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i tried out the questions on the older brother in my story a lot of the questions i already know but seeing them put down helped me get a better picture of him hardest questions was strengths weaknesses and unique qualities crying is seen as a weakness to some but a strength to others if you use independent was a strength you can get stuff done without having to wait around for others but if can be used as a weakness you don't consider others just do what you want hope you has as much fun reading my comments as i do writing them

as for me i don't know if i am a introvert or extrovert i seem to be both if i talking to talk to someone when i am out its extremely hard to get talking unless i have know them for a long time or really have something i want to say but when i comment i just can't seem to stop this is probably because i have more time to think about it and i have anonymity in case i make a fool of myself

some of this questions sound more like something a psychiatrist would asked not just someone trying to get to know you but as the writer it's good to know them something else to add is how to they react when upset like flight or fight or freeze and what triggers them for instance if someone was traumatized by getting burned it might be a sound of or smell that is unrelated to getting burned but it was something that was there at the time it happened the sound of a sing or the smell of a kind of dish soap

sounds good one think i add to mine is how do you see yourself vs how others see you in my story Johnny have a scar on his face so he views himself as ugly but the other don't see him that way

When you do your character interview how long does it take you? I'd love to hear from you how it went!

Your content concept is excellent. ❤❤❤ Can I suggest growing your (CZcams channel)?

Sweet, I love writing sprints. They're a fun thing to do. I mean a fun activity.

Allow me to add ALMOST to this It takes the power out of every sentence.

reading the chats i made makes me realize how tired i was i had one of those up in the middle of the night inspirations the night before

My words are not any specific words, but quite huge problem. 1. Words that are more telling than showing "Girl was beautiful" and 2. words like birds, flowers etc. For example "A bird was singing a sad song" when it should be more like " A robin sang an elegy". I think these are more like tightening the prose and make it more vivid.

about structuring i have watched a lot of videos on it so i do have an idea of it i learned i used some of it already i just didn't know what it was things like a plot twist is something i used even in my early works internal conflict is often a big part of my stories they have a roller coaster of emotions. with my middle grate story im working on i did a lot of thinking before i started because my mom was sick and i was helping her out so i know some of the things that would happen but ones i got started it took on a life of its own and dragging me along for the ride i feel like the characters from inkheart when they just came to live and changed the story

i wrote 182 words not bad i do love visiting with you guys its good for me to see even if i mess up something I'm trying to say its not a big deal with commenting i read over it a number of time before posting it and sometimes a still miss something once someone complained i forgot to us a capital I there was a number of others giving that person a heard time about being so petty

i heard from young writer they say starting isn't the hard part its finishing it that's hard for me i never had a hard time starting a story and finish most of them but they were just for fun now that i am working on one i wanted to get published i am supper aware of word count and the expectations of middle grade it's a good thing but so odd this is still a story i love and would want to read but i worry others wont enjoy it was much self-doubt is a 2 edge sword it can make you strive to be matter or breeze you in place

I posted my first draft chapter by chapter on Belletristica, only two or three chapters behind my writing. Even though there were only a handful of people who read it, this forced me to continue. Otherwise, I would still procrastinate.

What book do you want to write?

i never do much traveling but i love to learn so i looked up about a lot of different places and cultures right now I,m learning about Native Americans mostly Navajo one of my characters is part Navajo i love my story but am scarred of the cancel cultural group throwing a fit so when i get it done i will have to fine a few batas that are Navajo but i still would like to have you read some of it when it's closer to being

i really enjoy writing with you I'm still getting used to the way the life chat is done its harder to see what im writing but its fun not to have to want tell letter to hear what you think of something

i always look forward to your content at this point in time i don't have a lot of people in my life so it is good to have someone to talk with

These are all really great things to cut, and I love that you warn people to think about it before going too crazy. Personally, I would not change "Blazed pulled the blanket up to her neck." to "Blaze pulled the blanket to her neck." since there is actually a difference(though it might not matter with more context). "Pulling to her neck" could be read as clinging to the blanket and pulling it closer to her, rather then lifting it up from say her chest level, up to her neck level.

Your channel is so fantastic. I like the way you teach people how to write. It's so easy to understand. Thank you so much. You look so energetic. I can see it in your eyes.

I write what I want to write. Reader will not want to read if I don't want to write it. You have to want to write what you are writing about. You have to like and be interested in what you are writing about. What I think you are saying is that even if you like what you are writing, you're not trying only to pleasure yourself, but trying to reach your reader. If you are only about flattering yourself, then it doesn't matter if you like what you write, because people won't want to read it. I have to be interested in the topic I am writing about. No way could I write a mystery because I don't read or like mysteries. I prefer a fantasy, dystopian society/time travel/alien invasion/poetry, or a slice of life, small town type story.

thank you this helps i didn't think my story needed the save the cat in the first part but he does go out of his way to help his new fiend so that might count it is so hard to know what others are expecting and i have heard a lot of writers say save the cat is over used and to avoid it because i have never used story structure in my writing for my enjoyment it is new to me my other stories were freestyle they had plots highs and lows and everything else that goes in a book but never structured them just let the story flow naturally

i have a question about save the cat i watched a video that said every main character needs to have one even if they are a nice person they need to go out of their way to do something nice early in the story i could ad something when he is at the fair but i think it would slow down the facing risk losing the reader before the incident that kick starts the rest of the story do i really need to show something like that or let his actions speak for him

his one he started laughing and couldn't stop take way the started and it doesn't have the same impact I'm not sure how you would reword this it come after a heavy hearted moment his friend say something to make him laugh

i am excited about the write with me one of the worlds i use in internal dialogue is just grate now and then whatever they are upset about but if you remove just it kind of changes the meaning for something good to bad is this a good use of just or let the rest of the worlds tell it's not a good thing

Which word do you use the most in your writing?

ANd also, a character who present an offer to have the character change his or hes life can be used to set the main character on his or he life changing journey. it doesn't always have to be an external force, but it can be an opposing point of view.

The sitcom genre is a master at throwing your character's life into chaos. That is the premise of the sitcom-the characters are doing their usual thing and then, bam, something happens to disrupt that routine.

I think you can have an interesting character even if he or she doesn't believe in anything, but here is the key-give them a situation where he or she once had values and then, for whatever reason, they were overwhelmed or they became complacent and they abandoned their values. The fun part is to put them in a situation where they can rediscover those lost values. I mostly like a redemption arc where the protagonist-notice I didn't say "hero" or "heroine"-, has to learn to change, or find what he or she lost sight of at one point in tn time? What did they stand for? How do they get back in touch with those once cherished values? What do they need to do to get those values and traits they once had back? Or, you can have a character that has a twisted set of values and he or she has to go on a journey to learn a better way. My favorite example of this is in the 1988 "Scrooged", starring Bill Murray. He starts out as a cold and greedy workacholic who is the president of a cable tv station and his journey with the three ghosts cause him to see the error of his ways. Of course, this story works for me because throughout the movie, we see Frank Cross, exhibit signs of being a basically decent man. Without clues to Frank's basic decency, the story would not have worked for me. A person cannot change from being greedy to being generous right away. It takes time and growth. And while a movie doesn't have as much thought as a novel, for the time I was given to spend with Frank Cross, it worked. And on the reverse side, a character cannot be evil all at once. Darth Vader's storyarc is a great example of that. Unless your villain is meant to represent pure evil, then you need to have some explanation as to why you villain is the way he is. By the way, this is the first video of yours I have seen and not half bad.

I came across your video and it was quite helpful. I have been a writer for over a decade and yet some tips were completely new to me. Please keep uploading similar content 👍🏼

thank you it is nice to have a place i can ask questions about writing i do know some families with kids that age but I'm not really close with them but i will give it a try when i get it done

yes, big picture is so important!

right now in my story they are dealing with a lot of sadness Johnny has to go face his mom and he just learned is new friend had a traumatic thing happen to her a few months earlier i don't want to rush the emotional impact but I'm not sure how to tell if it's to long of a time

Thanks, good video.

What pacing issues have you struggled with?

Yes, I wanted to like it but the Captain Marvel movie had an overwhelming problem in its basic premise and structure: the main character is all-but a brainwashed badguy for most of the movie, made to think she is a loyal Kree soldier. That might be a good plot for an antagonist or former friend side character -- but not for the main character. For almost the entire runtime, we never see the "real" Carol Danvers Captain Marvel - we see the brainwashed simulation. The only character we empathize with is Fury, the normal guy reacting to the alien solder. What a dumb movie set up for a film that was supposed to make everyone love Marvel's new main character. (Making it worse was that as soon as "Vers" realizes the problem, she overpowers the device controlling her, gets her full powers back, and easily beats everybody.)

Isn't there the risk of being predictable by using a structure readers or movie watchers are aware of? If I know who the protagonists are and that they will step out of their comfort zone early and come to the resolution late, it takes away some opportunities, in my opinion. That's why I prefer chaotic stuff like "Sharknado" over well structured mainstream movies like "Jurrassic Park". Maybe someone completely different than thought at the beginning will handle the resolution. (This could be intentionally or just because an actor had a falling out with the producer.) Maybe the resolution comes after 60% and nothing significant happens after, because they had a huge surprise in mind and ran out of time or money before filming it. So, anything can happen at any given time. Of course in written fiction there can't be incidents like a character walking away from the book because he's angry at the author. Then again, characters may develop more potential than originally thought or turn out to be not as exciting as they looked when we introduced them. We can fix this in editing, but how about leaving it the way it was? It might be more authentic.

I just wrote a book like this but didn't realize it was the hero's journey. I am enjoying your videos. Thank you.

The funny thing is that I never planned to use it, but it happened anyway. The true main character of my story is a typical side character, a henchwoman hired by a villain. So we see this small fry criminal, working in a filthy tavern whem the villain shows up to hire some thugs. She shows her mechanical skills and is a bit later hired as a driver. (Maybe, hopefully, some readers somehow like her.) What this villain, his opponents (the "good guys"), the various factions of the story are up to, is not her concern. And what she is up to, besides staying alive and out of prison, shouldn't be the readers' concern. A villain hires some riffraff, and she is just one of them. Maybe she survives, probably because she's a girl, maybe not. None of them looks like they would be a great loss to humanity. Nonetheless, she is on a journey to get her life back on track. It's hinted in the first chapter that there is more, that there is something she wants to or must do. Taken out of her every day live of working in a filthy place and trying not the be discovered and sent back to prison, she doesn't really know where she's going. Once that villain, her mentor somehow, gets killed, she has to look out for herself. She must find out what's really going on and eventually comes into a position where she can succeed where the supposed "good guys" failed.

the story i hear them talk about how silly it was to want for training was Happy Potter i never seen or read them but what they says the old guy is an extremely powerful wizard this is a lot different then in star wars where they had to go in hiding because they lost