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Hi there. I can't seem to find the adjustment for zoom level in Dabble Writer. I only have a few days left on my trial and I can't figure that out. I don't want to purchase if I can't zoom in like you can in Word and other writing apps. Does anyone know? Thanks!

I love your denim shirt with the flowers on it! and this video was so interesting!

Yeah, but, they can completely see yor writing as you go, and also steal your ideas. To believe they wouldnt is naive. You'll see many hollywood writers stay completely offline.

Can confirm the office was lovely to be in 🌟 especially the bureau!!!

Fantastic vlog. 💛 it's really awesome to see your experience taking such a writing course. And not gonna lie; it looks really, really cool 👀 I'm excited to see how it all concludes in September

new anna video!! <3 your vibes are always so lovely, it's a treat to listen to you! i love that you're taking us along the journey of hera's book, it sounds like your having a lot of fun and i'm really impressed you're keeping up so well with the course next to work and travelling! also "information dropping left and right out of my coat pockets" is actually a great visual i think hahahah. i definitely relate to that for a first draft! excited to watch the next vlog and hear how you're finding things then <3

This was a fun one! I am SO excited to hear how your fast draft goes! My goals for the year are to hit 200 strength training workouts, read 12 books, and finish my journal. However, I am a mood reader, and I recently picked up a book that is 800 pages long. That should count for two, right? I add collections of poetry (but not anthologies) to my book list. If the collection was compiled as is by the poet, I count it. I also keep a separate list of "short pieces" I've read. I add short stories and essays to the list. It's a fun way to encourage myself to dig into some of the anthologies I stockpiled during undergrad.

Anna: "I feel like line editing is a big weakness of mine" Me having just finished Project Gemstone: "Strongly disagree" 😂💙 I'm so in awe with how well you did in this video, I doubt I could handle taking a class with that many extra bits to watch and read and do while writing 1k words a day and having a job and travelling, not to mention filming the whole thing and then getting it edited with such a quick turn around while still continuing to do the course. Honestly insane, well done! I hope you continue enjoying the course for the next two months. Also I think I said this last video but congratulations on your first ever partnership! That's so exciting, and I'm so jealous you get to do this course for free it sounds so interesting (even if the time comittment would probably kill me 😂)

What a cozy vlog! How exciting that you get to try out the Reedsy novel course, it looks really solid! 😍 I think 10k words in a month with holiday and a full time job is solid, well done. Excited for part 2 and more of your thoughts on the course 😊

love the surprise book idea 😁 love the vibe

Tell me about your summer writing! Are you taking a break or immersed in a project? 🌞

Sorry i missed this. I work too much.

THANK YOU

That course sounds interesting! I’m excited to see how it goes. And it’s so nice to see you feeling so good about the new project, that’s exciting too! I’m so sorry to hear you didn’t get to go to the Renn Faire! 😭It seems strange how different it is elsewhere; in MD, it starts at the end of August, but then right around the corner in DE, it starts in late October. Now you can just be super prepared for it next year! You may not have been able to check off a lot of things, but you’re still killing it! 💪🏻

Is it safe to use Scrivener and dabble? Ex: If I wanted to copy and paste my book to see word/ page count and separate by scenes, that would be safe?

For DNFs, I think if you've made it to ~66%, then you can count it, assuming it's at least a 300 page book. 200 pages is a short novel's worth. If you stop after a chapter, no, it doesn't count. As for one goal I've accomplished this year - finished draft one of novel four (at ~250K words!).

Oooh a whole new project! 🤩 cant wait to hear how that fast drafting is going 😊 and you did really well on your goals. Good job setting them realistically 😊🎉

Omg I'm so excited about you taking that course and pushing yourself to fast draft a book in three months! As someone that also only gets ideas few and far between, I'm so excited for you not only getting a new shiny idea, but also getting that idea in between drafts of a project when you are in the perfect spot to work on it. It sounds like everything is lining up for you! I can't wait to hear how the project goes 💖💕

In general it sounds like your ambition is growing. Really rooting for that to pay off for you. 💚 2023 was off for the both of us, but based on the experience I'd advise you not to judge yourself on the productivity front and end up overcorrecting as a result. The ren faire sounds like such a dollop of enjoyment that confidentially, if you miss it, why not organize a smaller one with your friends and find an outdoor space somewhere that's dirt cheap or (with luck) zero cost?

Omg the way that I am making this exact same video tomorrow and hopefully uploading on Monday! I love the mid year check in because it's much more powerful to still be chugging along now rather than during the bright eyed days of early January.

I have completed my writing studio. But no update video has been filmed just yet. There are still some final touches that I need to do.

Like how you did the intro. And yes the year has flew by. Time warp might be possible.

ahhhhh HERA'S BOOK omg I love the project name?? i'm so excited for you and this idea! you deserve to be "struck by lightning" more as you say :D

Sharing your work with loved ones, especially close ones is also paradoxically difficult! You would think it’d be easy but it’s definitely not. It’s good to share your work with them though, in my opinion because they’ll give you some feedback and also a well earned pat on the back! 😊

✨ what is one goal you made good progress on so far in 2024? :)

I love hearing you talk about your goals, something about the way you talk about your progress and what you hope to achieve in the future is just so interesting

Congratulations! I am so happy for you! I have enjoyed following you on this journey, and I look forward to holding a copy of this book in my hands after you publish it. (Btw, if you need any more Beta readers, I know quite a few folks who are avid fantasy readers and would enjoy discussing your work with you.) I just got "A Rival Most Vial" on Kindle. I will start it after I finish the fantasy series I am currently reading. :-) I did not realize how creative the process of language teaching was until I started watching your v-logs and unexpectedly found them relatable to my work. I consider building the online courses I teach to be easier than writing a novel, but I do see parallels. Every semester, I start a new round of revisions. I think about how the parts relate to each other, and scan it critically to see if there are any bits that are superfluous and not contributing to the overall goal of the course that I need to delete, change, or put in a different place. I incorporate feedback from my own beta readers (a.k.a. my students) and tweak the course accordingly.

I watched this a few weeks ago while I was holding Clark and forgot to leave a comment! I always appreciate your authenticity, and I am sure your other viewers do, too. Thank you for capturing this not-so-easy season of writing, and for reminding the rest of us that it is okay to experience slumps with our creative work.

Congrats, Anna! You did it!

Congratulations on another finished draft!! 🎉 I’m so intrigued by this story and can’t wait to one day read it. Also, I love your desk space so much, your office is so cozy.

Shout out to the big chicken! lol. my favorite cook out shake flavor is banana pudding. it's literally the only one i've gotten in the last like 9 years. Purple is also my go to writing color! I always have a productive session when I set my keyboard to purple. Congrats on finishing this draft!! Now you can play BG3 with no compunction!

Such an amazing accomplishment-congrats and good luck with beta readers!! ☺️🎉

What an incredible milestone! What an accomplishment ❤🎉 congratulations, anna! ❤

Ooooh I love the little stats page that campfire shows you! Always here for time-stats 😍 I just checked my own stats cause I was curious and I'm 30ish hours into draft 5 and it feels like I'm maybe 30-40% done with the edits I wanted to make, so 70 hours sounds like a reasonable number to me! So damn excited to get my hands on this book soon! I'm so honoured you're trusting me with your book baby and I can't wait to dive into this story 🥰💖💕

Make sure to remember any lies u ever told and to share food with the poor and never lie reverse all lies ever told very important for you. Beautiful

Congrats! I'm just over 105K in draft one of book five but gonna start third draft (?) of book two tomorrow. Because why not?

5:30 What is that drink you're having?? 7:42 is my face at any prospect of sending things out to betas. Maybe that's why I haven't beta'd in a while. Your recovery from the brain fry is something I of course root for. The signs are pointing to a promising place, since I am seeing the happy. You have again found the happy. The switching of file formats is always one of the scary parts, mainly because the copying process swallows up a lot of storage space on your device until it does the automated data crunch. (At least that's what it appears to do to a tech-illiterate type goblin like me.) Sorry to hear PDF and EPUB were your options.

Wear that tape with a badge of honor, that’s how you know you’re a real writer! 😂 hope you feel better soon

When you mentioned feeling like you could no longer see the forest from the trees- boy howdy did i FEEL that. It can rob the sensation of finishing a draft because youre left with this feeling that theres still work left to be done. Def lean into a trusted troupe of cp/readers. And congrats on finishing the draft! 🎉

ahhh just watching this now! so excited and also LOVE the background on your "saturday" omg

The struggle of picking a last line is sooooo real 😭 Congrats on finishing your first draft! 💜

How do you like to refill the well between creative projects? ✨

can i publish my same books on lulu if my books are already available on Amazon?

Just found your channel 😊 I really like your filming style its super pretty and cozy

The cozy fantasy sounds amazing! I’ve been wanting to write one but I have more grand ideas 😅 I haven’t watched much but congrats and good luck with the revisions 🤍

Thank you for sharing

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ahhh I love this, redecorating videos are always such a treat 🥰💖💕 I love how it all turned out too, I'm so happy for you getting to have such a lovely space to write in! In our new place I have a little corner of the living room that is entirely mine (as opposed to sharing a desk with my boyfriend in my old place) and it honestly feels like such a luxury, so I can't imagine what a whole room dedicated to writing and creativity (and clothes and guests but still) would be like 😍

i've enjoyed watching ever second of this (even the oreo break to contemplate your life lol i felt that)

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