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Man do you have the link of the original blogpost?

thanks for the tip, I am doing it with one of my favorite novels from the Alien franchise Aliens - Genocide by David Bischoff , it is actually a novelization of a comic book from 1993 and I really like the style that resulted from that, the pacing and the translation from graphic novel and text bubbles make a very quirky reading experience.

I really struggled either way The Road. Quit it halfway. There is just no story.. Nothing ever really happens.

I tried watching this but bailed out because you don't really want us to watch while your concert is in progress. Advice: Don't use sound nerds on an instruction video like this.

Why the dreadful background racket?! . Isn't your message able to pass muster on its own??! Get rid of it and your hits will increase,

Good tip!

Writing advice on the internet has apparently come a long way in two years. I've been reading it on the internet for the last 20 or so years and I still can't write a coherent sentence. Reading is advantageous to becoming a writer, but the best way to learn is to write. Write stories, write novels, screenplays, theatre plays. Just write. Even writing comments on social media is good practice.

I wanted to watch and listen but your background noise/ ? Music made me quit.

The goofy music noise in the "background" ruins the video. I made it 34 seconds in and had a headache. Smart youtubers stopped using disruptive "background" music noise years ago.

Hey you finished. Something i cannot claim. I tip my hat. You should be proud. I bet you learned a whole lot.

I'm assuming the scene by scene breakdown is to look for those specific techniques?

This video made me happy I don't have this problem while letting me better understand why I don't really engage well with genre fiction like I did when I was a kid. Patterns bore once you know them. But as an author, patterns are exactly right for who can't write. TLDR: craft will never beat talent, but it for sure will earn you a living faster and more consistently.

Good tips. But as another said, the music is annoying

Great video but please turn down the music for future videos, found it very hard to concentrate on what you were saying.

This video is criminally underrated

@0:34 *participate* implies having or taking part in an undertaking, activity, or discussion. *partake* implies accepting or acquiring a share especially of food or drink. So, why bother becoming a writer/author, if at the very base level *you* misappropriate basic words?

I wish you had read out a small section of your notes for further clarification.😞

Thanks heaps for this vid man!

I fall asleep every time

Dresden files is amazing! Been waiting an eternity for 12 months to release. Butchers pulling a GRRM on us 😂

I would have suggested The Wizards First Rule, but that’s just me

I'm currently running with a sci-fi fantasy series for myself. I just decided to do the same thing with Harry Potter. I read it to learn how to be a better writer Considering the book I'm working on is my first ever book, which I plan to make into a series

This is a great way to be a writer - screenwriters do this for movies! Why not do it for books as well?

Who was listening while simultaneously reading the spine of the books in the back? 😅

Ok, I'll try that :)

Not a dude but good choice of books. The Road is a trip and the movie let me down by not showing all the details 😭

What’s better than this? Just guys bein dudes

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My secret to better writing - Watch lots of youtube! 😀

Sanderson and Masterclass are the two last places I would go to for advice of any sort. Wondering why you chose those two examples.

The music is annoying and makes it hard to concentrate on what you're saying. Good content, but stopped listening half way for this reason.

Thank you for the recommendations!

Great tip! I'm a cozy mystery writer. I'll do this with a Sherlock Holmes and an Agatha Christie. I've been listening to them, trying to pick up a pattern. Your method is much better. THANKS for taking the time to share this idea with us.

Who is this, Jesus's disciple? Or Davinci without his cap!

Nice video!

"only" 400 pages.

I can relate to what you're talking about here. It is such an elusive thing, such an unpredictable event that I can never figure out why-when-how it happens. Like Ray Bradbury used to say, these are the stories that "write themselves". It's as if the character knocked on your door and told you their story themselves over coffee and cake. When you sit down to write, you know it all, start to finish, as if you were there when those things happened.

Okay, but what do you actually mean when you say "1000 words". Are you just sitting down and slapping down 1000 manuscript prose words. Or are you working on plotting? Outlining? Synopses? Character profiles? Setting details? Worldbuilding? Lore? What? Be specific.

Okay, but what do you actually *mean* when you say "writing." Do you mean you're writing actual manuscript prose? Or are you plotting? Outlining? World building? Character profiles? Setting details? Lore? What? People define it differently. So what does that, when you get your butt in the chair, consist of? What do you actually *do* when you're "writing"?

Okay, but what are you actually saying/writing for your outline/synopsis and/or annotations? X character does y thing for z motivation/reason... or what? X thing happens in Y place at Z time for R reason? Please go into the specifics, and the actual thought process you used. What did you look for. What did you record. Why did you record *that* versus something else. How does that help you. What would you recommend to outline/note/annotate for any given scene for any given user/writer. Vague overviews are nice in theory, but what we're really after is the nuts and bolts.

Am I the only one who clocked on this video because in the profile pic. The host looks like Jesus.

very interesting

You can also check out my debut novel, Rat Bastard Jack! It's fantastic!

Love those graphics

Not much of a fantasy guy personally, but for that title, I’m down.

Omg im first! I've been looking forward to reading Lies of Locke but Im terribly intrigued by the Republic of Thieves as a title

That last one looked cool! Plus it always feels awesome to finish a series.

Can never go wrong with Brando Sando, but Shogun sounds pretty cool so I'll vote for Shogun