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Hi! You're video on outlining (and especially the table you provided to everyone) really really helped me with figuring out my plot. Now I thought I was at a point where I was happy with it. But I'm struggling with something and I would be so grateful for a few community opinions on it. I have been planning (and starting to write) this fantasy novel for a while now, until I realized that it didn't really have a plot, it didn't have enough conflict. I did some research on plotting and found your channel, which has helped immensely. As I said, I now have a plot I was pretty happy with. But then I started thinking about whether it was morally okay to write a story like this. Let me give you some context: my story is about two slaves in a fantasy world. They fall in love, something horrific happens and they find out a secret. Both of these things leave them so shocked that they escape. Now the problem: my main character, Silas, has been a slave with the same Master (the king of the land) for a very long time. He was a young child when he was brought into the palace and has lived there ever since. He has since formed a very strong trauma-bond with his Master. He kind of sees him as a father figure. Throughout the story he struggles with his loyalties and his relationship with the other slave character and wants to find out the truth. Do you think it is okay to write about a character who romanticizes slavery in his head, in order to survive? Because of the strong trauma-bond he has formed throughout his life? Do you think it provides enough context if the other slave character acts as a polar opposite to him and through her eyes we get the perspective how horrible this all is and that Silas is not thinking clearly because of his trauma? Originally I was gonna add more drama by having them join the resistance against slavery and then have him betray the resistance and try to warn his Master (he still has some loyalty towards him). And I was also gonna have an ending where the characters eventually realize that slavery needs to exist in some form in this world (it makes sense in the context of the world and the magic system, but I don't want to give every single detail). I have since come to the conclusion that this ending (and possibly the whole story) probably sends a horribly wrong message and that I need to be much more careful writing about this topic. I really hope I haven't offended anyone by this, it really isn't my goal at all. I really care about these characters and this story and want to find a way to write it without being offensive and essentially horrible. Please help :/ P.S.: Thank you for reading through all of this if you did. I'm sorry it turned out so long!

So cool to see another author whose brain works like mine. I also need to have a handwritten and digital version of things

Mik! I just have to let you know that you are my favourite writing channel on UA-cam. I've been struggling to find an online writing community aswell, and am SO GLAD you exist & are making such quality content. Not only are you a great teacher, I relate to you a lot. I quit my job 6 weeks ago & moved back to my home country to live with my parents at 34 to recover from burnout & related health problems. Now that I'm finally starting to feel a bit better, I've just accepted a new job that starts in 6 weeks, & have given myself that time to establish a healthy routine & finish my novel outline. We got this!! Also I can't wait to read your book, its right up my alley (cult girly here) lol.

I've learned the best way for me to write my first/starting draft is to just bullet point everything with dialogue and basic action tags and locations. Something between a zéro draft and the worlds most intense outline, but it helps so much when revising. Though I still call it à first draft I've learned I can plot the story out as much as I want, but the character arcs can only be figured out by doing. You can't control those gremlins...

As someone who’s building on my own sci-fi world, I find Rebel Moon really insulting to any competent writer’s intelligence. Having watched the director’s cut, I can confirm it’s not much better. In fact, most of the scenes cut should’ve stayed, since they wouldn’t have hurt the PG-13 Rating. It almost feels like scenes were cut and rearranged out of order to make the film worse.

If it's terrible then you can go in and alter and change what needs to be done but you won't know until you try. I'm a perfectionist too and I find starting the whole process is probably the most daunting.

Pacific Rim is pretty beloved by kaiju fans and i think it did fine critically as well. I loved TF 2007 but i did experience diminishing returns on the series. Bumble Bee was excellent though. Zach is a good adapter but imo terrible, terrible writer. Sucker punch is one of the most tonally bizarre movies ive ever watched. Id have turned it off if not for my Emily browning crush 😂that said i enjoyed 300, dawn of the dead(that had the great james gunn as the writer) and watchmen. I also think his objectivist / libertarian worldview lends to very inhuman feeling stories. Like super heroes not particularly interested in saving people. We'll see if he can hit a new low score with his Fountainhead adaptation.

i also fall down the rabbit hole of research far too often. i’m writing a psychopath/serial killer and i could literally research forever. there’s so much out there 😅

This was a fun and new style of video for me! Analyzing Rebel Moon through a writers lens was a great exercise - I’m excited to do more deep dives into storytelling through a writers lens & keep the hate comments coming 😂 it’s great for engagement 💗🌞

Honestly I was in the same situation! I kept writing the first draft and I could feel that something was missing and so eventually I just had to take it back to the bare bones of the story and figure out what needed to be added in and now it's going so much smoother! Can't wait to see where your writing journey goes :)

I really liked the video, first time i see someone actually showing the process! also, as someone who never liked happy endings, there's a story where i absolutely loved the ending and would have never liked it otherwise since it wouldn't have made any sense for everything that has been happening, (and the story had more tragedy than anything i have experienced tbh) and from that moment my opinion on what the ending should be changed, an ending should always focus on the messages the story is conveying and that what the story did, i will admit he ending wasn't really happy for some character, rather very heart-wernching, but the main characters had themes to convey and it was done masterfully, by the end i didn't even think about the vibe of the ending, but the storytelling itself, and this is what many forget about, storytelling doesn't care whether the ending should be tragic or happy, it should just make sense of the themes and messages that been building up in the story.

Just curious, is the analysis taking into account the PG-13 cuts or the recently released director cuts? Wondering due to the timing and also some positive reviews emerging in favour of the extended Rebel Moon versions released this week on Netflix. A sequel to this video could be interesting to compare and contrast is there's any substantial differences in both versions' approaches to storytelling.

Sex scenes with eternal teenager Sofia Boutella evoke strong associations with child pornography.🤣🤣🤣💥 Snyder!👉👮🚔

I followed your method and the way that a plethora of ideas just flowed out of my brain is amazing! I love this method so much!

Talking about a movie with 160 million views being a flop while you have 86 is telling, but you actually need a brain to understand Zack Snyder's work so I get it.

who the F is this? You release this trash video content exactly on the week when the Director cuts of rebel moon is release on netflix? Are you trying to be funny or just stupid? Who are you even making this video for trash? Worst content i ever seen on youtube so far.

I'm one chapter away from finishing my zero draft today! Less than twelve thousand words, but it helps so much!

Rebel Moon came up on my recommendations and I'm pretty sure I put it on my list to watch because it has the word "moon" in the title (I'm a tad obsessed with the moon) but I never got around to seeing it. Solid points, Mik! While you were reading the summary, I thought, "cool concept" but the execution wasn't so cool. Loved the extra attention given to its pacing, stakes, character development, and worldbuilding. These topics aren't explored enough, in my opinion so the deep dive was well worth the price of admission. I was literally taking notes for my Gossip Girl anime project. This felt like a Masterclass, Cleveland Edition :)

124 million views both parts, and more coming for the same budget, how is a flop?

I haven’t seen this movie, but I might just watch it for a good laugh. It sounds like a mess. At least I know what to avoid when i eventually revise my space opera book

I actually love stories that have potential that they fail to deliver on because they inspire my creative brain to fulfil that potential. Like you say, Mik, there were so many cool concepts that could have made a great story (or stories) in Rebel Moon, but the story, as told in the movie, just lacked too many of the essential things. Thank you for the deep dive!

Thank for this vid! Maybe I missed you saying it, but what program are you using during the 'add conflict' segment? I see it says 'Arc' but I cant seem to find the program!

Who Cares, Rebel Moon Rocks!!! #RebelMoon #RestoreTheSnyderverse

Mik you are such an inspiration. This is such a great video concept. Can’t wait to dive in to this video!

Girl this is SO HELPFUL. I've also spent the last few years trying to write a story and I'm now at the point where I'm trying to crack down and get words onto paper, but I have so many ideas from years of brainstorming and daydreaming that the entire plot is a MESS. At this point it feels like a twelve season tv show based solely on vibes instead of a plot for one (maybe two) books. So glad that I'm not alone in this.

I used to hang out and explore different cults ,it was fun playing along ,and the people in cults are usually well meaning, i only had one incident in a jesus army cult when the head preacher called me a devil in front of thousands of people because i couldn't help laughing at my friend being baptised 😅😅😅😅