That is so true. You have to create to have something to shape into something better. I think most writers are afraid of being inadequate, or are perfectionists haha :D
3, 4, and 5 are pretty good, but 1, well. And #2 is ridiculous. Find a time and place that works for you, and don't assume what works for you is going to work for everyone else.
I'm sorry, but rule 2 is exceedingly closed-minded. Morning people assume everyone else is lazy, sleeping away the most productive part of the day. The arrogance is outstanding. The reality is that people are different. There are times I get up and write early, but that is almost only when I'm at the end of a novel (the last 25%) and the story has me gripped so hard I can't sleep more than a few hours at a time. But the morning is not necessarily the most productive time. It takes time for my mind to really get bubbling, but I'm frequently writing until very late at night, and I do some of my best work after everyone else has gone to bed and no one is bugging the crap out of me. Getting up early works for people who are productive when they get up early. Staying up late works for people who are productive when they stay up late. And both habits are equally legitimate. So Rule Two SHOULD be: figure out when your most productive time is to write, and then protect that time so you are free to use it.
I chuckled at that rule, too. Mornings for me are the WORST time to write because that's the guaranteed time for interruptions. I tend to get my writing done between midday and midnight. I guess that's where Rule 5 comes in - establishing a ritual that works for you and follow it.
Exactly. Find a time that works for you. Be disciplined enough to make it a routine. Stay away from distractions and avoid disappointing yourself. Stay motivated, even during the demotivating days.
Thank you! I've always been a natural night owl. Mornings do not work for me. I'd rather take care of mindless tasks in the morning and save writing for when my brain functions best.
Anne Rice has stated in many interviews that she simply cannot write prior to 10 am, so while I myself work best from about 11 am - 6 pm, I also find I can write from 11 pm to about 4 am, but a morning person I will never be. As far as the rituals he mentions - they become triggers for the mind to say, "Oh, okay. We're getting ready to write now." It is a very human thing to do. We all have rituals when we get ready for bed, or preparing to go to work, etc. The repetition or routine is the way we train our minds to get our "heads into the game". Personally, I love it and when I have time for those triggers, my writing is much easier and more productive.
Exactly! Listening to the narrator and reading the quotes at the same time was futile. Hopefully the creator of this vid will not do that next time, and I hope there is a next time because the impulse to make this is a good one
Don't follow what others has followed, its better if u find and follow your own way. Writing has no rule, what u need is; when the readers are reading you book they should amaze and find trouble to put it down. Follow a way which no one have ever follow, try to dominate the reader's mind, and believe me, if you find your own unique way of writing,people will read your work, and Eventually you will become international hero. All ways think differently because you are different. All the best for all the writers around the world.
I also have an additional rule - be aware that thinking about my writing, story, characters etc... is just as beneficial to me as the actual writing is, as long as I don't fall into the trap of never writing.
Step one: grab the reader's attention. Step two: keep the writer's attention! Beyond that, there's some helpful stuff about sentences and plot development. But if you can't get a person's attention, they aren't going to read your damn book! (or if they do, it's a school assignment. I've a book on nuclei and particle physics that is beyond dull. A single paragraph can put me to sleep; a couple of pages has the same effect as a medically induced coma. At the end of the semester I couldn't sell the book. I mean, no one would buy it.)
"Many of us struggle to write on a daily basis. Work,relationships, and laziness tend to keep us from writing" how about self doubt. That seems like the write answer to me
I have a 3 stage morning ritual to help me wake up and prepare me for my daily writing. 1. After making my bed and showering I play this game on my phone called World of Guns. Its this game where you disassemble and reassemble guns. I play it for like 10- 15 minutes, It helps pull away the morning fog and get my brain working. 2. I doodle in my field notes notebook (I love the Field Notes company, look them up their cool!) I heard somewhere doodling increases creativity. Im not sure if thats true but I found another perk from it that helps me allot. My first challenge when writing is writing the first few sentences. I've found by doodling it removes that challenge, I'm not afraid to start writing anymore after doing it. 3. I meditate for ten minutes. This is the buffer stage that removes the layer of morning fog completely, puts me in an all around peaceful state of mind, if I don't feel like writing I tell myself, I can be lazy today, I can sit here for as long as I want, I can keep doing this for as long as possible to avoid doing work. I never reach ten full minutes, I usually get restless then I grab my tablet and start writing immediately. I've been developing my overall daily schedule for the last 8 months, I just started this three stage morning thing 2 weeks ago. I think I'm going to start timing myself, 10 minutes for each activity because I've just been testing it out. I like it. I've been way more productive since I started and so far I haven't skipped any days for writing.
You can’t turn off or ignore your inner critic, you simply find ways to trick it. Writing early in the morning is one if those tricks. Your critic isn’t awake enough, or isn’t strong enough, in the early morning to stop you. The more the day goes on the stronger the critic seems to become.
@@excelsior999 For that matter, people who think all other people are just like them -- or should be just like them -- are awfully arrogant and/or ignorant.
@@jplflyer I agree. There is no Magic Formula to creating good art. Charles Bukowskii couldn't write without alcohol. Jack Kerouac would sometimes get loaded on amphetamines and then wind a roll of IBM computer paper into his typewriter so that he could type for hours without having to change the paper.
Great video! I loved all the quotes. The only correction I have is the big elephant in the room: Victor Hugo did not write the Count of Monte Cristo it was Alexander Dumas; other than that, job well done.
I am writing since 7 years. I work very hard. I write professionally in my own language but my language is persian and there r not good translators who translate them to English. I want to write them in English. Offcourse the idea and the story themselves are very important but the language (usage of proper words, phrases, sentences...) is one of the most valuable elements that should be taken extremely serious. What do you think , a person who lives in a non-English country, can he learn English to write at the same level like Native-English-writers ?
Diana Ali I have written two books 1. (Aug, 2015)The prisoner queens: it is historical .10000 years history of Afghan women in three periods of time : a.women before Islam (Matriarchy, emersion of Patriarchy, Zoroastrian and Buddhists) b. Women after Islam C. Women in new Afghanistan 2.(2011) Peaks of pride : a collection of my poems. But i hate this book of mine because it was published about 6 years ago , when i was a very young poet and the poems are so weak. i have worked a lot on the first one but it is banned in Afghanistan because of criticising the religion. All my works are in Persian. Nowadays hardly i work on a Novel which will take 2 more years to be published. I also try to better my English to write it in English. It will be my life's best literary work till now ...
Very Interesting waseeq rahil, you are Awesome.. keep in on bcz you are so talented. I am also writer 5 years ago as a screenplay movie, it was i am also so young. I have been wrote 3 Movies in production 2016-2017. But idk why actually my passion is be an author. Alhamdulellah i got opportunity writing novel in the biggest publisher in Indonesia. FYI i am arabian and turkish descent who was born In Indonesia. Nice to know you, all the best for you, Waseeq!
yeah, i've writing a novel about 3 months (250 pages A4), and still editing. Meanwhile, Ussualy i can wrap a script (Scenario less of 100 pages) only 1 month (draft1). Both has different difficulty, but writing a novel more pressing my imagination with many detail of words as well. Thank you for sharing waseeq rahil, you tho best of luck!
Great video, Victor. That "personal rituals" part is actually quite intriguing, especially the daily affirmations. I've been taking cold showers before bed, I suppose I might now do the same before writing. Because if you can endure taking a glacial shower, you most certainly can endure sitting down and coming up with shit to write. Keep making videos, man. People need them.
Very insightful and inspirational video. This advice that for writing one writer must get up early I'd right, because the mind had rested and fertile and bubbling with ideas.
I'm a amateur writer who writes story's for my original character's but I use to have a good writing streak during 10th grade where I could just come up with ideas really quickly but now in 11th grade I'm starting to get writer's block.
Very good video. I always get my best ideas just after I wake up and often create the scenarios and much of the dialogue in my mind before I even get out of bed. That can be done. In a letter to his father (composer Leopold Mozart) W.A. Mozart wrote, "I have just composed the most marvelous symphony. All that I have to do now is write it down." I am certainly no Mozart - not even close - but I often think about that line.
Thanks...needed motivation to keep going. I have jotted down above 35 thousand words and i just need somewhere between 10 to 15 thousand more. I think it's coming together beautifully, but again, personal bullshit and drama keep getting in my way. I should channel those emotions into my work and finish it!
Just think of the personal bullshit and drama as tests. Keep pushing through the liquid shit that is life and believe in yourself - you owe it to yourself and the world to create great fiction!
Love the inspiration, but I'd critique the Jodi Picoult quote's opening line, in my case it's not that I don't have enough time but that trying to work through the many ideas swirling in my head become (as I visualize the experience of writer's block) like a bird hitting a plate glass window. Maybe it's just me, but I'm able to write until my thought processes essentially "drop off" or lose their momentum
I am a successful writer, and have lots of publication and awards...etc I don't even think about whether if someone will like my work, I just use my skills to write great. I don't get any negative feedback because I am very skilled and a master in writing. Every poem of mine is a painting in which I take my time creating. I walk in circles often outside by 5:30 am then sit down to edit, write, read, (rinse and repeat) and while I write I eat pumpkin seeds, or egg whites, and raw baby spinach, coffee with unsweetened almond milk or I drink it black, and I smoke CBD, take a brain vitamins, burn certain incents. I also drink tea. I am up by 6 am writing.
Hi internet! So, as someone who actually did research into this, I just wanna say that this...is kinda bogus lol. Most creative people do better work at night, many of the best writers (including Anne Rice) don't write everyday. Self doubt is a driving force for artistic people. It's what drives them to break rules and think outside of the box. Odd rituals are...kinda useless. Wanna write a book? Sit down and write it. This was an interesting video, but please be clear in the future that this is your opinion since much of what you've said is actually false and can make it harder for people to write. Art is a very subjective and personal thing. I see a lot of writers looking for selfhacks and miracles, but nothing works better than just planting your ass in a chair and writing. Stop looking for quick fixes and do the work that deserves to be done. Writing a book is damn hard and a lot of "writing advice" is just procrastinating.
I don't write at the start of the day because it has not inspired my get Inspiration isn't give to you from the universe Make the inspiration happen to you Learn,experiment,grow and fight through the goals
Keep writing. Professional writers who've made it in Hollywood write for 10 years before anything happens... thats free time grinding it out. It's all about hard work.
Try not to become dscouraged. Charles Bukowski wasn't recognized as an important writer until he was iin his 50's. "How to ..." Tip Lists can be helpful, but only act on the tips that work for you. Everything that you write improves your skill, even writing Comments on YT or other sites. When I write emails I always use the classic rules of letter writing that I was taught in Grammar School (as we usd to call it), and I never use abbreviations. We are all creatures of habit. If I start writing "altho" for "although," I might do that unconsciously in my serious writing, which wouldn't look very good to an editor. Good Luck.
I use to write many poems, I could write only 10-12 lines a day.... I use to woke up early but never wrote poems so early. The signs of writers are really true⬆🤗
When I was a theater critic I had a deadline and the review had to be five hundred words. As a freelance writer often writing on spec I don't have a deadline and I don't get as much done.
I love your videos on this channel, Vic! Maybe you could talk about writer's psychology? It plays a big role when it comes to writing and in my view contributes greatly to writer's block. If you suffer from conditions like stress, anxiety, depression, etc (as a lot of writers do) writing, in spite of it being your passion, can be a struggle.
Writer's psychology would be an interesting topic. I would love to cover something like that in the future, but not soon. I think it would be a great point of discussion because I think most writer's suffer from something, mostly imposter syndrome.
Thank you. FYI: Both the speaking & the time the quotes are on screen were too fast. I appreciate wanting to create a short video however many people leave visual portions on screen too briefly. I didn't understand why the shortest quote was on screen a lot longer than other much longer quotes.
I sleep four hours - write/create four hours - sleep four more hours. The middle writing/creation hours are very productive. The other 12 hours - I pretend to work.
Every writer needs to visit John Assaraf channel and do what he exactly what he says. I did what he said and ended up writing plenty of great poetry that got success. You need the template for your writing ritual and for your work, otherwise you are still winging it and wasting time and wasting energy
I'm pretty prolific, and I'm going to offer advice I haven't taken myself (yet). The biggest step one can take to massively improve productivity: Permanently disconnect from social media.
I think probably one of the best ways to overcome inertia is just to shoot for the biggest disasterpiece you can. Everyone's intimidated when they look at their first draft of something and realize its mediocre, maybe not so bad, but screwed up to the point that it sure aint great either. So you should shoot for Bad. The question is, is it Bad Enough? Is it so bad that its come around all the way to being good? Have you just penned yourself a disasterpiece?
it wud be better if you put some different visuals in this vdo bcs your narration is important to listen to but keeping up with the quotes of different authors and following what you're saying is quite hard to cope. Two elements, narration and quote... could be utilized in two vdos of similar topic. Anyway, useful content though. Thanks...
Perhaps you are right but I can't wake up early in the morning otherwise I can write more in the night time, in my opinion night time is more conscious and lofty because people are sleeping therefore marmmard and noice can't distracted you to writing,on the contrary in early morning or day time people are waking due to more distract for writing.i fond of to write a book but I have no experience how to write a valuable book my aim to illuminate the name of my country through my book even I m educated person but don't still write a book,an ancient time the illiterate people even those who were never go to school but still they wrote fascinating book where we read in our syllabus,so I guess if you write a book you shouldn't feel that is this good book for readers or not you should only write,and a time will come where you are able to write a book which is very incredible for readers so don't stop to write just endeavor to write your thinking one day you'll be known as a good writer people will read your book in the syllabus don't watch UA-cam for getting experience just do it you can if you are believe to yourself.nothing is impossible in the world,but the condition you don't stop your rhythm let's do for better.
I also faced this kind of problem during my degree but someone told me to take help from online writing agencies and trust me that company helped me to score good marks. You can also take help from www.bestassignmenthelp.co.uk
You say at 4:00 that Victor Hugo is the author of the Count of Monte cristo. He is not, Alexander Dumas is. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo
When I was at Uni, facing my first 5,000 word essay assignment, my mind went blank with the deadline fast approaching. My mind simply WOULD NOT process all the research I'd done. So I started scribbling. Then I started writing nonsense. Then, like a manual car rolling down a hill in a slapstick silent movie, my pen took over. I don't know how, but my writer's block turned into my first Distinction at University. My point is this: just write. It can be anything. It can be irrelevant to your topic or novel. But write. The rest will follow.
There are so many techniques to starting the process of writing. I think the most popular is automatic writing, a topic I'll cover in the near future. What it involves is using something as a stimulus (such as an image or word) and writing anything that comes to mind, focusing on never stopping. Eventually, you'll be able to pick certain ideas that you think are radioactive (as in they stand out). Then you can develop those ideas further and turn them into a story. Hope it helps.
I like your video and I write everyday while I'm in school. I mostly write when everybody is yelling in the cafeteria. I try my best when I write. I have a problem when I go in too deep into the character that is talking but I don't know how to stop it. Can you give me some advice Keep making videos
"You can always edit a bad page, you cannot edit a blank page." I live by that quote lol.
Loved this quote also.
That is so true. You have to create to have something to shape into something better. I think most writers are afraid of being inadequate, or are perfectionists haha :D
I agree. You can make changes to a bad page but cannot change nothing.
Daniel Russo damn right !!!
“You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.”
1. Write every day.
2. Get up early to work - modify if you can't work early.
3. Stop self-defeat.
4. Be open to criticism.
5. Personal rituals.
Thank you. The 6th Habit is always finding the summaries of videos, so you can save more time for writing!
goldeneddie 😂
#StartNow #Startsmall, Be Consistent, Improve Continuously.
#Buddy
3, 4, and 5 are pretty good, but 1, well. And #2 is ridiculous. Find a time and place that works for you, and don't assume what works for you is going to work for everyone else.
I've been writing 4 pages a day for past 3 and half weeks from 8am - 8pm. Im already on my 70th page
The Exegete well done but my written spelling isn't that great im only 75% good writting but i really want to become a writter to
That's awesome, should let us check it out
The Exegete but are they good 70 pages
What do you write about?
TE: TWELVE HOURS to write four pages?! Tell me you're just kidding. I write this much in < an hour once I get rolling.
I'm sorry, but rule 2 is exceedingly closed-minded. Morning people assume everyone else is lazy, sleeping away the most productive part of the day. The arrogance is outstanding.
The reality is that people are different.
There are times I get up and write early, but that is almost only when I'm at the end of a novel (the last 25%) and the story has me gripped so hard I can't sleep more than a few hours at a time.
But the morning is not necessarily the most productive time. It takes time for my mind to really get bubbling, but I'm frequently writing until very late at night, and I do some of my best work after everyone else has gone to bed and no one is bugging the crap out of me.
Getting up early works for people who are productive when they get up early. Staying up late works for people who are productive when they stay up late. And both habits are equally legitimate.
So Rule Two SHOULD be: figure out when your most productive time is to write, and then protect that time so you are free to use it.
I chuckled at that rule, too. Mornings for me are the WORST time to write because that's the guaranteed time for interruptions. I tend to get my writing done between midday and midnight. I guess that's where Rule 5 comes in - establishing a ritual that works for you and follow it.
Exactly. Find a time that works for you. Be disciplined enough to make it a routine. Stay away from distractions and avoid disappointing yourself. Stay motivated, even during the demotivating days.
Agree!
Thank you! I've always been a natural night owl. Mornings do not work for me. I'd rather take care of mindless tasks in the morning and save writing for when my brain functions best.
Happens to me that night is a richly good time for revision, re-making, re-editing.
Fascinating video, although I'm pretty sure Alexandre Dumas wrote "The Count of Monte Christo" and not Victor Hugo.
Sure thing. Never read anything of Victor Hugo, but did read the Count books.
The important point being - Always do your research before presenting something to the public.
Anne Rice has stated in many interviews that she simply cannot write prior to 10 am, so while I myself work best from about 11 am - 6 pm, I also find I can write from 11 pm to about 4 am, but a morning person I will never be.
As far as the rituals he mentions - they become triggers for the mind to say, "Oh, okay. We're getting ready to write now." It is a very human thing to do. We all have rituals when we get ready for bed, or preparing to go to work, etc. The repetition or routine is the way we train our minds to get our "heads into the game". Personally, I love it and when I have time for those triggers, my writing is much easier and more productive.
The best rule is to just find a time that works for you. If you try to write when you simply can't get into the right mindset, what's the point?
I really don't believe that anything about creative writing should be routine.
Awesome vid!!The count of Monte Cristo was written by Alexander Dumas not Victor Hugo
Kay B I cringed on that. One of my most favorite books.
Love that book. One of the best stories of revenge and adventure.
Breath Of The Wild yeah ..My favourite book of childhood days....
I loved your advice, but I kept pausing the video to read the quotes. My brain can NOT pay attention to both at the same time.
Dawn Moore lol I thought I was the only one
Exactly! Listening to the narrator and reading the quotes at the same time was futile. Hopefully the creator of this vid will not do that next time, and I hope there is a next time because the impulse to make this is a good one
Me too
Dawn Moore Which is why I downloaded this. The narration and the quotes are all good advice :)
This is lingger on my mind..tq for point it out
Don't follow what others has followed, its better if u find and follow your own way. Writing has no rule, what u need is; when the readers are reading you book they should amaze and find trouble to put it down. Follow a way which no one have ever follow, try to dominate the reader's mind, and believe me, if you find your own unique way of writing,people will read your work, and Eventually you will become international hero.
All ways think differently because you are different. All the best for all the writers around the world.
I have only 2 rules for writing. I must know what I'm writing about and I must make it compelling.
Thanks Dr. Freeman great advice.
I also have an additional rule - be aware that thinking about my writing, story, characters etc... is just as beneficial to me as the actual writing is, as long as I don't fall into the trap of never writing.
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Step one: grab the reader's attention. Step two: keep the writer's attention!
Beyond that, there's some helpful stuff about sentences and plot development. But if you can't get a person's attention, they aren't going to read your damn book! (or if they do, it's a school assignment. I've a book on nuclei and particle physics that is beyond dull. A single paragraph can put me to sleep; a couple of pages has the same effect as a medically induced coma. At the end of the semester I couldn't sell the book. I mean, no one would buy it.)
"Many of us struggle to write on a daily basis. Work,relationships, and laziness tend to keep us from writing" how about self doubt. That seems like the write answer to me
Was "WRITE answer" a pun?
@@excelsior999 q
I have a 3 stage morning ritual to help me wake up and prepare me for my daily writing. 1. After making my bed and showering I play this game on my phone called World of Guns. Its this game where you disassemble and reassemble guns. I play it for like 10- 15 minutes, It helps pull away the morning fog and get my brain working. 2. I doodle in my field notes notebook (I love the Field Notes company, look them up their cool!) I heard somewhere doodling increases creativity. Im not sure if thats true but I found another perk from it that helps me allot. My first challenge when writing is writing the first few sentences. I've found by doodling it removes that challenge, I'm not afraid to start writing anymore after doing it. 3. I meditate for ten minutes. This is the buffer stage that removes the layer of morning fog completely, puts me in an all around peaceful state of mind, if I don't feel like writing I tell myself, I can be lazy today, I can sit here for as long as I want, I can keep doing this for as long as possible to avoid doing work. I never reach ten full minutes, I usually get restless then I grab my tablet and start writing immediately. I've been developing my overall daily schedule for the last 8 months, I just started this three stage morning thing 2 weeks ago. I think I'm going to start timing myself, 10 minutes for each activity because I've just been testing it out. I like it. I've been way more productive since I started and so far I haven't skipped any days for writing.
I mostly write at night even when it's past 12. So that drives my mom crazy. But sometimes I write in the day
My mom too.
You can’t turn off or ignore your inner critic, you simply find ways to trick it.
Writing early in the morning is one if those tricks. Your critic isn’t awake enough, or isn’t strong enough, in the early morning to stop you. The more the day goes on the stronger the critic seems to become.
Everyone is different and has his own style.
@@jplflyer Exactly. Slavishly following Tip Lists is not for everybody.
@@excelsior999 For that matter, people who think all other people are just like them -- or should be just like them -- are awfully arrogant and/or ignorant.
@@jplflyer I agree. There is no Magic Formula to creating good art. Charles Bukowskii couldn't write without alcohol. Jack Kerouac would sometimes get loaded on amphetamines and then wind a roll of IBM computer paper into his typewriter so that he could type for hours without having to change the paper.
so many things, but I'm forever pausing the video to read the quotes... again and again and again.
I'm an upcoming writer. I always keep my draft on the phone and edit it whenever inspirations augment. I virtually have no specific time for writing.
its amazing sir I, am a Indian I wanna be a talented writer. thanks to provide me this imp info about writing
Here's another tip. Stop abbreviating words, even when sending a text or an email.
Great video! I loved all the quotes. The only correction I have is the big elephant in the room: Victor Hugo did not write the Count of Monte Cristo it was Alexander Dumas; other than that, job well done.
Alexandre Dumas wrote Count of Monte Cristo! Not Victor Hugo smh
Thank You- and the Three Muskateers- Black Man
Five very good tips. Love the quotes.
I am writing since 7 years. I work very hard. I write professionally in my own language but my language is persian and there r not good translators who translate them to English. I want to write them in English. Offcourse the idea and the story themselves are very important but the language (usage of proper words, phrases, sentences...) is one of the most valuable elements that should be taken extremely serious.
What do you think , a person who lives in a non-English country, can he learn English to write at the same level like Native-English-writers ?
Salam waseeq rahil How are you? May i know what kind of the book that you has wrote? :)
Diana Ali
I have written two books
1. (Aug, 2015)The prisoner queens: it is historical .10000 years history of Afghan women in three periods of time :
a.women before Islam (Matriarchy, emersion of Patriarchy, Zoroastrian and Buddhists)
b. Women after Islam
C. Women in new Afghanistan
2.(2011) Peaks of pride : a collection of my poems. But i hate this book of mine because it was published about 6 years ago , when i was a very young poet and the poems are so weak.
i have worked a lot on the first one but it is banned in Afghanistan because of criticising the religion.
All my works are in Persian.
Nowadays hardly i work on a Novel which will take 2 more years to be published. I also try to better my English to write it in English. It will be my life's best literary work till now ...
Very Interesting waseeq rahil, you are Awesome.. keep in on bcz you are so talented. I am also writer 5 years ago as a screenplay movie, it was i am also so young. I have been wrote 3 Movies in production 2016-2017. But idk why actually my passion is be an author. Alhamdulellah i got opportunity writing novel in the biggest publisher in Indonesia. FYI i am arabian and turkish descent who was born In Indonesia. Nice to know you, all the best for you, Waseeq!
Diana Ali
Good to know that :)
Writing novel is offcourse difficult and needs to much effort.
I hope u earn what u wish:)
Good luck
yeah, i've writing a novel about 3 months (250 pages A4), and still editing. Meanwhile, Ussualy i can wrap a script (Scenario less of 100 pages) only 1 month (draft1). Both has different difficulty, but writing a novel more pressing my imagination with many detail of words as well. Thank you for sharing waseeq rahil, you tho best of luck!
Great video, Victor. That "personal rituals" part is actually quite intriguing, especially the daily affirmations.
I've been taking cold showers before bed, I suppose I might now do the same before writing. Because if you can endure taking a glacial shower, you most certainly can endure sitting down and coming up with shit to write.
Keep making videos, man. People need them.
+John Wreed Thank you for your kind words, John. :)
Very insightful and inspirational video. This advice that for writing one writer must get up early I'd right, because the mind had rested and fertile and bubbling with ideas.
I think it was Alexandre Dumas who wrote the Count of Monte Cristo, not Victor Hugo.
Correct !!
Yup
Create and Love what you do; this is a precious gift you have; and share this in your Novel.
Loving what you're doing is so important. Passion is rarely seen, but easily felt.
Right. Never let writing become a chore or boring.
I actually find I feel most creative late at night (everyone is different)
The guy on the Thumbnail first looked like Simon Cowell 😂😂😂
Victor Hugo did not write the Count of Monte Cristo. Alexandre Dumas did.
I wrote some of my best work just before bed. Not ever writer is a morning writer
I'm a amateur writer who writes story's for my original character's but I use to have a good writing streak during 10th grade where I could just come up with ideas really quickly but now in 11th grade I'm starting to get writer's block.
Thank you!! This is a great video. I'm sorry but, Victor Hugo did not write Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas Perè did.
Very good video. I always get my best ideas just after I wake up and often create the scenarios and much of the dialogue in my mind before I even get out of bed. That can be done.
In a letter to his father (composer Leopold Mozart) W.A. Mozart wrote, "I have just composed the most marvelous symphony. All that I have to do now is write it down."
I am certainly no Mozart - not even close - but I often think about that line.
Thanks...needed motivation to keep going. I have jotted down above 35 thousand words and i just need somewhere between 10 to 15 thousand more. I think it's coming together beautifully, but again, personal bullshit and drama keep getting in my way. I should channel those emotions into my work and finish it!
Just think of the personal bullshit and drama as tests. Keep pushing through the liquid shit that is life and believe in yourself - you owe it to yourself and the world to create great fiction!
Love the inspiration, but I'd critique the Jodi Picoult quote's opening line, in my case it's not that I don't have enough time but that trying to work through the many ideas swirling in my head become (as I visualize the experience of writer's block) like a bird hitting a plate glass window. Maybe it's just me, but I'm able to write until my thought processes essentially "drop off" or lose their momentum
I am a successful writer, and have lots of publication and awards...etc I don't even think about whether if someone will like my work, I just use my skills to write great. I don't get any negative feedback because I am very skilled and a master in writing.
Every poem of mine is a painting in which I take my time creating.
I walk in circles often outside by 5:30 am then sit down to edit, write, read, (rinse and repeat) and while I write I eat pumpkin seeds, or egg whites, and raw baby spinach, coffee with unsweetened almond milk or I drink it black, and I smoke CBD, take a brain vitamins, burn certain incents. I also drink tea. I am up by 6 am writing.
Hi internet! So, as someone who actually did research into this, I just wanna say that this...is kinda bogus lol. Most creative people do better work at night, many of the best writers (including Anne Rice) don't write everyday. Self doubt is a driving force for artistic people. It's what drives them to break rules and think outside of the box. Odd rituals are...kinda useless. Wanna write a book? Sit down and write it. This was an interesting video, but please be clear in the future that this is your opinion since much of what you've said is actually false and can make it harder for people to write. Art is a very subjective and personal thing. I see a lot of writers looking for selfhacks and miracles, but nothing works better than just planting your ass in a chair and writing. Stop looking for quick fixes and do the work that deserves to be done. Writing a book is damn hard and a lot of "writing advice" is just procrastinating.
There's a book: Daily Habits. There two types of person: night owls and early risers. So no right answer there.
I’m just seeing this video and it’s a brace to making me better
Wow! So amazing, thank you so much. I will watch again and again.
I don't write at the start of the day because it has not inspired my get
Inspiration isn't give to you from the universe
Make the inspiration happen to you
Learn,experiment,grow and fight through the goals
I write daily, but I think my writing's going nowhere. Even bears can write better than I do. Sometimes I really feel like giving this up..
Keep writing. Professional writers who've made it in Hollywood write for 10 years before anything happens... thats free time grinding it out. It's all about hard work.
Try not to become dscouraged. Charles Bukowski wasn't recognized as an important writer until he was iin his 50's. "How to ..." Tip Lists can be helpful, but only act on the tips that work for you.
Everything that you write improves your skill, even writing Comments on YT or other sites. When I write emails I always use the classic rules of letter writing that I was taught in Grammar School (as we usd to call it), and I never use abbreviations. We are all creatures of habit. If I start writing "altho" for "although," I might do that unconsciously in my serious writing, which wouldn't look very good to an editor. Good Luck.
"Many thanks' for this wonderful video. It is very useful and informative.
Am a night writer my days inspire my writing
I use to write many poems, I could write only 10-12 lines a day.... I use to woke up early but never wrote poems so early. The signs of writers are really true⬆🤗
Nonsense, I am very tired every morning and have a lots of energy after midnight. Nights are mostly quiet in the big city, great for writing.
#3 Is a monster of mine! I'm working on it though! Thanks for the video!
+Ryan Dee That's a HUGE one for most of us! Keep your head high. :)
When I was a theater critic I had a deadline and the review had to be five hundred words. As a freelance writer often writing on spec I don't have a deadline and I don't get as much done.
This is great. It was Clear and informative. I had to subscribe. Nice one
I love your videos on this channel, Vic! Maybe you could talk about writer's psychology? It plays a big role when it comes to writing and in my view contributes greatly to writer's block. If you suffer from conditions like stress, anxiety, depression, etc (as a lot of writers do) writing, in spite of it being your passion, can be a struggle.
Writer's psychology would be an interesting topic. I would love to cover something like that in the future, but not soon. I think it would be a great point of discussion because I think most writer's suffer from something, mostly imposter syndrome.
Thank you. FYI: Both the speaking & the time the quotes are on screen were too fast. I appreciate wanting to create a short video however many people leave visual portions on screen too briefly. I didn't understand why the shortest quote was on screen a lot longer than other much longer quotes.
There’s a pause button and a rewind button babe
I sleep four hours - write/create four hours - sleep four more hours. The middle writing/creation hours are very productive. The other 12 hours - I pretend to work.
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Every writer needs to visit John Assaraf channel and do what he exactly what he says. I did what he said and ended up writing plenty of great poetry that got success. You need the template for your writing ritual and for your work, otherwise you are still winging it and wasting time and wasting energy
4:00 The Count of Monte Cristo was written by Alexander Dumas.
I'm pretty prolific, and I'm going to offer advice I haven't taken myself (yet). The biggest step one can take to massively improve productivity:
Permanently disconnect from social media.
Except UA-cam?
@@excelsior999 Well, I did say I hadn't taken it myself.
I think probably one of the best ways to overcome inertia is just to shoot for the biggest disasterpiece you can. Everyone's intimidated when they look at their first draft of something and realize its mediocre, maybe not so bad, but screwed up to the point that it sure aint great either. So you should shoot for Bad. The question is, is it Bad Enough? Is it so bad that its come around all the way to being good? Have you just penned yourself a disasterpiece?
Brilliant, sir. Thanks for sharing. It helps a lot.
it wud be better if you put some different visuals in this vdo bcs your narration is important to listen to but keeping up with the quotes of different authors and following what you're saying is quite hard to cope. Two elements, narration and quote... could be utilized in two vdos of similar topic. Anyway, useful content though. Thanks...
Thank you for such encouraging words.
nice video man, I'm suscribing :)
I don’t exactly struggle, in fact I have all A+ In English. All I really want to do is find a proper way to be even more advance for English.
Thanks for sharing this tips.
Thank you for watching. :)
Right for ever
Thank you. Great video. ~Smile!
I'm awake at 4AM 💪💪
My TSL024 students... ASSEMBLE. 😊⚡
"There is no such thing as writer's block. It's just an excuse for an author to be lazy." - Cody Lee Watson
Hello sir.. My name is Rajiv. M writing a new book about Mistake so can u help me to give a good title or heading of my book about Mistake
Victor Hugo writer of the count of Monte Christo ... pauvre papi Hugo :D
Thank you so much for this.
My writing is best at 1-5 am lol. Technically it is in the morning.
What happened to the website? I got a message that said it's temporarily been taken down.
Well instead of a ritual, more like a personal reality.
Victor Hugo did not write the Count of Monte Cristo, that was Alexandre Dumas
Great video! Thank you!
Great Video I love every times
I love writing 😌🙏💙
Perhaps you are right but I can't wake up early in the morning otherwise I can write more in the night time, in my opinion night time is more conscious and lofty because people are sleeping therefore marmmard and noice can't distracted you to writing,on the contrary in early morning or day time people are waking due to more distract for writing.i fond of to write a book but I have no experience how to write a valuable book my aim to illuminate the name of my country through my book even I m educated person but don't still write a book,an ancient time the illiterate people even those who were never go to school but still they wrote fascinating book where we read in our syllabus,so I guess if you write a book you shouldn't feel that is this good book for readers or not you should only write,and a time will come where you are able to write a book which is very incredible for readers so don't stop to write just endeavor to write your thinking one day you'll be known as a good writer people will read your book in the syllabus don't watch UA-cam for getting experience just do it you can if you are believe to yourself.nothing is impossible in the world,but the condition you don't stop your rhythm let's do for better.
I am writing from last 2 years almost everyday as per your suggestion but still unable to write perfectly... Now what?
I also faced this kind of problem during my degree but someone told me to take help from online writing agencies and trust me that company helped me to score good marks. You can also take help from www.bestassignmenthelp.co.uk
You say at 4:00 that Victor Hugo is the author of the Count of Monte cristo. He is not, Alexander Dumas is.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo
Awesome thanks
I usually can't write before reading.
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Great video!! Thanku!!
I clicked on this so quick.
Franz Kafka always wrote at night. Because he was at work at day.
I am already a writer and I can win the writing competition
but in my mind it doesn't come any words to write down... what should I do ? :(
When I was at Uni, facing my first 5,000 word essay assignment, my mind went blank with the deadline fast approaching. My mind simply WOULD NOT process all the research I'd done. So I started scribbling. Then I started writing nonsense. Then, like a manual car rolling down a hill in a slapstick silent movie, my pen took over. I don't know how, but my writer's block turned into my first Distinction at University. My point is this: just write. It can be anything. It can be irrelevant to your topic or novel. But write. The rest will follow.
There are so many techniques to starting the process of writing. I think the most popular is automatic writing, a topic I'll cover in the near future.
What it involves is using something as a stimulus (such as an image or word) and writing anything that comes to mind, focusing on never stopping.
Eventually, you'll be able to pick certain ideas that you think are radioactive (as in they stand out). Then you can develop those ideas further and turn them into a story. Hope it helps.
Thanks
Alexandre Dumas wrote the Count of Monte Cristo, but good tips
Haha. I don't know how I made that error, but that has been haunting me for years now. Maybe I'll make an updated video. :)
Lol I just read some of the other comments, sorry. Big fan of the channel!
I like your video and I write everyday while I'm in school. I mostly write when everybody is yelling in the cafeteria. I try my best when I write. I have a problem when I go in too deep into the character that is talking but I don't know how to stop it. Can you give me some advice
Keep making videos
Charles Bukowksi: never get up from the bed before midday...
There is no such thing as writers block you must forget in order to remember, then take action.
Try to get a writing job (at least for a while, or maybe Part-Time) where you have a deadline.
Thank you!
I like this
Anyone else think the claim that energy only wanes throughout the day isn't true. I feel I hit my peak later in the day.
When I don't write for a day I get really guilty so even if it's past am
Bravo. Great video
excellent video
You have a new subscriber, friend.
Alexandre Dumas wrote "The Count of Monte Christo" and not Victor Hugo.
Very Inspiring