5 tips for FAST DRAFTING a novel for NANOWRIMO + why fast drafting is so valuable!
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- Fast drafting is SO valuable because it keeps you from getting STUCK and it helps you write cohesively which will be crucial when it comes to editing later! Here are my 5 tips for fast drafting your novel during NaNoWriMo - hope these tips help you!
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I'm currently 35411 words in already. I was like, "I'm FLYING through this manuscript! This is too good to be true." And of course, that's when I hit a roadblock. Turns out there's a knot in my plotline which I have to untangle before I can move on... Luckily I'm so far ahead I can afford a couple days of outlining. To get here though, I can say I've used all of these tips, so they are definitely a big help! Good luck everyone! (ps. I love the customized notebook!)
Nice work! And you've got this! :D Thank you so much!
Haha. I’ve written so many chapter 1- 3 lol. I need to figure out how to do the rest. Too true.
*raises hand* chapter 1 is always my sticking point, ha
"Let's drink more coffee." ME lmao. I just got into fast drafting seriously this year for NaNo. I'm excited to use your tips and everything I've learned so far to really get my novels rolling out!
Yay! Wishing you lots of words!
THANK YOU!!!!! I cannot tell you how much I NEEDED this video. I swear, I was about to lose it today after rewriting chapter 1 of my YA fantasy novel. I am DEFINITELY going to give fast drafting a try!!
Yay! You've got this!
These tips are solid gold. I find writing the fast draft keeps my voice & style consistant throughout the manuscript. I plan to knock out 120,000 words for my next project & that begins today. I'll be using all these tips - apart from the notebook. That's not my style 😁
Thanks for a great video!
So glad you enjoyed!
I’m drafting my first novel: Ragnarok by hand and I’m a plotser. (I tend to draft without any outline and then go back and outline. For me, it’s more enjoyable. These tips help me. Thanks Bethany.
As a discovery writer, I use my fast draft as my outline so-to-speak. Oh yeah, adding the bloopers is a great idea. LOL :)
That's a great idea! And thanks lol!
Yup I'm a "chapter oner"... thanks for tips! I will try. This is my first nanowrimo 💙
You've got this! Have fun! :D
Definitely great tips thank you. I definitely get stuck with first chapters. And I get worried alot about my writing as my first drafts always end up a mess of words at NaNoWriMo (having own personal struggles with writing in general).
We all struggle with writing, you're not alone! I think one of the biggest problems is it's not the same for anyone, so definitely ignore any of these tips that don't work for you, but hopefully some of these will help! :)
This video is so helpful! I often get bogged down in perfecting each section before moving on. Thanks for sharing these tips and happy writing!
Yay! I'm so happy it's helpful and happy writing! :D
Great tips! Thank you!
So hyper! lol Thanks for the tips! I hope you have a great day!
I'm so happy I found this video of yours! I got the habit of highlighting what I need to fix later on as most of my writing was scholarly papers / nonfiction and we have a significant amount of parenthesis! I love the idea of fast drafting and had been considering it. I wrote half of a novel's first draft in a few weeks in 2019 right before moving, then I worked on my dissertation; but my goal for this summer is to finish this first draft. So far my outline apparently works and I added some notes in it since then; but I just need to get back in it and just write so I can move forward!
Yay! I'm so glad the video was helpful!
I do the notebook thing too! I also sometimes include pictures for inspiration of characters 😆
Love that! I do that in my story bible too, it's so helpful to have all the story stuff in one central place!
I do the same thing! My bullet journal has the same line through it once i've put it on the computer! :) nice vid!
That's so funny!! I use a notebook to sort my stuff out before I write, too. It's especially helpful when I get stuck, or if I need to sort out timelines or background information that I need to know, but won't necessarily come up in the story. I use my notebook for almost every writing session and it has saved me HOURS of writing and prevented so much anxiety and stress.
Great advice, as usual.
Thank you!
Omg this was so nice to know that I’m not the only one who makes these mistakes!
Fast drafting....thanks for explaining !! Since I literally had no 💡 beforehand...... thanks again!!!
I have ( BOLD PRINT issue ) place holders on every page, this nanowrimo. Thank you for the tips!
Excellent video, Bethany!
Thanks Christy!
I have been watching a half dozen of your You Tube videos and lots of great advice. I have used your method of "Brain dump" getting my ideas on paper very quickly as I have them to build a chapter, which is sorta like your Fast Draft method in this video. My first copy is fast hand written chapters and my next draft is reworking it as I enter the text in word. As my book is a "How To" book on how to capture exciting pro photography (from 20 years doing it), the second draft I try to keep conversational style so it is entertaining (with some anecdotal stories) while also educational. Scott Kelby did this in his books adding humor. Your tips have helped a lot as 3/4 of book done. Thanks!
First time performing nano wrimo this year.......AAHH!!!
Yes! Cohesion!!
I wrote my book within the span of over 10 years😢 literally me except I haven't finished my draft yet😭 I needed this ty! I'm determined to complete this draft!
You've got this!
Yayy thnx!
Fast drafting seems very helpful to me. I get stuck plotting instead of writing. And I love your top! So cute!
Thank you!
This is the greatest video Ive seen lately, made my day. Im currently at the 31000 words in mark.
39,755, AND COUNTING. GOING TO BE MILLITARY SCIENCE FICTION. A REALISTIC BELIEVABLE ONE THOUGH.
I can relate when you mentioned your voice has changed. It's so frustrating since it takes me forever to write a novel. Thanks for the video and good luck with NaNo.
Glad you enjoyed it! :) And good luck to you too!
Ah, these arguments for fast drafting are making me reconsider my current method of just working on whatever project calls to me atm. 😅
Bethany, Can you do a video on writing flashback in a novel please? I have some for my character but I don’t how to write a clear one from the character being older and in the flashbacks being younger.
That's a great video idea! I don't know that I'm knowledgeable enough about flashbacks to talk about it yet, but I'll dig into it in the future because that's a tough subject and good to learn more about!
Thanks for the video... I face a lot of problem still stuck in my first draft as i plan and write every line.
9 days in and I just hit 20k... I'm ahead of the "official" Nano schedule and also ahead of my own personal schedule... but my friend is finishing her 50k *today*.
I'm struggling not to compare my progress to hers, to just be impressed and proud of her and not jealous... lol
The struggle is real, tho.
Love the tips, I'll be doing sprints on and off all day tomorrow, I hope to get a metric ton of words in! ❤
And you can never have too much coffee! 😉☕
Oh my goodness, that's so impressive!! Definitely celebrate yourself! I understand, there will always be someone who's ahead of us / doing what we want to do. That doesn't change no matter how far we get, there's always further we could go, but definitely would encourage you not to compare! Comparison is the thief of joy and you deserve to celebrate how far you've come! :)
I do that sometimes (highlight words), but the funny thing is that I often don't choose another word instead of the one I highlighted because that word was just fine and I was just getting writer-y doubts
The "write at the same time" is a new experiment for me. It works better than expected, but 9 days into the experiment, I already took 2 days off. I was back on track today. Must try harder.
Yes, deadlines work for me, too. I'm trying to put in place a system where people will expect my stories (I call them stories, though they range from 15k to 85k) or at least chapters. So far, I used pre-order deadlines as motivators, but I got a bit burned out and stopped putting up preorders. Will start again soon.
That's awesome! And taking days off is totally different than taking months or years off, I think days off are very important to avoid burn out! :)
I’m currently working on my chapter one of my first ever novella (doing a novella as I know my idea won’t quite be full novel length). A little over 1,000 words into it. Going to try the fast drafting just to get the idea written then worry about everything else later.
I’ve written chapter 1 in book one of my series that I write I would say about five times or so
Don't let the things you're not sure about slow you down ❤
I write very quickly and have the opposite problem where I never edit or dont ever want to. But I also put too much pressure on myself to write perfectly the first time. Now I think I've written so much so fast for so long that I've burned myself out because I can't seem to write over 50 too much these days 😖😭
(Also the parenthesis tip is a good one. I usually never thought to just write something as filler and move on so that's super helpful)
My placeholders are XXX if I can't think of a name or place and I put [] around something I know is wrong but don't want to switch gears to pick at it! 👍🏾
Love that!
This is why I have yet to finish a novel.
I fast drafted my novel last NaNoWriMo and I've forgotten a lot of the plot and details while re-reading it. I'd had to note down key things and characters just to ensure I remember them xD
I'm a bit of a scatter brain though. This video and the tips really helped!
I'm pretty scattered too haha! So glad you liked it!
But now I’m really good and chapter 1 is done to how I like it now so now I’ve been writing my novel and a lot of chapters I’ve been getting finished in my novel that I’m working on
That's awesome!
Two thing that happen to me is:
1°. Don't know how long must a chapter be and;
2°. When is the right moment to end a chapter and star a new one.
Some really great tips! May I quote a small section of your video for a TH-cam video - with proper credit and a link back to this video?
Absolutely!
@@BethanyAtazadeh Awesome! Thank you!
I don’t edit my first chapter over and over.
Instead I delete it all and restart in a different direction over and over. Because every time I feel it causes me to hit a wall.
Oh no! Everyone is different, so you know your story best, but if it's okay, I'd like to encourage you to try moving forward in the future and trust that you can rewrite the chapter later. Knowing the full story all the way through the end will almost always inform what you want chapter one to be about, so it will have a surprisingly huge impact on chapter one if you write the rest of the book! :)
I tend to start doubting myself as a writer around the 5/6 chapter point. So usually right when Act 2 starts. It’s messing me up. I haven’t completed a draft in over a year and I’m getting so discouraged... 😭
That's totally normal, you're not alone! Take advantage of nano and writing friends you can meet in nano to push past that doubt! I have a video on doubt and imposter syndrome as well if you want to search that for some encouragement, because we all struggle with it! But pushing through will help you prove to yourself that you can do it!
@@BethanyAtazadeh thanks so much!
You don't know any other authors who do what you did in your notebook? :) Now you do! I have a big stack of notebooks JUST for this purpose! I don't scribble them out when I am done, I highlight them, but it's an awesome principle!
Yay!
I have an entirely different opinion on placeholders, but I think I probably have a lot of opinions about writing that don't align with your views. It seems you predominately write romance, and I'm a horror kinda guy.
I write fantasy not romance ;)
@@BethanyAtazadeh Oh. Okay. Sorry.