Adams was such a crazy writer. He wrote his books in like a week (first draft) instead of writing it the previous year when he was supposed to. Instead he just gathered notes and ideas
apparently hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy ends where it does is because douglas adams missed his final deadline, so his publisher said “just finish whatever page you’re on and sent it over”
He talked about writing his book for nine minutes and six seconds WITHOUT MENTIONING IT'S NAME!!! Where is John?! JOHN! Come plug your brother's book for him!
This reminds me of the "art is never finished only abandoned" (I can't rememeber who said that and I probably quoted it wrong but I didn't want to leave the video)
I kind liked it. So I spent about half a day making the extended version: ua-cam.com/video/wx6W16-WzdI/v-deo.html (Most was spent in after effects and trying to render it >.
You ever read something you wrote so many times that the sentences stops making any sense whatsoever and the words stop being words and then you're convinced that your writing is absolute trash
@Kat The Nerdfighter then you have to force yourself to keep something consistent that you might want to change but cant because it would change too many other things down the line. But then that thing keeps sounding better and better so you do, and those edits take, ya know...weeks+? And then you've read it so many times at that point you hate it too and want to go back? ...not like this is a personal experience Edit: Lol I couldnt resist
There is a word for that more generally. Somatic Satiation is that sensation where you hear or say or read something repeated and it stops feeling like a word, or like it losses all meaning. Normally this only happens with one word or phrase but it can totally happen with larger chunks of text. Though not only am I not a writer, but my particular type of dyslexia means SS can happen at random without the repartition. So I am fully aware that my experience is not the norm.
loool ++ J.K. Rowling is now just a very well known Harry Potter fanfiction writer. It is funny that it is a testament to her world building that we no longer accept her authority
Skylor Andrews Same! Although comments like this are a good example of why the comments should be at the bottom of the screen. This was like the first thing I saw, before the video started.
“A work of art is an artefact of the work you could do in the time that you had.” - Tim Minchin... Of course, knowing that doesn’t make letting go any easier - alas. Congratulations, Hank!
Hank, I feel like you’re in a bit of a unique position with your book where most of the people who read it, at least when it first comes out, are nerdfights! The same people that give you the feedback that you’re accustomed to on UA-cam. We are the ones who see it when it first gets locked. Don’t be scared. We are a pretty understanding group of people.
So, funny story. This is exactly why I started doing UA-cam. The CRUSHING lack of feedback during the months you're writing a book were literally starting to drive me mad. And being able to put together a UA-cam video and get responses THAT day, usually within minutes, was so incredibly liberating. It gave me some facsimile of interaction with my readers, not about the book they would eventually read, but about all of the mindwork that was happening that would eventually result in that book. So keep talking to us about the book. Talk about the thoughts you're still having that will never see the pages, now that they're locked and untouchable, even by you. We're listening, and we can't wait to talk to you about them. And FWIW, that was a pretty enjoyable line, even in isolation.
I understand what you mean. It does make sense. A story in your mind is yours and can be changed by you, but a story in someone else's mind is theirs, even if it was you who told it.
Well, Tolkien changed The Hobbit significantly between the first and second editions. It originally wasn't really set in Middle Earth and the ring was just a magic ring, not the One Ring. His publisher wanted a sequel and wouldn't publish The Silmarillion so he was forced to go back and retcon. I feel like no one would be able to get away with that nowadays.
Stephen King has re-edited The Gunslinger and has made vague intimations that he wants to re-edit some of the other early books in his Dark Tower series. The Gunslinger was the most contradictory with future instalments in the series (and it also the worst, imo), so it makes sense that he’d revise Book #1.
When the guitar strumming started I was confused. Then you started with the "la la"s which made me think "this sounds a lot like that Britney song" and then you started singing that Britney song. You blew my mind. What random reason did you have to end this video with one of my favorite Britney songs? And then you answered by giving the shrug at the end.
i think it's because it's a pretty famous example of something changing after it's already been "done". which is what this video was about. after it was included on her album and pushed on radio her record label put out another edit taking out the "k" from "seek" because people were offended with the the version that was already released.
Have you thought about doing livestream book signings from home? Brandon Sanderson has been doing it with his pet parrot lately talking about all sorts of random stuff while signing pages to help him not get bored and it's been a lot of fun!
When you’re watching a PBS Eons video from a notification and then you get a Hanks Channel notification and have to chose your allegiance because you can’t wait. Also when you chose right!
I appreciate you and your thoughtfulness a lot Hank. Looking forward to reading the new book and it being LOCKED. As an artist I relate a lot. Is what it is. All the best, health and safety to you and yours in this trying time.
If you seek Amy, Huh? Makes a lot of sense now! DFTBA and read a beautifully foolish endeavour everyone (it is out now and available in bookstores everywhere)
@@maximilianosalvador9559 the way in which witches and wizards relieve themselves (just peeing and pooping all over the place and magically vanishing it), and she said that werewolves are supposed to be an analogy for the AIDS crisis
@@maximilianosalvador9559 She never said Hermione was originally black or anything, just that "whiteness" isn't really a trait of her character, and her being played by a black woman is fine. Like, context matters in this case, it was to get attacks away from the black woman who played the character. Like, Rowling's new TERF-y opionions are garbage, but this isn't one of her faults
I knew I would love your first book immensely before I read it. In fact I bought it last summer from a local bookstore here in San Francisco and due to a series of events that continually upturned my life for the last year, I just now, today, finished the last chapter of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. It gave me goosebumps Hank. Truly I loved the book and it moved me in ways were surprising and meaningful. I love your voice, it is so distinct from the authors I have read before. Just know that your writing is already affecting the readers, even before they pick up the book because we know how much work you put into these stories and we know they will have social impact and we know that in some small way, we get to be a part of the journey. For that I thank you Hank Green. As an Environmental Chemist, I want to thank you for showing that writing is not limited to one type of person. I've been watching vlogbrothers since I was 12 years old, and I am now 21. Know that I appreciate the things you and your brother have chosen to share with this world. My best friend and I memorized your "53 terrible jokes" video and performed the sequence for a group of our friends in 8th grade and now we both do research in labs that are trying to better climate model and build solutions to the world's most pressing problem. Along the way we have read every book, crammed for tests with crashcourse and just generally grown into the globally minded individuals we are today. I love that the actions of one person can affect another person so greatly, and the person may never know they exist. It demonstrates to me the importance of shared experience and collective knowledge whether or not any physical interaction takes place. If you never read this, that is perfectly fine, I just wanted to put my gratitude into the world.
Hank. That ending is brilliant. I've heard you sing scienc-y songs but that was legit good. Like professional singer good. It's unfair how some people just get to be good at everything. More please.
@@WillMoff0 She's a really transphobic person and although I respect her work immensely I have to stand with my trans friends so in my opinion I just don't want to put her name on the internet more.
HAAAAANK, I’ve had a horrible day and hearing you unexpectedly break into If U Seek Amy made my day an okay day 😭 I would pay for that as a P4A perk, no questions asked.
Ed Sheeran said in an interview that when he's releasing a song it's his, but once it's released, it's not his anymore. He doesn't listen to it, he doesn't change it. It's your wedding song, your first date song, your "hey, remember when we did that thing" song. I like that idea.
watching you mention missing the deadlines was just... ow like whatever emotion you expressed in that moment gave me physical pain because my empathy alarm was screaming at me
Changing books is not unheard of: Tolkien changes the Hobbit to adjust it to Lord of the Rings after that came out, and he also tried to rewrite it even more extensively later
I am all for different revised versions. They’re a wonderful story all on their own. Give this stressful “no redos” policy a rethink, Hank, and learn to love the YOU MADE A FRIKN BOOK, you MAGNIFICENT BADASS! part of the journey.
I guess the sample of the population that are watching this viedo are probably richer, probably younger than a random sample. It could be less than one person!
The channel typically gets a few tens of thousands of views, but there are only about 300 periods of 80 days in a human lifetime (365 days times 80-ish years). So I'd be surprised if this weren't true.
@@azialifaziz6652 Well, about 1 in 1200 twenty-year-olds in the US don't live to see 21 (according to Social Security System actuarial tables). So call that 1 in 5700 or so dying in a given 80 day span. Presumably that's not wildly far off the rate for many other countries. But maybe this video won't get a lot of views.
This is why I have taken to considering the worst possible outcome for my writing endeavors-- that I never get published, as not really so bad, because it will mean I get to keep working on the books forever, changing a few words around each time and keeping them for myself. Doesn't actually sound too bad when I think of it like that! Except that feedback is indeed like fuel and feels soooo good when it's good, so I get wanting to share like-now-please as well.
Fair, I also think Carl could be the question asker? Or maybe April’s parents? Her brother? Idk. Also- I’ve been thinking and I’m not sure who else (within the cast of people we know thus far) would respond with “ugh, I wish I knew”... it doesn’t seem like the way Maya or Robin or Miranda or even Jason would respond, although admittedly we aren’t too familiar with some of these characters as they’ve been introduced to us through the lens of April May and haven’t been explored as much... I guess Andy maybe? I’m not too sure. Ofc there’s also the possibility that it’s an entirely new character too.. *shrugs* just speculation. Edit: nvm, I don’t think it would be Carl cuz “voice quavering” I’m guessing wouldn’t be applicable to Carl??
As someone who works in the book publishing industry but who hasn't personally written a book, this is a very interesting perspective for me. Thanks for sharing it with all of us!
Something like that happens with art too. In my case, you put work on drawing and brining an idea to paper... You build it and finish it but something always it's like it's never done. Even if it's done and it looks great.
I can't stop thinking about JK Rowling when you were talking about how you can't just change a universe after everyone has already experienced it and read it.
3:24 The Mountain Goats have this song, Going To Georgia, and there's this one live performance I love of it where the tune is so different than how it is on the album. I like this one specific live video more than the recorded one, which makes no sense because he even forgets a Line. Right in the middle of the song he stops, says "wait, that's not even it!" And then continues singing. And because of this, it kind of gives the song an extra line. When I listen to that song now, even the recorded version, I always say "wait that's not even it" at that point. Basically my point is no, not everything will be exactly as you want it when it's published, but maybe someone will like it better than it would have been otherwise.
Hank, through the magic of Reading, your thoughts will become our thoughts, filtered through our own experiences and biases and expectations. The written word is imprecise. The novel is not a perfect medium. Sure, the book could be tweaked further. Or marginally improved. But the thoughts and feelings you wish to share *will indeed be shared.* We will enjoy the experience of peering into your imagination and are thankful for the opportunity. Thank you for writing your book and investing so much of yourself into it. It'll be okay. Rest.
hank if you're looking for fun things to do during isolation (and the little one allows it) it would be amazing to see you cover more songs or even livestream performing your own songs!
I'm writing the lyrics for my first album and I so fucking feel this! Thankfully self-publishing among our professional musician friends is normal, one of our best friends owns her own studio with her fiance, and my husband and all his friends are musicians willing to record and touring with me. But revisions of lyrics is a huge and important part of the writing process for me, just as much as I do when writing a thesis.
The Tragically Hip were famous for not singing their songs 'just like on the album' when playing live... Highly suggest listening to the two different versions of songs (studio/live) to hear what I think Hank means.
I think this needs to be known: when you said have reached the point where I can no longer change it" I recoiled in utter horror. Thanks for this, I will never attempt to have anything published.
it's very interesting the difference between something that's "published" verse something more organically performed, like the music example. As a musician, I tend to never think about music performance as set in stone. it can always be changed to "make it better". I teach a competitive marching band where we are constantly making changes to our music to better our performance and increase our scores (some musicians argue this bad for music, but that's another topic altogether). similarly, In a sense Jazz performance or any improvisation in general relies on a certain amount of change each time it's performed. Even classical music performances that focus on "purity of replication" are never all exactly the same from performance to performance. And I think that's the beauty of art in general. And yet when something is published whether it be recording, film, print, etc, there's a collective idea that it's set in stone and can't ever be changed. Or perhaps "shouldn't" be changed. I do think there is a point in many artistic mediums when you just have to stop trying to make it better and let it be what it is, which is why many people get frustrated with George Lucas and all his changes. art is never perfect. My professors in college always said this: "practice for perfection, settle for excellence." On a different note, when it comes to some things, like history, facts, and science, we should not stop improving. this is why Wikipedia is important. just because it's published doesn't mean it's set in stone.
I agree. I published three novels (in Hebrew), and reading them again is oftentimes painful. When you have to do it, like in a reading, you really feel like it doesn't belong to you in the same way anymore
I'm still glad your book will be released on my 40th birthday! I can imagine this lock down has made things MUCH worse since you can't really distract yourself from the horror of no longer being able to edit anything. Thankfully there is Twitch and Guitars and singing and as the saying goes "This too shall pass" DFTBA!
Ha so the ad that played for me free this was some movie blueray commercial, the last line was “contains an alternate ending not seen in theaters.” What a funny coincidence. Looking forward to the book Hank!
I mean, you could still publish extra info or stuff you want to add as little treats for us literally anytime... Just please don't go all JKRowling on us
Ooh, I have that same copy of Beowulf. It's great! The text is interspersed with photos of archaeological artifacts from the time period and historical footnotes.
I was assigned the book Black, White and Jewish, by Rebecca Walker, and part of the curriculum for the class was watching recording of an author reading and some words were read differently herb vs weed and skipped paragraphs. I don't particularly like the book, but it did have an impact on me.
“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”
― Douglas Adams
Adams was such a crazy writer. He wrote his books in like a week (first draft) instead of writing it the previous year when he was supposed to. Instead he just gathered notes and ideas
apparently hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy ends where it does is because douglas adams missed his final deadline, so his publisher said “just finish whatever page you’re on and sent it over”
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@@niclasjohansson5992 Sounds like how I wrote my honours thesis.
I want to like this but I don't want to mess up the 420
He talked about writing his book for nine minutes and six seconds WITHOUT MENTIONING IT'S NAME!!!
Where is John?!
JOHN! Come plug your brother's book for him!
The name of the book is A BEAUTIFULLY FOOLISH ENDEAVOR it comes out on JULY 7th and it is AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER NOW
@@noahr2854 😂👍
JOHN!!!!! That cracks me up hahah
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The end of this video is *chefs kiss*.
agreed.
@Maddie 99 I love that Endymion and the Fall of Hyperion are in the background.
I s a w i t c o m i n g
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What is that that he is singing?
I never realized how much i missed hearing Hank sing until now
I miss his singing to. I always say in the nerdfighter census that hank singing is something i want more of!
Right! Same, I really want more songs now!
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"Art is never finished, only abandoned." - Leonardo da Vinci
Apparently falsely attributed to Da Vinci!
I've heard it attributed to Picasso too.
This reminds me of the "art is never finished only abandoned" (I can't rememeber who said that and I probably quoted it wrong but I didn't want to leave the video)
Oh gosh that quote makes me so stressed and so hopeful at the same time.
@@mirnder yeah I never actually articulated how it made me feel,
but that's about it-
stressed and hopeful!
Just looked it up because I also really like that quote :) Leonardo di Vinci
Art never really feels complete, you just eventually have to stop for one reason or another.. so makes perfect sense to me 👍
@@kmcg3333 Where did you look it up because I'm seeing Paul Valéry?
It's good to know that musician Hank is still out there.
Are we... are we not talking about the Britney cover?
Lol this is what I was confused about xD ?
"Good morning nerdfighters, it is once again Britney Spears Wednesday"
I kind liked it.
So I spent about half a day making the extended version: ua-cam.com/video/wx6W16-WzdI/v-deo.html
(Most was spent in after effects and trying to render it >.
You ever read something you wrote so many times that the sentences stops making any sense whatsoever and the words stop being words and then you're convinced that your writing is absolute trash
@Kat The Nerdfighter then you have to force yourself to keep something consistent that you might want to change but cant because it would change too many other things down the line. But then that thing keeps sounding better and better so you do, and those edits take, ya know...weeks+? And then you've read it so many times at that point you hate it too and want to go back?
...not like this is a personal experience
Edit: Lol I couldnt resist
There is a word for that more generally. Somatic Satiation is that sensation where you hear or say or read something repeated and it stops feeling like a word, or like it losses all meaning. Normally this only happens with one word or phrase but it can totally happen with larger chunks of text. Though not only am I not a writer, but my particular type of dyslexia means SS can happen at random without the repartition. So I am fully aware that my experience is not the norm.
I do that so often
I can feel my brain melting just thinking about it
I'm an engineering student and this also applies to equations
Hank: You cant just... add something after publication and just think is alright. It changes that entire world!!
J.K. Rowling: Hold my beer
George Lucas: You were saying?
loool ++
J.K. Rowling is now just a very well known Harry Potter fanfiction writer. It is funny that it is a testament to her world building that we no longer accept her authority
Glad I wasn’t the only one thinking of Rowling lmao
Cursed Child is in the bookcase in the background ...
JRR Tolkien: hold my miruvor
Writing a book sounds like a beautifully foolish endeavor.
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AND HOW!
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you’re better at mentioning the name of the book than hank is!
I’d say it’s an absolutely remarkable thing
I wasn’t expecting a Britney cover at the end but it was somehow exactly what I needed to break a smile.
Skylor Andrews Same! Although comments like this are a good example of why the comments should be at the bottom of the screen. This was like the first thing I saw, before the video started.
well, that was quite a twist at the end there.
The impromptu 'If You Seek Amy' cover was just what I needed. Thanks Hank
"what are you?"
- "eurgh"
This quote is such a mood
“A work of art is an artefact of the work you could do in the time that you had.” - Tim Minchin... Of course, knowing that doesn’t make letting go any easier - alas. Congratulations, Hank!
The unexpected musical ending brings me joy 💕
Hank, I feel like you’re in a bit of a unique position with your book where most of the people who read it, at least when it first comes out, are nerdfights! The same people that give you the feedback that you’re accustomed to on UA-cam. We are the ones who see it when it first gets locked. Don’t be scared. We are a pretty understanding group of people.
Onerandom Nerdygirl nerdfights sounds like how we should call kids from nerdfighters :)
cutelittledevil88 I agree! Lol funny typo but I kinda like it
"I wonder what you just saw there" a blurry mess that's what we saw there, the focus was bloody terrible.
So, funny story. This is exactly why I started doing UA-cam. The CRUSHING lack of feedback during the months you're writing a book were literally starting to drive me mad. And being able to put together a UA-cam video and get responses THAT day, usually within minutes, was so incredibly liberating. It gave me some facsimile of interaction with my readers, not about the book they would eventually read, but about all of the mindwork that was happening that would eventually result in that book.
So keep talking to us about the book. Talk about the thoughts you're still having that will never see the pages, now that they're locked and untouchable, even by you. We're listening, and we can't wait to talk to you about them.
And FWIW, that was a pretty enjoyable line, even in isolation.
blessed to hear you singing and playing again 😌 id be happy to see more if thats something youre itching to do again!!
I understand what you mean. It does make sense. A story in your mind is yours and can be changed by you, but a story in someone else's mind is theirs, even if it was you who told it.
Well, Tolkien changed The Hobbit significantly between the first and second editions. It originally wasn't really set in Middle Earth and the ring was just a magic ring, not the One Ring. His publisher wanted a sequel and wouldn't publish The Silmarillion so he was forced to go back and retcon. I feel like no one would be able to get away with that nowadays.
knotcoppercurls I agree, however Cornelia Funke has made changes to her book „Reckless“ not once but twice! Pretty significant changes, too
Stephen King has re-edited The Gunslinger and has made vague intimations that he wants to re-edit some of the other early books in his Dark Tower series. The Gunslinger was the most contradictory with future instalments in the series (and it also the worst, imo), so it makes sense that he’d revise Book #1.
Hank I know you're busy rn but if you were to release a bunch of acoustic Britney covers I would be so happy
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When the guitar strumming started I was confused. Then you started with the "la la"s which made me think "this sounds a lot like that Britney song" and then you started singing that Britney song. You blew my mind. What random reason did you have to end this video with one of my favorite Britney songs? And then you answered by giving the shrug at the end.
i think it's because it's a pretty famous example of something changing after it's already been "done". which is what this video was about. after it was included on her album and pushed on radio her record label put out another edit taking out the "k" from "seek" because people were offended with the the version that was already released.
@@jd7457 That tracks!
Thanks, I didn't know that about the song before.
Have you thought about doing livestream book signings from home? Brandon Sanderson has been doing it with his pet parrot lately talking about all sorts of random stuff while signing pages to help him not get bored and it's been a lot of fun!
Sarah Graham ++
You really are an incredible human being Hank. I'm glad you exist at the same time i do.
So the worst part of writing a book is when you no longer have control over it
I think he was referring to the wait between done (but also not done) and yet you have no feedback (from a large amount of people)
i haven't heard hank sing in awhile and that was such a treat! thank!
When you’re watching a PBS Eons video from a notification and then you get a Hanks Channel notification and have to chose your allegiance because you can’t wait. Also when you chose right!
I have absolutely paused a UA-cam video to quickly watch a different UA-cam video...
"There's been a lot of work on my plate for the last couple of months" - Hank, don't kid yourself. Couple of months isn't even remotely right.
Well, technically, when you pressed "send" on that last revision e-mail, you pressed "publish."
I appreciate you and your thoughtfulness a lot Hank. Looking forward to reading the new book and it being LOCKED. As an artist I relate a lot. Is what it is. All the best, health and safety to you and yours in this trying time.
If you seek Amy, Huh? Makes a lot of sense now! DFTBA and read a beautifully foolish endeavour everyone (it is out now and available in bookstores everywhere)
6:42 Oh my, smokey voice Hank is a side of Hank I've never seen before... I will refrain from commenting my tmi feelings...
All of the boys and all of the girls, Josiah! Can't be helped. ;)
“after you read a book I can’t change it!”
JK Rowling: ... say sike rn
What did JK Rowling change?
@@Helen-px9lh Hermione's race, Nagini's species, Dumbledore´s family tree, McGonagall's age. I'm sure I'm missing some
@@maximilianosalvador9559 the way in which witches and wizards relieve themselves (just peeing and pooping all over the place and magically vanishing it), and she said that werewolves are supposed to be an analogy for the AIDS crisis
@@maximilianosalvador9559 She never said Hermione was originally black or anything, just that "whiteness" isn't really a trait of her character, and her being played by a black woman is fine. Like, context matters in this case, it was to get attacks away from the black woman who played the character. Like, Rowling's new TERF-y opionions are garbage, but this isn't one of her faults
@Danny BRITZMAN eh I feel like in musical theatre physical likeness doesn't matter as much
I knew I would love your first book immensely before I read it. In fact I bought it last summer from a local bookstore here in San Francisco and due to a series of events that continually upturned my life for the last year, I just now, today, finished the last chapter of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. It gave me goosebumps Hank. Truly I loved the book and it moved me in ways were surprising and meaningful. I love your voice, it is so distinct from the authors I have read before. Just know that your writing is already affecting the readers, even before they pick up the book because we know how much work you put into these stories and we know they will have social impact and we know that in some small way, we get to be a part of the journey. For that I thank you Hank Green. As an Environmental Chemist, I want to thank you for showing that writing is not limited to one type of person. I've been watching vlogbrothers since I was 12 years old, and I am now 21. Know that I appreciate the things you and your brother have chosen to share with this world. My best friend and I memorized your "53 terrible jokes" video and performed the sequence for a group of our friends in 8th grade and now we both do research in labs that are trying to better climate model and build solutions to the world's most pressing problem. Along the way we have read every book, crammed for tests with crashcourse and just generally grown into the globally minded individuals we are today. I love that the actions of one person can affect another person so greatly, and the person may never know they exist. It demonstrates to me the importance of shared experience and collective knowledge whether or not any physical interaction takes place. If you never read this, that is perfectly fine, I just wanted to put my gratitude into the world.
Hank. That ending is brilliant. I've heard you sing scienc-y songs but that was legit good. Like professional singer good. It's unfair how some people just get to be good at everything. More please.
I got distracted while watching this video, so when Hank suddenly started playing the guitar I was like "Whoa wait why am I back in 2011?"
was NOT expecting a Britney cover to end this video. pleasantly surprised!!
I s a w i t c o m i n g
Gratuitous cover at the end greatly appreciated 10/10
Someone should tell R*wling she can't change her books anymore
Yooo my thouhts EXACTLY
not agreeing or disagreeing, but why did you censer her name?
@@WillMoff0 She's a really transphobic person and although I respect her work immensely I have to stand with my trans friends so in my opinion I just don't want to put her name on the internet more.
Mia Coss I agree with standing by trans friends but how does censoring names help? (Genuinely asking)
Mia Coss - Okay, come on, censoring her name is a bit silly. It's like when people call Trump "45".
She's not Voldemort, you guys.
Hank gives us Crash Course Publishing
4:05
Hank: I can't change it once you read it!
J.K. Rowling: *backs away slowly*
HAAAAANK, I’ve had a horrible day and hearing you unexpectedly break into If U Seek Amy made my day an okay day 😭 I would pay for that as a P4A perk, no questions asked.
"4:02" ok, so an hour off, assuming he was talking about the time in Montana.
Yeah, turns out I had a staff meeting!
@@vlogbrothers by my watch it was almost exactly an hour, which is impressive!
I've missed musical hank videos
I AM SO EXCITED. This, and You Are An Artist are all I want for my birthday this year.
Do you listen to the audio version? To hear your characters come to life through the talent of the narrator?
Ed Sheeran said in an interview that when he's releasing a song it's his, but once it's released, it's not his anymore. He doesn't listen to it, he doesn't change it. It's your wedding song, your first date song, your "hey, remember when we did that thing" song. I like that idea.
watching you mention missing the deadlines was just... ow like whatever emotion you expressed in that moment gave me physical pain because my empathy alarm was screaming at me
I am soooo excited! I really enjoyed the Absolutely Remarkable book you wrote and can't wait for the next one!
I'm really really looking forward to read the final version!
god the disney+ changes have made me so angry!! I was really hoping to watch movies as they were originally created.
What all have they changed? I haven't heard about this.
Changing books is not unheard of: Tolkien changes the Hobbit to adjust it to Lord of the Rings after that came out, and he also tried to rewrite it even more extensively later
A lot of authors do it and usually with good result that nobody much minds. Somehow it has gotten a poor reputation because of a few bad examples.
I am all for different revised versions. They’re a wonderful story all on their own. Give this stressful “no redos” policy a rethink, Hank, and learn to love the YOU MADE A FRIKN BOOK, you MAGNIFICENT BADASS! part of the journey.
who knew that what we all needed was a hank green cover of "if you seek amy"
Statistically, more than one person watching this will not live to see this book published.
In our case, may more than usual.
Publishing is weird.
I am uncertain how to feel about that.
I wonder what the actual probabilities on that are
I guess the sample of the population that are watching this viedo are probably richer, probably younger than a random sample. It could be less than one person!
The channel typically gets a few tens of thousands of views, but there are only about 300 periods of 80 days in a human lifetime (365 days times 80-ish years). So I'd be surprised if this weren't true.
@@azialifaziz6652 Well, about 1 in 1200 twenty-year-olds in the US don't live to see 21 (according to Social Security System actuarial tables). So call that 1 in 5700 or so dying in a given 80 day span. Presumably that's not wildly far off the rate for many other countries. But maybe this video won't get a lot of views.
I just preordered it from my local book store! It comes out on my birthday so I'm guaranteed to have a good birthday :)
This is why I have taken to considering the worst possible outcome for my writing endeavors-- that I never get published, as not really so bad, because it will mean I get to keep working on the books forever, changing a few words around each time and keeping them for myself. Doesn't actually sound too bad when I think of it like that! Except that feedback is indeed like fuel and feels soooo good when it's good, so I get wanting to share like-now-please as well.
Goddam it’s good to hear you sing Hank! Can not wait to read the new book.
“What are you?”- hmmm... Andy??
“Ugh, I wish I knew” - April I’m guessing??
That was my assumption originally, but he said that the perspectives change in this book, so who knows.
@@jmz1736 But in the context it would make sense to be April, since whatever she is, there's a pretty good chance she's not human anmore
Fair, I also think Carl could be the question asker? Or maybe April’s parents? Her brother? Idk.
Also- I’ve been thinking and I’m not sure who else (within the cast of people we know thus far) would respond with “ugh, I wish I knew”... it doesn’t seem like the way Maya or Robin or Miranda or even Jason would respond, although admittedly we aren’t too familiar with some of these characters as they’ve been introduced to us through the lens of April May and haven’t been explored as much... I guess Andy maybe? I’m not too sure. Ofc there’s also the possibility that it’s an entirely new character too.. *shrugs* just speculation.
Edit: nvm, I don’t think it would be Carl cuz “voice quavering” I’m guessing wouldn’t be applicable to Carl??
As a person named Andy, I was initially confused by this comment
@@Isa.isa.isa. Carl, it seems to me, ought to have more answers than questions.
*shrugs*
As someone who works in the book publishing industry but who hasn't personally written a book, this is a very interesting perspective for me. Thanks for sharing it with all of us!
Something like that happens with art too.
In my case, you put work on drawing and brining an idea to paper... You build it and finish it but something always it's like it's never done. Even if it's done and it looks great.
Feeling extra blessed to get a moment of singing Hank ❤😊
So I paused this almost at the end to make myself some food, and I can’t believe I almost just missed that great Britney cover. ADD man
Commenting from the future. Love the song at the end. Still completely BLOWN AWAY by A Beautifully Remarkable Endeavour.
I can't stop thinking about JK Rowling when you were talking about how you can't just change a universe after everyone has already experienced it and read it.
I’m listening to AART for a 2nd time right now!!! I’m super excited for the sequel.
3:24 The Mountain Goats have this song, Going To Georgia, and there's this one live performance I love of it where the tune is so different than how it is on the album. I like this one specific live video more than the recorded one, which makes no sense because he even forgets a Line. Right in the middle of the song he stops, says "wait, that's not even it!" And then continues singing. And because of this, it kind of gives the song an extra line. When I listen to that song now, even the recorded version, I always say "wait that's not even it" at that point. Basically my point is no, not everything will be exactly as you want it when it's published, but maybe someone will like it better than it would have been otherwise.
Already preordered from my local bookstore and I can’t wait!
We need to hear you play guitar and sing much more often, Hank. What a joy.
I was not prepared for the ending but I LIKED IT A LOT.
Hank, through the magic of Reading, your thoughts will become our thoughts, filtered through our own experiences and biases and expectations. The written word is imprecise. The novel is not a perfect medium. Sure, the book could be tweaked further. Or marginally improved. But the thoughts and feelings you wish to share *will indeed be shared.* We will enjoy the experience of peering into your imagination and are thankful for the opportunity. Thank you for writing your book and investing so much of yourself into it. It'll be okay. Rest.
hank if you're looking for fun things to do during isolation (and the little one allows it) it would be amazing to see you cover more songs or even livestream performing your own songs!
Do covers all through this quarentine, please!
I'm writing the lyrics for my first album and I so fucking feel this! Thankfully self-publishing among our professional musician friends is normal, one of our best friends owns her own studio with her fiance, and my husband and all his friends are musicians willing to record and touring with me. But revisions of lyrics is a huge and important part of the writing process for me, just as much as I do when writing a thesis.
5:01-5:17 is basically the plot of the Doctor Who episode "The Angels Take Manhattan".
I loved the song at the end. I hope to hear it as a full song at some point.
The Tragically Hip were famous for not singing their songs 'just like on the album' when playing live... Highly suggest listening to the two different versions of songs (studio/live) to hear what I think Hank means.
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Oh man, I miss Hank's music! I would love to see the occasional return of Song Wednesday here on Hank's Channel!
I'm so excited! I preordered sooo long ago 😍📚
that cover was everything I needed in my life. Please release it somewhere!
I think this needs to be known: when you said have reached the point where I can no longer change it" I recoiled in utter horror. Thanks for this, I will never attempt to have anything published.
it's very interesting the difference between something that's "published" verse something more organically performed, like the music example. As a musician, I tend to never think about music performance as set in stone. it can always be changed to "make it better". I teach a competitive marching band where we are constantly making changes to our music to better our performance and increase our scores (some musicians argue this bad for music, but that's another topic altogether). similarly, In a sense Jazz performance or any improvisation in general relies on a certain amount of change each time it's performed. Even classical music performances that focus on "purity of replication" are never all exactly the same from performance to performance. And I think that's the beauty of art in general.
And yet when something is published whether it be recording, film, print, etc, there's a collective idea that it's set in stone and can't ever be changed. Or perhaps "shouldn't" be changed. I do think there is a point in many artistic mediums when you just have to stop trying to make it better and let it be what it is, which is why many people get frustrated with George Lucas and all his changes. art is never perfect. My professors in college always said this: "practice for perfection, settle for excellence."
On a different note, when it comes to some things, like history, facts, and science, we should not stop improving. this is why Wikipedia is important. just because it's published doesn't mean it's set in stone.
I agree. I published three novels (in Hebrew), and reading them again is oftentimes painful. When you have to do it, like in a reading, you really feel like it doesn't belong to you in the same way anymore
I'm still glad your book will be released on my 40th birthday! I can imagine this lock down has made things MUCH worse since you can't really distract yourself from the horror of no longer being able to edit anything. Thankfully there is Twitch and Guitars and singing and as the saying goes "This too shall pass" DFTBA!
Ha so the ad that played for me free this was some movie blueray commercial, the last line was “contains an alternate ending not seen in theaters.” What a funny coincidence. Looking forward to the book Hank!
Hank!!!!!’ I love that song!!!!!!! Pls do a full version (or sing it on delete this with Katherine??)
I mean, you could still publish extra info or stuff you want to add as little treats for us literally anytime... Just please don't go all JKRowling on us
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Congratulations on finishing your second novel Hank! I look forward to reading it!
Why was I thinking about this song like two days ago and now IT'S HERE!!!
Hank's next creative project is going to be a TikTok channel and I am here for it
The ending was so unexpected yet so fitting at the same time
anyone here after april makes this song come on in the car?
Ooh, I have that same copy of Beowulf. It's great! The text is interspersed with photos of archaeological artifacts from the time period and historical footnotes.
I was assigned the book Black, White and Jewish, by Rebecca Walker, and part of the curriculum for the class was watching recording of an author reading and some words were read differently herb vs weed and skipped paragraphs. I don't particularly like the book, but it did have an impact on me.
Just noticed the Discworld books on the shelf, and HOORAY!
How fitting that I was watching different versions of that Greedo scene earlier today
Thank you for your creative endeavour.