said this like thrice, will say again - this is THE most underappreciated channel for writers out there. there´s some advice here that literally nobody else gives, and it´s gold. thank you
I've been advocating for properly addressing dev, line, copy, and proof for *decades,* but only the most wealthy and popular folks are noticed. 💪😎✌️ That's just how it is; no exceptions. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
One thing I recommend: use a program like Speechify meant to aid blind people to read your book to you. When the computer stumbles over a sentence, it’s too clunky or it’s missing a word. Write down different details about characters, setting, and plot so you don’t contradict yourself later on, like getting a character’s eye color or backstory wrong.
One technique I find useful is to upload a scene or story into a text-to-speech ap, then listen while the ap reads it back to me. It's like listening to someone else's audiobook. This definitely helps with the "snow-blindness" problem.
Oh, I like that! That's clever. Is there a particular text to speech app you would recommend? My work has a lot of strange & unique names that (I think) an app would struggle with.
@@vincentvanaustin9575speechify is great for this. They have a new tool where you can use your own voice through AI tech. Takes 2 mins to get done. You can even get speech mannerisms across with it. (Its not perfect but a valuable tool.)
I'm still working on the first rough draft for my first novel, but I have the crippling habit of editing as I write. I know, I know -- just get the story written, edit after it's finished. I try to do that, but honestly? The editing part is my FAVORITE part. Your channel has been invaluable & I think you're a real treasure for all of us burgeoning authors. Thank you for your videos!
I'm currently writing a first draft of a new book I'm hoping to actually finish this time lol but definitely saving this for later. So glad I found your channel, it's the most engaging format and delivery I've seen so far.
On the adverbs, one thing that has always stuck with me is an exercise I had to do in university where we were given sentences with verbs that are often used as a default, like said or did, and we had to replace them with more specific verbs. It really helps avoid the adverbs and repeating said a million times when there's a better option.
I watch a lot of channels about storytelling. Every day, I spend about 30 minutes learning how to write better. I really enjoy your channel because I've learned so much about editing and developing good judgment, which is the area I'm most interested in mastering.
After watching so many writer channels, this one is by far one of the best. Your tips are really precise and easy to understand. I followed so many other channels that said certain things, but didn’t really elaborate further, so I was hanging in the void of "Ok, but HOW does this work? Where’s an example?” Great work!
2 things. 1. Perhaps this was covered in an early point and I did not understand it, but I highlight the words of each character in a different colour and the narrator in yet another. Then I can check that everything said by character A is consistent for style and content, like is he or she showing the same emotions. 2. Adding sensations should not be done to satisfy the completeness god; everything described should add to the story in some fashion. So, asking if sight is the best way to convey this emotion or idea at this location is a great question; how can I add smell here irrelevant. Other than, great posting.
kinda just binged all of your videos in one day and i feel comfortable saying you’ve got some of the best fiction writing advice on youtube. it goes totally beyond the basic stuff you hear repeated over and over again and feels adjustable for any story. also love your examples in literature! anyway keep it up and thank you for inevitably improving my writing! ❤️🔥
Your advices are the ones I need the most. They are unique and really useful, often giving me new insights, unlike some generic writing tips channels. And every video is neatly edited, like a luxurious cuisine.
I vouch for your options for ridding snow blindness. I've done all four and each one has worked. In fact, every time I do a new edit, I change the font and spacing.
As always, incredibly helpful! I'm now going through my first editing pass, and I've got both a paperback setting and a kindle setting, so that I can edit for those very different reading experiences.
That first technique is very similar to a method used by visual artists where we use a mirror or digitally flip aour artwork to see our work at a new perspective to find mistakes
here's how I do it. I know the major plot points and character psychology before I begin. I write scenes and save them and often out of order. I'll reopen a scene and add or subtract as details develop. I don't definitively order the scenes and place them into the MS until I've written all the scenes. In this way I can play with the order. I use jump-cuts to show what other players are up too, such as the antag and sub plot people. Once it's whole, I can fine tune, take out or add what's needed.
Great stuff, thanks! The Blank Page is really good for new writers. I'm almost *crosses fingers* done revising (not editing) my first novel, and there is so much left over from the first draft that was me discovering what was going on. Its' really easy to think I must use that material, but I'm getting a lot better at saying "CUT IT!" Rewriting a scene from scratch is really helpful to see which of my darlings need to be taken out behind the shed and shot =P
There are so many great tips in this that I definately have to try❤. My problem though is that I used some of these in a way, like taking out parts and shuffle them around or putting them in a new document to edit and when I am finished I am like "Damn that's so much better now". Then I save this progress as a new entire document and after a while I feel like I have to change it up again. I feel like I am over-shuffling my book elements and sometimes loose the hold of the overall structure. I suppose I have some real issues with my outline but I can't put my finger on it. I just don't want to get lost in Version 1/2/3 of the same scene or loose so e elements entirely in the process 😅. My brain just doesn't like order for some reason lol
What about a non-fictional book. Currently, I have several to manage and being new all tips are welcome. I already found a publisher. That was awesome.
See, I don't identify with the idea of "can't see the flaws." I am VERY aware 95% of my draft is garbage. That awareness doesn't tell me how to fix it, though, all I can tell you is "This is nothing like my favorite writers."
Well, use your brain man. Look at your text. Look at your favorite writers. Think. Analyze. Identify the problem. WHY is one text better than the other?
Something tragic, the editor you recommended charges between 2.5 and 3.5¢/word. That, on a 30000 book (not even that big) already slips into the 7 digits in my currency, 4 to 5 months' worth of income. It's pretty much impossible for me to pay that 😭
Hmm, I think I'll cut out my Chapter Zero (prologue?), a brief action scene that triggers the start of the story but (spoiler!) everybody dies, so the main chars don't appear until Chapter 1. But just for practice, maybe I'll add more sensory details to Chapter Zero before I delete it.
So I'm binge watching your videos (and LOVE them) my only criticism is I feel like I'm heraring quiet music in the background (but the edit is all cool jumpcuts so I think you're editing it in) and my mind keeps almost hearing it and wondering, is there music playing?
What method do you use to go through your entire book looking for metaphors? (besides just literally scanning the whole book) I feel like you could find similes by searching for like, but metaphors aren't as easily to spot. Do you use Scrivener? Perhaps there's a really good way to highlight your book based on sense used in description or a certain person's dialogue. I'm new to using it so I was just wondering. I love the word cloud BTW!
For your advice concerning godfather stories, what if your main inspiration doesn't have a novelization to reference scenes and chapters? For example I'm writing a horror story that personifies different forms of abuse as monsters, and the main inspiration is Opal from Jack stauber
@@Bookfox This sounds like a job for AI. Teach it all about metaphors with a few million examples then let it loose on manuscripts. Hmmm... sounds... marketable.
Don't just read it out loud. Record it! Once you've finished the recording take a few notes on things that stood out to you from the initial read then take a break... come back and listen to it as an audio book. A LOT more will stand out to you!
Developmental editing, line editing, copy editing, and proofreading are all different animals. Unfortunately, unless you're extraordinarily wealthy, you probably need to learn the basics very well and approach the editing process as if "you are not you". 🙂 In other words, if you were a READER and you didn't know anything about the story, characters, mood, world, themes, atmosphere, etc. ... well, so, how does it FEEL?! How's it look? Be honest with what is or is not on your pages, too; if it ain't there, then it ain't there. 💪😎✌️ 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind’s journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul’s fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope’s strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe’s endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)
As a seat of the pants writer I often go back to edit what I've written adding something into the sentence and then I see that the next sentence I've written will clarify the same point that I just tried to re-clarify. After writing almost 50,000 words I think it's time for me to add some chapters, any advice. I have often been criticized for rambling. Telling the story of my family and my siblings and how we grew up over the years with about eight characters, family, may be confusing. Tieing it all together is the challenge we all face, man I could use some beta readers. Where can I get some input? Any advice would be helpful. Time to write... Peace
@@ThatNiceDutchGuyYou can't expect editor skills from a proof reader tho, so a proof reader is a super helpful addition to the process, but usually doesn't make up for these intense editing techniques.
@@Miffy-x7b True! They offer different skills. But the thing @vanilla needed was a fresh look. Wthout that fresh look there is a big change of story blindness, and thus you can not edit.
The "Godfather Story" strategy is how you write a derivative pile of prose. Count characters, count scenes, cut scenes not like one in the OG, add similar scene to yours if an analog scene was in the OG - are you kidding? You're being serious? Really? Fascinating... The turtle chapter in _The Grapes of Wrath_ was a killer piece of narrative metaphor. Now let's be honest, how many modern stories would be enhanced with a rhetorical terrapin?
I tend to be against formulaic writing advice, like Save the Cat, so I'm not saying that you should copy the godfather story exactly. I'm saying to look at it and to get inspiration from certain elements. Consider the techniques they used and yes, the number of characters/scenes because it might reveal something to you about how to revise your book. It doesn't have to be a carbon copy to help you revise your book.
Try reading in reverse. Read each paragraph from start to finish, but start at the end and go backwards, paragraph by paragraph. That way, the plot doesn’t get in the way. And if, you start looking for plot, stop. Stop it!
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As a writer your advice is gold standart. But please don't tell writers to have a godfather book without explaining it. People tend to understand things wrong. If I read one more story were I can almost every "why is that thing here" or "why does the protagonist does that stupid thing" answere with it was in the Hunger Games or because Katniss did it I'm gona get nuts. If I want to read Hunger Games I'll read the original. It's perfectly fine to take deathly games or battle royale or a thousend tropes as bluprint but not copy "just the good scenes" and hope the readers will fill in the gaps and missing worldbuilding because they read Hunger Games. Thats fine for fanfiction only.
You can definitely take godfather books too far, if you're merely copying or imitating. But there is a healthy way to learn from a book's structure and shape that doesn't rely too heavily on the original.
Although these ideas are good individually, and it might even be worthy to using a couple during editing. However, I don't think any writer has time to do all of these. Especially, a general edit will cover a few of these anyway.
Perhaps you’re just more experienced and don’t need this advice because you do it automatically. I’ve found that the more writing and editing you do, the more you automatically start to learn to write better in the first draft. Or maybe you’re so new to writing that you just don’t realise that ‘having no time for editing’ is like saying ‘I have no time to make this good, so I will just do a half a$$ed job’. I really appreciate this channel because it gives excellent advice for beginners that anyone of any level can still learn from. I have always spent at least two thirds of my writing time on editing. It taught me so much.
if you have posted this a bit earlier. I would have watched this on my way home instead of levelsio interview podcast. 😢😔. Are by some chance affected by Daylight saving where it looks like you are posting this at the same time you used to post while for us , it is not?
@@Bookfoxsad I will not be able to watch the videos on my way back from work on the day they come out. It was always a happy coincidence. I only ask that you keep this level of quality beyond this winter and if possible exceed this level of quality.
Idk man some of these sound boring as hell and predictable as hell. I don’t think every scene should be gridlocked absolutely 100 percent needed to further the story
Here's some feedback for Bookfox: 1) great video, amazing content, thanks. 2) are you aware that almost ALL of your stock footage features white men? It's pretty offputting to writers who are not white men to see such biased representation. Thanks for the work you do, I'm always excited to see your videos.
Respectfully, maybe you should be less concerned with race. It’s offputting that you’re apparently offended by the “biased representation” of happening to use stock footage that includes white men. (White people are the majority race in the US btw, not strange that a lot of footage happens to include them.)
I'm a minority myself and find great value in this channel's content and advice. I'm here for the impact of the advice itself. Couldn't give a rat's hoot about the stock footage. You have bigger problems if stock footage happens to be your pet peeve here 🤦. And yes, it's a YOU problem.
Él es un hombre blanco, ¿por qué no va a elegir los fragmentos de acuerdo a ello? ¿O va a ser el único que no tenga derecho, por ser blanco? Lo que importa es la técnica narrativa, no el color de la piel
said this like thrice, will say again - this is THE most underappreciated channel for writers out there. there´s some advice here that literally nobody else gives, and it´s gold. thank you
Wow, thank you!
I've been advocating for properly addressing dev, line, copy, and proof for *decades,* but only the most wealthy and popular folks are noticed. 💪😎✌️ That's just how it is; no exceptions.
🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
Agreed!!
Yeah, I'm fed up with examples from movies. Thanx for all the examples from actual books!
One thing I recommend: use a program like Speechify meant to aid blind people to read your book to you. When the computer stumbles over a sentence, it’s too clunky or it’s missing a word. Write down different details about characters, setting, and plot so you don’t contradict yourself later on, like getting a character’s eye color or backstory wrong.
One technique I find useful is to upload a scene or story into a text-to-speech ap, then listen while the ap reads it back to me. It's like listening to someone else's audiobook. This definitely helps with the "snow-blindness" problem.
Oh, I like that! That's clever. Is there a particular text to speech app you would recommend? My work has a lot of strange & unique names that (I think) an app would struggle with.
@@vincentvanaustin9575speechify is great for this. They have a new tool where you can use your own voice through AI tech. Takes 2 mins to get done. You can even get speech mannerisms across with it. (Its not perfect but a valuable tool.)
Excellent idea! I've done this before in Word, but it's a basic computer voice. Is there an app you recommend that has a better "voice?"
That's a great idea!
Thanks. I never thought about that. 😮
Big fan of reading aloud. Perform your own work; if it doesn't flow like you want, fix it
Yes! I always record my own audiobooks for audible before I publish. I find too many errors.
I'm still working on the first rough draft for my first novel, but I have the crippling habit of editing as I write. I know, I know -- just get the story written, edit after it's finished. I try to do that, but honestly? The editing part is my FAVORITE part.
Your channel has been invaluable & I think you're a real treasure for all of us burgeoning authors.
Thank you for your videos!
10:57 "An empty calorie of a word"
I love this so much
Nice to see Piranesi getting a mention. The author is a relative of mine.
Wait, you know Susanna Clarke? Tell her that Johnathan Strange and Mr Norrell was the best read i had last year in Brazil!
Glad to find your channel Bookfox!
You are amazing!!!! I learn so much from your videos. Please, please keep them coming!!!!
Thank you! Will do!
I literally just wrote a writing handbook, and yet I find all of these suggestions fresh. Great tips!
Glad it was helpful! And congrats on your writing handbook!
I'm currently writing a first draft of a new book I'm hoping to actually finish this time lol but definitely saving this for later. So glad I found your channel, it's the most engaging format and delivery I've seen so far.
On the adverbs, one thing that has always stuck with me is an exercise I had to do in university where we were given sentences with verbs that are often used as a default, like said or did, and we had to replace them with more specific verbs. It really helps avoid the adverbs and repeating said a million times when there's a better option.
I watch a lot of channels about storytelling. Every day, I spend about 30 minutes learning how to write better. I really enjoy your channel because I've learned so much about editing and developing good judgment, which is the area I'm most interested in mastering.
After watching so many writer channels, this one is by far one of the best. Your tips are really precise and easy to understand. I followed so many other channels that said certain things, but didn’t really elaborate further, so I was hanging in the void of "Ok, but HOW does this work? Where’s an example?”
Great work!
The angrily part REALLY GOT ME 😂 (I’m slightly guilty of it, but I’m trying to fix this better) I’m still writing my first draft 👌🏼
2 things.
1. Perhaps this was covered in an early point and I did not understand it, but I highlight the words of each character in a different colour and the narrator in yet another. Then I can check that everything said by character A is consistent for style and content, like is he or she showing the same emotions.
2. Adding sensations should not be done to satisfy the completeness god; everything described should add to the story in some fashion. So, asking if sight is the best way to convey this emotion or idea at this location is a great question; how can I add smell here irrelevant.
Other than, great posting.
1. I think highlighting is just a variation of the Text Transplant idea. You're letting yourself see things in isolation.
2. Completely agree!
Thanks for your amazing video. It awnsered all my doubts and fears when editing my rough draft.
kinda just binged all of your videos in one day and i feel comfortable saying you’ve got some of the best fiction writing advice on youtube. it goes totally beyond the basic stuff you hear repeated over and over again and feels adjustable for any story. also love your examples in literature! anyway keep it up and thank you for inevitably improving my writing! ❤️🔥
Dear John, thanks for the tips and tricks. As always a great help!
Excellent selection of editing techniques. Well done!
Glad you liked it!
Your advices are the ones I need the most. They are unique and really useful, often giving me new insights, unlike some generic writing tips channels. And every video is neatly edited, like a luxurious cuisine.
I vouch for your options for ridding snow blindness. I've done all four and each one has worked. In fact, every time I do a new edit, I change the font and spacing.
As always, incredibly helpful! I'm now going through my first editing pass, and I've got both a paperback setting and a kindle setting, so that I can edit for those very different reading experiences.
Really excellent tips. Concise, clear presentation. Another win for Bookfox. :)
That first technique is very similar to a method used by visual artists where we use a mirror or digitally flip aour artwork to see our work at a new perspective to find mistakes
FIRST STEP: Let it chill! Set that first draft or eleventy-th draft aside for a week so you can see it with "fresh eyes".
Thank you, I really liked so many of your ideas and hope to use them on my own writing.
2:31 Jokes on you. I smell books everytime I read them.
For a second I read "boobs" in your sentence 😂
😂😂
Perfect timing! Great video, thanks!!! :)
How do you always come out with the exact video I need, when I need it? Thank you
Awesome video! I found every strategy useful
here's how I do it. I know the major plot points and character psychology before I begin. I write scenes and save them and often out of order. I'll reopen a scene and add or subtract as details develop. I don't definitively order the scenes and place them into the MS until I've written all the scenes. In this way I can play with the order. I use jump-cuts to show what other players are up too, such as the antag and sub plot people. Once it's whole, I can fine tune, take out or add what's needed.
Great stuff, thanks!
The Blank Page is really good for new writers. I'm almost *crosses fingers* done revising (not editing) my first novel, and there is so much left over from the first draft that was me discovering what was going on. Its' really easy to think I must use that material, but I'm getting a lot better at saying "CUT IT!" Rewriting a scene from scratch is really helpful to see which of my darlings need to be taken out behind the shed and shot =P
Something in the way she moves... It's great.
Always great advice!! Can’t wait to try these out on my work 💜
This is really good advice! Thank you! 😁
12:47 thats a cool story, i can relate. its a fun surprise :D
Good morning,
Incredibly helpful advice.
Great video, thank you for sharing!
Great advice!
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You're an editor FFS
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Yay I love your videos!!
Thank you for these tips.
Any tips on non-fiction?
There are so many great tips in this that I definately have to try❤. My problem though is that I used some of these in a way, like taking out parts and shuffle them around or putting them in a new document to edit and when I am finished I am like "Damn that's so much better now". Then I save this progress as a new entire document and after a while I feel like I have to change it up again. I feel like I am over-shuffling my book elements and sometimes loose the hold of the overall structure. I suppose I have some real issues with my outline but I can't put my finger on it. I just don't want to get lost in Version 1/2/3 of the same scene or loose so e elements entirely in the process 😅.
My brain just doesn't like order for some reason lol
in my language, we call snow blindness "soapy eyes")
How do you know when to add line breaks?
What about a non-fictional book. Currently, I have several to manage and being new all tips are welcome. I already found a publisher. That was awesome.
Can we get more on those empty calorie words? It would be useful to know at least a few. Excellent advice, as always.
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@@Bookfox Thank you!
See, I don't identify with the idea of "can't see the flaws." I am VERY aware 95% of my draft is garbage. That awareness doesn't tell me how to fix it, though, all I can tell you is "This is nothing like my favorite writers."
Well, use your brain man. Look at your text. Look at your favorite writers. Think. Analyze. Identify the problem. WHY is one text better than the other?
Everything you said was helpful. The only thing I'm not sure about is number two. How do u quickly search for every metaphor, for example?
There is no quick way, although you can find similes by looking for "like."
Something tragic, the editor you recommended charges between 2.5 and 3.5¢/word.
That, on a 30000 book (not even that big) already slips into the 7 digits in my currency, 4 to 5 months' worth of income. It's pretty much impossible for me to pay that 😭
Yes, exchange rates are very favorable to the dollar right now, but unfavorable to other currencies. Not much I can do about that.
Hmm, I think I'll cut out my Chapter Zero (prologue?), a brief action scene that triggers the start of the story but (spoiler!) everybody dies, so the main chars don't appear until Chapter 1. But just for practice, maybe I'll add more sensory details to Chapter Zero before I delete it.
So I'm binge watching your videos (and LOVE them) my only criticism is I feel like I'm heraring quiet music in the background (but the edit is all cool jumpcuts so I think you're editing it in) and my mind keeps almost hearing it and wondering, is there music playing?
Music isn't playing in the background -- it's being edited in afterwards. :)
What method do you use to go through your entire book looking for metaphors? (besides just literally scanning the whole book) I feel like you could find similes by searching for like, but metaphors aren't as easily to spot. Do you use Scrivener? Perhaps there's a really good way to highlight your book based on sense used in description or a certain person's dialogue. I'm new to using it so I was just wondering. I love the word cloud BTW!
The thumbnail got me lol
For your advice concerning godfather stories, what if your main inspiration doesn't have a novelization to reference scenes and chapters?
For example I'm writing a horror story that personifies different forms of abuse as monsters, and the main inspiration is Opal from Jack stauber
Metaphors and similes? You can do a text search for similes by searching for "like" or "as". But how would you search for metaphors?
No easy way to search for them. You have to comb through your manuscript.
@@Bookfox This sounds like a job for AI. Teach it all about metaphors with a few million examples then let it loose on manuscripts. Hmmm... sounds... marketable.
Don't just read it out loud. Record it!
Once you've finished the recording take a few notes on things that stood out to you from the initial read then take a break... come back and listen to it as an audio book. A LOT more will stand out to you!
Developmental editing, line editing, copy editing, and proofreading are all different animals. Unfortunately, unless you're extraordinarily wealthy, you probably need to learn the basics very well and approach the editing process as if "you are not you". 🙂 In other words, if you were a READER and you didn't know anything about the story, characters, mood, world, themes, atmosphere, etc. ... well, so, how does it FEEL?! How's it look? Be honest with what is or is not on your pages, too; if it ain't there, then it ain't there. 💪😎✌️
🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
"Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind’s journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul’s fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope’s strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe’s endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
--Diamond Dragons (series)
As a seat of the pants writer I often go back to edit what I've written adding something into the sentence and then I see that the next sentence I've written will clarify the same point that I just tried to re-clarify. After writing almost 50,000 words I think it's time for me to add some chapters, any advice. I have often been criticized for rambling. Telling the story of my family and my siblings and how we grew up over the years with about eight characters, family, may be confusing. Tieing it all together is the challenge we all face, man I could use some beta readers. Where can I get some input? Any advice would be helpful.
Time to write... Peace
I don't have the money to pay for an editor, as much as I want to support them. So my next best option is to just learn to do it myself.
Well perhaps you can find a proof-reader, not a friend or family!, somewhere who is willing to read the manuscript for free.
@@ThatNiceDutchGuyYou can't expect editor skills from a proof reader tho, so a proof reader is a super helpful addition to the process, but usually doesn't make up for these intense editing techniques.
@@Miffy-x7b True! They offer different skills. But the thing @vanilla needed was a fresh look. Wthout that fresh look there is a big change of story blindness, and thus you can not edit.
The cutting up of the pages gives me an idea for a writing writing game. 🧐
The "Godfather Story" strategy is how you write a derivative pile of prose. Count characters, count scenes, cut scenes not like one in the OG, add similar scene to yours if an analog scene was in the OG - are you kidding? You're being serious? Really? Fascinating...
The turtle chapter in _The Grapes of Wrath_ was a killer piece of narrative metaphor. Now let's be honest, how many modern stories would be enhanced with a rhetorical terrapin?
I tend to be against formulaic writing advice, like Save the Cat, so I'm not saying that you should copy the godfather story exactly. I'm saying to look at it and to get inspiration from certain elements. Consider the techniques they used and yes, the number of characters/scenes because it might reveal something to you about how to revise your book.
It doesn't have to be a carbon copy to help you revise your book.
Reading times New roman size 9 billion now. Lol.
Try reading in reverse. Read each paragraph from start to finish, but start at the end and go backwards, paragraph by paragraph. That way, the plot doesn’t get in the way. And if, you start looking for plot, stop. Stop it!
Oh my gosh I have been doing this since my early days writing, I thought I invented it! I have never heard anyone give this advice before! Haha cool!
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As a writer your advice is gold standart.
But please don't tell writers to have a godfather book without explaining it. People tend to understand things wrong.
If I read one more story were I can almost every "why is that thing here" or "why does the protagonist does that stupid thing" answere with it was in the Hunger Games or because Katniss did it I'm gona get nuts. If I want to read Hunger Games I'll read the original.
It's perfectly fine to take deathly games or battle royale or a thousend tropes as bluprint but not copy "just the good scenes" and hope the readers will fill in the gaps and missing worldbuilding because they read Hunger Games. Thats fine for fanfiction only.
You can definitely take godfather books too far, if you're merely copying or imitating. But there is a healthy way to learn from a book's structure and shape that doesn't rely too heavily on the original.
Although these ideas are good individually, and it might even be worthy to using a couple during editing. However, I don't think any writer has time to do all of these. Especially, a general edit will cover a few of these anyway.
Perhaps you’re just more experienced and don’t need this advice because you do it automatically. I’ve found that the more writing and editing you do, the more you automatically start to learn to write better in the first draft.
Or maybe you’re so new to writing that you just don’t realise that ‘having no time for editing’ is like saying ‘I have no time to make this good, so I will just do a half a$$ed job’.
I really appreciate this channel because it gives excellent advice for beginners that anyone of any level can still learn from.
I have always spent at least two thirds of my writing time on editing. It taught me so much.
if you have posted this a bit earlier. I would have watched this on my way home instead of levelsio interview podcast. 😢😔.
Are by some chance affected by Daylight saving where it looks like you are posting this at the same time you used to post while for us , it is not?
Yes, daylight savings just happened yesterday.
@@Bookfoxsad I will not be able to watch the videos on my way back from work on the day they come out. It was always a happy coincidence.
I only ask that you keep this level of quality beyond this winter and if possible exceed this level of quality.
Idk man some of these sound boring as hell and predictable as hell. I don’t think every scene should be gridlocked absolutely 100 percent needed to further the story
Please do one on using AI for editing.
I honestly think that as long as your text is intended for humans to read, it's most useful to edit it with human input as well.
Here's some feedback for Bookfox: 1) great video, amazing content, thanks. 2) are you aware that almost ALL of your stock footage features white men? It's pretty offputting to writers who are not white men to see such biased representation. Thanks for the work you do, I'm always excited to see your videos.
😂😂😂 as a writer who is not a white man, Im here to learn about editing and not to look at superficial stock footage
Respectfully, maybe you should be less concerned with race. It’s offputting that you’re apparently offended by the “biased representation” of happening to use stock footage that includes white men. (White people are the majority race in the US btw, not strange that a lot of footage happens to include them.)
I'm a minority myself and find great value in this channel's content and advice. I'm here for the impact of the advice itself.
Couldn't give a rat's hoot about the stock footage.
You have bigger problems if stock footage happens to be your pet peeve here 🤦. And yes, it's a YOU problem.
Él es un hombre blanco, ¿por qué no va a elegir los fragmentos de acuerdo a ello? ¿O va a ser el único que no tenga derecho, por ser blanco?
Lo que importa es la técnica narrativa, no el color de la piel
También existe la opción de no ver los vídeos del autor y dejar que los haga como quiera el, no como quieras tú. Eres libre de crear tu propio canal.