A message for Kate and Abbie Emmons : you two helped me write my debut fantasy novella and I'm about to be published as a teen. I'm so glad for your resources that have improved my writing so much.
My most creative time is in the evening. I’m naturally a night owl so I generally gravitate toward that time anyway, but I am also a mom of 4 with the oldest being 10. Having kids with me 24/7 (they are currently still homeschooled), I feel more at peace and like I can take a breath and think when it’s dark and quiet. Many many times I have sat up in bed with nothing but the light from my laptop and blasting my book playlist in my ears while my husband sleeps next to me. Everything is calm and I feel relaxed enough to concentrate solely on my book.
I am just about to publish my second novel and the third is plot bunnying around already. Here for this! I’m most creative after lunch as I like to get errands done/gym etc in the morning. I can relax and write once I know I have stuff done.
Yes! Ready! I just finished my first manuscript during the December summit and can't wait for this new summit! Hoping to start book 2 as my first manuscript was the first of a series.
You guys got me to start write my very first book. And I'm soooo thankful for you both. My starting point was in December and I'm already 30% in with the draft!
I don't know if anyone will see this now but I'm ready to do this!!!! And you all are the first to know!!!!! Stay tuned everyone because i have some great books in me that are coming soon!!!!!!!! 📚📚📚📚
Must creative time of day? Morning. Early morning. Before I'm exhausted from adulting. The late nights are for kid writers to find their words. The older you get, the more responsibilities you have, early morning becomes your most energy-filled time of day. When I'm on a roll, I join the #5amWriters crew. Yes. We are a thing.
You girls are wonderful. For me, the key is consistency (growing writing habits). I’m struggling with it but trying to grow one simple habit: show up for my story once a day (no demands on how long, just show up). What will most often happen is I end up sitting there longer than expected because I LIKE doing it.
I unfortunately have to write late at night, I’d love to be able to do it earlier in the day but I don’t have the best environment to do that, people keep interrupting me no matter how much I ask them to leave me alone for a hour or two. So I write after everyone goes to bed, or when I get to be alone in the house.
Super cool content keep up with the great work and keep pushing through the TH-cam grind and I really enjoy the love and support form the TH-cam community
I used to write in the early mornings, but with illness after illness, I now sleep 10 hours, and I wake up tired and in pain. I"m retired, and I thought I'd have plenty of time to write, but that hasn't happened. Thank you for the tips about carving out a time and space. I need to start eliminating distractions at the same "time" doing what I can to get better.
Omg, that comment for plotters was sooooo helpful!! Its so trendy to be a pantser, but I ADOOOORE being a plotter... so thanks Abbie! I also feel that I need some dedicated time for that before I take my "machetes" in my hands 😂😂😂. Hugs
My natural creative time is from around 8 or 9 p.m. and goes until 2 a.m. Unfortunately, my job doesn't allow those hours. I do not know whether I'll start my next novel in January or wait until after I move in Spring, but I have a book about writing a novel/first draft in 30 days which, coupled with John Truby's book, The Anatomy of Story, I fully intend to follow a.s.a.p.
My most creative time in the day is between 2am-6am. Which was GREAT back in the days when I was an insomniac, but not so great now that I'm old and suddenly require actual sleep lol.
I haven’t been able to write in the early morning yet. I am a little foggy-brained. I think my favorite time has been around 5:00pm. I have written all times of the day, though.
My biggest challenges as a writer - 1. Time. My most creative time is usually late morning. That doesn't match up with the fact that I have a full-time job . Early mornings or right after work - doesn't match up with having a son and house projects that do need to get done. Late nights? Nope too burnt out and have no creative capacity. 2. I struggle deciding. What do I include in the book? What do I not? A book can go a million different ways, and I am interested in all of them. So how do I choose the one that will unlock other ideas? 3. Plot holes. I don't have writing friends or a group that I feel comfortable with details of my book. So, I basically sit staring at my notebook trying to figure out a way to fix gaps or missing information. Names, locations, settings... 4. I am very visual. Book Scenes come to me like a movie. How do I write that out? Some things can be accomplished in videography that don't translate well onto a writing page. Or don't have the same emotional impact.
Ooh we should chat because I have so many thoughts on what you mentioned. I hae struggled/still struggle with similar problems. I'll try and give some of my thoughts here though. A lot of *my* similar struggles came down to impatience. I wanted to fix issues before they became issues and books/stories just don't work like that. They will be imperfect, they will have plot holes and sometimes they will be a jumbled mess that requires re-writing. You won't know the answers to some of your questions until you get that first draft out. For me the fix for your question 2 was having a zero draft rather than a first draft and embracing outlining. Why can't you write out all million ways your story might go? It will take too long? Then reduce each branch to one sentence or a word (the bare bones of). Make a mind map. This will work as your initial outline and put every idea you have in there and how it branches out. I guarantee you will run out of ideas and you will likely think of even better ideas but, best of all, you will feel which ideas you fall in love with it. Doesn't matter how clever or creative an idea (branch) is unless you fall in love with it. Only followe the ones that absolutely make you FEEL strongly. 3) Plot holes are editor problems. Embrace them in your zero draft. There will be things that you cant figure out in the zero draft. That's fine. Make a note (highlight or underline or asterisk them) if you notice them and save them for the First Draft you to figure out. The pro of this approach is it gives your brain time to think of solutions while writing the rest of your zero draft so that by draft one your brain will be ready to solve them. Waiting for your first draft also means you will have clear eyes to see the plot holes you didn't notice before. Brandon Sanderson advises: when stuck in a scene just write "they got out somehow/ they figured it out somehow and then move on. Fill in the details later." 4) I am absolutely the same. I use milanote to visualise my scenes. Then I figure out what the emotional core of the visual aspect is. If I can figure out that core, understand it and it's importance then I will eventually figure out it's written counterpart. That might be a problem for draft 1 or even later though. The important thing is getting the scene down on the page and noting what is missing if I need to. How I figure out the emional core to my visual scenes is a process that a bit too long to explain in a YT comment section but hoefully this helped give you some ideas on how to tackle some of your writing process.
I write best between 7-11 pm. Trying to write in the morning is hard because I'm tired and thinking about going to work. The evening is when I have the rest of the day to myself.
I have been working on a time travel story for decades. My biggest hurdle is making character interactions seem more real. Also I don't understand the internal conflict and misbelief for the main character, he just wants to see if he can get his hands on a time machine.
You can try making his agenda merge in with the internal conflict like it's all a web of interconnected things. Why does he want to get his hands on that time machine you could start digging up from that! Hope this helps
I guess mine is probably in the afternoon. I haven’t tried writing in the morning and I’m terrible at writing every day. I’m still quite new to all of this.
Maybe I still don’t see myself as this author, even though I’ve written three children’s books (unpublished). Sometimes I feel like I don’t know what I’m doing.
Is this referring to just the first draft? Because I could spend every waking moment writing and I still can’t finish to publish in just three short months
you know its sad because my most creative time was at night like 1 to 3 am,but i cant do it at that time because of work and after work too tired too,so i think i will try in the morning
Unlike my first 2 books, the one I will finish in 2025 will be published! I have already decided it will be rewritten and revised so much to become like a well polished gem. 💎 Today I am finishing my master's thesis. I have given myself a deadline. The end of the year to write it. I just have to add a little bit about ecology of the sea shores, rewrite the beginning, move a few paragraphs to another place in the document and repair citations. 2 and half hours max! Then I am sending it to my mentor. I am so excited! She will probably criticise me heavily, but I am glad to finally be over with my first version. Tomorrow I will be continuing with writing my book. I will give myself deadlines this evening. Right after sending the thesis to my mentor. I have to do something now. Otherwise I would have written a lot more stuff nobody is going to read. Bye-bye!
Any ideas for somebody that works overnight and carves out minutes to write between calls? I work overnight for a security company and tend to write between calls and if I have a chance in the just a couple hours before work. I want to grow a stronger habit in 2025 so any ideas are helpful
A message for Kate and Abbie Emmons : you two helped me write my debut fantasy novella and I'm about to be published as a teen. I'm so glad for your resources that have improved my writing so much.
WOOHOO! Congratulations! 🎉 Were honored that our videos have helped you, friend!
oh, great! where can we read it?
I'm curious, too! We gotta support each other out here fr :,)
@@KAEmmons thank you!
@@fl4007 it'll take some time to work out distribution details and I'm unsure if it'll be internationally available
I write mostly in the evening hours and some of my best ideas came to me while going for a walk in the woods.
My most creative time is in the evening. I’m naturally a night owl so I generally gravitate toward that time anyway, but I am also a mom of 4 with the oldest being 10. Having kids with me 24/7 (they are currently still homeschooled), I feel more at peace and like I can take a breath and think when it’s dark and quiet. Many many times I have sat up in bed with nothing but the light from my laptop and blasting my book playlist in my ears while my husband sleeps next to me. Everything is calm and I feel relaxed enough to concentrate solely on my book.
I am just about to publish my second novel and the third is plot bunnying around already. Here for this! I’m most creative after lunch as I like to get errands done/gym etc in the morning. I can relax and write once I know I have stuff done.
Yes! Ready! I just finished my first manuscript during the December summit and can't wait for this new summit! Hoping to start book 2 as my first manuscript was the first of a series.
You guys got me to start write my very first book. And I'm soooo thankful for you both.
My starting point was in December and I'm already 30% in with the draft!
I like to write in the evening, after I've been daydreaming about scenes all day
Been writing a fantasy novel for years now and both of you and this are really helpful, thanks guys
I am so in awe. Thank you for the inspiration 🙏
I don't know if anyone will see this now but I'm ready to do this!!!!
And you all are the first to know!!!!! Stay tuned everyone because i have some great books in me that are coming soon!!!!!!!! 📚📚📚📚
I usually write between 9pm and 3am, with peak creativity usually being around midnight.
Thank you Kate and Abbie, I am actually working on my first commercial video game and a comic using what I learned from you both
Must creative time of day? Morning. Early morning. Before I'm exhausted from adulting. The late nights are for kid writers to find their words. The older you get, the more responsibilities you have, early morning becomes your most energy-filled time of day.
When I'm on a roll, I join the #5amWriters crew. Yes. We are a thing.
I’m outlining and plan to write a novel this year! Let’s do this in 2025!
You girls are wonderful. For me, the key is consistency (growing writing habits). I’m struggling with it but trying to grow one simple habit: show up for my story once a day (no demands on how long, just show up). What will most often happen is I end up sitting there longer than expected because I LIKE doing it.
I unfortunately have to write late at night, I’d love to be able to do it earlier in the day but I don’t have the best environment to do that, people keep interrupting me no matter how much I ask them to leave me alone for a hour or two. So I write after everyone goes to bed, or when I get to be alone in the house.
Looking forward to the summit :D Love seeing you two! Hope you both had a lovely holiday
Super cool content keep up with the great work and keep pushing through the TH-cam grind and I really enjoy the love and support form the TH-cam community
I used to write in the early mornings, but with illness after illness, I now sleep 10 hours, and I wake up tired and in pain. I"m retired, and I thought I'd have plenty of time to write, but that hasn't happened. Thank you for the tips about carving out a time and space. I need to start eliminating distractions at the same "time" doing what I can to get better.
You both inspire me so much! For the first time in a long time I feel like I can finished my book! Thank you! 😊
Omg, that comment for plotters was sooooo helpful!! Its so trendy to be a pantser, but I ADOOOORE being a plotter... so thanks Abbie! I also feel that I need some dedicated time for that before I take my "machetes" in my hands 😂😂😂. Hugs
My most creative time is 5 am. That’s when the magic happens. 12:27
I found myself writing the most on the bus after work because of my previous work schedule.
Do I have to be a member on Patreon to register?
Thank you for your encouragement! Every time I'm at a stand-still I watch your videos and regain that inspo
Thank you both for these videos!!!
My natural creative time is from around 8 or 9 p.m. and goes until 2 a.m. Unfortunately, my job doesn't allow those hours. I do not know whether I'll start my next novel in January or wait until after I move in Spring, but I have a book about writing a novel/first draft in 30 days which, coupled with John Truby's book, The Anatomy of Story, I fully intend to follow a.s.a.p.
My most creative time in the day is between 2am-6am. Which was GREAT back in the days when I was an insomniac, but not so great now that I'm old and suddenly require actual sleep lol.
♥♥♥ I'm so looking forward to it! ♥♥♥
I haven’t been able to write in the early morning yet. I am a little foggy-brained. I think my favorite time has been around 5:00pm. I have written all times of the day, though.
My biggest challenges as a writer - 1. Time. My most creative time is usually late morning. That doesn't match up with the fact that I have a full-time job . Early mornings or right after work - doesn't match up with having a son and house projects that do need to get done. Late nights? Nope too burnt out and have no creative capacity. 2. I struggle deciding. What do I include in the book? What do I not? A book can go a million different ways, and I am interested in all of them. So how do I choose the one that will unlock other ideas? 3. Plot holes. I don't have writing friends or a group that I feel comfortable with details of my book. So, I basically sit staring at my notebook trying to figure out a way to fix gaps or missing information. Names, locations, settings... 4. I am very visual. Book Scenes come to me like a movie. How do I write that out? Some things can be accomplished in videography that don't translate well onto a writing page. Or don't have the same emotional impact.
I relate to this whole post way too much! 😅
@@SetApartMireya Hope you find a way that works for you!
Ooh we should chat because I have so many thoughts on what you mentioned. I hae struggled/still struggle with similar problems. I'll try and give some of my thoughts here though. A lot of *my* similar struggles came down to impatience. I wanted to fix issues before they became issues and books/stories just don't work like that. They will be imperfect, they will have plot holes and sometimes they will be a jumbled mess that requires re-writing. You won't know the answers to some of your questions until you get that first draft out. For me the fix for your question 2 was having a zero draft rather than a first draft and embracing outlining.
Why can't you write out all million ways your story might go? It will take too long? Then reduce each branch to one sentence or a word (the bare bones of). Make a mind map. This will work as your initial outline and put every idea you have in there and how it branches out. I guarantee you will run out of ideas and you will likely think of even better ideas but, best of all, you will feel which ideas you fall in love with it. Doesn't matter how clever or creative an idea (branch) is unless you fall in love with it. Only followe the ones that absolutely make you FEEL strongly.
3) Plot holes are editor problems. Embrace them in your zero draft. There will be things that you cant figure out in the zero draft. That's fine. Make a note (highlight or underline or asterisk them) if you notice them and save them for the First Draft you to figure out. The pro of this approach is it gives your brain time to think of solutions while writing the rest of your zero draft so that by draft one your brain will be ready to solve them. Waiting for your first draft also means you will have clear eyes to see the plot holes you didn't notice before. Brandon Sanderson advises: when stuck in a scene just write "they got out somehow/ they figured it out somehow and then move on. Fill in the details later."
4) I am absolutely the same. I use milanote to visualise my scenes. Then I figure out what the emotional core of the visual aspect is. If I can figure out that core, understand it and it's importance then I will eventually figure out it's written counterpart. That might be a problem for draft 1 or even later though. The important thing is getting the scene down on the page and noting what is missing if I need to. How I figure out the emional core to my visual scenes is a process that a bit too long to explain in a YT comment section but hoefully this helped give you some ideas on how to tackle some of your writing process.
Yes i am ready ❤
I love these study sessions
I write best between 7-11 pm. Trying to write in the morning is hard because I'm tired and thinking about going to work. The evening is when I have the rest of the day to myself.
I have been working on a time travel story for decades. My biggest hurdle is making character interactions seem more real. Also I don't understand the internal conflict and misbelief for the main character, he just wants to see if he can get his hands on a time machine.
You can try making his agenda merge in with the internal conflict like it's all a web of interconnected things. Why does he want to get his hands on that time machine you could start digging up from that! Hope this helps
I’m on track to finish my rough draft at the end of this month. So satisfying to be so close
I can't watch the live stream as it's at half past midnight for my time zone.
I think for me it would be in the morning with my morning coffee or very early morning like the 5:30 or 6:30 time frame.
My most creative time is in the morning, circa 8 or 9 am, generally after I’ve had my coffee.
I write and do my other creative work towards my dream at night when my creative head space works best, I wish you both a happy new year Abbie & Kate
Abbie are you taking rest you seem a bit down?? Please take care of yourself
My creative time of day is first thing in the monring, after breakfast, or sometimes afternoon.
This is the inspiration I needed after months of procrastinating my first book’s sequel.
I guess mine is probably in the afternoon. I haven’t tried writing in the morning and I’m terrible at writing every day. I’m still quite new to all of this.
Maybe I still don’t see myself as this author, even though I’ve written three children’s books (unpublished). Sometimes I feel like I don’t know what I’m doing.
I am also the evening and night writer ❤
I'm going to try and finish editing my story in 2025. Happy New Year to you ladies and happy writing in 2025!
Happy New Year to you both! My creative time is the crack of dawn 🥴
Is this referring to just the first draft? Because I could spend every waking moment writing and I still can’t finish to publish in just three short months
you know its sad because my most creative time was at night like 1 to 3 am,but i cant do it at that time because of work and after work too tired too,so i think i will try in the morning
I’m here, and I’m waiting! Let’s do this! 🥳
thrilled you're here, Jonathan!
@@KAEmmons I also, just joined the Patreon Muse Challenge tier! :)
Unlike my first 2 books, the one I will finish in 2025 will be published! I have already decided it will be rewritten and revised so much to become like a well polished gem. 💎
Today I am finishing my master's thesis. I have given myself a deadline. The end of the year to write it. I just have to add a little bit about ecology of the sea shores, rewrite the beginning, move a few paragraphs to another place in the document and repair citations. 2 and half hours max! Then I am sending it to my mentor. I am so excited! She will probably criticise me heavily, but I am glad to finally be over with my first version.
Tomorrow I will be continuing with writing my book. I will give myself deadlines this evening. Right after sending the thesis to my mentor. I have to do something now. Otherwise I would have written a lot more stuff nobody is going to read. Bye-bye!
Happy New Year, Kate and Abbie. Hope you both have a happy, healthy, and prosperous year.
Thank you for the video ❤ so beautiful
LOVE YOU GIRLSSSS
Reading the book now
I mostly write at night after winding down everything l as much as I would love to change this time this hasn't been possible yet
Afternoon!!!
Any ideas for somebody that works overnight and carves out minutes to write between calls? I work overnight for a security company and tend to write between calls and if I have a chance in the just a couple hours before work. I want to grow a stronger habit in 2025 so any ideas are helpful
I am so in