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thanks, this is a great message. best wishes to you

I’m so happy I found you! How are you not at a million subs! Love your voice and your tips are so relevant!

(before watching your video) I've written (but not published... yet) a book of messages. i'm hoping your video will help me correct any .... well, what needs to be corrected. we shall see, yes? (after watching your video) Sounds like something I might look at as I'm going over my book. thanks for sharing!

Love the channel. Can you make a video on themes? I just do not understand how they factor in. Am I supposed to have them at the beginning? Am I supposed to discern them from the story and then reinforce them upon rewriting? What?

I wouldn’t enjoy it, but would try to resolve the book by getting to the ending. Recently encountered a really boring novelette.

Thank u for confirmation of the layering process! Started doing it instinctively and now I know the pros use it!

This was pretty useful, I can’t find anyone talking about the issue of getting a new idea halfway and that’s usually the problem which leads to writers block Well I usually get a new idea for a different story but sometimes If I get a new idea for that story and I have to go back and edit it can be hard. This helped me come up with a solution for that so thank you

Life is full of conflict, mental and physical. Even the smallest thing. But that human, right?

Thank you for talking about the layering method of writing. I tend to agree that it does take the stress out of writing, especially helps in minimising the perfectionist syndrome, and allows writing to flow. Just that image or thought of words and sentences flowing out of your you pen is so much fun and thrilling.

Great video! Excited to see more.

Love this, I love the use of equations...Great content , very valuable ,THANKS!!!

What!? LOL yes I will listen again to get my neurodivergent creative brain around the math.. just too much to absorb right now ... I will write this down next time I listen. Thanks Datta 😇... And this is a Formula 😊

Thank you.

Based on what you said, I have never read a book more engaging that asks serious questions and resolves conflicts in the mind than the Holy Quran. The art of its composition and beauty of its literature is miraculous. I wish more people will read in their language to experience it hands on.

I will definitely use your email tips for school and once I start working.

Loved the shout out to past life...something I didn't know about you! Oh and good info on the writing , loved the model you chose to illustrate the arc...Cool.

Exciting and excited for you and all who have their lives shift ❤😊❤

Never give up, never surrender!

Great video. Question, what are your word counts for a novel? You said you take four days to write your first draft. For example, my last book was 281k words. It takes me about four months with a full time job to create that body of work. Thoughts? 😀

Re print vs digital copies... Its great to have a digital version if you have no other options, but when I wrote my first book, there was nothing like the sensation of feeling 1.87 lbs of dead tree in my hands and the satisfying THUD it makes on a desk :)

Thanks for this information, Datta. I've not seen that show, but to your point, if a weasel inexplicably switches character, I'd believe she was up to no-good! The arc is important.

This is great. Thank you. I feel like I can tell the story with a lot less pressure to "get it right" the first time through. I don't create well while feeling pressured. Thanks again.

Great Video Datta! This has really got me thinking about the order of some parts of my book. Thank you.

This was effective at teaching on the topic and I liked the graphic support as part of the examples.

Whoa. I hadn't considered this! I am writing a memoir currently.

Awesome video Datta! You have got me thinking about the character arc in my book, the character is me. I have found through the writing that my life has been two steps forward one step back sort of thing, and I often come up against the same challenges over and over. I'm a slow learner :) My mission is to write about these repeating events and showing how I'm growing a little each time and having greater awareness. I don't want it to be boring and repetitive. Thanks for this video! One of your best.

Glad you’re back, sir

Firstly Datta not pissed off 😊 Sounds like vital info for how I write arcs into my character in the stories in my How2 book .... i write intuitively, so it will be interesting to read what I've written with this new awareness. Thanks and good to see your past skills are still in use! ❤😊❤

Amazing, I'm electrician in Russia too!!! NEC 2017 FOREVER!!!

I think, maybe if a hero suddenly switch and the readers or watchers still likes that, maybe that because they still anticipating an explanation somehow. That is like a miracle, they are still can believe what happens to their character and still love it because they want further development and clearance of this mistery? It is like some kind of suspension for them?

Good advice, thank you. Always encouraging and inspiring.

As an amateur writer who have won literary awards, I have learned so much from this channel ...I couldn't have been where I am in my writing journey ...have I not crossed this channel . I really appreciate what you give away! Sending thanks from metro Detroit Michigan. 😊❤

I think the engineer’s tendency to have a solid grasp of systems and their keen comprehension for cause and effect are two key factors that play well into successful novel writing. The challenge is finding those rare engineers who also happen to have good writing skills and an interest in pursuing the arts when they’ve already invested their early career in the sciences.

This is what I do. My first book I did what you described not to do. It was tune consuming and I wasted a lot of time. Prose and dialogue comes last. Parts can be placeholders. Just go over it again and again. It will get refined. It just takes work. Great advice! It works.

it's not even that there's so much bad stuff. there's a shit ton of GOOD STUFF. it just seems that we're in a period of GLUT - OVER SATURATION.

Young writer from France here. First, thanks a lot for these words. I've been looking all your videos and they all are so precious. Writing is my big thing also, and my job and my fears kept me away from it for a long time. It's been two years I write as often as possible and I aim for traditional publishing. You never know what can happen if you don't try and put yourself out there.

This was an incredible video-I see a lot of similarities in this process and in the process of painting! You're helping me love writing!

I am just starting out. Have tried writing many books but never see it through to the end. I am taking it seriously this time. I have dead lines and a writing coach and beta readers set up when I get to that point. I want to hire an editor once the manuscript is complete. Can you tell me who you go through b/c the price that I got from Reedsy was much more expensive than the numbers you stated. Great video!

Sorry to say, but this didn’t engage me enough for me to listen past a few minutes.

Not related to your topic but related to all writers. What do you think as to writers to write such thing: All rights reserved, copirighted and most important: NO AI PROCESSING ALLOWED! What do you think about this idea? I've heard that a group of american writers sued OpenGTP for plagiary thing. Because as you can imagine it is wrong when AI steal your brain work and then become without income altogether?

Absolutely true with research thing. However you do it, it does good for your writing.

Thank you, you love your job.

When I was writing my dissertation, I called it "threading thru" or "detangling" each time I rewrote.

With layring idea, actually you was right not to edit it right away but make a first raw draft.

I love your honesty.

I remember my thesis supervisor once telling me, "never be your own editor," because you are simply too close to the material to see what's wrong. He must have been right, if you said the same thing. Now on my third book (but first work of narrative fiction) I am having 2 trusted individuals - both writers, themselves -- reading the work. I have no idea what to expect, but it's important to get someone you trust to give feedback. BTW, I LOVED what you said about "layering." I didn't even know that's what I was doing, but I agree with you. It feels and looks better with each "layer"; we can often see things -- pockets needing repair -- if we revise this way. Thank you, Datta, for your videos. I find them both helpful and clarifying. 😊🌹

I cannot tell you how important these videos have become to me.. I am truly encouraged and challenged to become better at this!

How do you know that an editor is, in fact, objective? Doesn't taste factor into the equation? A curious experiment would be to have a novel edited separately by two different editors, and then to publish both versions.

Please share your screenwriting experiences!

I think that a good analogy is music.....it doesn't matter what the song is "about" as much as it matters that it is a song. It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.