I Don't have much time but I really want to be a light novel author. I look forward to your tips! When I go to college for japan studies I hope to gain more than exceptional Hiragana, kanji, and katakana skills! !
It really helps a lot, I've been working on this LN that explores an idea of vast multiverse and has a massive world building ,but always thought that I will not be able to deliver what's in my mind to the readers properly but I'm finally, this time gonna give this a go and really hope that it works... aside from all that thanks!😄
Hello! I'd wanted to take this opportunity to thank you Mrs. Cross. This video is easy to understand and insightful. I've often contemplated about writing a LN / OELN and on the off chance, feel like this video is going to help me. So I appreciate you making these kind of videos for people like me.
I am writing a regular American novel and i don't set word goal. I tried setting one like 250 to 500 words a day but i felt like it was rushed and boring since I was just writing down words to try and achieve the goal. I instead just decided to keep track of how many words i wrote so i could put some actual thought into them. On a bad day, it is only about 300 and on a good day, it is 1,500.
I watch all your videos, Thankyou for the time & Effort that you put into them, So light & Bubbly, Keeps me intrested. You have pointed me in the right direction so many times, Thankyou again.
Nice work on summarizing things up. If I am to add to that I would recommend using third person as writing style when the story involves many characters where there is many scenes that doesn't involve the protagonist. One of the sides that I still need to improve is blending description and dialogue. Although I try to do so but still I can see more improvement that need to be done there, perhaps I need to extend my vocabulary. Anyway just wanted to say good work on this one. And wish you the best.
I completely agree! I think third person allows a lot of opportunity to show a larger variety of characters in far more detail. Thank you so much for watching! I wish you all the best also 😊
This is a very helpful and fun video! Also, you scored so many points with me on giving Bakemonogatari as an example. I absolutely LOVE that series! ❤❤❤
This is Accurately Tutorial. I Was Lost Interest to make my recent Light Novels because of my Grammar. But i decide to learn it more to make Light Novels. When i Watch this, I Finally Understand it and i have few ideas to make another Light Novels again. Your Videos are Very Useful a Lot. Keep it up.
Thanks. I saved some of your videos to watch later. Im writing my fifth light novel, wish I had found your channel before, you said some stuff that I only learned after a lot of time making mistakes...
So helpful ❤thank you so much!! I just started writing my first light novel and I couldn’t do it without your videos as my guide, so thank you so much again for that 🙏🏻
@@midnightXcross i can explain why, like i can show you all the notes i was taking and stuff and i actually almost comment to ask if you can do this somewhat, maybe i did do that but not sure, because i kinda told myself not to rely on others a bit, but basically i had a plan in mind to achieve this on my own. Btw, i almost fell asleep while trying to watch this video for some reason, and went to a proper bed to take a nap but wasn’t able to go back to sleep. So i ended up getting up and going out and getting coffee and back now and watching the video. I was saying that to say that maybe your voice might be able to help me sleep or something Also the light novel i was trying to study to learn how best write and format a light novel was Dan Machi light novel. I really like how they written it. Because its like i can visualize how it was adapted to a anime and manga easy. The main thing i thought that was important was to covey the story point going from one point to another. Which is obvious. But like every progression that can happen its best to recognized them and make sure each point moves to the other in a interesting way. I been trying to translate what makes a good manga to transfer over to light novel writing Also I’m sure you know about how Manga is Characters. It is said to learn from movies and shows and other media to how to make a good manga as well and i think that is so true. Because i was watching a remake of a show and the remake was just focusing on the plot, and i was not able to feel the impactful moments that was happening because the characters was off. Well actually i wasn’t quite sure why i was not feeling it. So i went back to watch the original show and i was amaze at how originally and carefully detailed, the characters were and how the plan the character movements in a way sensible to them. The Shows I’m talking about is Dead Set & Reality Z
I am back - Kept changing my dang mind, nothing have changed that's who I am. Yet I do want to write a OELN lightnovel series where my main character just pure evil bastard and has a selfish goal a not relatable character would this work as a light novel.
hello my Name is paul i resently found your content i really find it helpful, however im currently stuck im not exactly sure how to combine the text and artwork in to a book. for example i am useing google docs to write the story but i am doing the artwork in Krita any suggestions on what i should do?
I am writing my first Light Novel named, 'Archons Resonating' I watch your videos to get inspired and get some tips while I am at it I am using first person POV But my story consists other characters getting their spotlight...I jusr use that person POV at the start when writing it? Is there a more good method of doing it?
What trim size should one go for? Over in Japan it's A6 bunkobon, but translations in the west often end up in A5 or tankōbon or so. (Thinking of looking into self-publishing, e-book with on-demand paperback as some places like Amazon offer.)
I have two questions for writing OELN 1: When writing a Light Novel - Can I write it the whole thing without any illustrations 2: Can the characters be preteens who are about instead for teen. Like a 12-year-old protagonist?
I want to learn basics because, I have read some (manga) it seem different than light novels I heard through readers of both styles that some anime get threre source material from the the light novels.
I'm confident in saying most fanfiction is not told in Second Person POV. Most fanfiction is in third or first person POV. Second person POV is somewhere between rare and uncommon in subgenres where they occur (reader/X, self-inserts) and nowhere to be seen in most other subgenres. I'd wager less than 1 percent of fanfics are 2nd person pov. People have enough misconceptions about derivative fiction as things stand. No need to add to it by ascribing it with exotic writing styles.
Where to post the light novel , I have written a light novel but I don't know where to post , so I'm currently started releasing chs on wattpad and webnovel
My whole story is from the memories of a humanoid creature found on the moon The whole story is of the ancient past full of magic and space travel Mostly the story takes place within a planet 5x the size of Jupiter but it supports life This life once dominated half of the planet but the other half was inhabitable and served only as the location of a large underground prison with multiple smaller prison entries at the top which are guarded heavily looking like a large step pyramid made of an unknown obsidian like material There is so much lore and stuff I really wanna go more into detail with but I'm just not feeling it at the moment
Do you mean one chapter per book? That's a very interesting question. It's not something I've seen before, but I think it would be fine for you to do that. 😊
This video is more specifically on formatting and writing a light novel, with correct grammar and punctuation, so I didn't want to go too indepth into specific aspects of the writing process. However, I'd be happy to make a light novel video specifically on this topic, since I think it's an important part of the writing process that should be addressed 😊
@@midnightXcrossi have tons of question like do light novel need to describe alot of details on the character face? How would a fight scene in a light novel format? Light novel format for camera angle? how would we introduce a character wait not i mean like theirs something of a character where they are been stalked by a unknown person? do we have to describe some character on the scene where we have to explain their attire when they appeared at the exact location as the Mc? how do we change Different pov liie i want to change chapters where i keep switch Good person Pov and Bad person Pov?
At 7:55 isn't that still simple past? If I would write in present tense, I'd probably have it like this: "I am walking up the main street, smiling at people as I pass them. It is a beautiful day, and the sun is shining down on me." English isn't my native language, so I'm not 100% sure on that.
I have a question, the light novel that i'm writing is narrated by the main character. He narrates his own back story, what happened in his past. Now, my question is that, how do I express the POV of other characters because this whole story is a back story of MC. Please help me with this.
You could do it like jobless reincarnation with bold names of characters in chapter and than write in their narration of events and than if you want to switch back to main character end the chapter or put the name of you character in bold and carry on writing as him
I think it would be fine, as long as you don't have them all speaking at once. :) You can break up the lines of dialogue by showing what a character is doing or how they are saying something. For example: Kiyomi nodded solemnly. "Yes, we will need to come up with a better plan." Isla and Penny looked at each other, both deep in thought. "We could just sneak in there..." Isla pondered out loud. Mira glared at her. "We would get caught straight away!" "Well, I think we should just walk through the front door," Tristan said, "No one would be expecting that." Everyone looked at him in silence for a moment. "That could work," Opal replied with a smile.
You might want to consider commenting this on my other video: th-cam.com/video/rrc2vLjYZNY/w-d-xo.html In the comment section, you could leave your advertisement, or chat with some other artists and writers there, and see if you can find someone to create your project with. 😊
@@r3n837 I really don't know!! I went on there one morning, and I just couldn't get on. It said that my account was restricted because of 'suspicious activity', so I'm wondering if someone tried to hack in. 😥 I've secured the account now though, so hopefully it will all be safe from now on
You could try leaving a comment like this in my other video here! th-cam.com/video/rrc2vLjYZNY/w-d-xo.html In that video, you're welcome to advertse your project there, to see if you can find artists to work with. 😊
i've so far written 50 light novels, 60 in progress and 8 adapted to manga. 80 hrs of content!
Woww that's impressive!! Keep up the great work 😊
Wow. How? Teach me😅
@@surojsapayev487 just think of a good plot or something inspired by shows and movies you like. Mine are inspired by animes i like
@@midnightgamingwithdarkstar2982 where to find your novels?)
@@surojsapayev487 wattpad and webnovel
I Don't have much time but I really want to be a light novel author. I look forward to your tips!
When I go to college for japan studies I hope to gain more than exceptional Hiragana, kanji, and katakana skills! !
Still a noob at light novel, but thanks to this video, I realized that most of my style and format are correct
Thank you for watching! 😊 I'm glad that my video was helpful.
It really helps a lot, I've been working on this LN that explores an idea of vast multiverse and has a massive world building ,but always thought that I will not be able to deliver what's in my mind to the readers properly but I'm finally, this time gonna give this a go and really hope that it works... aside from all that thanks!😄
Hello! I'd wanted to take this opportunity to thank you Mrs. Cross.
This video is easy to understand and insightful. I've often contemplated about writing a LN / OELN and on the off chance, feel like this video is going to help me. So I appreciate you making these kind of videos for people like me.
I am writing a regular American novel and i don't set word goal. I tried setting one like 250 to 500 words a day but i felt like it was rushed and boring since I was just writing down words to try and achieve the goal. I instead just decided to keep track of how many words i wrote so i could put some actual thought into them. On a bad day, it is only about 300 and on a good day, it is 1,500.
I like that idea! It's important to find a method that works best for you. 😊
I watch all your videos, Thankyou for the time & Effort that you put into them, So light & Bubbly, Keeps me intrested. You have pointed me in the right direction so many times, Thankyou again.
I'm really grateful to hear that. Thank you so much for watching and supporting my videos! 😊
I know this is an old video but I just started writing. Excellent guide
Thank you!
Nice work on summarizing things up. If I am to add to that I would recommend using third person as writing style when the story involves many characters where there is many scenes that doesn't involve the protagonist. One of the sides that I still need to improve is blending description and dialogue. Although I try to do so but still I can see more improvement that need to be done there, perhaps I need to extend my vocabulary.
Anyway just wanted to say good work on this one. And wish you the best.
I completely agree! I think third person allows a lot of opportunity to show a larger variety of characters in far more detail. Thank you so much for watching! I wish you all the best also 😊
This is a very helpful and fun video! Also, you scored so many points with me on giving Bakemonogatari as an example. I absolutely LOVE that series! ❤❤❤
Very happy to hear that! Thanks for watching. 😊
Please more tips on light novels) I struggle less with each video)
Thank you so much! I definitely plan on making more Light Novel videos, since I always have a lot of fun discussing them. 😊😊
This is Accurately Tutorial. I Was Lost Interest to make my recent Light Novels because of my Grammar. But i decide to learn it more to make Light Novels. When i Watch this, I Finally Understand it and i have few ideas to make another Light Novels again. Your Videos are Very Useful a Lot. Keep it up.
I am so happy that my video helped you! Thank you for watching. 😊
10:48 just what I needed 👁👁
Thanks. I saved some of your videos to watch later. Im writing my fifth light novel, wish I had found your channel before, you said some stuff that I only learned after a lot of time making mistakes...
Thank you so much! This helps me out more than you think. You were a big help.
Thank you! I'm so happy that my video helped. I really appreciate your kind comment. 😊
So helpful ❤thank you so much!! I just started writing my first light novel and I couldn’t do it without your videos as my guide, so thank you so much again for that 🙏🏻
Thank you so much for watching! I'm happy my video could help 😊
This came right on time
Thank you! I'm so glad to hear that 😊
@@midnightXcross i can explain why, like i can show you all the notes i was taking and stuff and i actually almost comment to ask if you can do this somewhat, maybe i did do that but not sure, because i kinda told myself not to rely on others a bit, but basically i had a plan in mind to achieve this on my own.
Btw, i almost fell asleep while trying to watch this video for some reason, and went to a proper bed to take a nap but wasn’t able to go back to sleep. So i ended up getting up and going out and getting coffee and back now and watching the video.
I was saying that to say that maybe your voice might be able to help me sleep or something
Also the light novel i was trying to study to learn how best write and format a light novel was Dan Machi light novel. I really like how they written it. Because its like i can visualize how it was adapted to a anime and manga easy.
The main thing i thought that was important was to covey the story point going from one point to another. Which is obvious. But like every progression that can happen its best to recognized them and make sure each point moves to the other in a interesting way.
I been trying to translate what makes a good manga to transfer over to light novel writing
Also I’m sure you know about how Manga is Characters. It is said to learn from movies and shows and other media to how to make a good manga as well and i think that is so true. Because i was watching a remake of a show and the remake was just focusing on the plot, and i was not able to feel the impactful moments that was happening because the characters was off. Well actually i wasn’t quite sure why i was not feeling it. So i went back to watch the original show and i was amaze at how originally and carefully detailed, the characters were and how the plan the character movements in a way sensible to them.
The Shows I’m talking about is Dead Set & Reality Z
This is what I needed. Auto subscribe!
Thank you! I hope you enjoy my videos 😊😊
What a coincidence yesterday I just finished watching Rising of the Shield Hero
Wow that's awesome! Rising Of The Shield Hero is a great series. I've been enjoying reading the manga recently 😊
I am back - Kept changing my dang mind, nothing have changed that's who I am. Yet I do want to write a OELN lightnovel series where my main character just pure evil bastard and has a selfish goal a not relatable character would this work as a light novel.
honestly it sees interesting I love making my protagonist's terrible people it keeps things interesting
hello my Name is paul i resently found your content i really find it helpful, however im currently stuck im not exactly sure how to combine the text and artwork in to a book. for example i am useing google docs to write the story but i am doing the artwork in Krita any suggestions on what i should do?
I am writing my first Light Novel named, 'Archons Resonating'
I watch your videos to get inspired and get some tips while I am at it
I am using first person POV
But my story consists other characters getting their spotlight...I jusr use that person POV at the start when writing it?
Is there a more good method of doing it?
What trim size should one go for? Over in Japan it's A6 bunkobon, but translations in the west often end up in A5 or tankōbon or so. (Thinking of looking into self-publishing, e-book with on-demand paperback as some places like Amazon offer.)
Oooooo thank you!!!
Thank you so much for watching! 😊
@@midnightXcross you're welcome as always! ^^
I have two questions for writing OELN
1: When writing a Light Novel - Can I write it the whole thing without any illustrations
2: Can the characters be preteens who are about instead for teen. Like a 12-year-old protagonist?
1: yeah it's totally fine if you don't want to add any illustrations,
2: I don't see any problems with it?
Spectacular video. Thank you
Thank you so much for watching! 😊
Can i request on "How to create a Worldbuilding"
Thank you so much for this video 🙏 It was extremely helpful!
I want to learn basics because, I have read some (manga) it seem different than light novels I heard through readers of both styles that some anime get threre source material from the the light novels.
Useful video
I'm confident in saying most fanfiction is not told in Second Person POV.
Most fanfiction is in third or first person POV. Second person POV is somewhere between rare and uncommon in subgenres where they occur (reader/X, self-inserts) and nowhere to be seen in most other subgenres. I'd wager less than 1 percent of fanfics are 2nd person pov.
People have enough misconceptions about derivative fiction as things stand. No need to add to it by ascribing it with exotic writing styles.
Where to post the light novel , I have written a light novel but I don't know where to post , so I'm currently started releasing chs on wattpad and webnovel
My whole story is from the memories of a humanoid creature found on the moon
The whole story is of the ancient past full of magic and space travel
Mostly the story takes place within a planet 5x the size of Jupiter but it supports life
This life once dominated half of the planet but the other half was inhabitable and served only as the location of a large underground prison with multiple smaller prison entries at the top which are guarded heavily looking like a large step pyramid made of an unknown obsidian like material
There is so much lore and stuff I really wanna go more into detail with but I'm just not feeling it at the moment
Is it okay to write one chapter in one book and continue the book series with one chapter in each book
Do you mean one chapter per book? That's a very interesting question. It's not something I've seen before, but I think it would be fine for you to do that. 😊
Cool 😎
Anyone have advise for flash backs or how to talk about things that happen in there past, like it was a flash back.
@midnight X Cross you dint cover the part of the novel where stating the location or world building in a Light novel format
This video is more specifically on formatting and writing a light novel, with correct grammar and punctuation, so I didn't want to go too indepth into specific aspects of the writing process. However, I'd be happy to make a light novel video specifically on this topic, since I think it's an important part of the writing process that should be addressed 😊
@@midnightXcross yeah im honored to look more about wiritng a light novel since theirs still alot of piece of info are missing from this video
@@elegantamadeus9873 Other than locations and world building in a light novel, are there any other topics you would like to see a video on? 😊
@@midnightXcrossi have tons of question like do light novel need to describe alot of details on the character face?
How would a fight scene in a light novel format?
Light novel format for camera angle?
how would we introduce a character wait not i mean like theirs something of a character where they are been stalked by a unknown person?
do we have to describe some character on the scene where we have to explain their attire when they appeared at the exact location as the Mc?
how do we change Different pov liie i want to change chapters where i keep switch Good person Pov and Bad person Pov?
@@elegantamadeus9873 Thank you! These are all wonderful ideas. I have added these to my list, and I will make a video on them. 😊
I thought this video is about the technical side with the writing program and everything else
At 7:55 isn't that still simple past? If I would write in present tense, I'd probably have it like this: "I am walking up the main street, smiling at people as I pass them. It is a beautiful day, and the sun is shining down on me."
English isn't my native language, so I'm not 100% sure on that.
You really should be a teacher sorry your very kind at teaching others
I hope I can do something like this in the future. 😊 Thank you!
@@midnightXcross no problem also do you think possible for American made anime just wondering sorry
@@avthendiarie9955 Yes of course! After all, there are successful anime-style series created in America, such as RWBY. 😊
I have a question, the light novel that i'm writing is narrated by the main character. He narrates his own back story, what happened in his past. Now, my question is that, how do I express the POV of other characters because this whole story is a back story of MC. Please help me with this.
You could do it like jobless reincarnation with bold names of characters in chapter and than write in their narration of events and than if you want to switch back to main character end the chapter or put the name of you character in bold and carry on writing as him
Hey , would you ever consider drawing a picture or a logo if I paid you to?....looking for someone that could draw in an older animation
What do you do if you have like 6 characters speaking? It would be hard to read wouldnt it?
I think it would be fine, as long as you don't have them all speaking at once. :) You can break up the lines of dialogue by showing what a character is doing or how they are saying something.
For example:
Kiyomi nodded solemnly. "Yes, we will need to come up with a better plan."
Isla and Penny looked at each other, both deep in thought. "We could just sneak in there..." Isla pondered out loud. Mira glared at her.
"We would get caught straight away!"
"Well, I think we should just walk through the front door," Tristan said, "No one would be expecting that." Everyone looked at him in silence for a moment.
"That could work," Opal replied with a smile.
@@midnightXcross Thank you! I'll see to it!
Please is there any one that can help me with my webcomic I can give a synopsis if you want and we can work this out for freee😊😊😊😊
You might want to consider commenting this on my other video: th-cam.com/video/rrc2vLjYZNY/w-d-xo.html
In the comment section, you could leave your advertisement, or chat with some other artists and writers there, and see if you can find someone to create your project with. 😊
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13:18 Aye NGNL
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@@midnightXcross please make 15 idea's for dark , fantasy manga
Ay bud what happened to your twitter acc?? D:
I don't know!! For some reason, Twitter restricted me 😥😥 I'm hoping to get it back soon.
@@midnightXcross that rlly sucks, hope you get your acc back :((
@@r3n837 Thank you! Luckily my account is back now 😊😊
@@midnightXcross Ah nice :0!! i'm wondering, why did they restrict your account in the first place?? D:
@@r3n837 I really don't know!! I went on there one morning, and I just couldn't get on. It said that my account was restricted because of 'suspicious activity', so I'm wondering if someone tried to hack in. 😥 I've secured the account now though, so hopefully it will all be safe from now on
Uhm, is there any artists willing to work on a project with me? I can give you a sinopsis if you're interested.
You could try leaving a comment like this in my other video here! th-cam.com/video/rrc2vLjYZNY/w-d-xo.html
In that video, you're welcome to advertse your project there, to see if you can find artists to work with. 😊
@@midnightXcross thx, I already did but I'm not finding anyone
She is kinda beautiful, that's not the point of the video but...
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