Ha ha ha. Yes! The books in your head are so much more exciting than the one you're writing because they're perfect in their infant stage, once you get to the hard work of making the actual story it gets hard.
I read a paperback once where the author literally wrote "Author note, I literally have no idea what to do with this but I didn't want to cut it". So yeah, write your story and have fun with it.
I remember in HS in like 2004 I would write (by hand) tons and tons of pages of my own books when I was bored in class. Now? Let's just say two stages of Despair is accurate.
Thank you for your support! It really means a lot! I hope to write a book someday and I do have an idea for one but with two kids under the age of 3 it is so hard to find the time. Once I have more time I would like to start working on it!
As someone who I currently writing their first fantasy novel, I can relate to this more now, than I could a few months ago. And I’ve been working on this book of mine for around 3 years. When it comes out, you should know what I went through to create such an intense book that I have described myself as “If J.R.R Tolkien went to space!” And yes I know that’s bold, but it’s the only thing that my book makes me think, in terms of what has been done before in perfect fashion
This made me laugh so hard! Ha ha. I didn't publish my first book until I had written three full novels and tons of short stories. I was so sure my first few books were amazing! They are so bad!!! Ha ha ha. For me what really helped was learning story structure. The pacing was so bad and I had so many scenes that I just thought were interesting but they didn't move the story forward. Oh man, you have to get so many bad words out first :D
I tryed to write a book called dimensions I was in hightschool many years ago I wrote the first chapter. Then gave up because I lost the fecking will to live lol I could not find the inspiration it was no bigger than Stephen Kings Carrie like a 77 page short storie I got top marks for it I never published it but my fav teacher in school read it and kept it, never got published because I was so freaking nervous.
You're missing the procrastination phase where you just hope for the ZONE phase to just come by on it's own once again, dream about how good your novel is going to be, you open it, change the font a few times but never actually write anything.
True... I m writing my first book right now. I can write so much when the action is complicated and there are a lot of characters but I can't write when the story is simple and only one or 2 characters.
Hey Mike! I recently started to get really interested in reading after a looong time of not reading a single normal book. Ive found your channel through your "Whats it like reading lotr" (because im planning on reading it, starting tomorrow) and have watched most of your other videos from there. Even though i sometimes dont get the jokes (since i havent read the books) I still find your videos incredibly entertaining. Thats all, just wanted to let you know you should keep making them! :)
Yep. As a person who’s been writing a low dark fantasy trilogy with dragons and demons for the past seven years, I can strongly relate to all of these.
Meanwhile Sanderson wrote one secret novel for every stage of yours, co-authored a whole new YA series and Stormlight 5, 6 and 7 will all be out before end of 2024.
I'm currently in the quitting stage of my actual first novel and the3 ambition stage of my personal passion project story series lol! I want to try and finish both one day.
Lol a little too close to home. My first book was a big lesson on completing a story and what NOT to do. I may go back and rewrite it eventually but I'm happy I completed it.
I'm writing my first book, I've done quite a bit, though still at the beginnings of it all. At the moment I'm currently going through (Writers block), so I've been reading a lot more: Literature and other etc, book as well as researching and watching story writing videos, to help me with what to proceed with next 📚
I'm on draft four of my second novel (first one is with editor now) and you know the worst part? Stage 4 and 10 are cyclical. Jesus they're cyclical...
Wow this is so accurate. After reading lotr I decided to write fantasy book. Even tough I didn't complete whole story in my head I had some ideas. Then I started writing and realized that it's really hard to write even one page. Stage 5 for now :p
I’m on my second book but this is the one video that I didn’t relate to that much as I found writing came pretty naturally and I stuck with my ambitions, and I was overall pretty happy with the first draft. There were however many moments of despair along the way and I still notice many gaping flaws in my writing.
Congratulations on writing your first book! I hope to write a book in the future and I hope to have the same experience you have (minus the despair). :)
Hey Mike, I just finished writing a film script It's action , sci fi film If you are writing a book i suggest just finish it In my experience more j was writing more ideas were coming to my mind 👌💯 Also just to let you know Some scenes and sequences I refined them later
@@miketravelsnowhere6557 Cheers Mike 😊 I wish to direct the film 🎥 I owe all the inspiration to the books I had an opportunity to read during covid abs movies I had watched
I bit off more than I could do when I first developed the plot for my novel (5 years ago) and this isn't accurate all the way. I of course got in the zone 17 months ago. 5 years of experience, this book series is awesome. UA-camrs don't do draft 2.0 they ship it off for the money, lol.
This is complete balderdash. If one doubts oneself as a writer, the work becomes interminable. Time without end then sullies one's manuscript, and in extant one's confidence. I have an ample amount of confidence, and found this slapdash portrayal of the writing life grossly offensive. I'm glad I unsubscribed when I did.
it's ultra easy to write a book 1 - you write a book 2 - you go to a publisher. /a) they publish your book - success /b) they ignore you or they tell you your book is trash / 3 - you go to a printing house, pay them money, your book gets its code - success. It's just 2 or 3 steps. Success is inevitable. It's either free or you will have to pay(really not a lot)
you forgot that during each stage other ideas for other books are coming through your head and you can't pick one
Ha ha ha. Yes! The books in your head are so much more exciting than the one you're writing because they're perfect in their infant stage, once you get to the hard work of making the actual story it gets hard.
As someone who's been through all these stages & has almost finished the 2nd draft of her novel, I'm telling you this video can't be any truer.
so did u get ur published?
I read a paperback once where the author literally wrote "Author note, I literally have no idea what to do with this but I didn't want to cut it".
So yeah, write your story and have fun with it.
Stage 10 was so me after finishing and reading draft 1.
As someone who has finished five novels these stages do get better still all there but it seems we move through them quicker. Love the vids!!!
Thank you!
I remember in HS in like 2004 I would write (by hand) tons and tons of pages of my own books when I was bored in class. Now? Let's just say two stages of Despair is accurate.
Yet another amazing video. Extremely relatable.
Thank you!
Are you writing a book, Mike? Keep us posted! I would support it in a heartbeat.
Thank you for your support! It really means a lot! I hope to write a book someday and I do have an idea for one but with two kids under the age of 3 it is so hard to find the time. Once I have more time I would like to start working on it!
@@miketravelsnowhere6557 I believe in you man, keep up the great work!
As someone who I currently writing their first fantasy novel, I can relate to this more now, than I could a few months ago. And I’ve been working on this book of mine for around 3 years. When it comes out, you should know what I went through to create such an intense book that I have described myself as “If J.R.R Tolkien went to space!” And yes I know that’s bold, but it’s the only thing that my book makes me think, in terms of what has been done before in perfect fashion
I am living these stages in my mind.
I get to stage 7 and go back to stage 1, rinse and repeat
This made me laugh so hard! Ha ha. I didn't publish my first book until I had written three full novels and tons of short stories. I was so sure my first few books were amazing! They are so bad!!! Ha ha ha. For me what really helped was learning story structure. The pacing was so bad and I had so many scenes that I just thought were interesting but they didn't move the story forward. Oh man, you have to get so many bad words out first :D
The end made me laugh so much 😆
I tryed to write a book called dimensions I was in hightschool many years ago I wrote the first chapter. Then gave up because I lost the fecking will to live lol I could not find the inspiration it was no bigger than Stephen Kings Carrie like a 77 page short storie I got top marks for it I never published it but my fav teacher in school read it and kept it, never got published because I was so freaking nervous.
For me it ends at 5
THIS IS SO ME RIGHT NOW!
That was awesome and covered the reality in a comedic way😂 thank you for such a sweet video🤣
The acting is amazing
When will stage 8 come?!?!?
Stage 11.. "ok imma start this over again...from scratch"
You're missing the procrastination phase where you just hope for the ZONE phase to just come by on it's own once again, dream about how good your novel is going to be, you open it, change the font a few times but never actually write anything.
Very true!
True... I m writing my first book right now. I can write so much when the action is complicated and there are a lot of characters but I can't write when the story is simple and only one or 2 characters.
Hey Mike! I recently started to get really interested in reading after a looong time of not reading a single normal book. Ive found your channel through your "Whats it like reading lotr" (because im planning on reading it, starting tomorrow) and have watched most of your other videos from there. Even though i sometimes dont get the jokes (since i havent read the books) I still find your videos incredibly entertaining. Thats all, just wanted to let you know you should keep making them! :)
Thank you! I'm so glad you are enjoying my videos and I hope my videos help you find some great books to read! :)
Yep.
As a person who’s been writing a low dark fantasy trilogy with dragons and demons for the past seven years, I can strongly relate to all of these.
If you haven't seen it, Edward Gorey's The Unstrung Harp or Mr. Earbrass Writes a Novel would likely please you greatly.
I'll have to look into it. Thank you!
Meanwhile Sanderson wrote one secret novel for every stage of yours, co-authored a whole new YA series and Stormlight 5, 6 and 7 will all be out before end of 2024.
I'm currently in the quitting stage of my actual first novel and the3 ambition stage of my personal passion project story series lol! I want to try and finish both one day.
Oh I'm in the Optimism and Ambition stages... I'll calm down a bit.
Me, taking a break as I’m writing my first book: 100% accurate.
Thanks!
Never tried to write a book; always wanted to though. I definitely don't think I'm intelligent enough 😅
I half expected this to be a promotion for a book you written
I hope someday to write a book and my subscribers will be the first to know :)
Sir, have you been inside my brain to be this accurate??
draft 2 means re-writing the first one (refining, polishing) or starting a completely new story?
for me it is writing a new story
Draft 2 is the 2nd draft of your story, when you edit your first finished manuscript!
@@writer_surabhi_singh thx.
Lol a little too close to home. My first book was a big lesson on completing a story and what NOT to do. I may go back and rewrite it eventually but I'm happy I completed it.
Damn, I hit despair just trying to think of some good names for my characters. lol
lol
I'm writing my first book, I've done quite a bit, though still at the beginnings of it all. At the moment I'm currently going through (Writers block), so I've been reading a lot more: Literature and other etc, book as well as researching and watching story writing videos, to help me with what to proceed with next 📚
I am actually writing a book and bruh you started making videos on it too
XD
And the second stage is relatable as hell
In the words of Steven Erikson, "There's no point in starting anything without ambition." I think he skipped from Stage 2 straight to Stage 9.
I'm on draft four of my second novel (first one is with editor now) and you know the worst part? Stage 4 and 10 are cyclical. Jesus they're cyclical...
You should write a book
Wow this is so accurate. After reading lotr I decided to write fantasy book. Even tough I didn't complete whole story in my head I had some ideas. Then I started writing and realized that it's really hard to write even one page. Stage 5 for now :p
Keep at it! Good luck! :)
Next up - the writer vs the editor during the editorial process... 😬
Welp, that's me
I’m on my second book but this is the one video that I didn’t relate to that much as I found writing came pretty naturally and I stuck with my ambitions, and I was overall pretty happy with the first draft. There were however many moments of despair along the way and I still notice many gaping flaws in my writing.
Congratulations on writing your first book! I hope to write a book in the future and I hope to have the same experience you have (minus the despair). :)
Hey Mike, I just finished writing a film script
It's action , sci fi film
If you are writing a book i suggest just finish it
In my experience more j was writing more ideas were coming to my mind
👌💯
Also just to let you know
Some scenes and sequences I refined them later
Good to know! Thank you for sharing!
@@miketravelsnowhere6557
Cheers Mike 😊
I wish to direct the film 🎥
I owe all the inspiration to the books I had an opportunity to read during covid abs movies I had watched
I bit off more than I could do when I first developed the plot for my novel (5 years ago) and this isn't accurate all the way. I of course got in the zone 17 months ago.
5 years of experience, this book series is awesome.
UA-camrs don't do draft 2.0 they ship it off for the money, lol.
For me, its a cycle of stage one through 5 and doing it all over again lol
Right now I'm at 8 xD
I thought this was going to be your way of announcing a book you wrote.
Sadly no but writing a book is on my bucket list and I hope to have one to announce someday. I just may need to wait until my kids are in college. :)
Perhaps replace "Worst book" ever in the history of the world, and no I wont do a second draft!" with this is the worst, and it would be more like me.
7 years and 120 pages…
This is complete balderdash. If one doubts oneself as a writer, the work becomes interminable. Time without end then sullies one's manuscript, and in extant one's confidence. I have an ample amount of confidence, and found this slapdash portrayal of the writing life grossly offensive. I'm glad I unsubscribed when I did.
Why so offended?
It's a skit portraying what it is like for the majority of people trying to write their first book. I don't understand how you find this offensive.
it's ultra easy to write a book
1 - you write a book
2 - you go to a publisher. /a) they publish your book - success /b) they ignore you or they tell you your book is trash
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3 - you go to a printing house, pay them money, your book gets its code - success.
It's just 2 or 3 steps. Success is inevitable. It's either free or you will have to pay(really not a lot)