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I think we need to keep in mind that such advise comes from full-time authors. Maybe it is possible to reach such numbers on weekend days but I don’t think it’s healthy to beat yourself down for writing less than a certain number of words a day (1000 words in this example). The important part is the consistency in my eyes. Whatever word count this ends up being for depends on your life circumstances. But I love the bit about showing up detached and cool to the page and also not burdening oneself by a label such as „artist“.
Yeah, that is the thing anyone needs to remember. When you are a beginner, the most important part after the first step, is to be patient with yourself. A friend once told me that no-one becomes the greatest golf player after one session and that goes for painting, drawing, as always we see the end product and oversee the work and dedication and as you put it consistency.
My book is weird. Nobody's heaven, i consider it. The character is aloof, philsophical. Lets see how many people read it. Its called 'the black blush' will be available on kindle, Tommorow. I am excited. Intrigued.
I too have written a non fiction book on philosophy but am unclear as to how you upload on Kindle. Can one just upload an MS Word document or does one have to format it first?
I know there are a lot of losers here who didn't know, but I did know that your name is Ian and that Write Conscious is the headquarters to all things Murakami
I want to thank you for all of these videos, man! For so many years I've dabbled in writing. Bouts of inspiration and desire to put pen to paper. So many times they fizzled, puttered out. Without steam, vitality, or energy. I've read so much and have so many ideas for stories and novels, but I'm scared... for reasons I can't even begin to explain. Your videos help give me with swift kick in the arse I need to get my act together and finally allow myself to bleed... onto the page, of course.
I like the idea that you should be careful what you identify with because of the baggage that comes with words and how it can change you. Sometimes it's for the better. If you call yourself a writer and it gives you confidence to get to work, that's good, but if instead it causes you to scorn some things in life because "a writer doesn't do xyz," then it may hurt more than help. I see that in the mantle of the artist. My general rule is I try to identify with values like honesty, openness, creativity, courage, and wisdom. If it leads to someone referring to me as a writer or an artist because of my work, sure, but I don't need to hold it closely. A lot of words belong more to readers/publishers/critics so they can make sense of a creator and a creation. The creator doesn't need to think of them at all, like style, genre, etc.
When I was in the thick of writing my novel I was writing 8 pages a day minimum. I ended up crawling towards the end, missing entire days of writing, so I averaged out at 3 pages per day in the end but this mentality is correct. You need to pump high numbers or else it’s going to take years for you to produce something
I have. It's weird. More than me. It's called 'the black blush' it will be available on Amazon Kindle, tommorow. I expect it to be read by only my grandpa and no one else.
@@flowhannesburg1912 sure: 1- gossips on the nile by najeeb mahfouth 2- gold dust by ibrahim al-kuni 3- season of migration to the north, forgot the author's name tbh
@@aboodyabdulqadir5487 you got anything that deals specifically about jinns? can't get enough of jinns. the more ancient the depictions the better. thanks, dude.
@@lanceexes4189 i havent read much of our horror stories but i know "kafr dilhab" which was turned into a very famous tv show, also "the blue elephant" but this one was about drugs and psychedelic stuff
Speaking of religious novels If YOu EVER GET The Chance Please, please, please check out Graham Greene's The Power and The Glory, The Comedians, or Brighton Rock (if you haven't already).
Pushing for a renaissance is a good endeavor, teaching about the ins and outs of the business, but with art is kinda tricky, like just because you want a next Hemmningway it wont happen, art isnt that sharp supply and demand, i want a next Norm Mcdonald but i know asking for it wont make it happen, also artist are by nature open but alse rebellious, so you re trying to organize people that are by default a little messy? Im intrigued and will keep watching your videos bcs you seem very passionate, greetings from South America
hey, man. have you read that article about Pomona College English Dept. imploding. can you do a video on it? from The Chronicle of Higher Education. its funny as fuck. heres a sample of it: "Another post is devoted to the English department’s financial entanglements with Niki Elliott, who developed the Innerlight Method training that Thomas sought. She’d also been a guest lecturer in Thomas’s Healing Narratives course. Kunin quotes from a passage of one of Elliott’s books, I Feel Your Pain: A 7-Step Survival Guide for Empaths, Intuitives, and Highly Sensitive People, in which Elliott stands next to a pregnant woman in a checkout line and claims to hear the voice of the woman’s unborn baby, who can apparently communicate in clear English. “Please tell my mommy to do what the doctor said,” was the message. “When I read stories like this, my heart sinks,” Kunin writes. “I fear the dullness that has blighted the work of artists in the U.S. now afflicts our fakers and crackpots as well.” (Elliott did not respond to my request for comment.)"
Beginner novelists need to do 1,000 words every time they write during drafting, no question. If you cant hit that number then you need to fill the creative well more. 1,000 words of drafting is practically nothing. Tons of your beginner material will be cut, so dont be precious about it! Make a mess on the page and slowly develop your ability to tighten the material.
😊he’s not spending 6000 hours Here’s the dark secret of writing Most of the time there’s no writing being done. Writing isn’t so hard. Stop making it seem impossible.
Dailey routine for focused writing for 90 minutes, no editing, no distractions you’ll be shocked what you’ve written when you look back after 3 weeks of that. Treat it like a craft, do it Dailey. You will not begin as a master, but the masters ARE NOT spending 5 years pouring over words for 1 book. Writers are LAZY period! I am, you are, we all know it.
🚀 Want to WRITE better? Join my free writing school: www.skool.com/writeconscious
📚 Book club, daily podcasts, and my writing: writeconscious.substack.com
📖 Read my guide to Haruki Murakami here (free): writeconscious.ck.page/30d93ddf11
Insta: instagram.com/writeconscious
🤔My Favorite Haruki Murakami novel amzn.to/4eyPr14
📕My Best Books of All-Time List: writeconscious.ck.page/355619345e
🔥Want to READ my wife’s fire poetry? Go here: marigoldeclipse.substack.co
I think we need to keep in mind that such advise comes from full-time authors. Maybe it is possible to reach such numbers on weekend days but I don’t think it’s healthy to beat yourself down for writing less than a certain number of words a day (1000 words in this example). The important part is the consistency in my eyes. Whatever word count this ends up being for depends on your life circumstances. But I love the bit about showing up detached and cool to the page and also not burdening oneself by a label such as „artist“.
Keep up the great content, Ian!
Yeah, that is the thing anyone needs to remember. When you are a beginner, the most important part after the first step, is to be patient with yourself. A friend once told me that no-one becomes the greatest golf player after one session and that goes for painting, drawing, as always we see the end product and oversee the work and dedication and as you put it consistency.
My book is weird. Nobody's heaven, i consider it. The character is aloof, philsophical. Lets see how many people read it. Its called 'the black blush' will be available on kindle, Tommorow. I am excited. Intrigued.
I too have written a non fiction book on philosophy but am unclear as to how you upload on Kindle.
Can one just upload an MS Word document or does one have to format it first?
I know there are a lot of losers here who didn't know, but I did know that your name is Ian and that Write Conscious is the headquarters to all things Murakami
I want to thank you for all of these videos, man! For so many years I've dabbled in writing. Bouts of inspiration and desire to put pen to paper. So many times they fizzled, puttered out. Without steam, vitality, or energy. I've read so much and have so many ideas for stories and novels, but I'm scared... for reasons I can't even begin to explain. Your videos help give me with swift kick in the arse I need to get my act together and finally allow myself to bleed... onto the page, of course.
I've been loving your videos, you are an excellent source of information! Fellow Arizonian here as well 👋
I like the idea that you should be careful what you identify with because of the baggage that comes with words and how it can change you. Sometimes it's for the better. If you call yourself a writer and it gives you confidence to get to work, that's good, but if instead it causes you to scorn some things in life because "a writer doesn't do xyz," then it may hurt more than help. I see that in the mantle of the artist. My general rule is I try to identify with values like honesty, openness, creativity, courage, and wisdom. If it leads to someone referring to me as a writer or an artist because of my work, sure, but I don't need to hold it closely. A lot of words belong more to readers/publishers/critics so they can make sense of a creator and a creation. The creator doesn't need to think of them at all, like style, genre, etc.
100%
I’m lucky to get out of bed in the morning. Actually writing something would be Herculean.
Been there
I hope things improve for you
Write 10 words today, tomorrow, write 11. I don’t know your life, but I believe you can improve it!
When I was in the thick of writing my novel I was writing 8 pages a day minimum. I ended up crawling towards the end, missing entire days of writing, so I averaged out at 3 pages per day in the end but this mentality is correct. You need to pump high numbers or else it’s going to take years for you to produce something
I’ve read a lot of murakami but I started again from the beginning of his bibliography this year. I’m on to wind up bird chronicle now.
Based advice as always homie
Will you be looking into Nabokov's writing philosophy on this channel?
Have you written any books? If so, where can I find them?
I have. It's weird. More than me. It's called 'the black blush' it will be available on Amazon Kindle, tommorow. I expect it to be read by only my grandpa and no one else.
🫵😡 *MOAR!!!*
yo man love all theae videos, i was wondering if u ever read any arabic literature? there r a lot of works that you should rly check out
Hi I'm very interested in this, pls drop some recommendations
@@flowhannesburg1912 sure:
1- gossips on the nile by najeeb mahfouth
2- gold dust by ibrahim al-kuni
3- season of migration to the north, forgot the author's name tbh
@@aboodyabdulqadir5487 you got anything that deals specifically about jinns? can't get enough of jinns. the more ancient the depictions the better. thanks, dude.
@@lanceexes4189 i havent read much of our horror stories but i know "kafr dilhab" which was turned into a very famous tv show, also "the blue elephant" but this one was about drugs and psychedelic stuff
@@aboodyabdulqadir5487 الفيل الأزرق و مسلسل كفر دلهاب thanks man. found 'em. is the tv series Egyptian?
Speaking of religious novels If YOu EVER GET The Chance Please, please, please check out Graham Greene's The Power and The Glory, The Comedians, or Brighton Rock (if you haven't already).
Talking football? Now you're speaking my language.
Any more of those JUDGE t-shirts?!
Pushing for a renaissance is a good endeavor, teaching about the ins and outs of the business, but with art is kinda tricky, like just because you want a next Hemmningway it wont happen, art isnt that sharp supply and demand, i want a next Norm Mcdonald but i know asking for it wont make it happen, also artist are by nature open but alse rebellious, so you re trying to organize people that are by default a little messy? Im intrigued and will keep watching your videos bcs you seem very passionate, greetings from South America
hey, man. have you read that article about Pomona College English Dept. imploding. can you do a video on it? from The Chronicle of Higher Education. its funny as fuck. heres a sample of it:
"Another post is devoted to the English department’s financial entanglements with Niki Elliott, who developed the Innerlight Method training that Thomas sought. She’d also been a guest lecturer in Thomas’s Healing Narratives course. Kunin quotes from a passage of one of Elliott’s books, I Feel Your Pain: A 7-Step Survival Guide for Empaths, Intuitives, and Highly Sensitive People, in which Elliott stands next to a pregnant woman in a checkout line and claims to hear the voice of the woman’s unborn baby, who can apparently communicate in clear English.
“Please tell my mommy to do what the doctor said,” was the message.
“When I read stories like this, my heart sinks,” Kunin writes. “I fear the dullness that has blighted the work of artists in the U.S. now afflicts our fakers and crackpots as well.” (Elliott did not respond to my request for comment.)"
Beginner novelists need to do 1,000 words every time they write during drafting, no question. If you cant hit that number then you need to fill the creative well more. 1,000 words of drafting is practically nothing. Tons of your beginner material will be cut, so dont be precious about it! Make a mess on the page and slowly develop your ability to tighten the material.
my comment got deleted for a book recommendation?
What was the recommendation?
@@kenneth1767 There were two never released McCarthy limited edition chap books up on a website.
Greatest writers are Christian - Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Salinger, Dumas, Milton… etc.
Bro really said forced to be Christian as if CS Lewis wasn’t atheist for many years before writing Surprised By Joy
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Yeah, after listening to this I'm considering not writing another word.
Good. Less competition :D
😊he’s not spending 6000 hours
Here’s the dark secret of writing
Most of the time there’s no writing being done.
Writing isn’t so hard. Stop making it seem impossible.
Dailey routine for focused writing for 90 minutes, no editing, no distractions you’ll be shocked what you’ve written when you look back after 3 weeks of that. Treat it like a craft, do it Dailey. You will not begin as a master, but the masters ARE NOT spending 5 years pouring over words for 1 book. Writers are LAZY period! I am, you are, we all know it.
@@El-um6ox i feel justifiably attacked haha, you're right
You are 100% right.
What got me to write more often was this quote from Jodi Picoult:
"You can't edit a blank plage."