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SUMMER WRITING SEMESTER | structuring a series 101, short story submissions, brand mgmt, & more!
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2023
- Taking the concept of "Wintering" (seasons of rest & recovery, seasons of productivity, seasons of growth and exploration, etc.) and mixing it with syllabi and assignments gives me my first ever summer writing semester! I'm taking 5 "classes":
Finish Your Damn Novels,
Short Story Submissions,
How to Structure a Series,
Brand Management,
and Reading!
Here's what the first week looked like for my longest writing experiment yet!
☟↓ QUESTIONS FOR YOU BELOOOOOW! ↓☟
D I S C U S S I O N Q U E S T I O N S :
What class would you take if you could control your own "writing semester"? What's a topic within writing you've always wanted to explore more but haven't had the time (or been able to make the time) to do so?
What's your favorite class you've ever taken (in real life, lolol)?
What's your FAVORITE series you've ever read and why? (And what's your least favorite? Any you DNF'd partway through? Why?)
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KATE. You've done it again! You always come up with such creative and fun experiments that just absolutely tickle me! Recently, I was lamenting about missing school (I've been out for 10 years now). School Supplies at Target is the start of my favorite season(s) of the year, and I often peruse the aisles as though I were back-to-school shopping. Well guess who's jumping on the bandwagon this year! I'm for sure doing this too! Amazing! Can't wait to see how it works out for you!
Ahhh, as someone who also graduated a decade ago, it must just be that time!!! Totally agree on school supply season being my favorite. I've been stocking up. 👀
Glad to have you aboard, happy experimenting!! :)
Back to school shopping is the best! Doesn't matter how old I get, I still love it every year!
I recently submitted a short story but got rejected lol, I remember once Stephen King in his On Writing said he would pin every rejection letter to his wall from a nail. By the time I was fourteen,” he said, “the nail in my wall would no longer support the weight of the rejection slips impaled upon it. I replaced the nail with a spike and went on writing.”
I can’t be any more inspired.
Think if Steven King had given up back then, what a void in the Book stores and Libraries. The average writer got about 30 rejection letters, but they learned what the publishers were looking for in the end by that process.
I got a rejection for what I submitted in this video too!! Nothing like a rejection to spur you into more writing though. I’ll hop aboard that inspiration train with you!!
@@KateCavanaugh Yeah many rejections now do not really tell you what's wrong with it either or that they have a story similar to that already. Which makes it hard to know or where to improve it or give up on it.. I never submitted anything yet, I knew I wasn't ready and glad I didn't (Even I would have rejected my early stuff now) That's how you learn this craft, no other way. I think it takes about ten years being all the craft books or classes never teach the whole process at one time. Just a fact. You learn just like building a story from scratch.
That's one of my favorite lines in the book!
I feel like we need a process video for how you put together your summer semester!
I feel like short fiction has increased in popularity in the authortube community recently and I'M SO HERE FOR IT.
This inspired me to schedule my weeks like this too! Perhaps it will take me back to a time when I was more productive!
Oooh yes! Please let me know how it works for you!! :)
Same here! I’ve been dealing with the worst writing rut I’ve ever experienced and I’m going to implement this strategy.
@@KateCavanaugh I will update. I also want to put my own spin on this and see how my productivity shifts when listening to music vs not listening to music. I’ll be listening to different types of music during “classes” and I will be seeing if music helps and if so which type of music helps most. I’ll be trying this until I finish my developmental draft of my novel.
I miss the structure of school so much, and would love this idea rather than doing like a full eight hour day of writing. It seems very adhd friendly. I might start doing in this fall!
I was thinking the same
So happy to hear you mention Meridian Maps again! Love that idea!
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The drabbles look really fun and I like the idea of having different creative seasons. I've noticed I already do this a little because of NaNoWriMo but I think I'll try making it more conscious this year. I'm going to try summer prepping (jun-aug), fall writing (sep-nov), winter resting/writing whatever whenever (dec-feb) and spring revising (mar-may) and see how that goes.
I love this idea! It's basically time blocking, but I hate time blocking. Calling it classes is just the difference that my brain needs to be tricked into time blocking, lol😂
I love this video you seem so excited about your classes!! Watching you always puts me in the mood to write 🥰
AHHH THANKS AMANDA. 🩵🩵
This is such a genius idea! I've always struggled with structure around my writing and my ADHD butt is always chasing the novelty of things - which doesn't come with a project you've been working on for over a year. I think I might steal this idea and come up with my own little "class" schedule!
I have always wanted to explore playwriting more. I took the most incredible class with one of my best teachers and mentors when I was in high school, and did pretty well (got shortlisted for a few competitions, and had a play produced at a college after graduating), but I haven't revisited it since. I'd love to give it another try, and see how my growth as a writer influences the plays I could write now. As an aside, I just wanted you to know that I now prepare for most of my writing sessions by watching your videos, because your passion and excitement is so infectious, and your commitment to your craft is so inspiring!
I feel that it is a very good sign that when I listen to you describe your hopes for your series, I get a very genuine feeling of, "Fuck, I wanna read that." I'm sure lots of others do, too!
Awww thank you so much! Hopefully that will happen soon! :)
Thanks for the lovely idea!
I love this idea and totally want to incorporate it into my life soon. Kate your videos are so addicting for me and I get so excited every time you upload a new one!
Great idea for a video! Loved it!
I love this idea!! I might try this myself!
omg I am absolutely obsessed with this idea! I 100% want to jump on the bandwagon.... Just looking at my calendar for the rest of the year though and I think the next time I have 10 consecutive weeks were I could do something like this is December. Oh well, we are jumping on the bandwagon _at some point_ 😅
I would be really curious to know how you went about structuring your syllabus and adding assignments? Also how did you choose your 5 classes? I've been thinking about how I would do my own version of this for less than 5 minutes and I can already think of 10 classes I could add, which is definitely far too many 🙊
LOLOL! I love that! Tell me all your class ideas!! I had a good idea for 4 of them (needing to set aside time for my current WIPs, wanting to read more and get more involved in booktube, needing to update my websites, and hoping to structure my Meridian Maps series) and then had been reading up on some short story contests and was like AHA that's my final class.
I think you could totally do like a "mini-mester" for 4 weeks or something like that too. I took a couple of those (in actual college bahaha). GOOD LUCK ON YOUR FUTURE EXPERIMENT! :)
@@KateCavanaugh Ooooh a mini-mester sounds really fun! I was thinking of doing some writing-ones similar to what you did, but then also adding art-based ones like graphic design, book cover design, character design (I actually bought a class forever ago that I've been meaning to take for this one hahaha) and then I also think it'd be cool to add PE, because calling it a class might make me actually stick to my workouts for once 🤣
@@MartaCanPixeldo you mean graphic design, book cover design and character design as three seperate classes? If so, might I suggest you combine all three into one class and call it Graphics course? Those can be modules. I 10x'd my graphics design learning by jumping straight into book cover design. I just collected books covers I liked, labelled them from simple to advanced and started producing my own similar copies by looking up CZcams videos for each aspect as I tried them. Day one I watched software basics and 101 videos and day 2 I just started trying to copy simple book covers. I learned so much more than previous attempts at just learning a technique in a vacuum. (Sorry for the lecture!)
I had been thinking about the school schedule method since June and this video inspired me so much I spent 2 hours yesterday coming up with 5 classes (combining topics and realizing that seperating them was just giving me a longer to- do list), the goals, objectives and assignments for all my classes. I have never created such a comprehensive plan so fast! Thanks, Kate!!❤
This is a fantastic idea! I loved the vlog💕
I URGENTLY need to know where you got that planner. It's a dream layout. Pleeeaase!
It's the Passion Planner!! I'm using their undated yearly layout. :) Cannot recommend them enough!!
I love this! I'm trying to schedule writing and work as if it's by job even though I still live in corporate America. You always inspire me to schedule things out and treat it seriously. good luck with the semester! I love the idea of treating it like school... especially if it's hogswarts themed :)
I love this idea! Looks like you had a great week and got so much accomplished. My favorite class ever was a history class with one of my all time favorite teachers. It was a Civil War history class. I love watching your experiments, they always get me in the mood to do something similar.
I loved watching this, and this idea as a whole!!! I feel like it's a thing I need to do also - as you say, it can be so hard to stop doing all the things that feel pressing in order to dig deeper in certain areas.
YES! Easily the best part is having the carved out time already sort of "promised" to myself.
I like the idea of making a more "block" schedule to try and set times for each thing I want to accomplish, will need to figure out how school schedules will work this year to see if I can work around that
Oh, I LOVE the MyBookProgress widget! I've been so bad at updating mine, though lately.
I learned about it from you!!! I installed it after chatting with you and then never actually put it on my website 🙃 but I've rectified that situation now, lolol!
this is such a fun experiment!! seems like something i'm going to have to give a try!! esp as theres a lot of projects i want to make progress but i haven't dedicated the time to them
You may be interested in Adrienne Young’s Fable/Namesake duology (with Saint the prequel having come out recently). It’s YA but it also seems like it has a lot of similar themes to your Meridian Maps story!
Great video. 🙂 I need to work on writing more short fiction. I found the new edition of Save the Cat (Save the Cat Writes a Young Adult Novel) super helpful with the chapter on writing a series. Jessica Brody uses several great examples to show how the beats can work through a series.
I have yet to get my flash fiction submitted anywhere....I did get a personal essay into a blog at least. I've had zero luck with Submittable so far.
Have you read The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty? Only the first book is out, but it's a fantastic pirate fantasy book!
Kris MF and Kelly Tai are Canada based but they also have some experience with submitting short stories.
I wish I had enough discipline to create this style of structure. I am motivated to write, and I loved hearing about Meridian Maps again.
speaking of concept of ideas i really missed "cooking with classics"
I'm hoping to bring it back!! :) We're reading JAWS for this month's Authortube Chat and I'm hoping to make one for that. Just have to think of a themed dessert or meal to make alongside it bahaha.
@@KateCavanaugh yeeeeeeey sounds cool. didn't know the movie Jaws was based on a book though
I had no idea either!!! Apparently there was a really interesting marketing campaign that got the book into book clubs. The movie came out just a year after the book was published. And it’s a book where critics largely say the movie is better. So I’m intrigued! My library copy comes in soon. 🦈
I thought about doing something similar with the classes I've bought over the years. I may have to actually try it out now lol
Ooooh YES. That's a genius idea! Let me know if there's any you recommend after taking them. Or any you're excited for! I think it'd be fun to have an element of an ACTUAL class someone else has structured too bahaha.
I can confirm that having a school schedule helps at least for me.
Oooh a new video. Funny I was about to write lol
Perfect timing ;)
How did you make the syllabus and did you share it anywhere? I want to try this but I have no idea how to make a syllabus.😅
The Kung Fu Panda Trilogy is another great series to analyze! 💖
Oooh, I'll add it to my list! I don't think I ever saw any after the first ages ago, but that sounds so fun.
Can you do a detailed video on how you plan your books please? Love watching these ❤
Yesssss, I want to do a video on my new "outlining" process. Totally will encompass more than just the outlining! :)
@@KateCavanaugh awesome. Thank you 😊
I’m sorry, I’ve been following you for years but haven’t commented. I know my soul is a writer but my life has been full of challenges of overcoming mental health. I have a question of what software you use to write. My notes are everywhere and that disorganization has discouraged me further from writing. Thank you for sharing everything you do. 🥺
I use Scrivener! That's what you'll see in most videos. I make a new Scrivener doc for most projects, but sometimes I'll have a bunch of ideas (like an "Essays" doc) in one. The drag and drop really helps me and I enjoy the bits of customization I've done.
I often also use Google Docs and Campfire. I think any three of these could help for corralling notes, but Google Docs and Campfire can also be accessed across your laptop/phone/anywhere you can log-in! So that might be your best bet.
Life can be so hard sometimes and your stories are definitely ready for you whenever you are! You got this! :)
I can think of a lot of series that I think are bad but never gave up on because bad doesn’t mean not enjoyable. I love Teen Wolf. It has its moments but it’s kinda bad. I'm sure Queen's gambit is a great series. I didn't like it. Doesn’t mean I don't get that it’s good, or even get what is good about it.
Also, I think Equal Rites is the best entry point to Discworld. Unless you just want to watch the miniseries of Hogfather to see if the humour is for you.
Meridian Maps reminds me...
Do you think you'll check out the One Piece live action series? I think it'll be interesting to see how they change things in the adaptation and how that works or doesn't. I'm intrigued by how they'll tackle everything in 8 episodes (I think it's doable).
I always enjoyed how academic approaches to art and writing kind of shifts the perspective from just enjoying a work to trying to understand how it was made. It never really took away the magic but it did really help make it easier to create by recognizing that the flaws didn't take away the magic of the work. Sometimes they are why something is so enjoyable.
I totally agree! It's a different kind of magic, it sort of opens your eyes to how you too can make the art you love and enjoy most.
I'll definitely check out the live action series! I need to watch more of the anime and revisit the manga. It's always fun to see where adaptations succeed/"fail" and investigate why I personally loved some changes and not others. Like a, "is this inherent to the medium itself and they ddi the best they could or did they butcher this and could've done it better??"
@@KateCavanaugh From the episode information that we have at the moment I think it'll be an interesting example of character development because in the initial arc that happens with Luffy, he's kind of unlikable and annoying. By the arc that should be the last two episodes he becomes more than simply an obnoxious dreamer. A lot of the emotional beats are quite powerful over the series of arcs that will be the first season. Obviously in the live action this will be heavily dependent on the actors ability to convey what the writing does over a longer period of time in the anime and manga.
Personally I think the tightest arc/s are the Water 7/Enies Lobby arcs. They're still the two arcs that I think pack in a lot of character and emotional development alongside world building.
I think (especially early on) One Piece is a great example of world building without overloading your audience. It is so heavily dependent on the characters themselves but each character gives you a direct view into the world via their backstories. And, Oda repeats themes in different ways to kind of push home the idea that the world itself is full of injustice and as such freedom is entirely radical. It's all fairly clear but without feeling like a lecture.
And, that's seriously challenging to do well even though it looks so easy. Later on in the series I would say things get more complicated and a bit messier but the earlier parts of the series are fascinating to study.
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apologies if you’ve said this in previous videos (or even if you say it later in the video - i’m worried i’ll forget if i don’t comment this now), but what is the planner you’re using for your “class” schedule/the one with the time blocks on it? thank you!
It’s a Passion Planner!! I love it and can’t recommend it enough. This one is undated weekly. I bought a bunch of them in a sale a while ago and am working my way through them. I’ve used their daily planner too and also enjoyed it. They have a bunch of customization options so hopefully you find one you like!!
@@KateCavanaugh oh my gosh, youtube never notified me about your reply!! 😭 thank you so much for the information!! i’ll definitely check them out. :))
1. need to learn on being more descriptive, better grammar words, and to work on my memory a bit.
2. My creative writing class in high school, we got some prompts or we could create our own stories with a word limit!
3. My favorite series that started my book collection and writing obsession is The Faerie Path by Frewin Jones, fun fact on his website you can ask him any questions about writing or his books, or etc...downfall is one per email, so i made up so many emails because of it lol
I was thinking of doing some writing classes on coursera but if anyone has any that i can take for free elsewhere or what i could do to create my own, id appreciate it. Only half way through and the video is amazing!
Jack Grapes "Method Writing" book is excelled for using the description mode (Image Moments used in the internalization of your Motivation and Rection Units etc. This book led me to the idea we work in boundaries or bookends during the whole writing process. We juggle all 11 writing modes.
Motivation and Reaction Units (Typo)...The 11 Modes are found in Mike Klaassen's book on Writing Modes - good book... T