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Outlines, and Rough Drafts, and Beta Readers, Oh my!
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- čas přidán 14. 08. 2024
- I am so happy with my writing progress over the last month. I took some big steps, met some goals, and created some more goals for the summer. It feels so good to get back to the FUN in writing.
0:00 - Intro
0:35 - NaNoWriMo Prize
0:56 - Outlines and rough drafts
3:01 - Beta reader
4:42 - Finding my Process
5:56 - Summer Writing Goals
7:57 - Outro and bloopers
Clicked so fast! Omg LOVE rewarding myself with a little prize!
Congratulations on starting a new book! I really need to watch your whole series. Omg I wanna join your writing group 😭
Haha I am so much like a squirrel I'm realizing in these comments but please know that it's because I'm holding a baby and talking to two other kids lol
Bonnie it is huge that you are sending out drafts of your work and I'm so happy for you
I'm also realizing that I'm a plotter versus a pantser like I thought.
I am obsessed with your summer writing plans. I can't wait to hear how the submissions go. The point is not to win the point is to get it done. And that's what you're gonna do. Good for you ❤
Thank you so much for all of your kind words and encouragement!! I am so excited and I love my self-awarded prize. That would be so amazing if you could join my writing group! Our mutual friend is in it too!
Haha I love squirrels and I love your comments!!
It's kind of fun discovering the plotting side of myself. I love learning more about what works for me and who I am as a writer.
Love the t-shirt and congratulations on starting your middle grade book!
Thank you so much!!! I appreciate your support over the last couple of years.
This is amazing, looking forward to seeing you meet your goals!
Thank you so much!! I really appreciate it!
So great that you’re submitting your work for a contest!! 🥳That is super exciting!
Thank you! I'm excited to put myself out there and see what happens.
Ahhh I had no idea you were writing! Soooo exciting I can’t wait to hear more about your progress 🥰
Thank you so much!! I used to write ALL the time but life got....crazy. It's only been in the last four years or so that I have started to write again, but I am loving it!
This is SO fascinating to me! I'm very happy for you and all your progress so far! And I'm also so interested in the methods of writing. I think I would be a plotter as well, the idea of having different levels of depth (outline, rough draft, draft, feeback, edits, whatever else there is!) really speaks to my soul ^^ I totally get the fear of sharing your work, that's a piece of you that you're sending off for feedback. And at the same time, it's also completely separate from you as a person. But very hard to tell your feelings and fears what's what! 😅 I think you're very brave and I hope you get good constructive feedback from your chosen people! I'm not very well-read in middle grade books (as an adult) but if you would ever like more people, somewhere in between your closest friends and complete strangers, I would be happy to read your work! I will not be offended if you don't! Just wanted to give you the option. I would also love to see the room-rearranging! I get if you don't want to share that on here... but I would watch it ^^
Thank you so much, Ellen! I didn't think that plotting would speak to my soul as much as it has been lately! But now that I have started plotting a bit more it totally makes sense. I could definitely see eventually having not just basic chapter notes but plotting out specific scenes for each chapter as well. We'll see! I appreciate you understanding how vulnerable it feels to share my work and creations! Thank you SO much for your offer to read it! That means a lot to me. I think maybe when I am closer to a complete first draft I will definitely take you up on that.
I thought about putting more of the room rearranging into a video....but I think at this point I probably won't. It involves a lot of my husband's stuff and my kids' stuff and I don't want to get too much of their spaces on here. So unfortunately it will just be disjointed gradual room changes in my background. 😂😂
@@BonnieNicoleWrites I totally get all of that! I would be very interested to hear more about your process going forward, not just what works necessarily, but just what you’re trying or how you’re thinking about things. I find that so interesting. Doesn’t have to involve specifics either, just on an abstract level I guess. You do what you’re comfortable with, of course.
The offer to read will stand, and you can take it whenever you feel like it would be beneficial to you!
There is an editor who is also called Ellen (Brock?) who does CZcams videos, I find them very interesting as well. Maybe that’s for a later stage though. Maybe you’ve already heard of her
@@ellenmadebookclub Just realized I never responded to this!! I do want to do a video about my process and the things I'm trying to try to figure out my personal best method. I've been toying with what all to include, but hopefully I can get another writing video end of July or early Aug. :) I have heard of Ellen Brock and watched her videos intermittently but I appreciate you mentioning her again! I should follow her more closely. I definitely want to learn more aboout people's editing advice and methods.
Lovely to meet another writer/reader. I'm a massive fantasy & poetry nerd, but also (like you) love classics. I am also beginning an adventure into horror, not sure how it'll go, but we'll see... Looking forward to following your adventure.
Sounds like a lot of reading similarities! I have only recently started getting into poetry. Who is your favorite poet? I am also curious to hear where you are starting with horror. I am working myself up to try that genre as well! And I love that you are a fellow writer. All the best to you for your writing!
@@BonnieNicoleWrites: I love all poetry, especially contemporary, but I probably concentrate on the mid-twentieth century American, confessional poets: Plath, Sexton, Berryman, Lowell, Snodgrass... I also read a lot of verse-novels. Regarding horror, I am starting a research project on the classic origins: Dracula, Frankenstein, Jekyll & Hyde, & HP Lovecraft. Should be fun.
@@apoetreadstowrite That's great! I have only dipped my toe into quite recent poetry but I do want to read more widely. I was thinking I had never read horror but I forgot that I have indeed read Dracula as well as Jekyll and Hyde. I enjoyed Jekyll and Hyde and I liked Dracula more than I thought I would. I want to read Frankenstein soon-ish as well.
I relate to soooo much of this! Well done on your progress with this new project and massive kudos for sharing your writing!!! It is so daunting and scary, but also the only way to get better - we write book for them to get read, so we need readers at some point 😂 So with you on the context thing - I also entered a couple of them recently and have really no expectations of winning, but it's a way for me to show myself that I'm testing my writing seriously. Love your t-shirt by the way, I'm also looking for nice writerly rewards or treats to give myself and motivate me 😅
Erf, I'm on my iPad and it won't let me edit my comment 🙄 please ignore the typos and it was 'contest' not 'context'
@@Curious-Cat Oh no! I don't like the editing difficulties on different devices. No worries!!
I really appreciate your kind comment and encouragement! I would love to hear about how your contests go! Definitely keep me updated. I love how you said it's a way to show yourself you're taking your writing seriously. I think that's been a huge game changer for me as well. I am finally starting to take myself seriously and take my writing seriously. It feels great!
And yesss to the writer rewards!! 😂
@@BonnieNicoleWrites The first one, I didn't even make the long list, which stung cause it was a prize for the first 5 pages of a novel and I felt really good about my pages. I didn't expect to win but was hoping to at least make the first round. But it's a fantasy project and looking at the long list, they usually put very few fantasy on there -- they clearly prefer literary fiction... 🤷♀ (at least, that's what I tell myself to feel better 😂). Haven't heard from the other ones, but I feel it'll be even more competitive, so I try not to expect anything.
@@Curious-Cat Ooph that's the worst when you feel confident and good about it and it doesn't end up panning out. I'm sorry that one didn't work out. :( I hope you are able to keep your confidence and excitement for your project! And good luck with the other contests!!
@@BonnieNicoleWrites Thanks for the kind words
I was just thinking that you're in a different setting! I can't wait to see what you do with the space! Congrats on finishing NaNoWriMo -- I remember doing it when I was in high school and it was SO hard. 50k words in a month right??? 😳 But yes, I agree that just purging out the words you have is probably the best way to just get things going. I'm so glad you got it going! Ironically, I was so unabashed when it came to sharing my writing when I was younger (50k word fanfiction writer here LOL), but now I feel like I've gotten shyer and actually am embarrassed to show/talk about things I'm working on (even my own YT channel) to my friends/family 😅 but I'm so happy you sent it to your friends/family!!
I wish the best of luck for your manuscript. I'm rooting for you! Definitely let me know when you're a published writer. I will most definitely be a support and purchase it 💕🥹
Thanks!! Yes, NaNowriMo is 50k in a month. It's a lot for 30 days!! That's so great that you have done it too. I think that actually makes a lot of sense about being more ready to share you writing when younger and feeling more shy. I think for me at least, all the time in adulthood makes me just that more aware of inner and outer criticism and imposter syndrome. It can take a lot to get past that and take the leap of sharing your work!
Thank you so much for your kind words! That seriously means so much. I will definitely keep updating!
@@BonnieNicoleWrites Yesss! Something about adulthood just really takes the boldness you have as a child🙃 Regardless, I'm so happy that you're sharing your progress and I cannot wait to see what you publish in the future.
YOU GOT THIS, I'M ROOOTING FOR YOU 💕🧡