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Death is my omnipresent narrator and he is also the behind the scenes main villain my story. Everything really came together when I figured that out.

Question. Why are we advised to avoid glue, filter, and filler words when the best-selling authors use them all the time in their books? It gets me stuck for months, editing these words until my manuscript is no longer my voice.

I use Scrivener and for me it is quite intimidating. There is so much there that I get overwhelmed. I can't remember where to find all of the options and I spend so much time trying to find things like notes and scene cards and things like that that I lose a lot of writing time. Not that I don't like the software, I do, but I don't think I use it to the best of it's abilities.

Are the questions asked in TH-cam, considered for the qna section? Btw really useful podcast, would be better if the book cover could be shown on screen.

Thank you very much for this tutorial! I use Microsoft 365, so I knew about the special indent first line. I came upon it by accident, lol. The use of the picture and the serif font is a great tip. I enjoy your videos. Update: I just tried the serif font, and the insert picture function on 365, and I love it. It also has a clipboard as well for the Chapter shortcut. Thanks again.

This saves lives. Thanks!

I love the outline tool, it’s so useful.

I use Scrivener to write and also Google Docs (I don’t believe in saving my work in one place) I am sooooo trying this to make my Google Docs cooler ❤️🥺

Good advice, but I wouldn't send that document to a serious publisher. If you're doing it for yourself then go for your life.

I also feel attached to Google Docs

I don't have a laptop to do this. Only a Ipad and Android tablet

When I read “your novel” & “google”, I thought it was the review of our first Chp we filled from last video, I’m really looking forward for it, and hope to get selected 🙏🏼 (can we know when this video may come out?) I’m writing my novel in Notion, so each story has most of the sections they need (characters, backgrounds, and drafts..etc), for me it’s good till now 👌🏼

Facts fam!!!

Why did this video come exactly when I needed it 😭😭 I love you girlie !!!

Your dog is an adorable void

I love all of the suggestions! Implementing them now! Thank you! :)

I ditched Google Docs because its clunky UI is a distraction, which is made worse by the fact that it's wrapped in an even clunkier browser window.

Thanks. It's sp helpful, your so underrated. Thanks for all the tips

as a graphic designer who loves writing - this is so important!!! some other google fonts i like for writing, besides georgia: * crimson text (my fave) * times (times new roman's cousin.) * buenard * newsreader

I write on my iPad, could I still do this one there or would I need to do it on PC? Edit: sorry for the silly question 😭

*Sharp inhale* WHERE WAS THIS TUTORIAL WHEN I NEEDED IT😭 Ahem sorry for the yelling but thank you now my document will be pretty.

The problem remains: Is it safe to use Google Docs, based on the AI features it provides?

I've been trying to finish my first draft for over a year but i just can't. I NEED every paragraph to be "perfect", even though I know it can't be and i will still have to edit. I don't know what to doooo

Love your accent!

I’m currently reading Rebecca too, actually! I’ve read 5 chapters as of now, and I really like it so far.

No, you really don't. I have written stories before you were even born and have never once consulted a book on psychology. There are no mistakes in writing. You will write good stories and bad stories. Keep writing.

How do you plan on publishing this if you do? I worry that this could be too long for querying. Oh also because you are not U.S. based and would have a different perspective to show in the industry.

thank you sm for this video!! it was really helpful

I am working on my first book..... And it going great .....

I love that you were able to be surprised by your ending, and that you instinctively knew what it had to be vs. what you'd expected it to be. I think it can be hard to go against what we think our story is "supposed" to be, whether according to genre tropes or according to the originating ideas that we might feel so beholden to in the story that we're afraid to change them. But when they work better in a different way, that's not a disservice to the original idea, it just means the original idea helped us get to the one that fit even better in the end.

Congratulations on finishing your draft!! (I’m still working on mine still on chp8), and thank you for the generous offer to edit/review our first chp, hopefully to get picked 🙏🏼🩵

Congratulations on your achievement. I wish you every success with it.

aaahh i just randomly clicked on your vid and GIRL my jaw dropped when you said what type of book youre writing! because me too! and when you said it also has a queer subplot I literally yelled no way lol. mine is a victorian/gothic family drama/whodunnit/mystery with a queer love story. so yeah i was meant to find your video 🥰

What I’m trying to work on is making character’s distinct ways of how they talk, like their mannerisms and all. I’m a little scared that I might give all of my characters the same way of speaking out of me self-projecting how I talk and my humour by accident- so this is really helpful! I honestly think it’s admirable when people can write characters with distinct ways of communicating, makes them loads more entertaining and makes them more of an individual in my opinion!!

97k words seems reasonable. Does it REALLY need to go up just for extra context? Or should it be revised? Just a thought. Unless it’s a crazy multi saga fantasy!

I love gothic horror. Do you have any recommendations??

14:14 THISSSS omg I was so hung up on making sure I know where to story goes and I often blank out. This is when I realize plotting at some point has to stop and just write the goddamn book and just let my characters take me there lol. Almost done my first draft and watching you discuss how you finish your book is so motivating!

6:50 is soo truee😂😂 I've written 100k in 8 months with a 9 to 5 but i did only 50k during the pandemic when i was at home all day. I low-key think the secret is rage. When the drudgery dawns on me and i feel my author dreams slipping away, something inside just snaps and i turn into '95 Michael Jordan on the page😂😂😂

Lovely, gorgeous Thick book! Congratulations that you have it out on paper and holding its heftiness... ((I love paper, seeing this chunky book is so satisfying))

I have the "start/begin" problem, I actually kinda sense it in my writing but couldn't put my finger on what it was. This helped me a lot!

I'm early!!! This was so cozy and cute 🎀 pls keep posting! 💐🌸😭

Thank you!

Yes! I love this advice! If you wait until you’re “ready” you may never start

In my first draft, I even use name placeholders instead of wasting time thinking up names while I write. I’ll get it during revision.

im a bit stuck on the plot for third and final part of an action western. this really helped. thanks

True... 🫰🍀

time to start a new WIP!! hahah but for real, these are some great writing prompts

Good news I actually am a psychologist 😂

I'd LOVE to read more, but too many books in my enjoyment-genres are Mary Sue/Gary Stu self inserts, which takes away from the storytelling _a lot._ I just can't read with my brain switched off. I'll go "Nope, a character like that wouldn't suddenly ..." or "Why are they at each other's throat now, nothing happened to justify that." (because for my writing, I read _a lot_ about psychology) It's like they turn media they enjoyed into something they can experience themselves through writing. But only the "good" parts. Everything else feels rushed and didn't receive much thought. So it feels shallow, badly copied, and like I've read it before. In some books, I can even tell if it's from a TV show (American or Korean) or a comic (Manga, Manhua or Manhwa) or from another book. Or a game (currently the Witcher, or Baldur's Gate 3). Surprisingly, I don't mind head-hopping if it's done well enough. It can add to the (emotional) depth of a story (if there's no over-explaining) or a scene. Though I don't know if the change has to happen in the same sentence. Guess that'd be confusing even for me. Constructive criticism: I liked your video a lot! Thank you for making it! I think it would help if you had a clear, written out example for every "How Not to write it" and "How it reads fixed". I'd like that a lot. Off topic: your glasses look beautiful on you!

Please do a Story Purpose video on Attack on Titan or Jujitsu Kaizen. That would be so helpful for what I'm working on.