Create Compelling Characters: czcams.com/video/eIFyT7dYbBM/video.html Writing Vlog: I Read 12 Thrillers in 16 Days to Help Me Write One: czcams.com/video/n-QGz_V...
Revisiting My Failures...
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I take a stroll down memory lane and share the details of every book project that I've shelved, what the story was about, why I shelved it, and if I have any future plans for it. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 02:07 The Pack, YA contemporary fantasy 07:32 The Light Witch, YA portal fantasy 11:39 The Infinite Blue, YA space opera 18:06 Not the Chosen One, YA high fantasy 25:39 Monster in the Mirr...
Writing Vlog: Anime North, Unexpected Edits & Sequel Planning
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This month I work on copyedits for my YA dark academia while doing some rough series planning, and get some news about my adult thriller WIP. 📘 BOOKS I MENTIONED No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall: www.goodreads.com/book/show/127305892-no-one-can-know?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=wPNF0xLb16&rank=1 Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley: www.goodreads.com/book/show/18630542-seconds?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_7 The...
Save the Cat Deep Dive: Full Beat Sheet Example
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In this finale of the Save the Cat Deep Dive series, I share an example of a fully completed beat sheet the way I would construct one for a story, and provide commentary on what I make the choices that I do. As I said in the video, I recommend that before watching this video you: 1. Read the original Save the Cat story structure. This could be Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody (which...
Writing Vlog: I Read 12 Thrillers in 16 Days to Help Me Write One [CC]
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Starting out a stressful April, in the middle of the month I decide to do a little experiment reading thriller novels to help me with revising my adult thriller project, plus share a very fun project update! 💻 CZcamsRS I MENTIONED @ShayWithThaHobbies 📘 BOOKS I MENTIONED The Perfect Son by Freida McFadden: www.goodreads.com/book/show/52616342-the-perfect-son?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=RsolnN6VWO&...
Are Preorder Campaigns Worth It? [CC]
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I go over my experience of doing my first preorder campaign for my YA psychological thriller/horror Tender Beasts including if I would recommend doing it, what did and didn't work for me, and if I would do it again. Timestamps 00:00 - 03:09 Introduction 03:09 - 08:06 Goals 08:06 - 10:58 Stats 10:58 - 16:30 Mistakes & Fumbles 16:30 - 21:47 Positive Outcomes 21:47 - 27:26 Tips & Tricks 27:26 - 31...
Writing Vlog: Big Author Travel Month - Toronto, Houston, and New Orleans [CC]
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Join me for a bit of whirlwind month where I do author events in both Toronto and Houston, and then finish with a writing retreat in New Orleans. 🎥 VIDEOS I MENTIONED 2024 Writing Projects Update & Future Plans: czcams.com/video/Hr-IvDOR8mo/video.html 💻 CZcamsRS I MENTIONED @LauraWrites @gingerreadslainey @LindsayPuckett @Kevlandia @rachelwritesbooks @KrisMF 📘 BOOKS I MENTIONED The Poisons We D...
How I Create Content to Promote My Books [CC]
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How I Create Content to Promote My Books [CC]
Writing Vlog: A Chaotic Launch Month [CC]
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Writing Vlog: A Chaotic Launch Month [CC]
Tender Beasts is Out Now! Highs, Lows, and More [CC]
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Tender Beasts is Out Now! Highs, Lows, and More [CC]
Writing Vlog: Reorganizing my Life and Bookshelves [CC]
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Writing Vlog: Reorganizing my Life and Bookshelves [CC]
My Books as a TV Show?! Selling my Option [CC]
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My Books as a TV Show?! Selling my Option [CC]
Plottr Update: Is This the Best Plotting Program??? [CC]
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Plottr Update: Is This the Best Plotting Program??? [CC]
How I Make Money as a Full-Time Author (2023 Edition) [CC]
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How I Make Money as a Full-Time Author (2023 Edition) [CC]
2024 Writing Projects Update & Future Plans [CC]
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2024 Writing Projects Update & Future Plans [CC]
Save the Cat Deep Dive: Finale & Final Image [CC]
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Save the Cat Deep Dive: Finale & Final Image [CC]
Writing Vlog: A Strong End to the Year? [CC]
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Writing Vlog: A Strong End to the Year? [CC]
How I Plan Marketing for My Books [CC]
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How I Plan Marketing for My Books [CC]
Writing Vlog: When It's Time to Stop... [CC]
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Writing Vlog: When It's Time to Stop... [CC]
Save the Cat Deep Dive: Dark Night of the Soul [CC]
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Save the Cat Deep Dive: Dark Night of the Soul [CC]
Writing Vlog: Taking Risks as an Author (Literally) [CC]
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Writing Vlog: Taking Risks as an Author (Literally) [CC]
Jeezus that sounds scary! It legitimately took me 2 years to adjust my american brain to socialized healthcare and now I call them up WAY more than I have ever used the US system
I’m so glad you’re okay! That sounds really scary! Hope you continue to be okay. 💜 Thanks for the chat about rejection! It never ends, does it? I went through a pretty bad depression at the end of August/very beginning of September because of rejections. I’m querying my PhD dissertation novel, also sending multiple short story submissions, and have been getting rejected from those, job rejections, fiction contest rejections, screenwriting fellowship rejections (I’m also a screenwriter), and rejected from a paying disability policy fellowship. It’s so much! I also got rejected from another opportunity to be in a traditionally published anthology again, but at least I wrote that short story and I tried! If I was just getting querying rejections, I don’t think it would bother me as much, but as I’m getting rejections from most things in multiple formats/genres/categories, it definitely is starting to get to me! Hopefully I’ll get something soon! I’m still waiting on a few more opportunities. Thank you again for the pep talk! 🥰 Wishing you all the best with the drafting of the second book in the MASTERY OF MONSTERS trilogy! So excited for it! 🎉
Thank you!! And Urg that is really hard to deal with rejection when you’re submitting to all those things. I get how that would be so hard. They can pile up. It’s like getting bad news all at once. It’s never a fun time and I hope you’ll get some good news soon
i love these. they're so encouraging when I'm working on my own draft ❤
I’m so glad!!
As a thriller gurl, you had me when you said you were working on a thriller!!! I've set a reminder on my calendar to remind me to check every few months .... this is so exciting!!!!
I’m excited about it! Hoping that it’ll find a publisher 🤞🏾
That's so scary! I'm so glad you recognized the emergency. It doesn't have to be our business but I appreciate that you did as it's a good reminder for those using BC to be aware of possible side effects.
Yeah I’m glad everything was okay in the end. And yeah definitely hope that helps others in being aware that those side effects can become very real
So scary!! I'm really glad you're okay!
Thank you!!
Hey Man , really nice video ! I was wondering if I could help you with more Quality Editing in your videos and also make a highly engaging Thumbnail and also help you with the overall youtube strategy and growth ! Pls let me know what do you think ?
Hi! I’m all good for help. I just do these videos for fun and to help people out. I’m not really looking to invest money in the form of assistance. Thanks though
I'm glad you're okay and thank you for sharing! Definitely scary, but it's good you were aware of your body's changes. Congrats on your momentum as you continue working on the book. It's so interesting to remember those moments when we forget how to write and feel stuck, scared, or lost. And then in a different week how we can be so engrossed in a world and story we are creating and having fun with it.
Thank you!! And yeah I will be paying more attention to my body and trusting my instincts more for sure. And it’s so true the way you can have such ups and downs with a story. It’s part of why I like doing these vlogs because one the journey is over it’s so easy to forget a lot of that. Or at least it is for me. So it’s nice to have this record
@@LiselleSambury I agree. Something to look back on to remember the journey. Though I haven't rewatched any of my videos much, but I look forward to doing so.
Just found your channel and subbed! I write in the thriller genre, and I am in the process of revising what I *hope* will be my debut novel! Love your vibes and energy and I am excited to start following your journey!! I am so sorry about your medical scare, but I am glad that they were able to get to the bottom of it and that you are ok! Sending you all of the healing vibes!
Thank you and thanks so much for subscribing! Also that’s so cool, I love thrillers. Wishing you the best with yours!
OMG Liselle, I'm so glad you're okay! Another great vlog! I'm loving following your progress on this book!
Thank you! And yay happy you’re liking watching the journey ☺️ I’m loving sharing this series
Oh my god that's so scary! I'm so glad you're ok!
Thank you!!
NEW SUBSCRIBER!! I'm so glad you're feeling and doing better. I hope you continue to get better. Thx for all of your videos; they're very insightful. Much continued success on your books!
Thanks so much for subscribing!! And I’m happy you’re enjoying the videos ☺️
i really appreciate your vulnerability in relation to being on submission. Rejection can make you doubt yourself in ways that make me recoil from publishing sometimes. Best of luck!!
Yeah, I usually am very tight lipped about sub but I realized there’s no real reason to be? And so I hoped it would be helpful to people to see the journey because wow it IS a journey. I totally get it being a turn off with publishing because rejection can be so gruelling
So sorry that that happened to you! I'm glad that you're doing better. Ah, I want to see the art you commissioned! Can't wait.
Thank you!! And omg I can’t wait to show it off once I figure out what I’m doing with it haha
So glad to hear that your doing Okay Liselle! Please be cautious with having had a Pulmonary Embolism that may increase your risk in older age of stroke. I only know this because I have had a PE and have had 2 Strokes. Not meaning that you will just keep an yourself being checked. So happy to hear that you are still writing! and are on the go!
Yeah, I figured that I probably have some risk in the future so I’m getting custom compression stockings made for if I have to fly or drive for long, and will definitely be getting checked out annually for sure
So glad to hear you are okay. That is so scary. Happy to hear you are fun with your book despite not wanting to work. How long have you been sewing? Your finished pieces look so good.
Thank you!! And yes, despite the lack of motivation at least when I get down to it, it’s a good time. And I learned to machine sew when I was like 13, so I’ve been doing it for multiple decades now. But I only really started earnestly making garments in the last three years or so. And thank you! I do try really hard with them. I’m not perfect but I always happily wear my stuff and people use them when I give them as gifts too, so that’s great
I think your Tik Tok issue is that your camera is at too low of an angle. It looks like you have to keep looking down. You should raise it more eye level or higher.
I honestly took a bunch of other TikTok’s with a tripod at eye level and the whole thing and they perform basically the same 😂 I think the algorithm has just changed a lot. A lot of authors across the board have said they’ve experienced this too. In the past I could get 10k plus views on my low angle video lol but not such anymore, even with a tripod video
@@LiselleSambury I don’t do Tik Tok myself, but I watch content there and I’m subscribed to you, but the app never shows me your Tik toks, I have to search for them. I heard you have to go live once a day and have shop items to get prioritized by algorithm. Seems like a lot of work. You’ve got a lot of energy to produce as much content as you do and also write books!
This is really helpful thank you so much 💕💕💕💕
I’m glad!!
so glad you're ok! i love hearing about your process. and you look good with the bandanna!
Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it! And thank you haha I was hiding my messy hair with it but I do think it looked cute
Glad you’re okay Liselle!!! ❤ Just starting the vlog and I just want to add that I’m so happy I’m not the only author who gets nervous that they forgot how to write in between projects 😭
Thank you!! And yes omg definitely not the only one haha. I sometimes even get that feeling if I’ve taken even a couple weeks of a break from writing.
Still watching the video, but omg that is horrifying. I'm so glad you're ok.
Thank you!! I’m also glad haha. It was good we went to the hospital when we did.
@@LiselleSambury I know that is some scary stuff. I'm sorry you went through that.
OMG LISELLE!! I'm so glad you're doing fine that's so scary. >.< Take care of yourself <3
Thank you!! And definitely trying to haha I’m certainly paying a lot more attention to my body 😅
So glad you’re okay! Literally terrifying.
Thank you!!
OMG, Liselle, thank goodness you’re okay!! Blood clots are scary
Yeah I’ve been weirdly calm about it but I’m objectively aware that it could have been very bad, so glad we caught it
So glad you are ok
Thank you! Me too!
So excited for the Mastery of Monsters series! The combat aspect made me think of the way demi gods trained in the Percy Jackson books. The point wasn't to kill but to have real world experience where dying in combat was a reality.
I’m happy you’re excited! And I haven’t read Percy Jackson but that’s exactly it. Like sure, you could die, but the point is not culling people in that way. They want you to succeed
I'm so glad you knew to ask for help quickly and the hospital took good care of you. 💜 Thank you for another great monthly vlog. It's inspiring watching you chip away at this draft of book 2 one day at the time. 🥰
Yeah, i’m glad I realized the seriousness in time. And happy you enjoyed the vlog!
Omigosh I'm so glad you're ok! I work in the healthcare field and I see pulmonary embolisms all the time. These can be deadly! Now you have a story to tell.
Yeah definitely a story haha and yeah I learned that definitely not everyone makes it through them so I’m very glad to be okay
❤️🩹❤️🩹
Holy hell. I’m so glad that you’re okay. I’ve always heard that the risk of blood clots just is not emphasized enough/underestimated for women with birth control. I’m just so, so happy that you’re okay omg. Please take care and I’m glad the hospital staff made the process easier. I’m so excited about the fight and action scenes you’ve been mentioning. I love hearing your thought process about showing the training scenes before the competition and it’s so fascinating and will be cool to remember when I actually read tbh. Rooting for you with drafting and the rest of submissions! Excited for the upcoming cover reveal!
Yeah, I definitely feel that way now. When I followed up with my doctor she had another patient who had blood clots from birth control. It does definitely feel like the risk should be made more clear. Yeah, it’ll be interesting when people start reading it to see the thought process on the page. And thank you!!!
Its insane that they couldn’t bring out a wheelchair for you from your car.
You know what… I didn’t even think of that?! 🤦🏾♀️ they definitely should have just done that
Thanks so much Liselle for this video ! t's been 1 year I've been using Plottr for a year now and I'm in awe when I see how faster I've been able to plot my 4 books series (even if I'm not done yet) Have you experienced plotting a series in plottr ? I would be interested in your experience in that matter. For now I planned the whole series (with the series vue) : my 1st book is already written, Book 2 in plotted and I put some milestones for Books 3 and 4. Though I have some issues : I was thinking about reorganising and rewriting book 1 because it's too big and I feel like I can tighten the story, maybe using your method and STC. For Book 2, even if I planned and plotted with all the arcs, subplots etc, I somehow can't pass from my plotting phase to the chapter and scenes planning phase... If you see what I mean. So thanks for these templates, I hope it will help me to pass this threshold ! Can't wait to see if you have more things to say about Plottr !
I actually have been plotting my new trilogy on Plottr. And I was planning to do a video at some point about plotting series so maybe I’ll incorporate that. But essentially I’m just plotting it the way I did the first book. It’s just I have access to the character sheets from the series. But I keep them on separate timelines. And yeah, for me, because of the way publishing is, I don’t plot or write the second book until I finish editing the first book. And I don’t think I would be able to plot the next book until doing that. So I would plot them one at a time personally, and just have general ideas about the other books.
I feel like self-pub authors must be really good at that though because they publish books at a much faster rate. I wonder if there’s a self-pub author with tips about writing series in that way in which you plan them more upfront?
@@LiselleSambury Thanks a lot for your answer ! I'd love to see this trilogy plotting with Plottr ! That would be interesting, indeed ! I usually do the way you do too. Book 1 was finished and edited before I started planning Book 2 in deep, while thinking about big events in Book 3 and 4. Though I feel like it's somehow difficult to find a balance between what you need to know about your further books while you're writing the previous ones, in order to place some foreshadowings here and there. Planning the whole book series from start to finish might also be daunting if you find out in the middle of the writing that you go in a totally different direction than planned xD
@@LiselleSambury I would be curious to hear about their experience
@@ArtofCodaleia yeah I think that’s why I’d prefer not to try and plan the whole thing in one go because then it feels like I would just end up constantly adjusting things. I don’t know that a trilogy plotting video is on the horizon though considering that I wouldn’t be done that until likely 2026 😅
the porcelain quote was so good 🙇♀️👏👏👏
Thank you!! I really liked it
Hi, Liselle. Love your videos. I just wanted to ask if you could briefly explain what your second draft process is. Because you are a plotter, so you literally draft based on your outline. Whenever I try to do that I miss so much I have to rewrite several times to get the story. But you seem to keep the story pretty much in place after draft one, so I'm wondering what is your editing style. Do you do passes, like start with a character arc then another, or some other technique? Also you did an outline video recently about your very in-depth outlining method. Have you used this muli-arc outlining method for every book or is this more of a recent thing? Thank you!
So I do actually still miss things in my first draft. Just not as much as I used to such that I don’t have to rewrite like I used to. Mostly I end up having to add chapters or flesh out things better. Sometimes I cut things also. But basically first I reread the whole book and make notes. The notes are on everything. Plot, character, pacing all at once. Then I edit what I originally plotted to include the new content I feel needs to be added. So I essentially plan again. And make edit notes on existing chapters. Then I just go chapter by chapter making the edits I planned. And my outline method using Plottr is something I’ve used for my latest published book Tender Beasts, the upcoming A Mastery of Monsters and the sequel, and the He-Man IP project I did with Abrams Publishing. Also my adult WIP that’s currently on submission.
Liselle, I want to write novels too and have been stuck in my sci-fi novel, but your content helps a lot and thanks to them, I've been having many breakthroughs, thank you!
Omg so so happy to hear that!! I’m glad you’ve been having breakthroughs and wish you the best with your novel! I love sci-fi ☺️
Thanks for this! My ears perked up when you said you use Notion for a calendar for your story! I am still learning Notion. Could you make a video to show how you use the calendar for that? That would be great!
That’s a good idea to do at some point! I’ll write that down as a future video!
Hi Liselle!!! 🫶🏽
Hi!
"The monster is there. The monster is me." ✨️ Chills ✨️
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Thank you so much for sharing! This was so fun to watch, listening to you get excited about your book and that "one like I like each day" thing is so clever to keep yourself motivated. I often start to feel the writing is all bad halfway into writing a book, so I'm going to try this habit and see if it stops me from spiralling down the impostor syndrome slide. Your book sounds super interesting, too!
I admit that I do less well at keeping up with my one line as I go on 🤣 but it does motivate me because with every chapter I find that I try harder to put a line like that into the book. So if I don’t get one into a chapter I know at least that I still tried hard to do it. But I hope trying that helps you! Because I do tend to feel that way halfway too 😅 but now I at least know that there’s a few lines that I’m really proud of
I am blown away by this video! And I know you have a full docket, but I seriously hope you reconsider not writing this story - I was so invested in reading this story as I listened to you explain how to outline and had to keep reminding myself of what you said at the beginning of the video, lol
Haha I’m glad it was keeping you engaged!! I can’t see myself writing it 😅 but I can at least keep using it for examples. I feel like it helps the example for it to be something people could actually see themselves reading
So glad to hear that you're okay! Really enjoying this drafting series compilation :)
Thank you!! Pretty well back to business as usual for me which is good. And I’m glad you’re enjoying the series!
Fantastic video, Liselle! It's awesome to see how you're using Plottr 🔥
Thank you!! I really do love the program and am excited to see all the updates to come ☺️
Just wanted to say thanks for this! I don't have Tiktok but love your stuff. (Nothing against Tiktok I'm just scared I'd get sucked in and never be productive again 😂). Please take care of yourself!!!
Yeah I got some comments from people who struggle with TikTok and so I figured that this was a good way to still share it with my CZcams audience ☺️
This is incredible, truly. I have tried to make charts like this in Microsoft Word, and needless to say, it’s a challenge. 😬 Thanks so much for sharing.
Yeah I feel like if any Microsoft program is a good alternative that excel would probably be best since at least you can move the cells around and stuff. But it seems like it would be really hard in MS word
I don’t like their coffee 😢 23:33
Not shocking lol I’m not a coffee drinker usually so I’m easy to please
Oh my gosh, those health problems are so scary! I'm so glad you're doing better!
Thank you!!!
I'm glad that you are better health wise. I really enjoyed the insight to your writing process! It's nice to see others having similar experiences and finding fun ways to solve them!
Thank you! And I’m glad you enjoyed the inside look ☺️
omg! so glad you're ok! i was so scared of this when i was on birth control. if you don't mind sharing, what was the symptom that made you get checked out?
Thank you! And so basically I was super out of breath walking even short distances and also when I was sitting. And then a bunch of bruises appeared on my legs 😬 but that was a full pulmonary embolism. I would say if you’re having any struggles with shortness of breath to get it checked out asap. Because that happened to me another time, and I ignored it not thinking it was anything because it went away later.
ok good to know. thank you!
Thank goodness you're doing better now.
Thank you! I’m glad too!
dang! i'm glad you're feeling and doing better! def sounds scary
Thank you!! And yeah, definitely a scary time