My New Outlining Process 💘 Let's Write a Book! ✍️ Episode 2: Becoming a Plotter
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 มิ.ย. 2024
- LET'S WRITE A BOOK! -- EPISODE 2: BECOMING A PLOTTER ♡
I have never really been a true plotter or a true pantser, but after studying story for years - I know how helpful an outline can be. In this episode, I try to overcome my perfectionist habits and for the first time ever: FINISH AN OUTLINE!!!! 🥰
T I M E S T A M P S ✧˖˚
0:00 - Intro: I don’t love outlining actually
2:11 - What I’m doing differently
3:00 - I’m actually terrified
6:45 - the 6 act story structure
9:40 - act 1
13:53 - writing act 1
14:24 - act 2
18:03 - writing act 2
18:24 - act 3
21:42 - writing act 3
22:14 - act 4
24:40 - writing act 4
25:14 - act 5 & 6
28:15 - writing act 5 & 6
28:42 - reflection
R E S O U R C E S ✧˖˚
6-Act Story Structure: rb.gy/02xo18
My google docs outline: rb.gy/3tnp2n
S O C I A L S ✧˖˚
📸 Instagram: @mikiswriting
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P R O J E C T: HOUSE OF STONE ✧˖˚
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You have quickly become one of my favorite writing channels. I’m gobbling up your videos so fast, I need more!
Wow 😭😭😭 thanks so much 🫶💗 - more content on the way!
You are literally the only TH-camr that I can watch 100% of the video with my raging ADHD😂😂 the way you structure your videos helps so much!
Oh wow what a compliment!!! Maybe it’s because my ADHD self has to edit it so I have to also be able to sit through the whole thing 😂😂 thank you for watching 🫶
I feel you on the anxiety before starting. I made the decision to redraft about half of my book in a different POV. I have done a bunch of work towards preparing for this next draft, but my mind keeps blocking me and saying, "but what if this next draft isn't better than the first?" I had to shift my mindset and remind myself that before I ever had plans to publish, writing was just fun for me! So, I am going into this next draft as something fun to do, and not worrying so much about if it's closer to being published!
I love that mindset!!! I think especially now with the internet we see people creating for the outcome and that’s been hard to switch that mindset as well like I want to publish as my ultimate outcome but I forget how many drafts it takes to get that outcome!!! But we got this !!!!! And I’m so sorry you’re going through a POV change those are rough 😭
Brand new here and still watching this video but wanted to drop in and say you *truly* do not look almost thirty! As a 29 year old myself I literally thought to myself “I need to find a person who is my age to inspire me” and then you dropped that line and I was 😳
Hahah thank you! I definitely feel 29 but I’m very excited for this next decade
Thanks for sharing your outline. I’m going to try to adapt it for my mystery. I have ADHD and trying to find the right structure for my ideas has been difficult, but I feel like your spreadsheet might help. Great video!
Amazing!! I hope it helps - let me know after you try it if you liked it
new favorite author & writing channel unlocked!!! sooo excited for house of stone. very proud of you, plotting is indeed A LOT but always worth it
Yes always worth it!! Thank you so much! Welcome to the channel fam 🫶 and omg idk how you’re doing that!! Good luck to you!
Another great video! I can very much relate to being one's own worst enemy, perfectionism is the biggest creativity killer. I used to create constantly as a kid and now the doubts and inner critic stop me from even starting a project. Even now as I'm so far into planning my victorian whodunnit I think every day what if I'm doing all this work for "nothing", what if I devote years of my life to this and no one wants to read it? Glad to know I'm not alone in this.
Also am feeling the struggle to translate structure to chapters and scenes, sometimes it flows and sometimes I get completely stuck. I'll definitely watch this video again to get a better grasp at it. What would you say made it click for you? Hope you have a fantastic time on your honeymoon and I'm so looking forward to your next video
Thank you so much for watching!! Perfectionism is truly the biggest creativity killer but I am determined to get through that this year! Isn’t it crazy how as kids we make so much and then our adult critical selves comes in??
Your Victorian whodunnit already sounds amazing with those two words - and I’m sure it is much needed in the world!!!! All our writing is!
I may do a video on translating beats to chapters because honestly it took so much forced time hahah this is only a 30 minute video but I was outlining for hours and it really just took me forcing myself to visualize the plot but I really think for me this outline helped it click more than others since it has more beats.
& thank you!!!! This honeymoon has been fantastic!! ❤ can’t wait to get back to writing though
You perfectly expressed fears that I also hold tightly inside. As someone who is also almost thirty, I feel pressure to “get it done” & “just do it” and then am faced with the fear of perfection & something I do being terrible… ALAS!! We must persevere! Every step along that journey counts.
Ugh you get it!! But yes we are just standing in our own way - we must persevere and we will!!!
This videos are so inspiring, I even started to write for fun again!! Also idk if you noticed, but on fx we can see what's currently being written.
Love your channel ❤❤
I cannot thank you enough for also sharing resources and the google outline! I relate to your process and you've been incredibly helpful, thank you so much
You are so welcome! I’m so happy this video could help in some way!!!
Enjoying watching you go through this journey! I'm an avid plotter but I hadn't seen this 6 act structure you're trying here!
Thank you for following along 🫶 - I also found the 6 act structure recently and it really helped everything click!
Just from listening to your intro, I highly recommend Maggie Stiefvater’s writing seminar (I think it’s $30). She is one of my favorite writers! A piece of advice she gives that I want to share, is “writing is always a compromise. Words are wonderful, but will never be as free and huge as thought. Eliminate the idea of a perfect draft; it’s imperfect the moment it has to become words.” She also talks about how she used to struggle to finish books after the initial burst of creativity wore off. And how there’s no such thing as a “bad idea.” She even has PDFs so you don’t have to take constant notes (though I did anyway). Can’t recommend it enough. ❤
Yes I’ve taken it!! And I’ve taken her live raven cycle classes as well!! It’s definitely about creating a practice > perfect but damn it’s hard to remember sometimes!! Thank you!!!! 💗🫶
@@mikwritesOh yay!!! I’m honestly so happy to hear that. I did her class back in 2020 and have been revisiting it this week for the first time since, and it’s seriously been a breath of fresh air. I haven’t written in years, so watching you go through this process has been incredibly helpful. I’m also almost-30 (turning 29 in a week lol) and just seeing someone who I can relate to so much is really nice. 😊
Tysm for this vid, I’ve been using your videos to help plot my book
Of course!! Thank you so much for watching!!
I'm so engaged in this serie. I've always loved writing, been writing stories since I was little, lost all my motivation (except some short random moments in my adolescence) for it in high school (as I was studying in a scientific school).
I'm now in my first year of Uni and while I'm not studying anything related to literature (biotech actually lol) I kinda rediscovered this passion of mine and I would like to seriously give it a try.
These videos have been so helpful to start a more structured and serious approach to writing.
I've already started the outline as I had already in mind some things I wanted to write and express during all the past years.
So happy I found you :)
Also don't mind the english please, it's not my first language
I love your writing journey! It’s so easy to go through ebbs and flows in this practice but now sounds like a great time to have writing as your creative outlet 💗🫶 thanks for coming along for the ride!! Excited to hear about your progress!
I also get super terrified with writing all the stuff down and the drafting and being perfect. Thanks for sharing your fears❤ i thought like all writers were just so confident with their outlines and ideas
I almost didn’t 😅 but we’re all friends here! And I figured most people out there writing or just getting back into writing feel this way
hi mik 🤓 i’ve dreamed of writing a book for years but i recently decided to start genuinely putting effort in to my ideas and making that a reality rather than just waiting for it to happen “someday”, even though i have zero experience and am worried i’m not good enough! i stumbled across your channel and im grateful because i have no one to talk to about this irl so it’s nice to see others on the writing journey with similar doubts and fears! thank u for sharing ❤
Aw I’m so glad you’re taking that first step!!!! That’s all it takes - making that someday into today! Proud of you 🫶 thanks for watching!
hey new here. im a reader, not a writer but i love watching authortube!!! loved this video! good luck!!!
Thank you so much for watching!! 🫶💗😭
I am so excited to see your project progressing! You're doing great and I can't wait to see more.
Wow thank you so much 😭😭😭 🫶💗
Hmm just learned a new structure. Thanks for sharing!!
Happy to share this new structure!! Thanks for watching 🫶
I also struggle with chapter breakdowns. I normally can find all my beats I want/need. But organizing them into chapters kills me. Thank you for sharing, this was interesting! I’m thinking of trying this spreadsheet. See if it helps me avoid adding scenes in later to fill missed beats.
Let me know if this works for your process!! Definitely will talk about how I broke it into chapters - it just took me a long time 😭
Soooo glad I found your page! So helpful as I'm about to embark on my outlining process!
So exciting!! Hope your outlining process goes well!!
This video was once again wonderful! Currently trying to put my own story in your outline and I think this might be my new favorite outline! I have to study though, so I can't finish it right now 😅
So glad you found it helpful! Let me know once you are able to try it out if it fits your writing style 🥰🫶 I was so intimidated at first when I found this outlining structure but I realized it worked so well for how I view story!
omg! Can I just say I love your content so much? I have been STRUGGLING with writing my novel for years and I never related more about anxiety and imperfection issues being a huge bump in pursuing the dream writing road. Thank you so much for your lovely lovely content!
Wow thank you so much for watching and your lovely lovely words 🥹💗🫶 definitely will be sharing all the personal struggles that come with writing along this journey because the imposter syndrome is REAL sometimes 😅
I love your Outline process
Thank you! I am falling in love with it as well after this new switch up - thanks for watching 🫶
I wish I could remember who made the video, but years ago, I remember someone saying that "90 percent of perfect is good enough." That just clicked with me when I heard it. Obviously, the person went into more detail, but I hope the quote helps!
That does help thank you!! I have to remember that
thank you so much for this video! i have a question, what platform or website or whatever do you use to write your book? i am looking for one but i just cant find the right one.
Thank you for watching!! 🫶 - right now I use a combination of: physical notes/writing, Google docs, Milanote and Scrivener
I just might have to steal that outline from you... I've never been much of an outliner myself. I use them loosely and often deviate from them, but I want to start using them so my projects aren't all over the place lol
Yessss I feel that - I feel like that’s how I used to approach all my projects and for me at least, I’d always get lost in the middle - this process truly helped me! Hope it helps!
@@mikwrites The middle so hard for no reason! And yeah, this video has definitely helped :)
@@ldjwrites I feel you. Somehow I start to get lost by Fun and Games.
Couldn't be me, for a while now every time I try an write, I get writers block bad. I can't even plot anything, see the characters/scenes, and I don't know how to start the book.
I get that! Writers block is such a hard barrier to overcome - what helps me is if I’m stuck even plotting - I really like using Pinterest or music to help visualize the basic story and story elements and then I’ll start writing but not from the beginning just in the middle and write some fun scenes that comes to mind!
I get stuck a lot and have trouble moving beyond the basic premise. I’ve found breaking it down to be helpful - start with just a character or just one conflict or even just one scene. Then I’ll step away and ask myself some questions.. especially “why” questions. I find I get answers when I’m driving or walking. Then I just run to my notebook and jot the answers down. I’m looking at writing like a jigsaw puzzle… all the pieces are there, but we only find matching pieces a bit at a time, but eventually it will add up to a complete picture.
Whatever the outcome, you will learn from it.
Yes exactly! Thank you 💗
5mins in & can I just say that even if it is the worst outline in the world it will still be helpful (I don’t think it will be awful tho 😂)
Honestly thank you 😭😂 I was like what if this is horrible and I just made a whole video about it hahah but it isn’t! And it is helpful! And I’m actually excited!
What if the outline is bad what will you do? Itll be alright. We can always start again. Its practice if you dont end up using the idea
Absolutely!! Ultimately I want to finish this project to a decent draft even if it’s not *the* book!
Hi! I’m starting a writing journal company and I’d love to send you one!! Do you have a PO Box or address I could send it to?
I do not have a PO Box or address to give but if you want to reach out via email you can! mikaylakimes27@gmail.com
Do you think that sometimes the structure created to help can actually hinder your progress 🤔. I find that it can sometimes stifle the creativity because I’m trying to fit my story into a box that my brain doesn’t understand lol 😂
I totally get that!! I think everyone’s creative process is definitely different and I used to feel this way which is why I never truly outlined but over the last 10 years of studying structure and studying books I’ve realized how important it is to hit those beats and I’ve started to implement that into my process. What helps me is to remind myself that the outline is not permanent and it’s to help me create the flow of the story - it also does not have everything the book will have! When doing this I realized how much this outline DOESNT have and how my brain works it actually got me excited to start filling in the gaps!! With this outline the gaps just feel like shorter jumps than big ones when I don’t outline.
@@mikwrites you definitely inspired me to have a go and I’ve already outlined at least 40% of the book. As I’m outlining the chapters, I’m creating new situations, characters and developing plot. I’m just asking myself, where will she go from here, what’s her next step.
I have already put the midpoint in and started detailing what that looks like.
It’s like a big jigsaw puzzle 🧩 😁. I know it’s likely to evolve and change but it’s such a good starting platform.
Thanks for the inspiration and I look forward to following along with the next steps 😉
Girl do you need a beta reader? Ive been trying to find a writing community for the longest time bc i heard beta readers are the best weapon against perfectionism. I feel like we have similar writing passions/problems
Ugh finding a consistent writing community can be so hard 😭 I feel that for sure! If you have a writing instagram you can follow me as: @mikiswriting and I’d love to chat about writing!