Everyone discovers their own writing method that works for them. For me, I have to write in spurts. I'm visual and ADHD so it really helped to map out a graphic organizer of my book with the plot outline and character arc (attached to important turning points in the plot). This allowed me to stay on track with the story, develop a much stronger and more fun and interesting middle, and tie the ending to themes throughout the book in ways I hadn't seen before. That was the turning point where it felt like the story went to the next level and I could write a lot more scenes I enjoyed writing with the exciting new destination I'd discovered in mind. That said, I also encourage breaks when needed to avoid burnout. Creativity requires a certain mindset and for some of us, our best work comes after we do other things and let the story simmer in our minds. It's a balance, so always listen to what your mind and body need and respond to that so it doesn't lead to burnout, creatively or physically.
I love how structured your steps are and how much sense this makes as I keep writing chunks. I don't know if I will ever be able to edit them all together... BUT I do 5min writing - because for the most part i can't do more. My book is going to reflect the fact that I cannot execute all of your other ideas at this point, as I am unfree to do so. But thank you! :)
This is so inspiring and motivating! Thank you for sharing! I’m subscribing and excited to get moving again myself after watching! Definitely more excited to get out of bed and get to work, and to get outlining! 🎉
Consistency and making a habit is key with any big task. Just eat this elephant one piece at a time. Also - I can't thank you enough for actually thumbnailing this video "I wish I had known..." instead of "I wish I knew..." just like most YT content creators do, even though they mean the former.❤
It sounds like writing every day basically provided you with a structure of discipline in order to become an author. I never wrote every day when I worked as a freelance writer for 20 plus years But in one of my writing seminars called the Basics that I have given a couple of times , Discipline is one of three rules of writing I have emphasized .
@NatalieForslind It's a seminar meant for beginning writers and anyone thinking of becoming a writer. Its three rules of writing or really building blocks of writing that anyone needs to know. I haven't done a seminar in a long time I guess because of the pandemic a n d everything. Maybe one of these days.
Hi! Lovely. I have a question: do you have a recommendation for a platform that cloaks or hides the dates of when a blog post is published? For something to truly feel Evergreen to me there must be a sense of continuity even if I’m not consistent with my blog post uploads and only post when inspiration strikes as a hobby. I would just really prefer to not have the dates Public, so I was wondering if you had a recommendation for a platform that caters to that need.
I wish you luck in your writing and in doing what you're trying to accomplish. I share a similar approach to my CZcams channel. Unfortunately, CZcams itself is not a great platform for "evergreen" work creators. Instead, it favors channels who release new videos frequently and consistently. I always envy the Abraham Hicks channels that can just slap a new title and thumbnail on an old video and upload it as something new and get easy clicks. Those of us who want to create something inspired, original, and of lasting quality do not feed the YT engine and appetite with enough grist for the mill. Anyway, good luck to you!
At my old job, we used both publishing and last updated to show that evergreen posts kept getting updated with new relevant information. I liked this approach since it worked well with the best practices of SEO and showed the readers all the facts.
I use the notes app on my iPhone. It's not perfect but it works. :) If I keep dictating I will probably by an app that works better. Not sure which one yet though.
RE: fulfilling your habit of writing every day leading to other good habits. The rabbis refer to something like this with the statement that "the fulfillment of one commandment pulls one to fulfill the next.
I have written every day of my life since I was very young. That someone sees it as a worthwhile challenge is very strange to me. I see it as a bad, time consuming habit. It is effortless to me. It feels like scratching an itch.
Same here. Been writing and journaling for 13 years. My journal is 1m words at this point. I have hundreds of articles. If I don’t do it, I feel a sink in my stomach
I have significant focus issues. Maybe undiagnosed ADHD? It's hard for me to get started, so I do need to block the time, remove the distractions, and strap myself in. Otherwise-boom!-the day is gone.
You look very attractive, and your writing can also be so attractive if English verbs are logically used in your writing In standard English, the past simple tense of verbs is used to lay a stress on an action, and often accompanied by an adverb of time, whereas the present perfect tense is used to express the result of the action, and usually used without any specific point of time when the action happened In your particular case, you are expressing what you have learnt from your own writing, the correct tense of the verb "to learn" here is the present perfect tense" have learnt", but not the simple past tense"learnt" because the self-learning experience process is between a certain point of time in the past and the present time when you are talking about it, and still has effects related to your current writing, but it is not merely an action which happened and stopped at a point of time, or within a period of time in the past, and no longer exists, nor has anything related to the time being. If you use the past simple tense "learnt", it will mean that you once learnt from your own writing at a certain point of time, or within a period of time in the past, but the action of self-learning stopped at that certain point of time, and from then to the moment of speaking now, your action of self-learning is zero, which is not aligned with the fact that it's a process of learning from a point of time in the past to the moment of speaking Present perfect tense Started. Moment of speaking now ___*________________________________________*_____________________> (Have learnt) Past simple tense Started. Stopped. Moment of speaking *--------------------------------*-------------------------------------*----------------------> (Learnt) 2 other examples : A. Have you been to London? B. Yes, I 've there twice The question and answer indicate that speaker A is interested in only the result of the action or state of being in London of speaker B, which is speaker B's experience in London, but not the action or state of being in London itself A. Were you in London, last year? B. No, I wasn't The question now focuses on the action or state of being in London itself, but not any result of the action. The adverb of time makes speaker A's intention unambiguous David: Have you met Sylvia? Tom: Yes, I have David wants to know whether Tom's got any experience in meeting with Sylvia, but not interested in Tom's action of meeting her, such as how Tom met and when he met Sylvia David: Did you meet her last month? Tom: No, I met her last week The question now focuses on the action of meeting itself. David is interested in only Tom's action of meeting Sylvia, and when it happened The past simple tense of verbs is used with adverbs to express actions themselves, while the present perfect tense is used to express the results of actions and the effects related to the time being.
Everyone discovers their own writing method that works for them. For me, I have to write in spurts. I'm visual and ADHD so it really helped to map out a graphic organizer of my book with the plot outline and character arc (attached to important turning points in the plot). This allowed me to stay on track with the story, develop a much stronger and more fun and interesting middle, and tie the ending to themes throughout the book in ways I hadn't seen before. That was the turning point where it felt like the story went to the next level and I could write a lot more scenes I enjoyed writing with the exciting new destination I'd discovered in mind. That said, I also encourage breaks when needed to avoid burnout. Creativity requires a certain mindset and for some of us, our best work comes after we do other things and let the story simmer in our minds. It's a balance, so always listen to what your mind and body need and respond to that so it doesn't lead to burnout, creatively or physically.
Yeah that is true. Thanks for sharing. ☺️
I love how structured your steps are and how much sense this makes as I keep writing chunks. I don't know if I will ever be able to edit them all together... BUT I do 5min writing - because for the most part i can't do more. My book is going to reflect the fact that I cannot execute all of your other ideas at this point, as I am unfree to do so. But thank you! :)
Great to see an example of ‘atomic habits’ in practice.
Glad to hear 🤩
This is so inspiring and motivating! Thank you for sharing! I’m subscribing and excited to get moving again myself after watching! Definitely more excited to get out of bed and get to work, and to get outlining! 🎉
This was really inspiring, thanks! :) I wish you good luck with your series! :)
Thank you so much :)
I am your 500th subscriber. May you reach 1000 very soon. You have good content and are inspiring. Best wishes!
Thank you so much 💞
Thank you! I really enjoy your content.
Thank you 😄
Really inspiring! Well done.x
Thanks Emma ❤
Tack för en bra video, med peppig uppmuntran! ❤💕🇸🇪💖
Subscribed! ❤
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Good job. You are approaching your writing like a professional. Keep it up and it will definitely pay off.
I hope so ☺️
Great to see a genuine experience being shared in a simple straightforward way 🙏
Thank you 😍
Consistency and making a habit is key with any big task. Just eat this elephant one piece at a time.
Also - I can't thank you enough for actually thumbnailing this video "I wish I had known..." instead of "I wish I knew..." just like most YT content creators do, even though they mean the former.❤
Thank you ❤️
It sounds like writing every day basically provided you with a structure of discipline in order to become an author.
I never wrote every day when I worked as a freelance writer for 20 plus years
But in one of my writing seminars called the Basics that I have given a couple of times ,
Discipline is one of three rules of writing I have emphasized .
Yeah that is what I did. That sounds like a really interesting seminar.
@NatalieForslind
It's a seminar meant for beginning writers and anyone thinking of becoming a writer.
Its three rules of writing or really building blocks of writing that anyone needs to know.
I haven't done a seminar in a long time I guess because of the pandemic a n d everything.
Maybe one of these days.
inspiring… thanks
Thanks for watching!
Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
@@NatalieForslind You're welcome. I'm glad to have had time to comment for the algorithm.
Good strategy :-)
Thank you!
Hi! Lovely. I have a question: do you have a recommendation for a platform that cloaks or hides the dates of when a blog post is published? For something to truly feel Evergreen to me there must be a sense of continuity even if I’m not consistent with my blog post uploads and only post when inspiration strikes as a hobby. I would just really prefer to not have the dates Public, so I was wondering if you had a recommendation for a platform that caters to that need.
I wish you luck in your writing and in doing what you're trying to accomplish. I share a similar approach to my CZcams channel. Unfortunately, CZcams itself is not a great platform for "evergreen" work creators. Instead, it favors channels who release new videos frequently and consistently.
I always envy the Abraham Hicks channels that can just slap a new title and thumbnail on an old video and upload it as something new and get easy clicks. Those of us who want to create something inspired, original, and of lasting quality do not feed the YT engine and appetite with enough grist for the mill. Anyway, good luck to you!
At my old job, we used both publishing and last updated to show that evergreen posts kept getting updated with new relevant information. I liked this approach since it worked well with the best practices of SEO and showed the readers all the facts.
Thank you so much. Yeah that is true. Gonna check out Abraham. @@brushstroke3733
Do you write listening to music?
I usually listen to white noise or nothing at all. :) What about you?
I like isochronic tones playing in headphones while writing@@NatalieForslind
I blast Charles Mingus really loud.
what app or software are you using for dictating parts of your manuscript?
I use the notes app on my iPhone. It's not perfect but it works. :) If I keep dictating I will probably by an app that works better. Not sure which one yet though.
RE: fulfilling your habit of writing every day leading to other good habits. The rabbis refer to something like this with the statement that "the fulfillment of one commandment pulls one to fulfill the next.
Yeah that sounds similar.
Whew. Deleting 2 books because you hadn't planted seeds for the 5th book?
You're right, that is crazy lol. Whatever works, works!
The books didn't have the suspense I wanted either since I hadn't planned them properly. Now they're a lot better.
I have written every day of my life since I was very young. That someone sees it as a worthwhile challenge is very strange to me. I see it as a bad, time consuming habit. It is effortless to me. It feels like scratching an itch.
Same here. Been writing and journaling for 13 years. My journal is 1m words at this point. I have hundreds of articles. If I don’t do it, I feel a sink in my stomach
That's a reaaly long time.
Awesome to journal for so long. Know that feeling. @@drewmorrison
@@NatalieForslind I write hours a day. I can't help it. :(
I have significant focus issues. Maybe undiagnosed ADHD? It's hard for me to get started, so I do need to block the time, remove the distractions, and strap myself in. Otherwise-boom!-the day is gone.
i write every day, but not like that
That's great. Do you like writing every day? :)
@@NatalieForslind ywah, even tho some days it's just a sentence, but i keep the story moving forwsrd
@@NatalieForslind ywah, even tho some days it's just a sentence, but i keep the story moving forwsrd
@@xChikyx Love that. Me too.
You look very attractive, and your writing can also be so attractive if English verbs are logically used in your writing
In standard English, the past simple tense of verbs is used to lay a stress on an action, and often accompanied by an adverb of time, whereas the present perfect tense is used to express the result of the action, and usually used without any specific point of time when the action happened
In your particular case, you are expressing what you have learnt from your own writing, the correct tense of the verb "to learn" here is the present perfect tense" have learnt", but not the simple past tense"learnt" because the self-learning experience process is between a certain point of time in the past and the present time when you are talking about it, and still has effects related to your current writing, but it is not merely an action which happened and stopped at a point of time, or within a period of time in the past, and no longer exists, nor has anything related to the time being. If you use the past simple tense "learnt", it will mean that you once learnt from your own writing at a certain point of time, or within a period of time in the past, but the action of self-learning stopped at that certain point of time, and from then to the moment of speaking now, your action of self-learning is zero, which is not aligned with the fact that it's a process of learning from a point of time in the past to the moment of speaking
Present perfect tense
Started. Moment of speaking now
___*________________________________________*_____________________>
(Have learnt)
Past simple tense
Started. Stopped. Moment of speaking
*--------------------------------*-------------------------------------*---------------------->
(Learnt)
2 other examples :
A. Have you been to London?
B. Yes, I 've there twice
The question and answer indicate that speaker A is interested in only the result of the action or state of being in London of speaker B, which is speaker B's experience in London, but not the action or state of being in London itself
A. Were you in London, last year?
B. No, I wasn't
The question now focuses on the action or state of being in London itself, but not any result of the action. The adverb of time makes speaker A's intention unambiguous
David: Have you met Sylvia?
Tom: Yes, I have
David wants to know whether Tom's got any experience in meeting with Sylvia, but not interested in Tom's action of meeting her, such as how Tom met and when he met Sylvia
David: Did you meet her last month?
Tom: No, I met her last week
The question now focuses on the action of meeting itself. David is interested in only Tom's action of meeting Sylvia, and when it happened
The past simple tense of verbs is used with adverbs to express actions themselves, while the present perfect tense is used to express the results of actions and the effects related to the time being.
I am afraid of starting, so thank you for the video. Keep up the great work.
I know that feeling. Just keep going and keep trying. The sky is the limit. :)