ahhh kris!! i can literally relate. i get so many 'bursts' of inspiration for so many novels! sometimes i have a cool dream, see an interesting picture of pinterest, or watch a new show and *bam!* i have a full on novel idea. i need to work on my outlining ahhh. and of courseee - loved the video!!
sorry for the comment a full year after the post date, but I just found your channel and have been gradually binging lol. just wanted to say that you're the first writer-vlogger I've come across that has the EXACT same development process that I do, and im so thrilled lmao. I don't usually enjoy watching process videos, but yours are pure inspiration!! as far as planner-panster titles, I really enjoy Ellie Brock's quadrant definitions that add "intuitive" and "methodological" for a second axis. I relate heavily to her definition of "intuitive planner", as someone who is good at Feeling Out the rhythm of a story as long as i have my waymarkers to guide me (i call the messy stage my "spaghetti wall" 😂) thanks for the videos, hope you're doing well!
Ay ay ay! I'm also in the pre-drafting phase of a new adult fantasy WIP. I've been in revision mode for several months so it feels good (but weird!) to be at the very beginning of a project with a blank canvas before me. But I'm excited to dive into an adult project. As fun as my middle grade book has been to write, adult fantasy has a special place in my heart and my writing style lends itself to a more "mature" audience. Fingers crossed that outlining goes smoothly and beautifully for both of us.
I feel you! I really enjoy writing adult projects, it’s just how most of my ideas seem to form these days :) but I LOVE reading middle grade, even though I’ve a tough time writing it 😭
Thank you for your content! I'm a beginner/amateur/hobbyst writer anf I find it very helpful to see other writer's process especially since you're also working full time! I really appreciate you sharing your tips and tricks and methods 😊 take care!
It was really fun and interesting to watch your process of developing your new WIP. My process of brainstorming and plotting is very messy, too. xD I'm a pantser trying to be a plotter/planner because I think plotting my novels more thoroughly will help me actually finish writing my WIPs. I have several Pages documents, a Google doc, a Notion page and a notebook with random notes for my current WIP and sometimes it feels all over the place. But I think I have a good plan for writing the third draft of my novel. I use my notebook to brain dump and then have two pages documents for the world building and plot. One has a spreadsheet where I outlined the chapters in a few bullet points and the PoVs and in the second doc I plot the chapters more in detail, I write roughly 1k-1,5k per chapter and plan on breaking them down into scenes too but then in bullet points again (it's a lot of work). I finally am at a stage where the outlining feels like drafting and I love discovery writing, so this is great. But every time I run into a plot hole or any kind of problem I have to remind myself that this is just an outlining and not the actual third draft because it feels quite devastating when you write a lot and then notice you made a mistake and have either to delete and rewrite everything or at least edit a lot. So when that happens with my outline I can remind myself that this is just that, the outline, nothing is set in stone, I just add another note for myself for when I actually write the draft and I'm good to go. ^^
interesting! that’s really thorough! I definitely relate to the feeling of getting to the point where “outlining feels like drafting” :) thats one of the funnest parts for me.
I love the idea of filling out comps and blurbs early on- which I’ve never done but might for my next outline! (also I really like your editing style :))
@@jabarhenv5933 I was using Google docs here. I prefer keeping my initial notes/brainstorming in google drive, but when I start drafting the actual manuscript, I use scrivener :)
ahhh kris!! i can literally relate. i get so many 'bursts' of inspiration for so many novels! sometimes i have a cool dream, see an interesting picture of pinterest, or watch a new show and *bam!* i have a full on novel idea. i need to work on my outlining ahhh. and of courseee - loved the video!!
ahh thank you for watching!! :D
I LOVE the planning phase of a novel. it's where I get all the energy for the drafting
me too!! :)
sorry for the comment a full year after the post date, but I just found your channel and have been gradually binging lol. just wanted to say that you're the first writer-vlogger I've come across that has the EXACT same development process that I do, and im so thrilled lmao. I don't usually enjoy watching process videos, but yours are pure inspiration!!
as far as planner-panster titles, I really enjoy Ellie Brock's quadrant definitions that add "intuitive" and "methodological" for a second axis. I relate heavily to her definition of "intuitive planner", as someone who is good at Feeling Out the rhythm of a story as long as i have my waymarkers to guide me (i call the messy stage my "spaghetti wall" 😂)
thanks for the videos, hope you're doing well!
Ay ay ay! I'm also in the pre-drafting phase of a new adult fantasy WIP. I've been in revision mode for several months so it feels good (but weird!) to be at the very beginning of a project with a blank canvas before me. But I'm excited to dive into an adult project. As fun as my middle grade book has been to write, adult fantasy has a special place in my heart and my writing style lends itself to a more "mature" audience. Fingers crossed that outlining goes smoothly and beautifully for both of us.
I feel you! I really enjoy writing adult projects, it’s just how most of my ideas seem to form these days :) but I LOVE reading middle grade, even though I’ve a tough time writing it 😭
I LOVE what you said about Azula, never thought of the story that way. You're so wise lol
Thank you for your content! I'm a beginner/amateur/hobbyst writer anf I find it very helpful to see other writer's process especially since you're also working full time!
I really appreciate you sharing your tips and tricks and methods 😊 take care!
6:36 reminded me of the John Green quote "I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once"
It was really fun and interesting to watch your process of developing your new WIP. My process of brainstorming and plotting is very messy, too. xD I'm a pantser trying to be a plotter/planner because I think plotting my novels more thoroughly will help me actually finish writing my WIPs. I have several Pages documents, a Google doc, a Notion page and a notebook with random notes for my current WIP and sometimes it feels all over the place. But I think I have a good plan for writing the third draft of my novel. I use my notebook to brain dump and then have two pages documents for the world building and plot. One has a spreadsheet where I outlined the chapters in a few bullet points and the PoVs and in the second doc I plot the chapters more in detail, I write roughly 1k-1,5k per chapter and plan on breaking them down into scenes too but then in bullet points again (it's a lot of work). I finally am at a stage where the outlining feels like drafting and I love discovery writing, so this is great. But every time I run into a plot hole or any kind of problem I have to remind myself that this is just an outlining and not the actual third draft because it feels quite devastating when you write a lot and then notice you made a mistake and have either to delete and rewrite everything or at least edit a lot. So when that happens with my outline I can remind myself that this is just that, the outline, nothing is set in stone, I just add another note for myself for when I actually write the draft and I'm good to go. ^^
interesting! that’s really thorough! I definitely relate to the feeling of getting to the point where “outlining feels like drafting” :) thats one of the funnest parts for me.
I love the idea of filling out comps and blurbs early on- which I’ve never done but might for my next outline! (also I really like your editing style :))
thank you!! and yes! I love thinking about comps, helps me get excited while brainstorming :D
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do you use scrivener?
I do!
@@KrisMF did u use it for this one? Like what you were typing?
@@jabarhenv5933 I was using Google docs here. I prefer keeping my initial notes/brainstorming in google drive, but when I start drafting the actual manuscript, I use scrivener :)