This is probably one of the most insightful channels on UA-cam. Your observations and lectures are genuinely so interesting to listen to; I'm definitely learning a lot. You deserve many, many more subscribers.
I'll have a go at this... I'm currently in the final stages of writing a sci-fi adventure progressive death thrash album but I think this will still help me in understanding deeper what I've wrote
Up till now, I've had an A5 notebook of disjointed vignettes, with no connective tissue, for my first written effort. This method sounds great. Thank you.
I'm an artist/graphic designer by trade, writer for fun, and I've been chipping away at a fantasy manga/book/illustrated (not sure exactly what it'd be classified as) novel for a long while now. I've only ever written short stories and once a 180pg book for fun (Though I would not call it good, it was a fun fan fic and gave me a glimpse into the fact that I enjoyed writing), so illustrating a manga (for lack of a better term) is a challenging change of pace. I've been winging it so far and have a loose framework set up for a four book series, but I'm struggling to string everything together across multiple books, especially because I want each book to be stand alone with the ability to be read in succession to see how they tie together. Truth be told, it's a really ambitious passion project that I have zero experience in and no clue how to go about it in an efficient manner. There's a lot more to it, but I'll leave my thoughts at that for now. I wonder if you might have any tips or resources that could be helpful. Big fan of your videos so far, just came across your page today!
I can appreciate that you use the Hero's Journey and you're not shrieking the praises of Save The Cat. I get a little irritated by the glut of "Saves the Cat saved my writing!" Sure it can work well for some people, but maybe not all people. I like to split things into a 4-act structure (the way you divided Act 2 is the same thing, really) that I split up further. In each story I start, I spend days creating a playlist. The music search is real.
This is beautiful! Thank you Josh! I hope to be able to get my words and ideas out soon... I am really struggling with it right now. I just know I have so much inside I want OUT, but I am constantly blocking myself.
This concept is pretty similar to drawin bounding boxes for your figures in an illustration. It's helpful knowin a general idea of space when tryin to consider the overall composition. That notion of like "I know these 3 bits are important and i know they take up X amount of space and they generally need to be in these places to evoke what I'm goin for" or for the purposes of controlling focus of the consumer. Same sort of concept can be used for producing songs like "i would like a 2 bar rising build here, a drop here, bridge into a sweeping solo there". Not so much a strict plan as it is bullet point goal posts. I mainly do illustration so my focus is on guiding the eye, i imagine a film maker focuses on subtext/development, a musician on energy/emotion, and you writer types on concept and the flow of information to keep the deciphering part of the brain engaged with filling in an internalized interpretation of a externalized work. And jesus, writin some multiple hundreds of pages on somethin, i could see how easy it would be to get lost in the sauce without a general idea of where you are goin and need to go next for this whole thing to not be meandering.
I'm a writer (novels, not screenplays) & use a 3-act outline structure. I used to do it with the "mountain" diagram; now I use a spreadsheet. Two, actually; one spreadsheet has all the 3-act beats/landmarks with scenes between, and the other spreadsheet is a chronology of "what does each relevant character know/think/want at each plot point/scene and what's going on in the wider world/culture/history that has bearing here"--that helps me understand internal motivations, external forces etc. across my cast, which helps with character choices, worldbuilding, etc. I have enough practice by this point of figuring out my storylines/characters and the promises I'll have to deliver on (cowardly character must do something brave) that I'm comfortable getting my outline "good enough for zero draft" and then I jump in knowing I can count on the magic of editing to smooth out the bumps ;)
Damn, I'm from another country where the dollar is not so cheap and because of that I can't pay your Patreon, even though I really wanted to. I'm sorry. Any plans on releasing your episode about The Last Jedi on Spotify for free eventually?
I was dating an escort and we went and saw High on Fire on Easter and I was up at the front and I said "happy Easter Matt" and he just kind of looked at me funny and my girl was into thrash as an all-encompassing lifestyle choice and was super bored and we wound up just leaving early.
This is probably one of the most insightful channels on UA-cam. Your observations and lectures are genuinely so interesting to listen to; I'm definitely learning a lot. You deserve many, many more subscribers.
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I'll have a go at this... I'm currently in the final stages of writing a sci-fi adventure progressive death thrash album but I think this will still help me in understanding deeper what I've wrote
Now this sounds interesting! Where would I find the finished project?
@@marynvos4028 I'm in a band called Cryptic Shift, you can hear the first album 😎
@@marynvos4028I'm in a band called Cryptic Shift, you can hear the first album right now, working on the 2nd 🫡
Up till now, I've had an A5 notebook of disjointed vignettes, with no connective tissue, for my first written effort. This method sounds great. Thank you.
I'm an artist/graphic designer by trade, writer for fun, and I've been chipping away at a fantasy manga/book/illustrated (not sure exactly what it'd be classified as) novel for a long while now. I've only ever written short stories and once a 180pg book for fun (Though I would not call it good, it was a fun fan fic and gave me a glimpse into the fact that I enjoyed writing), so illustrating a manga (for lack of a better term) is a challenging change of pace. I've been winging it so far and have a loose framework set up for a four book series, but I'm struggling to string everything together across multiple books, especially because I want each book to be stand alone with the ability to be read in succession to see how they tie together.
Truth be told, it's a really ambitious passion project that I have zero experience in and no clue how to go about it in an efficient manner. There's a lot more to it, but I'll leave my thoughts at that for now. I wonder if you might have any tips or resources that could be helpful.
Big fan of your videos so far, just came across your page today!
I love u josh from my house
I can appreciate that you use the Hero's Journey and you're not shrieking the praises of Save The Cat. I get a little irritated by the glut of "Saves the Cat saved my writing!" Sure it can work well for some people, but maybe not all people. I like to split things into a 4-act structure (the way you divided Act 2 is the same thing, really) that I split up further.
In each story I start, I spend days creating a playlist. The music search is real.
Writing is 90% finding the right music
@@josh_from_xboxlive Absolutely!
The world (me) needs more of your videos, just saying
Im going to try to circle, jerk
I'll use this method for my next screenplay now. Thanks!
I will give this a shot.
Thank you Josh, this'll come in handy.
"Spends a long time looking for the right ambient music on YT"
😂😂😂😂I can't tell you how many times I've been there...
This really hit me, too.
This is beautiful! Thank you Josh! I hope to be able to get my words and ideas out soon... I am really struggling with it right now. I just know I have so much inside I want OUT, but I am constantly blocking myself.
This concept is pretty similar to drawin bounding boxes for your figures in an illustration. It's helpful knowin a general idea of space when tryin to consider the overall composition. That notion of like "I know these 3 bits are important and i know they take up X amount of space and they generally need to be in these places to evoke what I'm goin for" or for the purposes of controlling focus of the consumer. Same sort of concept can be used for producing songs like "i would like a 2 bar rising build here, a drop here, bridge into a sweeping solo there".
Not so much a strict plan as it is bullet point goal posts. I mainly do illustration so my focus is on guiding the eye, i imagine a film maker focuses on subtext/development, a musician on energy/emotion, and you writer types on concept and the flow of information to keep the deciphering part of the brain engaged with filling in an internalized interpretation of a externalized work. And jesus, writin some multiple hundreds of pages on somethin, i could see how easy it would be to get lost in the sauce without a general idea of where you are goin and need to go next for this whole thing to not be meandering.
Interesting technique
I'm a writer (novels, not screenplays) & use a 3-act outline structure. I used to do it with the "mountain" diagram; now I use a spreadsheet. Two, actually; one spreadsheet has all the 3-act beats/landmarks with scenes between, and the other spreadsheet is a chronology of "what does each relevant character know/think/want at each plot point/scene and what's going on in the wider world/culture/history that has bearing here"--that helps me understand internal motivations, external forces etc. across my cast, which helps with character choices, worldbuilding, etc.
I have enough practice by this point of figuring out my storylines/characters and the promises I'll have to deliver on (cowardly character must do something brave) that I'm comfortable getting my outline "good enough for zero draft" and then I jump in knowing I can count on the magic of editing to smooth out the bumps ;)
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Some may consider it on the pricey side but Seth Worley has a great tool over at plot devices call the Story Clock Workbook… ever hear of it?
I'll look into it, thanks!
Wow. 🔥
How much planning is too much? I like to outline scenes and what needs to happen in each before putting them on the page.
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Damn, I'm from another country where the dollar is not so cheap and because of that I can't pay your Patreon, even though I really wanted to. I'm sorry. Any plans on releasing your episode about The Last Jedi on Spotify for free eventually?
I was dating an escort and we went and saw High on Fire on Easter and I was up at the front and I said "happy Easter Matt" and he just kind of looked at me funny and my girl was into thrash as an all-encompassing lifestyle choice and was super bored and we wound up just leaving early.
Good channel