30 Writing Tips in 15 Minutes (or less)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2024
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I'm Grayson Taylor, an author and filmmaker, here to help you on your creative journey by sharing what I've learned-and what I'm still learning-about storytelling. After writing my first full-length novel when I was seven, I've authored more than a dozen action-adventure, sci-fi, mystery, and dystopian books. I've also written and directed several short films, composed music, and acted onstage, on TV, and in films.
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HARRY POTTER CREATOR? Ops, NO that was Stephen King, right?
I loved the fact that now I can listen to writing tips from Harry Potter himself
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My thoughts exactly
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@graysontaylornyc this.."Remember, you’ll never be the same writer again. You’ll never be the same age, or look at the world with the same eyes again. Your perspective is unique. No one writes the way you do, or has the same views as you do. That is why writing is such an amazing thing. We can express ourselves, and in doing that, learn about other people, and how they think." Well said, you spoke my thoughts..reminded me of the reason why I started (that paragraph is from your nanowrimo article)
Thanks! It's fun to look back at my 12-year-old self's reflections on writing. Glad it resonated with you.
@@graysontaylornyc yes my 20-year-old self and your past reflection on writing resonated, keep going.. looking forward for your upcoming content and maybe novels if you considering to publish
I appreciate it! I've got a lot more videos on the way, and I'll be publishing a mystery novella soon, then my sci-fi novel Catalyst of Control in 2024. I recently made a video about unpublishing my past books and starting my publishing company Winter Forest Press, which explains a bit more about that.
@@graysontaylornyc good to hear that, You'll do great! And I happened to watch the video about unpublishing your past books and did visited forest press website.
The fact that you only have 5k subs is a crime.
TH-cam algorithm, bless this man now 🙏
Humble people, and people who draw from their own mistakes and experiences make for such great teachers. you are one of them !
Thank you! I've made a lot of mistakes I've learned from 😂
im surprised that this is so obscure, these are really good tips
Thanks! Hopefully not so obscure for long... 😉
As someone who writes as their hobby, I find this fascinating overall. I've always had an infinite number of writer's blocks that hindered my progress.
Yeah, writer's block can be tricky-I hope these tips could help!
You re the most underrated person I have ever seen
Thanks, that's very kind!
This is such a valuable video and I'm glad you made it!
I think the order in which you presented the advice is important, too. Making the first point about how we're the only ones who can write the particular stories we want to share with the world, and tying that in with an account of a well-known author struggling with his own self-doubts while trying to write what's now a classic novel, is mighty encouraging and could very well be the thing someone needed to reignite their passion for creating that specific story in their head.
I hope word gets out about you soon enough. People need to hear these wise words!
Thanks for the support! I do try to find a balance between practical tips, which can be useful but overwhelming at times, and inspiration/encouragement. Glad you liked the video-more to come.
11:41 Hey man I agree with you but the right amount of purple prose of overly flowered detailed descriptions and visuals for certain scenes in a story can REALLY SPARK YOUR IMAGINATION HECK IT CAN EVEN MAKE A SCENE EPIC WITH ACTION OR A TRANSFORMATION OF A DRESS LIKE IN THE HUNGER GAMES CATCHING FIRE! Whether you like the franchise or not that scene is epic in both the movie AND IN THE BOOK!!!!!
I'm absolutely loving this! I've been writing for years, and I've never come across a video as interesting and intriguing as this one. Thank you so much!
Thank You Taylor ❤
Got any ideas for future videos I should make? I'd love to hear your suggestions and questions.
You truly deserve more subscribers, really good tips you have given here!
I really like your tips, particularly what you said at 6:12. One show I’ve really enjoyed is invincible for this reason in particular, as the fight scenes can feel so raw and brutal, however it’s these super dark moments that make the hopeful moments stand out that much more. And in that infamous scene where mark is getting his ass kicked by Omni man, the flashback to mark at his little league game really hammered home that theme of hope in the darkness. Great video btw!
you are one of the best youtuber writers. I love this keep it up!
This is actually the best advice video I’ve ever seen
Yours is one of the finest videos, on the lines of information that I was looking for. You have explained it so lucidly and very interestingly! Thank you!
Thanks, glad you found it helpful!
Great advice. Thanks for sharing.
This man deserves a bigger following, I'll subscribe in the hopes that he gets to a hundred thousands subscribers.
- Time Stamps -
1. 0:49 - Self doubt
2. 1:25 - Book Ideas
3. 2:00 - Over-researching
4. 2:29 - Dialogue tags
5. 2:59 - Why are you writing
6. 3:18 - Opening Line
7. 3:46 - Writer's Block
8. 4:07 - Info-dumping
9. 4:47 - Writing Mystery
10. 4:47 - Color Marks
11. 5:12 - Flashbacks
12. 5:33 -Describing characters
13. 5:58 - Dystopian stories
14. 6:21 - Originality
15. 6:38 - Worldbuilding
16. 7:03 - Writing better
17. 7:22 - Plotters and Pantsers
18. 7:44 - Writing frequency
19. 8:03 - Action sequences
20. 8:35 - First chapter
21. 8:59 - Main Character's "Want" and "Need"
22. 9:18 - Pacing
23. 9:43 - Chapters
24. 10:05 - Writing a series
25. 10:35 - Inspiration
26. 11:04 - First Chapter Elements
27. 11:28 - Excessivedescriptions
28. 11:51 - Short Fiction
29. 12:21 - Criticism
30. 12:47 - Writing Horror and Suspense
Bonus: 13:07 - Writing Advice
Thank you so much for this vid, ive been stuck for a while but this helped me so much 😊
Absolutely! Glad I could help.
good video
small advice: write pint points about the topics after the numbers
that way it will be more easy to remember it
also it will reshape the knowledge u share to be more exact
Not only is this really good advice, it's explained in a way that just makes so much sense to me. I'm incredibly grateful you made this video.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video. It was fun to make.
These are great tips! :D
Thanks! Hope they're helpful.
Helpful thank you very much I appreciate it
It might be fun if you explored a very different medium of art than the genres and styles you write in to talk about some of the complexities of applying inspiration that looks very different from your desired end product (like how Terry Pratchett can influence people who don't write anything close to absurdist fantasy and poetry or dance or visual art can inspire various kinds of prose)
Yeah, that's a fascinating topic! I'll probably make a video along those lines in the near future-thanks for the suggestion.
thank you!
My ego shouts things about age, but I told it to sit down and grab a pencil. Ty
I legit only clicked on this because my man's Harry Potter dimension jumped onto my laptop screen, but then I got some solid tips. Thanks, HP!
Thanks for the advice Grayson, great video.
-Nick
Thanks, glad it was helpful!
Thanks for making this video.
No problem! Thanks for watching.
I trust your writing tips based o. the size of that head alone. The wavy hair is the adjunct companion of the megadome so I consider its ways also in my assessment of your ability.
I don't know why, but this type of writing advice video gives me comfort. I don't know
great tips, dude. Thanks a lot!
No problem! Thanks for watching.
Very cool
Thanks!
Often my inspiration, for the story or character, is people ive met. Someone might be boring, but what if said person was boring for a reason. Some people have had experience with things my characters might go through/have and its interesting to hear how different it can be for each individual.
Yeah, there's a lot to be learned about writing different kinds of characters from real people.
Dude your underrated, I'm working on a four episode horror comedy. I'm 100% gonna incorporate some of these tips. Thank you
Great, glad these tips could help!
How do you deal with having an idea that you are really feeling like you can write out yet a month later you seem to have stepped away from it and are no longer writing it?
If I'm feeling stuck in a writing project, I try to do something to change things up. That can mean doing something other than writing, but still related to the book, like creating character art or maps, or jumping to a different part in the story and writing a scene there for a change of pace. I made a Short about how to overcome writer's block, which might help: th-cam.com/users/shortsrz3qBOXDr08
@@graysontaylornyc thank you! I'll go check it out
11:04 I get inspiration from stand up comedy and epic fantasy movies also..
Your video popped up in my suggestions tehehe
Thanks for watching! Hope you found it helpful.
Hi, I was beginning to write a novel n I've got the characters and the theme. But I don't know what to do next??😢
Should I write it in a paper?
"Your a word wizard Harry"
Grayson you do nanowrimo?
Not this year, but I've done it in the past. In fact, I wrote a participant pep talk that was published on the NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program blog back in 2017, which you can read at ywp.nanowrimo.org/news/participantpeptalk17-grayson.
@@graysontaylornyc the link page not found
Oh, thanks for pointing that out. I fixed it now-should be ywp.nanowrimo.org/news/participantpeptalk17-grayson.
I have a Real Serious question.....Do you test read things? Because I Am Going to finish Chapter 1 of My Story which really is a heart project and I would really Care if it is good or not😅
How do you introduce conflicts on the first page if it’s supposed to be about the normal world?
The conflict can be purely internal. Your protagonist has some flaw that they'll need to overcome by the story's end (or fall victim to, if it's a negative character arc) that they should be struggling with from the start. Maybe their anger issues are causing problems in their relationships, or their fear of failure is keeping them stuck in a life they don't like.
the conflict of good and better !
You have given me motivation to write again................dammit my first draft sucks!
Don't worry too much about your first draft just try to finish it ASAP so you can revise it and get feedback from other people to see where you can improve.
@@RorisangMandizvidza thank you for your kind response. Hope I be able to finish asap
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when describing a character please don't fuss over her lips my sister gets so annoyed when the writer does this normally it is a woman writer using a man p.o.v to describe the woman personally i don't make a check list of what the person looks like in real life i know many people but if you asked me to tell you what they look like it would take a while to give more then a general description so make sure there is a reason they would be noticing what you want the reader to see
Yeah, better to select a few key details to describe rather than giving an exhaustive list of characteristics. The reader can imagine the rest themselves.
So you're saying the logistics of supplying plastic spoons for the bad guys' military bases is NOT necessary world building? Absolute travesty