BOOK WRITING Q&A | weekly writing vlog ep 6
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- you asked questions, and now i'm here to answer 'em! join me for this long q&a session all about book writing!
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week 3 - • MIDPOINT MELTDOWN | we...
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“A book with only cis-het characters in THIS ECONOMY? Hard pass.”
What a MOOD!
now I really want this on a t-shirt. Can someone make this happen?
yousuzers YES! I would totally buy that shirt
Hi Kat,
I just wanted to take a minute and thank you for making these videos. Every Monday I watch your videos and I get so excited to write and your videos just make me want to write all the time. Good luck with you book, I really hope it gets published one day. I just wanted to let you know that you inspire me so much. Thank you for these writing videos!
I’m sorry you don’t enjoy making videos as much as you used to. I hope you find the passion for it again (especially since it seems to be your main income now) but if there ever comes a point where you feel like you really, really, really don’t want to be on YT anymore (be it temporarily or indefinitely), then you should do what’s best for you, I’ll support you no matter what. 💕
haha now she posts a video once every millenia
"I can't name the book what I want to name the book because Sp0ilErs" #theybothdieattheend
I getchu about CZcams.. people can be mean on here.
I loved this though. Your writing videos are my fav thing.
And your makeup by the way... I mean what a babe🔥
The finding names that make a good ship name thing is very relatable.
it's a real struggle XD
I had a little mini dance party when you said you have lgbtq+ characters in your book! That made my day!!!!
“A book with only cishet characters in This economy?? Hard pass” YESSS QUEEN
YAAAAAAASSSSSSSS
You inspired me to start writing my book thank you!!!!!!!!
yay that's awesome
Your lip syncing was BEAUTIFUL
Your lgbt+ comment made me smile!! Especially because I lowkey DNF a lot of books popular on booktube because it's a 100% cishet cast like you said. I need gay. You were already my fave content creator, but that made it even better :)
Seriously! Make it gay! I'd say most of my current TBR are books with LGBT+ themes because I can't stand to read anything else lately.
Years ago, I came across a website that sold mugs with very short stories on them. I've been thinking of doing that recently, and I found the site is no longer there. But I can use CafePress and other sites to sell my stories on a mug. -- In my search for that site, I came across a Drabble site. I don't know if the mug's story word count is 50 or 100, so MiniSagas might work best on a mug. Drabbles are 100 words & MiniSagas are 50 words. -- And then I thought, why not put short works on various products? T-Shirts, Totes, Calendars, Journals, etc. *shrugs*
Several authors I follow online say a good marketing tactic is to Indie-Publish short works in order to try and bring in a small income while you write and try to Traditional Publish a novel. You can put five 500 word Flash Fiction stories totaling 2500 words into an eBook, and put two or three Short Stories that total at least 2500 words into an eBook, and one Short Story that is at least 2500 words into an eBook, and put a bunch of MiniSagas, Drabbles, & Flash Fictions that total at least 2500 words into an eBook and keep creating more and more of them to gain readers and attention. You can connect some of them to works you plan on publishing traditionally. And when you have enough of them, you can Indie-Publish them in paperback edition.
Maybe getting short works out there and getting a small group of readers can help keep a beginning writer motivated to continue working on the novel and trying to find an agent and Traditional Publisher. One can only hope. So, use these ideas if they seem like your cup of tea, or just disregard them if they're not something you'd be interested in doing.
I love the direction your videos are taking these days... it‘s what i loved about cooking with kat and the oldschool nanowrimovlogs!!!
Kaaaatttt! That spark you gave me to write finally followed through and I actually got some stuff down! And I was proud of and happy with it! Granted, it was a measly three pages, but it still felt amazing after being in such a slump for so long (YEARS)! Thank you for the inspiration!! ❤️❤️❤️
yay that's great! i'm proud of you!
Loved hearing about the videos you are planning! I'm so pumped for all of them! Also glad to hear you are thinking about publishing. I hope you document as much of that experience as you are comfortable with because I'm fascinated!
Use Haunted Tattoos as your dummy story for the Scrivener video!
that's what i was thinking i'd do! hopefully i can tackle it soonish!
Just remember JK Rowling got rejected dozens of times before getting picked up for Harry Potter. Can you imagine a world without HARRY FREAKING POTTER?!?!?! Keep trying and dont stop trying to get published!
now jk rowling is canceled
omg the background + your hair colour + your makeup go so well together! this aesthetic from you is what I live for !
thanksss
Hey Kat, I can understand that CZcams can be not fun and make you feel how you feel, but don’t forget that CZcams isn’t just uploading and scheduling and about money. Also look at it in the way of expressing yourself and your writing process and all the people you are doing it for! Never forget why you started CZcams in the first place. Think about just how you felt while you were filming this video. How all those video ideas popped into your head and make you passionate once again. I hope this will help you. And I love seeing this project of you, like really love love seeing it. It’s so amazing and I holds my attention on every video the whole friggin time!
I don't recall where this writing advice came from, but it stated that after finishing the first draft of book one, a writer should then start working on book two ... and once finished with the first draft of book two, to go back and edit/rewrite book one until it is publishable, then start working on book three ... and once finished with the first draft of book three, to go back and edit/rewrite book two until it is publishable, then start working on book four. I think this routine is supposed to give the writer time and space between a first draft and the editing/reworking process, and also to have two projects always in progress. *shrugs* (Or maybe the advise was for beginning writers to try and keep them writing? If they have two first drafts done before editing/reworking one of them they will have developed a life-long working habit?) Just sharing should anyone think this suggestion is their cup of tea. If it isn't, just disregard.
I can't wait to see one of your boks on shelves one day, but I also get you before I tutored for free at like a place where there were other's the kids could act etc. and like I didn't even have to tutor a lot every time but now even if i still LOVE it (couldn't imagine another part time job) there's pressure of knowing all the things and being able to explain them, which like 5 kids, different ages, subjects and schools not to mention my own uni home work ending me like the balance is hard to find, but I think I'm getting closer to being okay with not knowing everything and doing my best again
Honestly, watching your process with the idea of "this is done for this draft" was kind of revolutionary to me. You obviously hear that everyone should be writing a terrible first draft, but getting to actually see you intentionally leave things rough and unfinished really gave me a concrete picture of how to do that. I've set up my NaNoWriMo story goals with that idea in mind, and hopefully that goes well. Thanks for posting these videos!
Thank you for posting these writing videos, they are really inspiring me. I know a lot of people have said this before, but this has inspired me to get back to writing. I have let my stories gather dust too long. It is time for me to get off my butt and start writing again. Thank you for the inspiration.
I love how you literally name characters like breeders name puppies. 😂🖤👍🏻
for the dummy scrivener project you should just do a rough outline of like harry potter or acomaf or something that will be simple for you to go through
absolutely no shade on other people's writing process- everyone works differently- but I just don't understand how you guys do anything other than chronological order while writing. I get so thrown off when I try to jump around. how do you guys do that stuff? It amazes me.
"I'm just really good at bullshitting" is the biggest mood
I have such a problem naming things and this used to actually hold me back from writing things. In 2015 I started writing the first book of the first series I've ever completed (it was the first time I really ever got good writing done) and I started having characters that I couldn't figure out names for and I didn't want to slow myself down so I just gave them placeholder names such as: Thug1, Thug 2, and my favorite Lord BLAHBLAH
Kat I’m so happy you’ve found so much joy in writing this new story❤️
Book better be released.
Dummy template should be haunted tattoo one
Your videos inspire me sooo much to write and help me a log with the process especially your outlining video because I've never outlined before so had no idea how to start so ty :)
I love watching these cause this inspired me to finally move my writing projects from my old computer to my new one :P
To draft my NaNo story this year I'm using a mesh up of your 27 chapter outline and a few of Brandon Sanderson's methods to create an "outline" and I've been blogging about my progress and have been referencing your channel quite a bit.
Watching the videos that have followed your writing journey have been an absolute gift. So inspiring! Plus, it's very helpful to get an in-depth look at how other writers do their thang. Thank you for the excellent content! Good luck on the next stages!
I have been brainstorming about what to write for NaNoWriMo all month, and I got my full idea watching this video so thank you!!! you are amazing!!
I know you’ve had it for a while but your background gives me life!
Hi Kat! I love you and your videos so so much. Thanks for always making me smile. :)
thank you
Notification squad gang 🎃😂 #READWAYOFKINGSKAT
So I've been working on a novel since 2016 and I'm in love with it. A month ago I discovered a site called Artists&Clients where you can commission artists based on their art style to make drawings/paintings for you. And OMG! My life has changed. I have 5 characters done and one monster. And i'm commissioning an artist to paint my world/environment. It is the greatest thing ever.
I WAS SO EXCITED TO WATCH THIS AND IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT I CAN'T WAIT TO READ YOUR BOOK
I love these updates, I'll definitely be first in line to preorder the book if (NO... not if, WHEN) it gets published :)
Something I just learned about Scrivener recently that I love is that it has a name generator. :)
I’m loving your writing journey!!
Consider joining the Society of Children’s Books Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI). It’s a gateway organization to publishing.
Seriously-I promise you your favorite YA authors are SCBWI members. Just attend a local event.
I love that forest backround, for some reason it reminds me of the a court of thorns and roses series😂
Thank you for answering my comment! I'm really sorry CZcams isn't fun for you anymore, although I am so glad you do it because it inspires me to write my own book and possibly start my own channel! Don't give up on Book, Kat! I can say safely I will love it!
Yes please make a video about varying structures
I am struggling so much to outline for the first time and this structure feels a little rigid for how little i know about my story so far
I very much relate to not being able to name things and using placeholder names - a character from my current wip has been called "xxx" for 35k words now. There are countless more examples.
Thank you for answering my question!! Excited to keep following you on your journey with Book. Proud of you!
Okay not writing related but can you like...teach me how you do your eye makeup ok thx. :D I like the idea of writing official drafts in Word, I've never thought of that before! I also use Scrivener for outlining and the rough draft, but it totally makes sense to use Word to force yourself to write chronologically haha. LOVE your song choices! Watch out for placeholder names -- one of my main character's names started as a placeholder and then it stuck. Whoops I guess lol. Your process is super interesting to hear about! I'm a huge structure nerd and I love love love the charts and graphs and plot outlines you do!
In regards to CZcams, I know burnout is a very real thing and when anything becomes tied to income, it loses some of its allure. Creative people like to create, and involving money tends to suck the fun out of doing so. While I applaud your success on booktube and wish you all the best, I hope writing can continue to be something purely enjoyable for you! I can see how the idea of publishing might threaten that, but hopefully all goes well, you get to see Book in print, and we all get to read it ;)
Your videos get me so excited to write! Thank you Kat!
Also, I LOVE Science-Fantasy. I can't wait to read Book once it gets published (which I'm sure this one will ;)).
Kat, I absolutely adore you.
For the dummy/example template for the scrivener video you can do a super rough draft of the haunted tattoo story!
Hair and makeup and backdrop are all perfection!
i feel you on the query thing, i've queried 2 books & my second one got so close i had one agent ask to read it once and then read it again, edited and it still wasn't right and it was really devastating and made me feel like a failure for a while and im just now for this nanowrimo getting ready to write a book i wanna try and get published again
Thanks for answering my music question, I got so excited when Delicate was one of your songs, it's one of my favorites!
I’m a proud Slytherclaw over here!!! 👌 I loved this video; definitely will continue watching the vlogs 😁😁😁
These videos honestly make me so happy. I love writing videos!
Great video as always! I keep going back and forth about making my writing process videos. I've seen how mean people can get and I don't know if I want to be a part of that.
I used a lot of place holder names in my draft last year, although rather then 'friend' or 'love interest' they were, Hades, Aladdin, Cersei and Lafayette. :P
hahah that's great XD
I relate to a lot of this so much I don't even know where to start. Loved this. Can't wait to see where you go from here.
These videos have been so helpful and it's been lovely to follow along on this journey. I'm also super excited about the videos you talked about in this one. I'm sorry you don't like CZcams as much anymore, but I totally get it. Have a great week!
Thisis great. I love learning about your first draft writing style!
am i coming across as rude? i dont want to and fun fact i actually found you bc of your nanowrimo 2012 volgs you inspired me then and you still do now. your awesome you were the very first youtuber/ Writer that i found. keep writing if you still want to and i wish you well
RIGHT?
WRONG.
SOURCE?
ME.
😅
I hope you are able to publish this! Of course I would LOVE to read it! Cannot wait for your next video!=D❣️
I'm still like so digging the hair its so amazing even sorta faded
My book has both sci-fi and fantasy elements too! Science fantasy, yes!
YES NOTEBOOK FLIPTHROUGH YES YES YES
I love how much you love book! Good luck on revisions!
Kat, you made me want to go back to writing my abandoned project!
okay but those are such lit songs, i would read book based on those songs alone
Okay but is the Joke title somthing with Carry On?
it's not, but now i wanna come up with one that is XD
I use placeholder names too. Naming characters is so ridiculously hard for me, lol. :D Thanks for this vid. **hugs**
For the updated Scrivener video use a story you have already taken us through in one of the last Scrivener videos and show us how you have evolved and use Scrivener now vs. then
Omg I just love this and you a lot! I really hope you do become published because I would love to support you in book publishing world, but once again I volunteer to beta read whenever you want! Also hecka relatable with the lgbtqa+ characters thing that I need to make a video about. ❤️😍😘😘👏🏻😻👍🏻🤗❤️
PLEASE tell me you're gonna vlog your editing/revising process! I want to see your revising process since I've honestly never done that to anything I've written.
I love your writing videos, you inspire me so much
Kat, I love your vlog! You're so inspiring, keep up the great work! Do you now when you're going to release book?
Giiiiiiiirl publishing is such a beast ahaha I relate hard to all your thoughts on it
Also your eyeshadow is BEAUTIFUL
I'm getting some daughter of smoke and bone vibes from your story, don't really know why 😂
But if it is even slightly similar to that trilogy I'm dying to read it 😍
I can't be the only one imagining Kat's head is floating? Maybe my brightness is just really low... Anyway lylxx you've inspired me to participate in Nanowrimo this year despite school and shiz. Tysm for just existing ❤️❤️
I'm not sure if you know but scrivener actually has a name generator ability! I'm way late to this video but thought i should tell you lol
it makes me so sad that you dont enjoy youtube anymore.... just know that we love you kat and if you want to post less or not post at all its totally fine and we can follow your work another way!!!
Yes FALL OUT BOY! Yes BRENDON!
Yay for a writing video!! You’re too good to us lol
These videos are so motivating to me, thank you for making them :)
How do you write so much words i wrote 1000 yesterday and im mentally exhausted
Haha! My placeholder character names are some really specific adjective-phrase like "douche-canoe" so that I know how to write that character, but that probably leads to really single-dimension characters to I try not to lean on it too much.
2012 Kat was just a superhero. We all can learn from her.
kat maybe you can self publish the books that you queeryed eariler you know the ones that you got the nice rejections for i.e the ones you talked about in your ghosts of nanowrimo's past video in 2012
I have a baby name book that use dice to get a random page on
So proud of ya 😢💜🤸
Please do another structure video! I love them so much and find them really helpful!
i will!! i'm so glad you like them because i love nerding out about structure :)
@@Katytastic I always struggle to properly plot out my projects (I normally get caught up in character/world building and forget about the plot) but I used your 3/9/27 method to plan out my Nano project and I couldn't be more excited about it.
I love it! Keep on keeping on Kat!
OMG, Delicate is on my playlist!!!!
orherentirediscography
If this book gets published and you go on tour!!! (Fingers crossed) please come to Dublin!!! No authors or you tubers ever come here and I swear it's nice here!!
I HEARD FOB AND AUTOMATICALLY SUBSCRIBED
Have you considered self-publishing some of your older works? It would take the query process out of the equation... Just a thought. I would love to read some of these stories you have mentioned. *fingers crossed* that the new book is the one that breaks through for you! You deserve success! I look forward to attending your first book signing tour!
yeah i've definitely considered self-pub (ideally i plan to both self pub and trad pub) but the query process is not really a factor in the equation. most of my publishing reservations are related to just the simple fact of the book being available for public consumption, and the affect that will have on my life and mental health
Well hopefully one day I will log on and see that some of these stories are available :) My interest is peaked! I am really enjoying these writing vlogs. Inspiring! It is also nice to see you so happy with writing this one. 9 days until Nano! Woo hoo!
I'm good at bullshitting - that sums my whole life up...
So wait how do u do the chapter thing in scrivener?
LOL I get you! My Villian is also called Villian at the moment 😂 let's see if I can find a badass enough name for him 😂