Thanks so much for your comment, Rick! I missed it until just now, but I truly value this input. I hope you're working on a big project and feel even more confident you have a structure that suits it!
Thank you for this video. I truly appreciate it. I think I was stuck with making lists but I needed see the words in the circles. This helped so much because I kept reprinting an outline fill-in sheet because the list kept going wrong. I am visual at times and I think this tip worked tremendously.
Same here! This was exactly what I needed to hear. The cluster idea will really help me break free from feeling stuck trying to figure out a linear outline. Thank you @Ann Kroeker.
@@annkroekerwritingcoach the problem, cause, solution. I’ve been struggling with how to approach telling an historical perspective on a topic and to this point have ordered it as a timeline. However nobody will be engaged using a timeline for this information and the suggestion you made gave me a lightbulb moment on how it should be told.
@@annkroekerwritingcoach Being memoir, I'm working on taking the narrative, story telling arc approach, but challenge is working out where to begin and end and taking a 'snapshot' of a specific time. (Just realised I'm in another TH-cam account, not sure how I managed that! 😂). Thank you so much for all you share.
@@abouthomewithjennilisahowa9151 Memoir is one of the most challenging genres. I may try focusing a video on memoir structure in particular. Thanks for sharing!
@@annkroekerwritingcoach I did! I sort of went with a hybrid between the classic and discovery approaches. What I'm working on involves a lot of research as well as theoretical ideas, so the classic approach helped me organize checkpoints that I knew I wanted to cover, and from there I connected from point to point using the discovery approach. I find it easier to use the discover approach when I'm writing my own ideas as opposed to putting research into writing. Thanks again, I really appreciate it. A lot of the videos I saw were covering self-help books which wasn't really translating to what I was working on.
Ann... So much thanks you for what you are giving us!! I was looking for a lot something like it, and in this few minuts you gave me a lot of clarity about the path to follow!!... So clean, so clear!!... God is huge in you!!... Thanks!!... I love you!!
Great presentation! Thank you, Ann. Every creative should read Austin Klein’s trilogy starting with “Steal Like An Artist.” Fits right in with what you are saying. Audible has the trilogy for one credit.
I’m currently writing a nonfiction book, where could I leave my sources? Like can I include a a page of sources for each paragraph or how would I go about that process of citing information while writing a book?
Let me first say how impressed I am you are tackling this big project. Create a citation for every source and track each occurrence in the text so when the book is complete you have everything you need to pull together your endnotes. Look at nonfiction books published by your dream publisher to see how those authors formatted theirs to ensure you have all the information.
@@annkroekerwritingcoach Thank you so much for telling me about this information, however one thing that I still was curious about though is that, when I cite it can I just create a page at the end of all the sources that I've used and how would I get it copyrighted? Just finished writing my book today
@@aaravvarma1143 I’m not a legal expert so you’ll want to research the copyright details yourself to be sure you’ve done what you need to do. When you are creating your endnotes, they correlate with each chapter. As I mentioned, you can look at four or five nonfiction books that have an endnotes page to see how to organize it. Not all nonfiction books include endnotes, so of course you’ll have to find examples of books that do use them.
Questions: 1. Does Scrivener print my document titles in the compile mode? (I’m referring to the documents inside each chapter, I want the title to print) 2. Would each document print on its separate page? I don’t want that to happen. It would be a waste of paper as I just have short paragraphs in many of them.) 3. And does compile do anything to my manuscript? (I’m worried that when I have to go back and do my second and third draft, it will still be there and I can carry on. I’m pretty sure it would be, but I don’t want to panic if things look differently than before.) Thank you for making your video’s, Ann. (I like how you said something (the gist of it) like as you write it will come together and it will start making sense. However you put it was very helpful to my mind and my self-confidence. Just keep on writing.)
I'm so glad you find these helpful and are working so hard on your projects! I'm not a Scrivener power user (I've only dabbled with it and tend to use Google Docs these days, instead). That said, I'm pretty sure it compiles to one document and that it's a feature users like. You can compile and send to printer or compiles as PDF to see it first, then print when you're satisfied the document looks the way you think it should. Here's the Scrivener website explaining: www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/printing-with-scrivener#:~:text=I%20won't%20go%20into,the%20draft%20to%20your%20printer.
originally, I was working on just this 1 book, when I start to go to structure, the book does not make sense after I read it. After multiple attemp, and restructure it, to make it work. it turn out to be 13 books and 2 series. 1 main book ( Intro-book ), 6 books in Days series, 6 books in Night series. it turn out to be a system, and it's not just a book any more. this process took my 8 yrs to get it this far.
Wow, what a great outcome-multiple books out of one big idea. Love that (though I'm sorry it took so long...good creative work takes time, though, so I hope you find it's worth the wait).
I like what you say here... I think for me, I am more an insirational writer. He allows it to germinate in my head via 'life-experiences' and boom, I write and much of it is deep. Just saying...
THE TOPIC OF ANY NON FICTION BOOK.........EASILY DEFINES IT OWN STRUCTURE FOR PEOPLE THAT UNDER STAND THE SUBJECT TOPIC AND THE END ITEM REQUIREMENT OF THE BOOKS LEVEL OF SUBJECT COVERAGE FOR THE INTENDED USER. LEVEL OF APPLICATION.....KNOWING THE ENTENDED USER AND USE OF BOOK IS NOT A MYSTREY....IF ONE TRIES TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT AN APPLICATION FOR WHICH THEY DONT HAVE A CLUE...............EXPECT A NON SELLOR
Introduction
1. Discovery: 2:53
2. Determine in advance: 5:34
3. Choose a classic structure: 9:14
4. Borrow a structure: 11:35
Thank you so much, Laura! I'm trying to figure out how to add highlights-you gifted us with them!
@@annkroekerwritingcoach thank YOU for the video, Ann!
I like your art and the way you represent your ideas 😊! Thanks Ann🎉
Thanks for taking time to comment!
Thank you - I've listened to this 3 or 4 times and found it very inspiring 👏
I'm so glad! I hope you land on a structure that works well for you. And be sure to study how other books are structured by peeking at their TOCs!
loved this Anne. The clarity in how you presented this insight was very refreshing. thanks for sharing
Thanks so much for your comment, Rick! I missed it until just now, but I truly value this input. I hope you're working on a big project and feel even more confident you have a structure that suits it!
So helpful! Thank you.
Very professional. Thanks for making this
Thank you for this video. I truly appreciate it. I think I was stuck with making lists but I needed see the words in the circles. This helped so much because I kept reprinting an outline fill-in sheet because the list kept going wrong. I am visual at times and I think this tip worked tremendously.
Mind Maps work the way my mind works, corralling ideas and creating order from chaos. Glad that tool is working well for you, too!
Same here! This was exactly what I needed to hear. The cluster idea will really help me break free from feeling stuck trying to figure out a linear outline. Thank you @Ann Kroeker.
Excellent presentation. I can tell you are a great coach.
Thanks for watching!
Great video. Love your tips and way you express them! Thank you
Thanks for watching and taking time to comment, Adan.
Thank you! I’ve been researching a topic but have been stuck on how to organize the story. You’ve given wonderful advice.
I’m thrilled! Which one do you think you’ll try?
@@annkroekerwritingcoach the problem, cause, solution. I’ve been struggling with how to approach telling an historical perspective on a topic and to this point have ordered it as a timeline. However nobody will be engaged using a timeline for this information and the suggestion you made gave me a lightbulb moment on how it should be told.
So so good, Ann! This is such a gift to all of us stuck in the structure gloop! 😖
I’m so glad you watched - what method do you think you’ll try? Did one approach seem like it could work?
@@annkroekerwritingcoach Being memoir, I'm working on taking the narrative, story telling arc approach, but challenge is working out where to begin and end and taking a 'snapshot' of a specific time. (Just realised I'm in another TH-cam account, not sure how I managed that! 😂). Thank you so much for all you share.
@@abouthomewithjennilisahowa9151 Memoir is one of the most challenging genres. I may try focusing a video on memoir structure in particular. Thanks for sharing!
This was way more in depth and relevant to what I'm working on than any other video I've seen. Thanks a lot!
I’m so glad - sorry for the delayed response. Did you try one?
@@annkroekerwritingcoach I did! I sort of went with a hybrid between the classic and discovery approaches. What I'm working on involves a lot of research as well as theoretical ideas, so the classic approach helped me organize checkpoints that I knew I wanted to cover, and from there I connected from point to point using the discovery approach.
I find it easier to use the discover approach when I'm writing my own ideas as opposed to putting research into writing.
Thanks again, I really appreciate it. A lot of the videos I saw were covering self-help books which wasn't really translating to what I was working on.
I organized the topics of my book with the table of contents; I added, removed, reorganized...the best way for me. Thanks for this video. Dominique
That sounds like a smart way to think through your project at the developmental level. Thanks for sharing your process with us!
I love the idea of discovery! Allowing the book writing process take you on the journey.
It's often so much richer, isn't it, when we let the writing pull us along? Hope your book is developing nicely these past couple of months.
Really helpful video, thanks a lot for this. I would’ve loved to have you as a teacher!
Thank you for watching! I’ll keep making videos and add some assignments and maybe it’ll feel like your listening to my teaching (and no grades!).
Ann... So much thanks you for what you are giving us!! I was looking for a lot something like it, and in this few minuts you gave me a lot of clarity about the path to follow!!... So clean, so clear!!... God is huge in you!!... Thanks!!... I love you!!
Glad to support your creative journey (and thanks for taking time to comment)!
Very useful, thanks, also well presented. Also, I appreciate not a lot of preamble or fluff, like many TH-cam helpful videos
Thank you for this specific note. I'll continue to get right into it.
The best advice I got so far 👌🏼
Very nice video 🌎 Thanks. Greetings from Colombia. The Venezuelan immigrant writer 🇻🇪
Problem-cause-solution ❤
Sometimes we overthink structure only to discover it's as easy as one-two-three, problem-cause-solution! Hope your writing flourishes!
@@annkroekerwritingcoach that's a breakthrough advice, you've given me there.. Keep it up..
Great presentation! Thank you, Ann. Every creative should read Austin Klein’s trilogy starting with “Steal Like An Artist.” Fits right in with what you are saying. Audible has the trilogy for one credit.
That's a great one! Thanks for sharing the tip with writers who browse the comments!
thank you so much im trying to write my own book i just need tips
It's a lot of work to write a book, but you can do it with structure and commitment...and tips from coaches. 😉
Thank you
10:58 memoir structure narrative 12:45
Thanks for marking the key moments for viewers looking for that content.
Great content
Thank you mam for sharing this amazing ideas thank you so much
experience is a great teacher for nonfiction books and i think thats why i want to write one so bad
Thank you, so much you are awesome, God bless you, I am working on my second book.
Rene, I hope this helps you as you work toward the structure for your second book-and congratulations!
I’m currently writing a nonfiction book, where could I leave my sources? Like can I include a a page of sources for each paragraph or how would I go about that process of citing information while writing a book?
Let me first say how impressed I am you are tackling this big project. Create a citation for every source and track each occurrence in the text so when the book is complete you have everything you need to pull together your endnotes. Look at nonfiction books published by your dream publisher to see how those authors formatted theirs to ensure you have all the information.
@@annkroekerwritingcoach Thank you so much for telling me about this information, however one thing that I still was curious about though is that, when I cite it can I just create a page at the end of all the sources that I've used and how would I get it copyrighted? Just finished writing my book today
@@aaravvarma1143 I’m not a legal expert so you’ll want to research the copyright details yourself to be sure you’ve done what you need to do. When you are creating your endnotes, they correlate with each chapter. As I mentioned, you can look at four or five nonfiction books that have an endnotes page to see how to organize it. Not all nonfiction books include endnotes, so of course you’ll have to find examples of books that do use them.
Questions:
1. Does Scrivener print my document titles in the compile mode? (I’m referring to the documents inside each chapter, I want the title to print)
2. Would each document print on its separate page? I don’t want that to happen. It would be a waste of paper as I just have short paragraphs in many of them.)
3. And does compile do anything to my manuscript? (I’m worried that when I have to go back and do my second and third draft, it will still be there and I can carry on. I’m pretty sure it would be, but I don’t want to panic if things look differently than before.)
Thank you for making your video’s, Ann. (I like how you said something (the gist of it) like as you write it will come together and it will start making sense. However you put it was very helpful to my mind and my self-confidence. Just keep on writing.)
I'm so glad you find these helpful and are working so hard on your projects! I'm not a Scrivener power user (I've only dabbled with it and tend to use Google Docs these days, instead). That said, I'm pretty sure it compiles to one document and that it's a feature users like. You can compile and send to printer or compiles as PDF to see it first, then print when you're satisfied the document looks the way you think it should. Here's the Scrivener website explaining: www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/printing-with-scrivener#:~:text=I%20won't%20go%20into,the%20draft%20to%20your%20printer.
@@annkroekerwritingcoach thank you, Ann🙂
My book is about scrapbooking techniques; I put a "quick tip" and link to one of my youtube videos to visualise the technique after every one of them.
That's a great idea! One of my clients was wondering how she might do this herself-I'll pass along this tip. Thanks for sharing!
I do my mind mapping in a notebook, and I write in cursive. Ideas pour out and later I can go back to that mind map. Cursive seems to let ideas flow.
Is there any book or booklet on how to structure non-fiction books? Thanks
originally, I was working on just this 1 book, when I start to go to structure, the book does not make sense after I read it. After multiple attemp, and restructure it, to make it work. it turn out to be 13 books and 2 series. 1 main book ( Intro-book ), 6 books in Days series, 6 books in Night series. it turn out to be a system, and it's not just a book any more. this process took my 8 yrs to get it this far.
Wow, what a great outcome-multiple books out of one big idea. Love that (though I'm sorry it took so long...good creative work takes time, though, so I hope you find it's worth the wait).
nice
I like what you say here... I think for me, I am more an insirational writer. He allows it to germinate in my head via 'life-experiences' and boom, I write and much of it is deep. Just saying...
Sounds like you've found a way that works perfectly for you-thanks for sharing your experience.
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There is three minutes of waffling at the beginning of this vid!
Thanks for your comment and for pointing viewers to where the main points begin.
THE TOPIC OF ANY NON FICTION BOOK.........EASILY DEFINES IT OWN STRUCTURE FOR PEOPLE THAT UNDER STAND THE SUBJECT TOPIC AND THE END ITEM REQUIREMENT OF THE BOOKS LEVEL OF SUBJECT COVERAGE FOR THE INTENDED USER. LEVEL OF APPLICATION.....KNOWING THE ENTENDED USER AND USE OF BOOK IS NOT A MYSTREY....IF ONE TRIES TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT AN APPLICATION FOR WHICH THEY DONT HAVE A CLUE...............EXPECT A NON SELLOR