Let's write a NEW book! 🖊️🎪 How I plot and research a fantasy novel
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Let's start writing a new novel! Welcome to the first official project spiegeltent vlog :D I'm so exctied to be brining you this video on how I plot and research my next fantasy novel. In this vlog, I show you some early brainstorming, research and generally working on the first early dregs of the novel. I hope you enjoy the video 😊💛
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Just wondering if you ever worry about security with Milanote, about someone seeing your novel or hacking it. 😊
@beanfeld nope! Using Milanote is no different to using Microsoft Word or Google Docs?
@@christy-anne-jones Thank you--I had read that there were issues with Google Docs, but I used Word for sure. :) Can't wait to read your novel! :)
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As a theatre major, id completely recommend looking at the work of Le Coq, he was a frech physical theatre artist whose work has just the right level of creepy but beautiful
I find myself literally counting down the days to a new video by Christy because it's where I can finally find some peace 🤍
Same
I love the winter and autumn vibe in this video. Im in America so the summer has been awful, thanks for the reprieve from the heat!
It’s terrible ☠️☠️
Couldn't agree more! We live near Chicago but we just got back from a cross-country trip to Northern Idaho and they're having a ridiculous heat wave. 🥵 After watching Christy's video this morning I told my husband if we won the lottery I'd buy a 'summer' house in Adelaide so that we could always have fall and winter.☺
Same! I pumped up my ac today so I can wear a sweater inside lol
YES! Starting a new project to keep your mind off of submission is the best strategy! It was the only way I could distract myself while waiting for my book to sell. So excited for this new story!
“I fell down these stairs once” was Christy lore I didn’t know I needed 🤣🤣
See, this is why I have multiple screens at my work station so I don't miss these little gems that don't have audio while I work 😂
💚Hi Christy! 💚💛🧡💛💚I'm Australian and I was very much involved in the circus community here in Oz for over a decade (before chronic illness & disability took me out). I was a teacher/trainer in both youth and adult circus, a bit of performance but I preferred teaching, involved in training spaces, conventions, festivals, going to & supporting friends gigs/shows, being part of crew at events, and involved when I lived in the UK and travelled in Europe. It's such a vibrant scene that beautifully explores human potential, creativity, ideas and collaboration, and I met some of my closest friends through this wonderful community. A couple of my favourite Aussie circus companies/troupes are 'Circa' and 'Gravity & Other Myths'. I'm looking forward to see what you do with this next project.
Not sure how plausible this idea is but while I was watching one of your "writing like" videos the other day, I couldn't help wondering if you could do something like that where you review the pros and cons of different world building methods. (the snowflake method etc) as you use them to flesh out your new novel.
Regardless lovely video as always. They provide so much tranquillity.
I just gotta, say I love all of your videos because they give me that push that I need to write, but these one's are my favorite. I absolutely love the cozy and productive feeling that your writing vlogs give off!☺
I LOVE bats so you made my day just by that short clip but also so excited for you and your different projects,so lovely!!!!🦇🦇🦇🦉🐿🫖☕🥧🍵🕯📓🖋Warm hugs coming your way all the way from Sweden
I find it really interesting that you call the project spiegeltent 🌝✨ i am from the Netherlands and in Dutch a spiegel is a mirror ( and tent is the same in English ) ... So my theory is that part of the story takes place in one of those mirror mazes you see around the circus 🪞🎪
I love starting my Sunday mornings slowly with your cozy vlogs! The Fall/Winter vibes almost make me forget the heat of Summer here... 💛 I really hope you get good news for Project Teacup. Looking forward to reading it one day. 🤞📖 Have a good week!
So inspired by you and your transparency. It’s so helpful in my own novel writing practice, you’re like a professor!! Lots of love from New York. ❤
Loved this. It was so helpful to see just how much planning, plotting and dreaming you do before you even start your novel. I’ve been contemplating writing a book for so long and finally just started this planning, plotting stage, but a recent course I attended made me panic that I’ve not thought of my central concept as I have a cool setting and characters but no central conflict at the moment and the course made me think perhaps I’m just not cut out for a novel length bit of writing! You’ve restored my faith!
I love how your video's aesthetic kind of matches your book!!
You are such a breath of fresh air on the TH-cam writing/reading community. I love your videos so much. They aren't clickbait-y, they're encouraging and inspiring! Much love from Chicago xoxo
Its wonderful to have a writer companion
Whose interested in all the generes that I enjoy
Your literally incredible!!!
Grateful to find you in my finite lifetime,in this infinite timescape
Hello Christy Anne Jones,
I love the sound of your voice! It’s very soothing and relaxing! You are such an incredibly talented and gifted person who loves to write and shares it to the world! Don’t stop God bless!
This is so exciting! I've never been a big writer, but I've been so inspired in the last like, 6 months, to start writing something. And I'm currently in the planning/draft 1 stage of my first novel. And I feel that its so bad, but I'm enjoying writing so much!
Hi! Some of the deficiencies you mentioned are also things that hydrate our bodies. Be sure to drink water with a tiny pinch of Himalayan sea salt in between tea pots. Dehydration also makes us feel tired, pain, achy, headaches, blurry vision, foggy, etc. Push electrolytes every day for a couple of weeks along with extra sleep. I recently went through a major health issue and was drinking huge amounts of water all day, and it further depleted the minerals and electrolytes in my body. Find a really good electrolyte powder (NOT Gatorade, actually a terrible electrolyte but better than nothing. I don't know what's available in Australia.) I can send links but the products are from the states. You want to look for calcium, magnesium, vitamins A, D, C, potassium. These are in proper electrolytes. Pink Himalayan sea salt will help until you can get something better. Good luck & I will pray for your good health. ❤ I love your cozy content. 📚
I’m not sure you really covered how you plot and research a fantasy novel other than going to the library, I suppose I was expecting something different! I thought it would be more of a run through of where you start, then categorise your research, including things like mythology, bestiary, characters, dwellings, chapter formatting, chapter length, overarching theme, subplots etc
Love seeing you share insights about writing and your process so much!
Maybe these tips can help with your vitamin absorption - feel free to ignore if you have a regimen that works for you and please always do your own research:
-I try to get all my vitamins and minerals from my diet, but if I need to supplement/doctor prescribes something, I do the following...
-caffeine and calicium inhibit iron absorption, so try to avoid tea/coffee/calcium-rich food and drinks for an hour before/after having your iron supplements.
-vitamin C supports iron absorption so try to include a fresh source when you take it
-taking supplements at the end of a large meal ¬may¬ affect how your body absorbs it, from personal experience I do better taking my supplements after a snack or halfway through a full meal
-fats genrally help our bodies absorb vitamins and minerals (not all). My easy go-to is an apple with some nut butter and a handful of fresh berries, or some red peppers (capsicum) and hummus before my supplements
-I personally do not respond as well to iron in pill form as I do to liquid supplements (specifically one with beet juice), not sure why but my body likes that most
-mushrooms can absorb more vitamin D if you put them gills side up in sunshine; I leave mine on my windowsill while preparing my food
-Take time to let yourself do nothing, it is okay if you need to reduce your workload slightly, your audience is not going anywhere :)
This video warmed my heart so much! ✨
I make plots for theater plays, quite poetical, visually intriging and off beat. But now I'm struggling for 4 months to write a story around the visual scene I see so clearly in my head. I want to know who these people are, what happened and why this image touches my tears. I know this has to be a very special story, something for the people listning, a gift, something that connects every single member of the audience with eachother. But I still cannot find my way to it.
I was scrolling youtube in search for some new things to learn, but nothing was touching me or making me feel something like I want to. Then I stubbled upon this video.
It is so cozy and comforting, so calm and low-pressure, I love her smiling-eyes by the way. I felt some kind of home, it lighted my love for stories and imagining. I think because this video so chill. It is so magical to see people do what they love and talk about it with compassion and care.
This video was what I needed, thank you for that 🌱
I'm going back to writing right away, and doing this with a gentle soft and slow heart. (:
This is a beautiful comment 😭 Thank you so much. Best of luck with your writing 💛💛
I always forget the southern hemisphere is the opposite of ours so while we sit here in the heat all sweaty you guys have winter and it somehow always baffles me 😅 Good luck with your new project!
don't be so harsh on yourself, I know what it's like to be tired and fatigued all the time and it can definitely cause this burn out feeling way faster than if you were feeling healthy and energized. I have constant dizziness and nausea and it makes me tired of everything. You are doing amazing and you are a huge inspiration, i love the way you structure what you do and your commitment to the things you love
Hi! I love your content! I recently was dx'd with vit d and iron deficiencies, and it turned out, in my case, to be related to long covid and PoTS. Not sure if these dxs relate to your experience, but knowing those were related earlier on would've helped me out, so I thought I'd share. Wishing you many days where you wake up refreshed and rested!
Very inspirational, best of luck Christy! I keep collecting book idea's and partially writing 1-2 books at the same time in odd chapters all out of sequence. One day I'll collect all these chapters together and tell the story I've been thinking for the last decade for my kids :)
working on my sea of fate novel, but it's a prequel I'm working on since a lot of some people I know loved 2 asian siblings, i thought a prequel about them would help me to write them out once I got there, I originally put it on wattpad but my grammar was terrible back then so I'm just rewriting sea of fate (it's a pirate story, which has fantasy and romance) and it's prequel, Fate of the Lost.
It takes place in Japan in the late 17th century-early 18th century.
Can't wait to read project Teacup at some point,
Ey, Iron Deficiency Squad! I discovered my iron deficiency/anemia about three months ago, and after consistent supplementing and diligent care I feel worlds better. Iron problems really cascade through your body and are so awful to deal with until you know what's wrong, so you have all my empathy. Also, these deficiencies might not even mean you've been doing anything wrong, there are just certain body compositions and modern diets that need a little extra help. Cheering for you!
You also eat olives, sardines, sea food, things that are salty, or have minerals in them.
Christy, would you consider doing a video of the non-fiction writing technique books you’ve found most helpful? I’ve been watching your writing journey and I think we all know reading a lot is half the battle, but a lot of craft books just say the same things over and over, but don’t necessarily prompt growth. I’d love to know which ones worked best for you?
Christy, let me just say that you are definitely not the only girly with low iron issues! I've recently had to start IV therapy and receive weekly iron infusions, and that has been quite frustrating as that and my other issues have been really impacting my ability to be creative. Thankfully watching videos like yours has been super inspiring for me to work on my own projects!! I really appreciate all the hard work you put into your videos!!
Your TH-cam work nearly always gives me a sense of real peace and beauty. I look forward to your videos and enjoy them a lot as a writer myself. I will surely get your book when it comes out! Thank you for the wonderful things you make ❤
The soundtrack at the beginning realy put me into the vibes!!
A wonderful vlog, as always. The vibes in this one are immaculate! I just want to say that I really enjoy seeing your creativity flourish as you work on and give insight into your writing projects. Your videos are super helpful and motivating. Looking forward to the next update. Thanks, Christy!
I definitely feel you on being a little hard on yourself when you feel low-energy. I just recently found out I'm having thyroid issues which leave me very exhausted, and I need to remind myself constantly to be kinder to myself in this time where it feels like I cannot get a lot done in a day. Hope your health recovers
I started querying this year but because I'm only messaging two agents at a time, it's a slow process that is kind of driving me mad. Having a new book project is keeping me sane as well, partially because I can say "if the other one doesn't work right now, I have something else to query with."
The circus is also such an interesting setting, so I can't wait to see what you do with it with project Spiegeltent. I recently saw two books in my country with a circus setting but they didn't really make much use of it. Your videos give me hope but also inspires me a bit to do something with a circus myself some time. There is so much one could do with it!
Vitamin C with Iron improves absorption. When out in the sun, the more skin exposed the better. You aren't likely to get much from having just the face exposed. Kind of hard in winter, I know. I've struggled with anemia as well. All the best and thanks for another cozy video ♥
Very appreciative of the look under the hood of your writing development. Very exciting stuff!
I love watching your videos while I wrote so calming
It's such a relief to watch you in your coat and scarf while I live in Poland, we now have heat all the time and I'm sitting by the fan and I'm suffering from the weather 🥴 Gosh, I wish it was autumn already 🍂🍁
I got Panic! at the Disco's Vices and Virtues vibes from it. I am already super excited to read it!!!!! ❤
You’re the first Aussie TH-camr I’ve come across that speaks about their Vit D deficiency! I totally relate as my body doesn’t retain Vit D at all, and lately, have become very lethargic. Thanks for the reminder to get back into the sunshine & take Vit D daily 🙌🏻
Hi hi! I am in the US in the midst of LA summer, craving cold weather because I am a fall baby, so thank you for the cozy winter video! I'd love to hear bout the specific exercises you use to find the voice for different projects! Please and thank you xoxo
I love your writing vlogs. They are so beautiful and cinematic! I’m excited for your new circus project!
I just started querying my PhD dissertation novel and I just started drafting a new project (two chapters so far), so I have something else to work on. I know the feeling! 💜
Quick thing about Millanote, it is free, but only free up to about 100 items, and each image, to-do list, title card, etc count as items. If you wish to exceed that, you'll have to sign up for a subscription fee. If you have a ton of ideas, characters, worldbuilding, etc that you want to organize completely for free, notion is a decent substitute. You can do almost everything without paying and there's no limit on boards or links or what have you.
The kids movie we're back about dinosaurs is what i think of when you describe this book.
Your videos make my Sundays ❤
I, too have been iron deficient off and on throughout my adult life and it is not easy. I’m currently deficient and it’s quite literally exhausting. I hope you feel better soon. Thank you for the lovely video. ❤
I love the music you've been using for these Project Spiegeltent videos
I think writing is a daunting task let alone writing a novel. I'm an UX/UI designer and writing is an important activity as I can document observations/process. The process is similar to a fantasy novel - I can't describe all the details in plain words. Also I have used Milanote for brainstorming ideas as a UX/UI designer. It's a good alternative to figjam.
I am so excited for the new project! I love spooky vibes and gothic literature and this sounds right up my alley! I love your videos and it will be a pleasure to watch along as you create this new project.
I am so glad you figured out what's going on with your body. It's okay to not be okay and to take the time to work a little slower and recover! Take care of yourself friend!
It is summer in the Global North, especially in the Mediterranean countries, because in the region of the tropical climate, boring makes summer terrible. I traveled for a vacation a few days ago from Cairo to Riyadh, I was nervous because this trip came suddenly and because I faced a lot before traveling, I suddenly stopped writing a month before the trip because I was tired. Even during and after the trip I still. I think the last time I wrote was on Friday 14/6. I wrote a lot at the time, maybe I knew I would stop afterwards. I don't know? Only now I decided to take a longer vacation until the end of July. I think once August starts the night will have at least some cold breezes, and maybe the cooling devices here will help ease the summer burden. I miss the autumn and winter atmosphere!
Last year I wrote well in the last five months, and I hope to do the same this year given that I am not satisfied with my performance in the last seven months. Since the beginning of the year, I started a job but I continue to obstruct it. The more I thought I was going to get past the only problem I would face, the more I bumped into another.
I love this novel so much, but working on it is difficult, imagination and brainstorming about it was much more fun than re-reading the chapters I wrote and feeling that it was worse than ecstasy (I don't know if it's the right word to describe the feeling of happiness that makes you write passionately? English is not my first language) that I felt as I wrote or during the storm. So I think it's time to develop my Arabic language!
Unfortunately, I don't master it well, even though it's my mother 😅 tongue. I think rhetoric is probably the problem, and that I prefer novels from English, French and Latin literature and Russian novels Arabic and Arabic poetry,. I try to love my mother tongue more, although the events of my novels do not help because they talk about the nature of London in the fifties of the nineteenth 😒 century, but I do my best!
A greeting to every writer who is still working on himself to develop his story, overcome the failure and frustration that afflicted him after publishing houses refused to print his novels, and continue to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time writer! 🫡👏
LOVED this vlog!! 🙂 Your writing vlogs are always so inspiring and I just love seeing you all motivated and excited for a new project. Really looking forward to following along!
the low iron is so real 😭 I feel you girl
I find it FACINATING that you began on Friday, July 12....I finished my last chapter in my first novel...about a Circus with paranormal elements on that same day. :)
Nutrition and sleep really contribute to burnout is what I have learned too. I had a severe b12 deficiency and since that has gotten better some og my energy has come back. Also quitting my job and resting and getting out in the sun etc also help but yera- there are multiple pieces to the burnout puzzle. Take care. :)
Thank you for sharing all this with us! I'm so excited for this book (no pressure). It's reminding me of The Night Circus.
Christy, your videos are so inspiring! Am watching this from Germany and cheering you on from afar.
Hi Christy! So glad to see you starting a new project, can’t wait to see more of it in the future! I don’t know if you read webtoons or not, but there’s this webtoon called “Marionetta” that I think can also help you on your reference/inspiration journey. It takes place on a circus with a young woman and weird magical things start happening. Also loved the bats flying around clip, so cute! Wishing you all the best!
Your videos always inspire me to keep writing. (And oftentimes to start writing again). Thank you! ❤
Lovely cosy vlog, thank you. I hear you on the chronically low Vit D and iron, it's a mission! ✨
I really enjoy these writing vlogs. Project Spiegeltent sounds like a great story. Can't wait to hear more in the future. Keep up the good work!
I love how you have everything beautifully put together, from the tone, the lighting, to musical score in the background.
Really like the initial ideas for Project Spiegeltent! Also loved this video, lovely moody/cosy aesthetic 😊
Glad to see the appearance of Milanote again :) not sure if people were still using it
As long as you menstruate it is very possible that you will need constantly iron supplements - the same in regards for Vitamin D, it is so much easier to just constantly take it, as most peeople do not get enough sun and suncream prohibits the building of Vitamin D. Also: It is very worth it to also check out Vitamin B12 and Omega 3 and Magnesium (which is super important if you are very active), as these are also commenly low and very much connected to the symptoms you talk about. If you do not want to take Vitamins constantly then I would start to take them again as soon as you feel burned out/tired.
Also: iron should always be taken with Vitamin C - maybe your doctor told you, but a lot do not know. :)
I hope you get better soon - I love love love watching your videos!
I really enjoyed this and how thoughtful your videos are generally. Thank you!!
Proyect Spigelton seems soooo beautiful already in its setting!!!✨️
I didnt know that we also share the same iron and vitamine D defiency 😅. I did resonate with everything that you said about patience and resting, I do thinking its quite related even though I really dont know how 😂
Excited to follow along on this new journey!
Hope you fee a resurgence of energy soon, you are such a hard worker, play and rest are vital, take care!
always a great day when we get a new christy video
It's great that you live in Australia, as they have a very dynamic dinghy/small sailboat culture. I would suggest you befriend someone with a boat & go sailing for a couple of weeks. No laptop, no phone. Bring a notebook & a pen, but do not write. Just draw. I don't know if you do draw, but if not, this will force your mind to make a shift into different areas of perception & expression. Give your mind time to remember what actual quietude is. Listen to the boat in the water, the wind in the sails, the cries of the birds. Let it soak in. Be still without any expectations or desires other than enjoying the day float by. If you're one of those people who must be doing something all the time, then ask yourself: Why is that?
As far as research goes, I am completely against it when it comes to fantasy books. There are no rules, this is your world, so why contaminate your ideas with how it was done in our past?
As far as your deficiencies are concerned, I would suggest listening to Dizzy Gillespie's Bebop classic Hey, Pete! Let's Eat More Meat (didliodo). I wish you well & good luck
I'm so excited that you're working on a new project!
Your new project sounds interesting! I obviously cant speak for her as I don't know her, but Shannon Makes on TH-cam is a Cirque du Soleil performer (maybe you can reach out to her for information). She is renovating a house now but her video from a year ago shows herself testing out an 1890s corset while practicing for Cirque.
I just loved this video so much! You are the best partner that Milanote could have 🥰
Your sweater is super cute
Love the pastel coloured jumper❤ also love the hair
Milanote is so good! I joined because of your ad some time ago, and now I use it for research on books (I study literature). It's a wonderful tool, so thanks again for introducing me to it
Also, this vlog is so so fun and pretty! Love it, hope for more videos about the project Spiegeltent
I love how you do the planning! So inspiring :)
Sometimes people have metabolisms or conditions that make the body have a hard time absorbing vitamin D- might be worth looking into! It's not always a strict lack of vitamin D but the body having trouble processing and using that vitamin D properly.
Loving the vlogs! I love having them up when I write. Best of luck on the new novel!
Starting a new project is smart and it sounds like a cool story too. ❤ I relate on the vitamin D and iron deficiencies 😢 I live in a cloudy weather state, but spending time in the sun hasn't helped as much as I thought it would. ☹️ Have to take those vitamins.
I never comment on TH-cam videos, but I work as a director/writer in the independent theatre scene in Melbourne and have friends who are circus performers and cabaret artists. If you're interested in speaking to people, I may be able to help!
Not sure if it would be helpful, but you should read the Road to Gundagai by Jackie French. It's about a travelling carnival/circus in Australia in the 1930s! Might be inspiring :)
I don't know why but I really loved this video (I mean they're all amazing but this one just spoke to me, I guess). Your content is some of the best of TH-cam.
Also, what do you think of New York Breakfast? I have Melbourne breakfast almost every day but I want to try something new.
This was so calming 😌
my blood is making me tired 😂 loved this video, Christy! so exciting to hear all about this new project
Ive been using milanote for my books too and oh man its such a good tool
this vlog made me so happy
5:35 😂 I don't know if you meant to be funny here, so my apologies if this is insensitive, but I laughed out loud when I read your caption...mostly because of the fact that you used a heart to punctuate your statement 😂 😂
Love your writing vlog!
Thanks for the video, love the content. Plus I signed up for Milanote and am looking forward to using it. God Bless.
I am very excited for this project! I expect you have read ‘The Night Circus’ by Erin Morgenstern? This project has very much a similar calibre. ‘The Night Circus’ is also my favourite book so I am so down for more magical circuses!
Also, have you read ‘The Emporium of Imagination’ by Tabitha Bird? Beautiful magical emporium set mostly in Australia. It was lovely.
I love the sweater you’re wearing during the last clip - could you please link it?
so exciting!!
When you’re reading a book to research for your novels, do you read every word or do you just read certain sections that might be helpful for you?
Christy Anne Jones Thanks for posting this video
Hi Christy! Thank you as always for such a lovely video 😁 I hope I'm not making you repeat yourself from some other video or q&a where you may have already answered this question, but what writing program do you use to write your novel(s)? I assume it's Word, but then again maybe not! 😉 Thanks!
Your laughs are soo pretty ❤❤❤
The book sounds like the premise for a Ghibli movie