I TRIED WRITING LIKE....KURT VONNEGUT! // a writing experiment vlog
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2020
- 5:30am wake-ups, a midday pool break, and finishing the day off with scotch. Oh, and writing. Lots and lots of writing. Here's my attempt to copy Kurt Vonnegut's writing routine!
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D I S C U S S I O N Q U E S T I O N S :
What do you think or Kurt Vonnegut's writing routine? Have you read any of his books before?
What are you currently working on? What are you reading?
Who should I try writing like next??
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You read my mind! I went looking for the “I tried writing like” playlist when I should have just looked at the pinned comment. I Love these 😊
You should do a writing like James Patterson!!
Haven't read his books before. I'm currently reading "Actualized" by Jenetta Penner. It's the last in a Trilogy. I'm currently working on my project Realm manuscript. Ignore my not so great placeholder name. It's about someone who works in a bookstore but is keeping a secret from her family until things get complicated. It's a real world meeting other world type story. Fantasy and scifi mixed in. It's been fun to write. I'm hoping to get it published. I'm also working on another project as well.
@@bhsprinkle sounds intriguing!
@@bhsprinkle I'm currently in my first draft for a book about a company talking though toys and watching children to try and get them to accept their society. I'm calling it Pincushion and am really excited to one day publish it!
Alarm goes off at 5:30am “I’ve made a mistake”. 😂
literally every single day
I look inna garage
"I'm too old for things that don't make me happy." ❤
// Kate Cavanaugh //
Love that line honestly
Kate dropping truth bombs.
I seriously ADORE this series, however I do have some feedback on the Scotch you chose. Chivas is not very beginner friendly unless you stick with it and get used to it, which I do not recommend. Instead, try Monkey Shoulder. Seriously THE best beginner scotch IMO. Stay away from peated stuff like Islay, those take a while to get used to. Ice was also a mistake. 2 or 3 drops of water are amazing at opening up the condensed flavors and letting you explore it a bit more.
Thank you so much for this!! I love learning more about drinks and I'll keep this in mind for when I get my bravery back to try scotch again bahaha.
I agree. Monkey Shoulder is a staple in our household. 😂 We're Scotch lovers and tend to branch out, but Monkey Shoulder is a good one to go back too. Smooth.
@@KateCavanaugh You are very welcome! I really do hope you end up enjoying it, but I am fully aware it's not a drink for everyone. Taste is fully subjective after all. :)
This made me think of Michael Scott's claim to fame - Splenda and Scotch. "Tastes like Splenda, gets you drunk like Scotch." Also I agree with Raffaelle, a little water goes a looooooong way.
Chivas was my beginner Scotch of choice and yes, while I drank it for ten years because I loved the taste, the first times it is better with water!
“Please do not judge the reflective powers of my paleness”
Put this on a T-SHIRT
I laughed so hard when you tricked your dogs out of your room so you could do the push-ups. These "I tried writing like" videos are probably my favorite on your channel (except maybe your writing marathon experiments-I take a little too much pleasure in seeing your mind turn into goo). You dropping the F bomb after Scotch was how I felt after my first try. I vowed never again.
I'm rewatching this video and my dog looked up when Zelda growled, searching for the source of the sound. It was very funny.
This poem by Kurt Vonnegut is one of my all-time favorites! ♥️
JOE HELLER
True story, Word of Honor:
Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer
now dead,
and I were at a party given by a billionaire
on Shelter Island.
I said, “Joe, how does it make you feel
to know that our host only yesterday
may have made more money
than your novel ‘Catch-22’
has earned in its entire history?”
And Joe said, “I’ve got something he can never have.”
And I said, “What on earth could that be, Joe?”
And Joe said, “The knowledge that I’ve got enough.”
Not bad! Rest in peace!
That's wonderful!!! Thank you so much for sharing!
Yaaay I love your “I tried writing like” videos!! ❤️❤️
HOORAY!
17:40-17:50 you had a kombucha girl moment with the scotch 😂 I love this series, it inspires me to be a bit more disciplined and start my own writing routine because God knows I need it.
I love that you take the time and effort to look into these authors as people (and not just google their writing routine and copy it) and then share your findings with us, your sincerity and passion really shine through - always love your content!
Confession: As an avid Pirates of the Caribbean lover, I’m already imagine the Meridian Maps in movie-form haha
i look in the garage
"Like a lot of things in life, Im too hold for things that dont me happy. And, in fact, this is actively making me sad." Can I get that on a tee shirt?
"What's that, over there?!" You're so mean! Lol
Love it!
Bahaha silly dogs, fall for it every time! 🐶💜
@@KateCavanaugh and that's why we love the puppers! 😍
Kate: *tries her best to be as quiet as possible at 6am*
The coffee machine: VVvrVRVvrvVRvvrRVvrvrv
no one:
no one at all:
text to voice: L i T h E ~~~
YESSSSSSSS.
this confuses me so much, i've always pronounced it as 'lee-th' aaahhhhhhh
I haven't read any of his books but boy, I wish I could come up with quotes like that! And I love the idea of rereading/keeping in mind his letters from before he got famous. Those really motivated me in a sense of "hey, he had the same feelings I have! And he made it! Maybe there is hope?" :D
I love these videos because I pick them apart and add things to my own writing routine to see if I prefer it! I love the idea of splitting work up between half-writing and half-other things throughout the day and I'll be trying that next. I also really want to add a good swim to my routine... that sounds lovely! Cheers!
OMG Kate, just pour the Scotch out on the lawn! LMAO
My husband is BIG into Scotch. I told him what you said when you tried it, and he said "Tell her to add drops of water." You don't mix anything with Scotch; you just put an ice cube in it (just one) or a few drops of water. Let it sit for a bit to mellow. But there are two types of Scotch, peaty (like seaweed) and salty. I don't like either. My husband loves the peat.
He also says that Chivas is mixing Scotch or cooking Scotch (he mixes it with 7Up or you can use it to flambe vegetables like asparagus).
True. There are good scotches and very very very bad scotches. Same with bourbon. And most things. Where a bad wine is drinkable, a bad scotch is not. Chivas might be a coming scotch (not intended to be drunk).
THE SCOTCH TASTING I AM DYING 😂 Bless you for being brave and pushing through. Scotch is an experience not to be taken lightly.
I forgot this was a new video because I've been watching and re-watching a lot of your old stuff lately, so I was very confused for a moment when you mentioned Meridian Maps #4!
I have been slowly shifting my routine to be more morning focused (waking up at 5am, etc) and this was really wonderful to watch to see how you ended up translating his routine as a schoolteacher to yours as a freelancer (would that be the best way to describe all of the incredible work you do??). Great video!
PS - I will forever be recommending that you try writing like ursula k. le guin!
I have never been so proud of someone as I was when you watered down the scotch with Dr Pepper!
I have thought so many times that I should try and get into swimming. It seems like the only reasonable summer exercise in Texas. But also I hate it so much. :/ It does seem like on objectively great idea.
TEXANS, BABY! Dr. Pepper is life bahaha. I like to slowly go back and forth and challenge myself to either "not use my arms" or "not use my legs" to make my way to the other side. It's super tiring but I'm also not trying to go fast or anything, so it's still relaxing to me? The pool is only sometimes open but I'm definitely going to take advantage for when it is!
Kate: I challenge you to try this writing routine.
Me: You lost me at 5:30 am.
If I was in charge of my own schedule, the first thing I would eliminate is the use of an alarm clock.
Whoop Whoop! New Kate video! Best part of my day, always gives me so much inspiration to write
Early! Love your videos Kate!
Thanks so much, Mia! :)
@@KateCavanaugh thank you!
These videos are the first of yours I watched and they are still my favorite series of yours, to this day! I am a mostly silent subscribers but I watch all your videos! :) Currently I'm working on my first novella (my first longer project after focusing on getting short stories published for three years), and watching a video of yours with my morning coffee always motivates me to start writing and get my word count in for today, so thank you so much!
I started a new book for camp and I'm loving it!
This was a fun video to watch! I have a soft spot for Vonnegut. I wrote my first "real" literary criticism paper on Slaughterhouse Five in high school, and it has stuck with me for 20 years. I still reference that book regularly. I've read other of his works, but that one's still my favorite.
Also, Scotch note: some are smoother than others. It's my husband's drink of choice (he's American-Scottish/Irish, so), and he's tried a lot of various Scotches and whiskeys. I don't like most of them, but I do like a handful of the smoother ones. As a fellow Texan (hello from southwest Bexar County!), I will recommend Yellow Rose whiskey, which is on the mellow side. I add hazelnut liqueur to it. Scotch really needs some sweetening. The only one I've ever been able to drink straight is Dalmore, which is actually also whiskey, not Scotch. So maybe go for a whiskey instead!
I love that out of the thousands of people that have watched this, only 7 wasn't feeling it haha love these videos.
I've learnt alot from this video and series! I'm currently burntout, and I rely on your videos to pull me through LOL. Thanks Kate! And I got to say, Kurt's writing routine sounds amazing (minus the Scotch for me). I like the work-life balance in there. Gotta try it out!
Monday just got a little better! Love these videos!
YAY! I'm so glad. I love making them! :)
What about trying to write like Tomi Adeymi? She talks in First Draft Podcast with Sarah Enni about how she used to write when she was working a 9-5 before Children of Blood and Bone was published. I don’t know if there’s more info out there, but I think it would be interesting.
Also, so relaxing to swim during the day!
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas! I am not as familiar with Vonnegut as I should be, but Slaughterhouse-Five changed my life. As I am sure many writers will say. Thank you for making this video! :]
You're one of the only unpeoblematic AuthorTube channels out there. I really hope I could read some of your work
I absolutely adore you and your videos! I can so relate on so much of what you say! The dr. pepper in the scotch....lol. You are so funny.
Is it just me or was watching the froth bubbles in her drink disappear the most relaxing thing...
I kept it in there because I loved it so much and thought it was relaxing while I was editing!
YAYYY omg I’ve been waiting for another instalment of this!! You’ve just brightened my day so so much!!
WOOOOOO! I'm so glad! :)
I was getting nervous about you being in the pool during this time but then you said you were the only one there. Imagine having a pool to yourself, that must have been a dream.
Always satisfied with your videos!!!
Your videos are so inspiring to watch. It makes me want to try some of the other routines that you have done on your other videos. (Might even help get through my college days a lot easier.) And I have some suggestions on what authors you could you try writing as. My ideas are; Jeffrey Archer, Sandra Brown, Stephen Coonts, Nelson Demille, and Jerry B. Jenkins.
Hi Kate! I absolutely adore your videos and especially these awesome writing challenges! I don’t know if you’ve ever read any Rick Riordan books, but if so, could you try to follow his writing routine? I would love to see that! Or maybe even Ridley Pearson, the author of the Kingdom Keepers series? Lots of love to you. Thank you for inspiring and motivating me to keep writing. Keep the great content coming. ❤️
Love this series...simply awesome and you have presented them in an amusing way! lol...love your expressions and sense of humour....can you do a video on Danielle Steele....not much interviews on her
*I CAN'T BELIVE I GOT THE NOTIFICATIONS AFTEE ONE WHOLE MONTH*
what is lyf
I went to the museum during a cross country road trip and they have all of his rejection letters on display and framed throughout. I thought it was really interesting that he held onto all of them.
The Scotch part was too funny. Stick with wine👍🤭
This is very cool. I feel like to do older authors like this true justice, one would have to try and simulate a day writing with zero digital tech. He wrote in a world of typewriters and ink, landlines and snail mail, vinyl and face-to-face. His writing tools didn't have the in-built ability to open up the Internet with single click. I wonder if it would change the way we wrote, to have so many fewer digital distractions, to have less of our lives mediated through pixels.
I've read slaughter house 5, and started player piano, and I should really read all the Vonnegut books I picked up second hand. I like his routine, too, and thanks for sharing his letters
Here for ✍🏾motivation ... I’m almost like 89% finished with my book...I’m so happy
Way to freaking go, Rikkie! 89% is awesome (and specific bahaha)!
You’re videos are amazing! Entertaining and educational- I have never even heard of “anaphora” 😳
Was writing, now I'm watching this for motivation 😊
"Slapstick" is my favorite book of Kurt's. It's very strange in such a marvelous way. Today I downloaded Scrivener because of you and I love it! I'm in an MFA program where my thesis is my novel and before the semester starts I want to have my zero draft done. I currently have around 33,000 words. I so badly wanted to just breezy through the narrative even if the zero draft is awful, but now I can't stop thinking about my characters, their development, things I want to change...at this point I'm just trying not to get stuck in the day dreaming process and to actually FINISH A DRAFT. Though at this point I feel I cannot progress until I go back and edit what I have *sigh*. I really love your channel and this series. It's very calming.
This is so random but I have the same towel as you and I just had to say something because it made me so excited! Haha
Bahaha! It's such a pretty towel!
Setting the cup carefully on the counter.... and then cranking up the noisy machine. 🤣
There's only so much I'm willing to do and sacrifice my cappuccino is not one of those things bahaha.
This was fun! how interesting to actually have a timeline to follow. You are right though, this is after Kurt had made it.... the rest of us plebs still have the usual 9-5. Here in Australia.... there are a heap of folks that get in a swim before or after work... either at the beach or in a pool -since its hot here most of the time.... and heaps of people own a pool! That's where I used get in most of my reading. More of these... please :-)
Heck yeah derry girls!
Omg omg omg, Kurt Vonnegut, swimming , scotch AND I got a mention in the same video?!
Seriously though, I don't think 5:30 AM is sane.
I love the way you lithe. (pun, get it?)
I love swimming. I'm an aquatic mammal, swimming is the only exercise I can do with any grace. When I was young it was swimming and climbing but I've since come down out of the trees and I'd just stay in the water if I could.
I tried reading Hocus Pocus and didn't get far. Which pains me because I love witty humor. I think I should try again. I'm working on replotting my completed draft of Sin Eater so it's tighter and better, I'm planning a graphic novel, and I'm plotting the first book in a three book series of mid-grades. I'm still reading that list of books from last time. I told you it takes me a while to finish one. :p
Try writing like Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, or Piers Anthony!
Kurt Vonnegut is my fav author and this makes me so happy 🥺🥺
Ahhhh! Do you have a favorite book of his or one you'd recommend I start with?
@@KateCavanaugh Slaughterhouse-Five is where I started, and I think it is a good intro to his style and sense of humor! Cat's Cradle is a good one to read after since it came earlier and you can see the development of his style. Other books that I read by him that helped me get into his work were Breakfast of Champions, Mother Night, and God Bless You, Dr. Rosewater. He has some recurring characters so reading S-5 first and then getting to see some of the same characters in Rosewater and Breakfast of Champions was just so rewarding! Good luck, and I hope you enjoy!
Your vids give stroong asmr vibes! I would be so happy if you made a writing asmr vid
So, the biggest difference between Scotch and Whiskey is where it's made. Scotch's basically a Scottish whiskey.
The only cocktail I know for it is the Rusty Nail, which is one ounce Scotch and a half-ounce of Drambuie.
For a suggestion for the next "I Try Writing Like..." I'd suggest Aaron Sorkin.
Im not going to lie. I looked up Kurt and that's when I found out he had already passed a long time ago
I said "Oh he's already dead." out loud and my sister said
"what?"
What is my life
I really hope by now you have read some of his books. One of my favourite books is Slaughterhouse Five.
9:47 -- I enjoy watching journeys too ~ thanks for sharing yours. ♥
yess, i love kurt vonnegut’s books! slaughterhouse five is one of my all time favorites!
I LOVE DERRY GIRLS!!! Absolutely hilarious
KATE! Please make a writing discord server, if you're able/have time. I'm sure tons of us would love to join!
I love your writing experiments! I started making my own videos this month and finally got out of my 6 month reading slump! I started drafting a new story for camp and it's going well!
OOOH CONGRATS! Reading slumps are the woooooorst. And yay for starting your channel! :)
Thank you! Yes they are. I think this is the longest one I had. But I’m so grateful to be reading again!
Yay, Derry Girls!
I am trying to retrain my dogs to wait until 6:30 to get up (instead of 5:30). Sigh. Not there yet. LOL Pool breaks are wonderful (if you have access). I will only swim in my brother’s pool. Germiphobe? But he lives 450 miles away. This was lovely!!! Thanks for the new vlog!
I'm more of a whiskey person than a Scotch person so I can't help you there.
I'm also right there with you with the blinding people at the pool. The first time I wore shorts this summer my husband joked about needed shades to walk anywhere near me because I was so reflective.
I agree, it is always time for bubble tea ;)
OMG, the scotch part! As someone who has had maybe 2? 3? basically no alcoholic drinks in her life, I probably would have spat it right out, lol!!!
Great video, as always :D
Hi Kate! I love these videos. Between looking for a real job and freelance work, I'm writing a sci-fi thriller and trying to decide what else to do, revise a nonfiction proposal? Work on my apocalyptic adventure tale, or write a post-apocalypse fantasy. So, reading? Not really? I started Empire of the East and Dies the Fire, but can't seem to make progress on either one. Who should you write like next? Hmm...can you emulate Hunter S. Thompson without breaking any laws? LOL.
Perfect! Great stuff! btw. 0:52 ; 3:03
Yayyyy omggg an I tried writing like videeeoooo ... I participated in a writing competition and I have till July 31 (it’s not rlly camp) but I’m really nervous ...
GOOD LUCK ON YOUR CHALLENGE!
THANK YOUU !!
I love this series!! And girl your nail polish:00 is like so pretty I want it
I just have to comment that the scotch is Kurt's drink of choice and you should just go with your drink of choice. Otherwise, I love these experiments of yours. They are fun to watch.
Kate has been such a big mood this entire video and I absolutely love it 😂
Speak like a person.
Lol that was exactly my reaction to whiskey the one and only time... some things may be an acquired taste but I just dont have that much time for that.
RIGHT. I think about that all the time! I didn't use to like coffee or wine either but did eventually learn to love them. I don't know that there's enough time in the world for me to be a scotch drinker bahaha.
If you put your hands under your shoulders during a pushup (with your elbow at your sides), it makes them easier to do - because you're more stable - and it's closer to the way the pectorals and triceps are used (think, like, kneading bread. Archaic ladies were BUFF from kneading bread).
Kate! Can you do a video about your experience freelance writing? I'm a freelancer and love your videos so I'd love to learn a little more from you! :)
trying this tomorrow!!
YESSSSSS!
Loved it, Kate. I think you nailed this. You could try Jack Daniels and Coke btw.
Kate, do you have any advice on how to get into freelance? Being employed by others really ramps up my anxiety and stress and I'd rather work remotely and flexibly. I love your videos! I want to start doing authortube one day, too, but I just don't know if I have the authority rn (haha...AUTHORity). Great job as always!
Authority hahaha
As someone who used to live in Derry and Belfast. Derry girls is on point.
There's actually a writing craft book that's written by Vonnegut and someone else. Like I think the other author pieced together his writing advice into a book.
Also your reaction to the scotch was hilarious.
Goodness. Read some Vonnegut already. :)
I've been to that museum my daughter won an award there cuz she went to the same high school for a year that he did in Indianapolis it's very small but it's interesting
The midday pool break, I could do ... the rest, maybe not so much, with the waking up early and the push ups and alcohol ... nope, not for me X)
OMG the Scotch sequence KILLED me!!!
P.S. Adding Dr. Pepper to Scotch is the new definition of Texas.
Last time I was this early I woke up at a descent hour.
Scotch is whiskey made in Scotland. However, each one is different, so no worries on it not being your thing.
Oh Kate I really love your videos and I so admire your commitment to drinking that Scotch because I might have just poured it down the sink lol...
Watching you drink the scotch was hilarious, I don't like it either!! This series is always so so interesting, I love every new video
I’ve been to the Kurt Vonnegut Museum! It’s awesome. They recreate his office, so you can sit there and play around on a typewriter. It’s like sci-fi-weirdo Disneyland (only waaaaaaay smaller)!
That. Sounds. So. Cool. Adding it to my list of places to visit one day after lockdown is over bahah.
Kate! Quick guide to whiskys!
Scotch: made in Scotland (just like tequila has to be made in Mexico to be called tequila and champagne has to be made in the champagne region of France) with different grain typically than whiskey, and they also use Peat Moss in the process. I love a grassy tasting scotch with a splash of water.
Bourbon = America, and over 90% of bourbon is made in Kentucky
Rye whiskey is made with rye grain, it tends to be sweeter and have a bit more of a bite to it.
Canadian whiskey = made in Canada (crown royal)
*different grain than bourbon
I could not do this routine for sure. I need my sleep. :D
the scotch bit had me literally rolling lmao
I'm tempted to create my own writing routine now, just to see if MAYBE you'd try writing like me for a day 😂
I love your 'I Tried Writing Like' series. Are you familiar with the book 'Page Fright' by Harry Bruce? I think you may like it. It deals with the writing habits of writers and the instruments that they used.
I don't have a set routine since a lot of it is dependant on my family. If my fiancé wants to go out we're going out. If he's able to do something by himself in the morning then I'm able to stay at home. I'm learning that my best time to work and write is at night. I don't have time when I wake up and normally my life is busy with doing work around the house until 8pm. That said, after 8pm I'm able to sit down and finish a lot of my work.
I am not a morning writer so his routine would never work for me. I just recently bought Slaughterhouse Five and your video has made me want to pick it up even though I'm doing Camp Nano this month, and working, and have a family who requires attention lol. I'm working on my scifi book I call Origins. It's the first in a duology I've been working on for a couple years but I decided this book needed a complete rewrite.
My heart hurts when I see you with Scotch...
but other than that I love this series, it's also a great source of inspiration when it comes to finding a routine that works for me.