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Quite pertinent and meaningful tips on a subject that scares a lot of writers. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.

Excellent advice. 😊

What is your opinion on content warnings in the query?-Some say do it, others say don't.

Looking forward to new writing errors, grammatical errors. For once i appreciate youtube suggesting old videos. :)

Great tips‼️. Thank you 💐

I usually go straight to #4, looking up names related to something about that character. Because I write sci-fi and fantasy almost exclusively, this usually means I look up relevant words in other languages then fit them to their culture's phonetics. Similarly, my name's taken from Latin, and my persona's a wandering alien from distant stars!

It is fun naming characters. For my Sci-Fi/Fantasy, my main character is named Irene Jameson. Her kid sister is named Charlene Jameson. They call each other "Reenie" and "Charlie." Her closest friend, Jennifer Jones, calls her "Ren." They call each other "Ren" and "Jen." Her frenemy, Lisa Lovell, once a best friend, now a best enemy, annoyingly calls her "Renny." Her late parents (Jimmy Jameson and Miranda Jameson) and Godparents call her "Reyna." Everyone else calls her Irene. I avoided trying to be too exotic since this all takes place in the early 26th Century. I figured keeping things familiar in that world would connect with readers better. It's already disorienting starting a new book as it is. I didn't want to add to it. Great video on this subject! Thank you!

Naming characters is one of the most fun things in writing. I even enjoy naming streets. Thanks for your 5 tips. Always helpful. Blessings in your writing.

Thank you so much.I learn a lot from your five minutes tutorial coaching.

These are such common errors we often make without realizing. Thanks for pointing them out. At least now we are conscious that these need to be avoided. Thanks you for awakening many who needed it.

Five don'ts.

Very helpful.

Capture your reader with your first sentence! 😊

I like #5. Many years ago I used to write for a newspaper and they emphasized that I should have a great lead.

Another great tip

A great tip in a short space

I like everything but the music

I like her confidence and clear explanations

THANK YOU

I've found a gem

What worries me is that sometimes my characters will talk about a subject-usually something in their current environment-that doesn't immediately play a role in the story but will much later, and readers will get bored before they even reach the part where it becomes relevant. But the information is important. I try to dress it up a bit to keep it interesting by also using it for character development and world-building, with some action in between. My genres are Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Mystery. It's a slow cooker (mystery part) that has to build itself up. I'm hoping the genre will give me a bit of leeway here, in that readers of these genres would be patient enough to let the world build before DNF'ing it.

I love interesting characters.They drive the story. A well-rounded character can read the grocery list and keep the reader interested. Cheers 😊

Another great episode - having a background as a playwright, I understand the importance of a well-developed fully realized character - but hadn't really thought about expositionary dialogue. Don't think I am guilty of it - but now I will see if I have any. Tanks for the tip.

Mrs Parsons, may i ask to please make a video explaining turning points of the story. I am not a writer. I am immigrant, english is not my first language, going through early menopause is making my brain forget words even though i know them. So i have a lot of struggles but i have to write a book i am watching your videos religiously. I know nothing about writing, i would also appreciate other books on writing, excited about your book as well :) Your work is very much appreciated :)

Great video! 😊

The description "does not play well with others" had me laughing. The same, with packed loads of rancor, could be said of me. Until you addressed this, I had never thought of coauthoring being used for fiction, but it does make sense. A content partner paired with a writer opens up all kinds of possibilities. Excellent #101!

Congratulations! One hundred meaningful videos is a great contribution to the online world. Meow videos clutter the mind with zeros. Corey 😊

Thanks for your relentless sharing of craft and experience. Watching your videos is never a waste of time.

Thank you for this channel. Your topics, format, and presentation skills are the best! Happy 100th episode! I have heard you say many times: "I hope this helps." It does!

Congrats! Love all your tips and always find them useful.

I have a few UFO's in my computer. When I finish the novel I'm writing, I'll get crackin' on them (one by one). Great video. Thank you. 😊

A timely tutorial on a nagging but often ignored issue. Excellent tips. Thank you for sharing your insight.

Your writing process tips matches my daily routine, so I approve of them all. I've published more than a million words by adhering to them.

I have the free version and am very disappointed as it will not correct the whole book at once. You have to put a chapter at a time in and then paste it back into your manuscript. I would get far too confused with the process so don't use it. When you pay for it, do you get the option to edit the whole manuscript, or not?

I use Grammerly. I self edit, and then I run the software. It finds little things. Great video. Could you do a video on character building? 😊

I think Grammarly came out before ChatGPT 3, before today's Large Language Model AI's took off. It's therefore not very smart. I heard one editor say that it is especially bad with commas. It recently asked me to change: "I covered my ears but it barely helped." to "I covered my ears, but it barely helped." This is what ChatGPT 3.5 said: No, a comma is not needed in that sentence. "I covered my ears but it barely helped" is correct as it is. Since "I covered my ears" and "it barely helped" are closely related and form a compound predicate, they don't require a comma between them. ChatGPT seems to understand my sentence, while Grammarly gives me the boilerplate below. Grammarly does say that if both independent clauses are very short, it's acceptable to omit the comma, but didn't appear to detect that they were short in my sentence. It appears that you are missing a comma before the coordinating conjunction but in a compound sentence. Consider adding a comma. A compound sentence includes two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so). In a compound sentence, the conjunction is in most cases preceded by a comma. However, if both independent clauses are very short, it's acceptable to omit the comma.

Thank you so much. I am breathing a sigh of relief.

there are so many aspiring writers. who would read them all? how would anyone pick me, when they can choose enough Pulitzer prize, Nebula Prize or even Nobel prize winning authors to fill up their reading time for decades to come? I completely gave up on ever getting published or even read by anyone but myself, but here i am, trying to improve my craft as an amateur writer, because i just want my dreams on paper.

As always good, interesting ideas, and practical advice for improving one's writing. The five tips for personal writing process are simple steps that can bring discipline to one's writing routine, making it productive. Thank you.

My writing process is more than just writing, but also thinking, talking about it, and jotting/doodling notes. The writing itself is on done on my weekend mornings. The thinking is done in my morning commute to work which involves a lengthy walk. I just don't have the time/energy/brain power to write inside my 40 hour work week (I have to work for a living.) Come weekends though, and I'm at it. My stopping point is, lol, when I go brain-dead as I call it. I can easily and eagerly put in up to 8000 words on a Saturday morning that stretches into the afternoon (of course those 8000 words later get edited-- piecemeal on my lunch breaks throughout the work week, by hand for the first revision.) I like your idea of doing something regular before starting. I'll have to give that idea some attention, as my eagerness jumps me out of bed and into my writing nook.

Happy writing! It's another great video. Thank you. 😊

Thanks for your help.

Thank you so much for sharing your insightful and professional writing tips, Patricia; they're really assisting me on my non-fiction writing journey. 🙂

Amazing content! Keep up the great work!

This is great

Where can I sign up for your course?

Now this is the way it should be done

"promosm" 🤦

Thank you for the clarification.

How do you plan your story?