One more thing to add: when you do interact with people, you're subconsciously analyzing them for personality traits, body language, mannerisms and speech patterns you can apply to characters.
N.M. Dimmick Even when I'm not talking to people I'm still silently observing them. Is it kinda creepy? Yes. But damn it, I'm a writer and an actor, I gotta
N.M. Dimmick I do that...mostly because I fee at AUs with characters heavily influenced by my peers. I have this actually well developed storyline coming from me trying to draw my crush, failing on her so I created 'Z' (inside joke with her and our band) and 'Cici'(based off me)
N.M. Dimmick my family knew I was gonna be a writer when I was little because when I was 3-5 yrs old I would come back from my babysitter/school and my mom would ask me how my day went and I would respond strangely. Once I told her this when I was five: "The teacher kept walkin' aroun' the classroom and was lookin' at ha( her) phone tha (the) whole time. She was worryin' and was gonna get a call. I wanna draw what her face looked like in words Ma." I didn't know many words back ten obviously but what I meant was this: "The teacher kept pacing around the room and kept checking her phone, meaning she was expecting a phone or text that was making her worried meaning that something bad had happened, and he was expecting news or confirmation. I want to use her emotions in my next writing homework Ma." I also had a bad habit of coming home and explaining people's habits, traits, and personality and ask my mom for paper to "draw them with words."
*Number 10:* I act out scenes to see if they would fit in my book. Seriously. Like I am some 5-year-old, I stand up and talk like I am a character and move like them and act like them in situations. Don't get me started on the fight scenes. Mind you. I will be 19 this December.
Espeon804 same over here! I'm 17 and it just helps to see if it fits. One time my brother came running in to my room breaking down the door because he thought I was in danger... oops..😂
I narrate my life in my head as if it's a book or something: me: "I sat in my bed still and silent, staring dead at the ceiling above me." me: (realizes what I'm doing) What the hell? Am I seriously narrating my current situation, AGAIN?
Thank god. I thought I was the only one that did that. I also narrate my life as if I was in a different era for example: I read a book about the Harlem Renaissance and I narrated my life as if I were there for a sold three months. Walking into my room at night = I walked into my one room apartment trying not to wake the neighbors.
me: *googles how to clean up a murder* *googles how to emotionally traumatise someone* *purchases weapons to study them* me to me: I'm a writer. Not a psychopath. also me to me: but I have enough knowledge to get away with genocide.
*googles how to hide a body for a scene and now knows how to hide a body from even the body sniffing dogs* bonus, I’m a janitor and know how to clean up blood stains really quickly.
LOL! tell me about it. I spent the last 3 days googling Magical sigils and spells along with angels and demons summoning chants (the real and heavy stuff) and now I feel my house is haunted 😂😂
Yeah, that's pretty much me but i thought that was normal? Number 10: Don't let anyone see your browser history. As a crime writer my browser history actually makes me look like a psychopath... I mean, I have a link to decomposition rates of corpses, the FBI's most wanted, and how much force would it take to cut through a... Yeah i should finish there. Anyway, Number 10.
tbh my impossibly high standards set by my own characters taught me how to find the most wonderful husband in a way I could never have learnt in real life.
*10:* Writers carry a conversation and even act out certain scenarios and scenes as if with another person, all by themselves Bonus points if a prop is handy
reminds me of the conversation with my mom. "What did you do today?" "I burned down a village and the fire blinded the only surviving child, then said child was picked up by a cultist, who was actually responsible for the village fire." "..." *mother proceeds to walk away* mission successful, return to writing.
Mom: “What’d you do today?” Me: “Oh I slaughtered every living being on a planet that was deemed unworthy or a threat to the universe or any civilization”
I had a story with a character very loosely based on a friend from high school. In the story he gets killed in a battle with the enemy. I'm with a group of college student friends and someone asks, "What's going on today"? Unthinkingly, I blurt out "my friend was killed". Instant mood killer. You could have heard a pin drop. Then I'm stumbling all over myself trying to explain that it happened in a fictional story. Didn't help. Made it worse.
My boyfriend can't understand why I get so invested in characters names. But they won't do what I want until they have the right name and because they just don't feel real. 'just name his Joe until you decide.' he says. NO. his name is not Joe and my parents are happy when I look at baby names websites
I can actually work both with a set name and without a set name in mind, but you should tell him next time that this is a very common and shared problem most writers have. we often need a name before we can understand a character and their motivations on the page.
I found that it helps if you’re writing fanfiction and the character it’s based off of isn’t given an actual name in the canon world so the fanon world has at least 7 possibilities. Or just steal a name from another fandom, that works too. Unless it’s Sherlock. Then it’s too obvious.
oh my gosh I actually take hours sometimes to choose a character name. but I have to look up names from the country they're from, do some research to make sure it's actually from the origins I want, do the same process with surnames, if it's set a while ago then I have to search up names popular in... say the 1950s... its a process. this is one of the things that non writers literally cannot understand.
Before the video even starts, I will try to predict at least one of the weird things that makes us weird. "I'm not a serial killer, I just need to know how someone would die and how one would kill them." "I'm not having a child, I just need names for a character." "I'm not an aspiring doctor, I just need to know how other characters will fix another character when I f---- them up." "I'm not a sociopath...but I do need to know how to torture my characters so.....maybe." Nope I was wrong but still super relatable XD
Delta the Comic “I’m not a serial killer I just need to know how quickly people get their blood back so when I need to get my character to use her blood as a weapon I can. Yes I understand I’m googling how much blood do people need to lose to go into shock!” “No I’m not trying to kill people with alcohol poisoning when I google how many shots of vodka is lethal.” So this seems pretty normal right?
No matter what genre, you're gonna be searching up some weird shit. As a fantasy writer ive gone into some weird places, might've accidently wondered into some sort of cult online😂
I tend to make myself cry a lot while writing, I don't entirely understand why I do this myself. I kill off my favorite characters because it seemed like a good idea at the time..... Then I spend two hours crying over the character. I am very emotionally unstable.
I take that a good sign you're getting the scene right if it stirs up the relevant emotions. For me the first time writing a sad/ death/ grief scene will make me cry, but then when I read it over I may be numb and wish it had the same impact as it had the first time.
Number 11: While you're at the obligatory family holiday get together and your mother is complaining about one of her church ladies's attitude and fashion choice and political disagreements for the umpteenth time, and you've already analyzed the entire situation beyond its maximum potential as something you can twist into a throwaway character or scene for your book, so you tune her out and start thinking about other aspects of your book. But then she randomly asks you what's so funny, or why you look angry, or what's that thing you were just doing with your lips, and you realize that you were outwardly displaying expressions and body language according to every part of that scene or conversation or character you were thinking about while she droned on. And now you've got to find an excuse that doesn't boil down to, "I stopped listening to you because the imaginary people in my head are more interesting."
You are officially my soul buddy. IM NOT ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why cant people understand that people like us live our lives in our heads! that why i like 5 hrs at most of human contact per day (if im off work, then i have no choice).
And people think I’m a psychopath. Look, it’s not my fault I grinned(looking like a lunatic) and happened to be looking at the direction of a small child alright? I didn’t silently cackle at that poor guy on streets! I swear I’m not planning murder whenever I stare into the distance with that look on my face!
coworker: "And how's Kat today." me: "Well, Kat's having one of those days. When she got up, the first thing that happened to her was... and then she had to cope with... and then she..." coworker: *stares*
A couple of days ago I was writing this very depressing scene (my characters were going through some dark shit) and I ended up being depressed and moody for the next 2 days because of it.
The Other One same over here.. Well actually the other way around... I feel really depressed for 3/4 days and then I finally write it off and feel a lot better.
Also the life of a developer. Then again, we're writers too. We just write code instead of books. I live at night and exist off of noodles and microwaved lasagna.
This is scarily accurate. I literally haven't left my house in a month, and coffee is like my savior. Except I never bring my laptop anywhere because it's my baby and I swear to god if something happens to it I will die.
Google drive is my savior because of this. Not worried about my laptop too much, but I'd be pissed if something happened to it all the same. Livid if my Google drive's content got deleted.
When you're watching this in the early afternoon, in your pajamas, and you take a swig of coffee just before she mentions your unhealthy relationship with coffee. This cyborg is staring into my soul.
oml once me and my best friend (we’re both writing novels) were talking about which of our characters had the shittiest life. Mind you, we were both in school going to class and we go to school with twelve and eleven year olds, okay? So I was describing the elaborate torture method I’d created for one character who got kidnapped and this freaking twelve year old kid who I hadn’t noticed was walking near us just turned, looked at me, and just RAN. Like, full on sprint down the science hallway.
This video is so true!!!! The only habit I don't do is bringing my laptop outside, because I live in Rio de Janeiro and, you know, I'm always afraid of being robbed
I never bring mine outside either. In fact, I actually HIDE it in the house when I have to leave. Just in case the house is robbed while I'm gone. If it ever got stollen, I'd be suicidal. And that's the truth.
I had detention tonight. I legit made a list of characters including. Full name, age and how they died. Then, I flipped the page of my notebook and wrote detailed short stories about how they died.
Holy shit. I have seen like, I don't know, a thousand "tips n tricks" for writers, and they were ridicolous, all of them. But your content is hilarious, it's more than just the usual "what you should do", and I love it. Even tho this video is ages old, you've just earned a new sub. :D
all of this except the coffee, i hate coffee and when i drink it i want everyone to be confused about whether it even is coffee. if it's not 90% milk, sugar, vanilla, whipped cream, syrup and pistachio then i will not drink it. then why buy it you ask? because i like to lie to myself that i am an adult who does grown-up things despite not knowing how to even drive.
I find cold brewed coffee is far less bitter. It's definitely a different taste though so it takes some getting used to. But, I think it's more of a caffeine thing, rather than coffee specifically. Some writers like tea (me, most of the time), or 5 hr energy shots. Some writers eat too much, I mean never enough, chocolate to get the same kind of boost.
I don't like coffee either. But some coffee based beverages are great (mostly vanilla or chocolate coffee lates) are nice when I really need help staying awke. If not, my addiction are tea (nothing beats a good chai latte) and chocolate.
... yeah, I made myself cry on an airplane once because I was internally acting out a scene in my book where an important character dies. Luckily, the flight was at night and the lights were off. (I can also silently roll out tears, apparently since no one heard me crying.)
TheMelodyStar I like to stay in bed in the morning to daydream before I get up. There’s been several times where I cried so much that I get a headache. I don’t know why I keep insisting on playing out depressing scenes in these short little stories I’ll never come back to.
Ahhh... yes. You remind me of the time I was deliberating killing a main character and how it would affect the story.... I cried for 3 days straight. and my friends kept looking at me like I was some sort of moron when I explained I was feeling the pain of the other characters.
@@delightokose9386 they're the morons one , don't they know how sad it is to kill characters?!?! I'm not planning to kill any character for now , but i am planning to kill a dog , and i know that when i'll do that i'll hate myself and i'll cry for 5 days straight
That last one. Ummmm. Beautiful! Amazing! I’m a teen writer you see. No one else around me, but my best friend is teen writer. When we start talking, it’s about our stories and how they connect. An example is; Me: Hey, what do you think about this opening is about? Friend: “reads it” Amazing, I could use this style in my ending! Me: Can I see? Friend: Definitely! “Hands over his ending paragraph” Me: “reads it” Holy shit. I just had the best idea! Friend: What could I change? Me: Ummmm... I was more thinking about my story... here let me read it again. Oh yeah, and most of these conversations are either at each other’s home in front of a computer or just over text.
Me and my friend literally talked for twenty minutes over our favorite words and writing schedules and I don't think anyone at our school has ever been that excited over words lol
They are definitely real. They can be hard to control sometimes. Sometimes they are downright uncooperative. They have managed to surprise me. Since they are always with me, they sometimes feel more real than actual people, probably because I "see" them more often.
I was laughing my head off throughout this whole video as I realized everything you said was true XD What's more is that when I'm forced to leave a story in the midst of scenes that are emotional or action packed, I find myself daydreaming and drifting off thinking about the rest of the scene. Often times my family thinks I'm depressed because I'm not talking and just staring into space or shedding a couple tears from the scene in my head XD
And then there's me, in the middle of cleaning the kitty litter and ALL THE IDEAS START COMING AND BY THE TIME I FINISH SHOWERING THEY'RE NOT AS GOOD WHEN I WRITE THEM DOWN. ...Sorry, had to get that out of my system XD
Sometimes I worry that if someone saw my search history they would think I'm a murderer or a criminal... Yeah, I google the most fucked up shit for research.
R0S1E666 I use Inkognito mode (even though no one is probably ever going to check my search history but jUST IN CASE) for writing research. One of the stories I'm writing next to my novel (it's fanfiction haha) is literally focused on torture. The shit. I have googled.
Does anyone have the wierd habit of walking around the room like a lion in a cage thinking about their story , like seriously the best ideas I have is when I walk around the room.
I once wanted to write, but I also wanted to smoke while I was writing. I'm not allowed to smoke at my parent's house (where I live) so I texted my friend if I could come over and write. He said yes, so I went over, plugged in my laptop, and didn't speak to him. He came up to me and tried to hug and kiss me, which is totally normal and normally I'm cool with it, but I was pushing him away, like, "No, I'm writing!" and when I told him I was leaving, he was like, "We didn't even hang out!" Which, to be fair, is true.
Krysten Vixen my friends have invited me to study sessions. All my homework is done except study for a quiz or test (which I never do) so I always show up with my laptop and charger, listing to music ignoring my friends and acting like I’m helping them. I’m a terrible friend, I have no regrets 🤔😅
I have all of these.. and one more.. it's probably THE craziest.. I have out-loud conversations with my characters.. it's like I'm two separate people having a conversation.. that's how I develop dialogue. Sometimes. Or maybe all the time, and I just don't want to sound EXTRA crazy.. hahaha.
Years ago I met a charming man who soon lost his charm and began to stalk and terrorize me. After twenty years he lost interest. (I got too old for him.) He went on to terrorize his next lady love and kill the one after her. I'm glad I met him. He's the inspiration for my nastiest villain. Without him, I wouldn't know how a psychopath thinks and talks. PLUS I get to murder him in the book. Great therapy. By the way, I'm writing a comedy.
In all honesty, the weirdest things I do regarding my writing, mind you, cause I could write a forest's worth of weird quality and anecdotes about me, but regarding writing, I tend to rehearse dialogue between my characters. Out loud. I'm fairly certain everyone thinks I'm crazy, but hey, the dialogue works! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
I do the exact same thing. Didn't know others did it as well. Sometimes I pretend to be some awesome voice actor while doing it, and actually put emotion and different voices into the dialog. Heh...
1. I showered yesterday! Yay! ...after not doing anything hygienic for two days prior... As for clothing...a tee shirt that's three sizes too big, sweat pants I wore to bed, and the loosest, comfiest sports bra I own (TMI? lol) 2. I actually don't drink that much coffee, my version of it is REALLY COLD WATER. Yay healthy things! 3. Um I had a doughnut and hot tea this morning at like 8 or something...oh...that was 12 hours ago...I should eat shouldn't I? XD 4. OKAY SERIOUSLY THIS IS THE WEIRDEST THING EVER! I'm a morning person by nature but every time I get on a really good writing kick, I look at the clock and it's like midnight! "When did that happen? Oh god I have work in five hours!" 5. Just...yes. That conversation has happened to me way more than I'd like to admit. I've even done the exaggerated groan. 6. DON'T EVER MAKE ME LEAVE MY HOUSE PLEASE GOD, LET'S TALK ON FACEBOOK OR SOMETHING 7. yeAH ONCE AGAIN DON'T MAKE ME LEAVE MY HOUSE (introvert disguise AKA how leisa dresses in public) 8. I don't usually bring my laptop places......but I write in phone constantly. "Who're ya texting?" Hahaha I don't text people, I'm killing my main character's best friend, family members, and cat HA 9. Accurate. "What'd you do today?" "Eh, just googled how to conceal a murder is all."
I was writing a conversation between two characters and my aunt was in the room (she’s a cool aunt 😎) It was a heated argument and they’re meant to become love interests later in the story. I laughed and she asked me why and I just said “no matter how much editing I do I’m gonna do my best to keep this line, or a line very similar, in my book.” “Well what is it?” (Direct quote) “Friends are supposed to respect each other’s wishes,” “Well your wish was stupid!” She then looked at me like I was crazy.
Yes. In a way, I think it's slightly more complex than normal writing because you have to help actors. It also needs to flow well in a live setting. I think a book is more forgivable there.
*Number 10:* Having a whole list of names saved for your characters and getting angry at movies when they steal your precious babies names that you spent days looking for.
10: psyche-analyzing your characters, wondering what their reactions would be to different scenarios (in my particular case, these scenarios tend to be _fucking terrifying_)
This is so true! I remember when I was writing my first book there were days where coffee was my only meal of the day, and I didn't shower until sometime after 3 in the afternoon. There were a few days where the only reason I left my house was to walk my dog.
“We’re a strange breed of psycho” a few seconds in and this is already a great video Also is it bad that I get highly depressed when I’m not writing? OMG I TALKED ABOUT MY SMUT TO SOMEONE TODAY 😂 They left me on read
Also, do people do that thing where they'll write in first person and something happens and you go out all sad and stuff and someone's asking you what's wrong and for a second, you think that you're your own character.
Courtney Elizabeth Te iu besc Lol, I really thought I was going crazy. Like sometimes I'm like, what happened. I'm supposed to be asleep right now and it's the morning and I'm like, right....India is supposed to be asleep right now. Not me. lol
Soul Dais Oh my gosh, yes! My main character (whose perspective my book is written in) recently suffered a miscarriage. After I wrote about it, I swear, I was depressed for a full 48 hours.
Anna Hutchinson Wow, I was writing a thing where the main character's boyfriend just died. For a full three days, I kept on crying and thinking about how nice he was and all the nice things he did. Literally went back and was like, I can't do this. Changed it so that he was just hurting but not dead. Geez, my heart was hurting so bad.
Lindsay Potter No, I do that too. I put down all of the characters in one place, then write out the main characters and go into depth (age, background, appearance, personality, etc.) on another.
I literally do that for every character that comes into the book. Then I go through and cross out information that doesn't have a place in the book because I realized they're extras with like five lines.
I'mNotCrazy JustALittleWeird thats actually better for your writing, because for some reason your brain works differently when you write on paper and when you type on a laptop. what I usually do is write the drafts and edit on my notebook and type out the finished product on my laptop
Haha I'm twenty now, but when I was a kid I used to always write short stories, in fact I think I used to write more then than I do now. I have so many notebooks chock full of my writing. Probably going to try to start this habit again, my laptop is breaking anyway. I actually won a high quality notebook thing for coming up with the best script idea when I was doing Creative Media in college.
Totally nailed it! Literally laughing out loud right now & intend to share this with my family and friends- who just don't get it *sigh*, hahahah, I think this video will do the trick... or, at least I can rest in the comfort that I am certainly not the only one... and they know that too now LOL. Thank you for your amazing videos btw. -love your sense of humor and personality!
Dear Jenna, You are simply brilliant ! I feel like that I have been under a microscope. I wished others would be down to earth like you...No thrills or frills.....Just straight talk. Best of Luck Pat Pat Pathinayake UK
Here’s mine: Getting pissed at my boss for daring to ask me to do something related to my job at work. After all I’m already busy secretly working on a story on my office computer. Thank God we've got a good relationship.
I write stories for what I hope to turn into comics and animations. Whenever I’m thinking of my emotionally troubled characters and developing them I find myself starting to cry. Yeah.....
Relatable... People really don't know how our characters can affect us emotionally , they're like our babies , and when something happens to them , it just ruins our mood , even though we are the ones responsible for their problems....
when jenna says “you just wanna write every day” i die a little inside bc i can barely get out a chapter ( usually only 1000-2000 words ) once a week if im lucky😞😞
You know, I GENUINELY thought I was the only person who gets irrationally angry at being invited out when I have a writing day planned. And the more you think about that, the more horrible it sounds (and is). So this is a REVELATION for me! I HAVE FOUND MY PEOPLE! I'M NOT A HORRIBLE HUMAN! (Or, alternatively, we all are. Either way, I'm good.) (Or bad.) (You know what I mean.)
I can relate to everything on this list. Except coffee. Hate coffee. I HATE IT!!! I just discovered this channel and I love it so, so much! I know nothing about your book, but from the five videos (and counting) of yours I watched so far, I know it's going to be awesome. I'm totally going to get it.
+happychaosofthenorth Everything you just said- SAME. I just randomly discovered her this morning. Now I'm completely invested in her videos and her story
So I may have only done fan fiction, but I have a bad habit of asking too many (inappropriate) questions. Just because I get curious and want to know YOUR story. Your mom died when you were six? How? Wait you're blind? From birth or freak accident? Meanwhile my friends/coworkers are dragging me away.
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One more thing to add: when you do interact with people, you're subconsciously analyzing them for personality traits, body language, mannerisms and speech patterns you can apply to characters.
N.M. Dimmick Even when I'm not talking to people I'm still silently observing them. Is it kinda creepy? Yes. But damn it, I'm a writer and an actor, I gotta
+What A Day To Be Gay Exactly! You can read up about mannerisms for days, but if you don't see them in practice, it's a lot harder to portray them.
haha omg so true
N.M. Dimmick I do that...mostly because I fee at AUs with characters heavily influenced by my peers. I have this actually well developed storyline coming from me trying to draw my crush, failing on her so I created 'Z' (inside joke with her and our band) and 'Cici'(based off me)
N.M. Dimmick my family knew I was gonna be a writer when I was little because when I was 3-5 yrs old I would come back from my babysitter/school and my mom would ask me how my day went and I would respond strangely.
Once I told her this when I was five:
"The teacher kept walkin' aroun' the classroom and was lookin' at ha( her) phone tha (the) whole time. She was worryin' and was gonna get a call. I wanna draw what her face looked like in words Ma."
I didn't know many words back ten obviously but what I meant was this:
"The teacher kept pacing around the room and kept checking her phone, meaning she was expecting a phone or text that was making her worried meaning that something bad had happened, and he was expecting news or confirmation. I want to use her emotions in my next writing homework Ma."
I also had a bad habit of coming home and explaining people's habits, traits, and personality and ask my mom for paper to "draw them with words."
*Number 10:* I act out scenes to see if they would fit in my book. Seriously. Like I am some 5-year-old, I stand up and talk like I am a character and move like them and act like them in situations.
Don't get me started on the fight scenes.
Mind you. I will be 19 this December.
Espeon804
Literally same
Happy birthday
The emotional love & crying scenes? All of them. Tears and everything.
Espeon804 same over here! I'm 17 and it just helps to see if it fits. One time my brother came running in to my room breaking down the door because he thought I was in danger... oops..😂
Absolutely same. Especially while I'm driving. People probably legit think I'm insane with all the crazy facial expressions I must have.
I narrate my life in my head as if it's a book or something:
me: "I sat in my bed still and silent, staring dead at the ceiling above me."
me: (realizes what I'm doing) What the hell? Am I seriously narrating my current situation, AGAIN?
Lilly Craig Oh my gods xD
Thank god. I thought I was the only one that did that. I also narrate my life as if I was in a different era for example: I read a book about the Harlem Renaissance and I narrated my life as if I were there for a sold three months.
Walking into my room at night = I walked into my one room apartment trying not to wake the neighbors.
Lilly Craig Yes! Same, sometimes that ish turns good though and I write it down, gotten some of the best paragraphs I have ever written that way
Lilly Craig you do not know just how RELIEVED I AM THAT I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS
ME TOO we're crazy
me: *googles how to clean up a murder*
*googles how to emotionally traumatise someone*
*purchases weapons to study them*
me to me: I'm a writer. Not a psychopath.
also me to me: but I have enough knowledge to get away with genocide.
Oh, no 😭.
genocide, homicide, any "cide"
*googles how to hide a body for a scene and now knows how to hide a body from even the body sniffing dogs* bonus, I’m a janitor and know how to clean up blood stains really quickly.
LOL! tell me about it. I spent the last 3 days googling Magical sigils and spells along with angels and demons summoning chants (the real and heavy stuff) and now I feel my house is haunted 😂😂
rUbEs same though
Yeah, that's pretty much me but i thought that was normal?
Number 10: Don't let anyone see your browser history. As a crime writer my browser history actually makes me look like a psychopath... I mean, I have a link to decomposition rates of corpses, the FBI's most wanted, and how much force would it take to cut through a... Yeah i should finish there.
Anyway, Number 10.
lmfao 😂 😂 😂 😂 same
I know, right??
*sigh*, the struggle of research
***** It's a real struggle no one understands, except for us writers.
I feel you, my search history makes it look like I'm a demon worshiper.
Same, my most recent is whether or not getting a piece of glass stuck in your back would kill or paralize you
The Tenth Weird Habits: Creating characters that are so perfect in relationships that they set your dating standards above the freaking clouds.
I'm feeling called out
Damn! Why you called me out like that?
HAHA I TRAUMATIZE MY CHARACTERS TO THE POINT THEY’RE LITTLE BALLS OF STRESS ha........ha?
tbh my impossibly high standards set by my own characters taught me how to find the most wonderful husband in a way I could never have learnt in real life.
My weird habit is I like to smell my own feet and socks 😅😅😅
*10:* Writers carry a conversation and even act out certain scenarios and scenes as if with another person, all by themselves
Bonus points if a prop is handy
Yeah ! I do that all the time inmy head !
I usually record my dialogue in a voice memo to make sure the conversation flows well.
My weird habit is I like to smell my own feet and socks 😅😅😅
Hehehehehehehehehe
90% of my day at work is doing this, while simultaneously still working efficiently
Wait other writers do this too? I thought I was the only one!!!
One to add: Zoning out in the middle of conversations to think about your book.
YES!! I’m a mass day dreamer and then I pull out my phone notes to put it all down
Exactly! Sometimes I'll think about my book and my main character while my professor is teaching.
Or saying/thinking "I can use this for my book!"
That’s so true!
LOL I can't count how many times I've done that!
reminds me of the conversation with my mom.
"What did you do today?"
"I burned down a village and the fire blinded the only surviving child, then said child was picked up by a cultist, who was actually responsible for the village fire."
"..." *mother proceeds to walk away*
mission successful, return to writing.
Haley Lampley don't even get me started on the mass genocide that's gonna happen in a few chapters 😂
this sounds like one hell of a plot
Mom: “What’d you do today?”
Me: “Oh I slaughtered every living being on a planet that was deemed unworthy or a threat to the universe or any civilization”
I had a story with a character very loosely based on a friend from high school. In the story he gets killed in a battle with the enemy. I'm with a group of college student friends and someone asks, "What's going on today"? Unthinkingly, I blurt out "my friend was killed". Instant mood killer. You could have heard a pin drop. Then I'm stumbling all over myself trying to explain that it happened in a fictional story. Didn't help. Made it worse.
Ooooh I want to read this book it sound great lol
My boyfriend can't understand why I get so invested in characters names.
But they won't do what I want until they have the right name and because they just don't feel real.
'just name his Joe until you decide.' he says.
NO. his name is not Joe and my parents are happy when I look at baby names websites
I do the same thing!
I can actually work both with a set name and without a set name in mind, but you should tell him next time that this is a very common and shared problem most writers have. we often need a name before we can understand a character and their motivations on the page.
Same. I once freaked out a teacher because I was on a baby name site during class and she asked if I wanted to "make an announcement." Yikes!
I found that it helps if you’re writing fanfiction and the character it’s based off of isn’t given an actual name in the canon world so the fanon world has at least 7 possibilities.
Or just steal a name from another fandom, that works too.
Unless it’s Sherlock.
Then it’s too obvious.
oh my gosh I actually take hours sometimes to choose a character name.
but I have to look up names from the country they're from, do some research to make sure it's actually from the origins I want, do the same process with surnames, if it's set a while ago then I have to search up names popular in... say the 1950s...
its a process. this is one of the things that non writers literally cannot understand.
I spend 90 percent of my life thinking "I'd rather be writing right now."
Same asf!!
same! screw school! or work!
omg me too :DD
Sometimes even during sex. :)
+Sean Hastings OHHHH XDXDXD
Before the video even starts, I will try to predict at least one of the weird things that makes us weird.
"I'm not a serial killer, I just need to know how someone would die and how one would kill them."
"I'm not having a child, I just need names for a character."
"I'm not an aspiring doctor, I just need to know how other characters will fix another character when I f---- them up."
"I'm not a sociopath...but I do need to know how to torture my characters so.....maybe."
Nope I was wrong but still super relatable XD
all of the things you said should be in the vid
Delta the Comic “I’m not a serial killer I just need to know how quickly people get their blood back so when I need to get my character to use her blood as a weapon I can. Yes I understand I’m googling how much blood do people need to lose to go into shock!”
“No I’m not trying to kill people with alcohol poisoning when I google how many shots of vodka is lethal.”
So this seems pretty normal right?
this is totally right what do you mean
@@CH-nn1nf add my writing lifestyle to being suicidal, and nobody knows whether its for a book, or I actually have three shotguns in my basement
No matter what genre, you're gonna be searching up some weird shit. As a fantasy writer ive gone into some weird places, might've accidently wondered into some sort of cult online😂
You, yeah, you, reading this comment. I'm sure you should be writing right now.
I know.. and I would, but my computer is being repaired so it will have to wait.. :'(
Yuuuup
Dammit, don't call me out like that!
Maybeeee.....
sh!t i was caught
"You know they're not real, right?" Why must you hurt me like this
"They're my only friends"
They are real in my brain.
They ARE real , it's just that i'm the only one who knows them
I tend to make myself cry a lot while writing, I don't entirely understand why I do this myself. I kill off my favorite characters because it seemed like a good idea at the time..... Then I spend two hours crying over the character. I am very emotionally unstable.
That cute thing Xiumin's lip does when he smiles it's alright. At least you have an outlet. I understand.
I take that a good sign you're getting the scene right if it stirs up the relevant emotions. For me the first time writing a sad/ death/ grief scene will make me cry, but then when I read it over I may be numb and wish it had the same impact as it had the first time.
same
That cute thing Xiumin's lip does when he smiles u cried because u stopped writing about a non existent person?
Good, now I know I'm not going crazy, I'v been doing the same.
Number 11: While you're at the obligatory family holiday get together and your mother is complaining about one of her church ladies's attitude and fashion choice and political disagreements for the umpteenth time, and you've already analyzed the entire situation beyond its maximum potential as something you can twist into a throwaway character or scene for your book, so you tune her out and start thinking about other aspects of your book. But then she randomly asks you what's so funny, or why you look angry, or what's that thing you were just doing with your lips, and you realize that you were outwardly displaying expressions and body language according to every part of that scene or conversation or character you were thinking about while she droned on. And now you've got to find an excuse that doesn't boil down to, "I stopped listening to you because the imaginary people in my head are more interesting."
You are officially my soul buddy. IM NOT ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why cant people understand that people like us live our lives in our heads! that why i like 5 hrs at most of human contact per day (if im off work, then i have no choice).
And people think I’m a psychopath. Look, it’s not my fault I grinned(looking like a lunatic) and happened to be looking at the direction of a small child alright? I didn’t silently cackle at that poor guy on streets! I swear I’m not planning murder whenever I stare into the distance with that look on my face!
When I space out I go to Zanderland my fictional country … specifically Lakewood School why? Because the real world sucks ass
Another writer habit: narrating ur life from third person
2 Talented Teens Yep, lol
coworker: "And how's Kat today."
me: "Well, Kat's having one of those days. When she got up, the first thing that happened to her was... and then she had to cope with... and then she..."
coworker: *stares*
HELL YAS
I stand up and say “Yes In fact that does happen” shit I just did that didn’t I?
Yesssssss! 😂😄😂
Oh my gosh she gets it! Finally someone gets it!
The struggle of writers is real.
Michelle Jackson you write?
I know right.
Someone who understands
A couple of days ago I was writing this very depressing scene (my characters were going through some dark shit) and I ended up being depressed and moody for the next 2 days because of it.
The Other One same over here.. Well actually the other way around... I feel really depressed for 3/4 days and then I finally write it off and feel a lot better.
Aww 😂😭.
Yesss
Also the life of a developer. Then again, we're writers too. We just write code instead of books.
I live at night and exist off of noodles and microwaved lasagna.
I'm both and couldn't agree more.
Google is both a writer's and a developers best friend, or so I heard
Microwave lasagna tastes better if it can burn you're lips cause then you actually feel your sense of living in *reality*
Lasagna is actually already LVL 2, my friend. I was hard-stuck on 5-minute cups for 2 years...
My mom is a developer and i'm a writer , so we're both pretty much fucked up haha
Friend: What did you do today?
Me: Oh, Jason carved Annabelle's eyes out of her head.
Friend: While she was... conscious?
Me: Mm hm!
I love this
Why did I read that as Jason carved Annabeth's eyes out of her head? (Percy Jackson fans will know what I'm saying).
@@zencresi2650 that’s more of a Arachne thing to do.
This is scarily accurate. I literally haven't left my house in a month, and coffee is like my savior. Except I never bring my laptop anywhere because it's my baby and I swear to god if something happens to it I will die.
You heard of flash drives?
Pfsif Yes, I usually carry around several of them. Two with a backup of my story and the rest with my school work.
Exactly, that was the only one I didn't relate to, I wouldn't always take out my laptop ; w ;
Google drive is my savior because of this. Not worried about my laptop too much, but I'd be pissed if something happened to it all the same. Livid if my Google drive's content got deleted.
Dammit, I have to leave at least every two weeks for groceries... I wish we had online grocery shopping in my country. I envy the USA T__T
When you're watching this in the early afternoon, in your pajamas, and you take a swig of coffee just before she mentions your unhealthy relationship with coffee.
This cyborg is staring into my soul.
Corylus Bluefox me too -
But I’m not a coffee person, my addiction I Coca-Cola Zero :) and I ONLY drink that ;)
Early evening with pajamas xD xD
Everything you said is me right now 😂
oml once me and my best friend (we’re both writing novels) were talking about which of our characters had the shittiest life.
Mind you, we were both in school going to class and we go to school with twelve and eleven year olds, okay?
So I was describing the elaborate torture method I’d created for one character who got kidnapped and this freaking twelve year old kid who I hadn’t noticed was walking near us just turned, looked at me, and just RAN. Like, full on sprint down the science hallway.
sol phoyu oof
Crap he knows!
i can imagine that lol
Oh no , you must kill him!
This video is so true!!!! The only habit I don't do is bringing my laptop outside, because I live in Rio de Janeiro and, you know, I'm always afraid of being robbed
I never bring mine outside either. In fact, I actually HIDE it in the house when I have to leave. Just in case the house is robbed while I'm gone. If it ever got stollen, I'd be suicidal. And that's the truth.
Same tho I live in Ciudad Juarez so, it's a no no
LMAO, I don't bring my laptop either for the same reason! XD The last thing we want is for all our hard work to get stolen. e_e
RadiusZero work in Google Docs and you have easy access to your work from everywhere
Surprised to see you here, fellow Brazilian writer lol
I had detention tonight. I legit made a list of characters including. Full name, age and how they died. Then, I flipped the page of my notebook and wrote detailed short stories about how they died.
Holy shit. I have seen like, I don't know, a thousand "tips n tricks" for writers, and they were ridicolous, all of them. But your content is hilarious, it's more than just the usual "what you should do", and I love it. Even tho this video is ages old, you've just earned a new sub. :D
+Daodras Sulravan you're so sweet, thank you :)
Daodras Sulravan yup
I relate to this on a personal level
#10 has more books and notebooks than clothes and food.
I can't afford a laptop sadly so I can't relate to that.
I prefer writing in notebooks and stuff.
But yeah...I had to get a second bookshelf for all my books...
all of this except the coffee, i hate coffee and when i drink it i want everyone to be confused about whether it even is coffee. if it's not 90% milk, sugar, vanilla, whipped cream, syrup and pistachio then i will not drink it.
then why buy it you ask? because i like to lie to myself that i am an adult who does grown-up things despite not knowing how to even drive.
Try mint flavored coffee. Maybe it's just me, but I find it needs nothing added to it.
I find cold brewed coffee is far less bitter. It's definitely a different taste though so it takes some getting used to. But, I think it's more of a caffeine thing, rather than coffee specifically. Some writers like tea (me, most of the time), or 5 hr energy shots. Some writers eat too much, I mean never enough, chocolate to get the same kind of boost.
I don't like coffee either. But some coffee based beverages are great (mostly vanilla or chocolate coffee lates) are nice when I really need help staying awke.
If not, my addiction are tea (nothing beats a good chai latte) and chocolate.
Writer rocket fuel: Coffee with cocoa and a shot of gin.@@elisa4620
Just drink tea instead. It's much better. :D
I once wrote 20 pages in one weekend. When I had a party to attend, Dad basically had to drag me away from the computer
I wish I could get that far. I'm still trying to figure out the character
@@YourHighness3104 Thanks for the advice
I can either write 20 pages in a day or 20 words in a day
*There is no in between*
@@seksipilna yeah , same...
The sad life of a writer
Literally said this today when I had to go out. "WTF there's weather out here!? No one told me there would be weather!"
K. M. Scythe people who arent in my head or on the page!! Nooooo
Number 10: I always do my research in an incognito tab, that way no one can find my search history on stab wounds.
Thank you! I thought I was the only one that knew!
Hehe, i even do this while living alone. XD
I have a boyfriend who already knows this stuff, so usually I just ask him.
@@kimifw58 why does he know
@@kimifw58 hey please answer how does he know?!
Omg it is scary how true this is. Except instead of coffee I'm addicted to tea.
Tea is the drink of the gods
sophie m Dr. pepper.
sophie m
mmm...tooo true!!
Tea has caffeine too I think. Really it's the caffeine most people are addicted to.
Nicotine for me. Helps me think.
My mom TRIED to change my sleeping schedule....
NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVEEEEEEEEER
Hahaha
The Army couldn't even shift my sleep schedule.
Same lol
Oh my god you talking about eating nothing reminds me
I've eaten a giant plate of
Nothing
... yeah, I made myself cry on an airplane once because I was internally acting out a scene in my book where an important character dies. Luckily, the flight was at night and the lights were off. (I can also silently roll out tears, apparently since no one heard me crying.)
TheMelodyStar I like to stay in bed in the morning to daydream before I get up. There’s been several times where I cried so much that I get a headache. I don’t know why I keep insisting on playing out depressing scenes in these short little stories I’ll never come back to.
Ahhh... yes. You remind me of the time I was deliberating killing a main character and how it would affect the story....
I cried for 3 days straight. and my friends kept looking at me like I was some sort of moron when I explained I was feeling the pain of the other characters.
@@delightokose9386 they're the morons one , don't they know how sad it is to kill characters?!?!
I'm not planning to kill any character for now , but i am planning to kill a dog , and i know that when i'll do that i'll hate myself and i'll cry for 5 days straight
That last one. Ummmm. Beautiful! Amazing!
I’m a teen writer you see. No one else around me, but my best friend is teen writer. When we start talking, it’s about our stories and how they connect. An example is;
Me: Hey, what do you think about this opening is about?
Friend: “reads it” Amazing, I could use this style in my ending!
Me: Can I see?
Friend: Definitely! “Hands over his ending paragraph”
Me: “reads it” Holy shit. I just had the best idea!
Friend: What could I change?
Me: Ummmm... I was more thinking about my story... here let me read it again.
Oh yeah, and most of these conversations are either at each other’s home in front of a computer or just over text.
Me and my friend literally talked for twenty minutes over our favorite words and writing schedules and I don't think anyone at our school has ever been that excited over words lol
This shouldn't be as accurate as it is omfg
It's genuinely terrifying
This is so funny because you're so write (get it?)
+Chaplin Co zing!
ba dum tss
**sigh**
+That'sWhatSheSaid I don't like puns author. (either? Get it? eeeh?)
Teto Kasane and co.
**louder sigh**
Person: They're not real
Me: DON'T YOU TELL ME MY BABIES AREN'T REAL
They are definitely real. They can be hard to control sometimes. Sometimes they are downright uncooperative. They have managed to surprise me. Since they are always with me, they sometimes feel more real than actual people, probably because I "see" them more often.
People who say they're not real they're stupid , of course they are real! How else would you be able to tell the world about their story?!?!
I was laughing my head off throughout this whole video as I realized everything you said was true XD What's more is that when I'm forced to leave a story in the midst of scenes that are emotional or action packed, I find myself daydreaming and drifting off thinking about the rest of the scene. Often times my family thinks I'm depressed because I'm not talking and just staring into space or shedding a couple tears from the scene in my head XD
Showering is the best place for ideas though!
washing the dishes is the best time for me
For me both showering and washing dishes helps with ideas. Maybe water fuels my idea spring, I guess. XD
And then there's me, in the middle of cleaning the kitty litter and ALL THE IDEAS START COMING AND BY THE TIME I FINISH SHOWERING THEY'RE NOT AS GOOD WHEN I WRITE THEM DOWN.
...Sorry, had to get that out of my system XD
It really is. It's why I take 20-30 minute showers.
the only season i shower "MISH MASH DING DONG" ALL THE IDEAS JUST COME
and if i didn't get any ideas WHY THE HELL AM I SHOWERING
Sometimes I worry that if someone saw my search history they would think I'm a murderer or a criminal... Yeah, I google the most fucked up shit for research.
R0S1E666 I use Inkognito mode (even though no one is probably ever going to check my search history but jUST IN CASE) for writing research. One of the stories I'm writing next to my novel (it's fanfiction haha) is literally focused on torture. The shit. I have googled.
Me: telling myself I'm a normal functioning human being
Also me: *Googles how to murder someone and make it look like an accident*
Bahhahaha this is so me , and i'm afraid someone one day will get into my google searchers---
Does anyone else whisper scene dialogue under your breath over and over until it's perfect under your breath as your day goes by? I do and it's fun.
Carlinda! Hmmm good idea.
The Witch of Void I love because it's how I get most of my ideas for my scripts.
I say it in my head but only because I don't talk in public. I do however smile or cry depending on the scene.
Narrating what you'll write next? Yep, kind of do it unintentionally all the time.
Then people think your talking to yourself and your like NO I'm not crazy! I do it all the time. :)
Does anyone have the wierd habit of walking around the room like a lion in a cage thinking about their story , like seriously the best ideas I have is when I walk around the room.
definitely, I listen to music while I do so as well, helps me create good scenarios.
Haha, luckily my family tends to steer clear of me anyhow so I hardly have to worry about being interrupted ☺
Same omg 😂😂😂
just started writing and I do this too lol but idk why it helps me flesh out my story
Literally me
Friend: "So, what are you doing?"
Me: "I'm stabbing Carter"
The conversation kinda ended after I said that.
i died laughing
I'm 14 and I understand all of this...what has my life come to?😂
I'm 11
I'm 13
I'm 13 😂😂
I'm 13 and understand it all-
Same here. If anyone bothers me I'm in the worst mood of my life!😂
I once wanted to write, but I also wanted to smoke while I was writing. I'm not allowed to smoke at my parent's house (where I live) so I texted my friend if I could come over and write. He said yes, so I went over, plugged in my laptop, and didn't speak to him. He came up to me and tried to hug and kiss me, which is totally normal and normally I'm cool with it, but I was pushing him away, like, "No, I'm writing!" and when I told him I was leaving, he was like, "We didn't even hang out!" Which, to be fair, is true.
Krysten Vixen my friends have invited me to study sessions. All my homework is done except study for a quiz or test (which I never do) so I always show up with my laptop and charger, listing to music ignoring my friends and acting like I’m helping them. I’m a terrible friend, I have no regrets 🤔😅
She's like the Jenna Marbles of writing!
I just found her last night and literally thought the same thing!!
Omg I was thinking the same exact thing!!!!!!
I know right
Naw, she's better than Jenna Marbles!
Jenna Moreci is WAYYYYY better than that Marbles bitch.
Holy shit I'm 16 and I'm already like this.
same
19, but yeah same
HapticBlitz 15
HapticBlitz 12. 😕
1 1 😐😂
Me- I’m starving
Mum- ‘gives me a million food choices
Me- ‘grabs 10 packages of fruit snacks and leaves to my room for twelve hours’
and its always muchie foods, like 20 servings so you can feed yourself hours later too.
Same , i just bring tons of snacks and i eat them as i write , because who needs normal food , normal food is for nerds
I have all of these.. and one more.. it's probably THE craziest.. I have out-loud conversations with my characters.. it's like I'm two separate people having a conversation.. that's how I develop dialogue. Sometimes. Or maybe all the time, and I just don't want to sound EXTRA crazy.. hahaha.
+Dominic Scaia Trust me, it´s not just you! We are not crazy, we are just writers...
It's me to
I do this literally all the time. I thought I was the only one. Grand! What a turn out?
+Dominic Scaia Me too! Actually, I do it all the time... and once I started crying because one of them died...
+Dominic Scaia I do that as well 0-0 is it the writing demon possessing people or what?
Years ago I met a charming man who soon lost his charm and began to stalk and terrorize me. After twenty years he lost interest. (I got too old for him.) He went on to terrorize his next lady love and kill the one after her. I'm glad I met him. He's the inspiration for my nastiest villain. Without him, I wouldn't know how a psychopath thinks and talks. PLUS I get to murder him in the book. Great therapy. By the way, I'm writing a comedy.
Your story caught my attention quick you're amazing lol
Wtf
Oh I do all of these.. I don't just write, I also love my art. It ends the same way
another habit: when the two POV characters have accidentally become a part of your personality
Yeah this is what happened to me...
I have to main povs in my book , completely different from one another , and yet i act like the both of them :D
Replace the word writer with artist . That's pretty much us except much messier due to our medium.
Riku-The-Thief I thought that too!
Riku-The-Thief thank yah
I prefer writing.. maybe because I enjoy it more.. maybe because I can't even draw a stickman..
Anxious Peanut Definitely.
In all honesty, the weirdest things I do regarding my writing, mind you, cause I could write a forest's worth of weird quality and anecdotes about me, but regarding writing, I tend to rehearse dialogue between my characters. Out loud. I'm fairly certain everyone thinks I'm crazy, but hey, the dialogue works! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Could be like me, doing it in front of the mirror. 😂😂😂
that's a great way to work on dialogue :)
I do the exact same thing. Didn't know others did it as well. Sometimes I pretend to be some awesome voice actor while doing it, and actually put emotion and different voices into the dialog. Heh...
It's more of an actor's approach. You should include friends and/or family in it. It'd probably flesh it out a lot better for you :)
Actually I plan on doing this to make sure my dialogue flows well and such. In my room alone though lol.
1. I showered yesterday! Yay! ...after not doing anything hygienic for two days prior... As for clothing...a tee shirt that's three sizes too big, sweat pants I wore to bed, and the loosest, comfiest sports bra I own (TMI? lol)
2. I actually don't drink that much coffee, my version of it is REALLY COLD WATER. Yay healthy things!
3. Um I had a doughnut and hot tea this morning at like 8 or something...oh...that was 12 hours ago...I should eat shouldn't I? XD
4. OKAY SERIOUSLY THIS IS THE WEIRDEST THING EVER! I'm a morning person by nature but every time I get on a really
good writing kick, I look at the clock and it's like midnight! "When did that happen? Oh god I have work in five hours!"
5. Just...yes. That conversation has happened to me way more than I'd like to admit. I've even done the exaggerated groan.
6. DON'T EVER MAKE ME LEAVE MY HOUSE PLEASE GOD, LET'S TALK ON FACEBOOK OR SOMETHING
7. yeAH ONCE AGAIN DON'T MAKE ME LEAVE MY HOUSE (introvert disguise AKA how leisa dresses in public)
8. I don't usually bring my laptop places......but I write in phone constantly. "Who're ya texting?" Hahaha I don't text people, I'm killing my main character's best friend, family members, and cat HA
9. Accurate. "What'd you do today?" "Eh, just googled how to conceal a murder is all."
Accurate!!!
I was writing a conversation between two characters and my aunt was in the room (she’s a cool aunt 😎) It was a heated argument and they’re meant to become love interests later in the story. I laughed and she asked me why and I just said “no matter how much editing I do I’m gonna do my best to keep this line, or a line very similar, in my book.” “Well what is it?”
(Direct quote)
“Friends are supposed to respect each other’s wishes,”
“Well your wish was stupid!”
She then looked at me like I was crazy.
No you're not crazy , you're totally normal
I am crying now. I am new to writing but I..... i dont wanna admit it. 😴
Sarah Grace Andaya me too lol!
Sarah Grace Andaya the hell...
I'm almost two years into writing and I've gone crazy I was 13 going on 14 and I'll be 16 in September
no matter how many times I'll watch this video, it'll never get old. god bless us writers.
these things are just universal among people who are unusually creative
Freind: what did you do today
Me:I killed a lot of people
911 what’s your emergency
I'm a playwright, do I count as a writer?
VarietyTube of course!!!! Play-write. If you create a story, you're a writer.
VarietyTube I'm also a playwrite.
Yes. In a way, I think it's slightly more complex than normal writing because you have to help actors. It also needs to flow well in a live setting. I think a book is more forgivable there.
of course you count as a writer. If you put words on a page/screen, you're a writer.
Yes, you've created a story, and characters, you are a creator and writer
4:14 - 4:37 Me when I'm talking about my characters.
The fire alarm went off the other day and I barely looked up from my laptop 😂
Fun fact: my family has zero reaction to caffeine. Like it doesn’t wake me up or anything. I just like the taste of coffee and Pepsi.
Same. I can drink energy drinks and go straight to bed
Belle_the_bookworm caffeine has the opposite reaction for me. I get even more tired.
@@keiralenahan1358 lettuce?
That is... interesting , but you're a writer i guess so i'm not judging
10: having to do some research on odd things for certain parts in your book while wondering if you’re on some watchlist at this point.
*Number 10:*
Having a whole list of names saved for your characters and getting angry at movies when they steal your precious babies names that you spent days looking for.
I do all of them. ALL OF THEM. AND I GO TO SCHOOL. UGH FML
yeah
+IzzyVids ChickenNugget same
+Nani C. Samesies.
***** lol especially coffee for me
+Nani C. I remember when I was in University and writing...I just did not function like normal people. I was suuuuper focused and antisocial.
“I’ve gone to bed at 4am every single day this week, and I wake up at noon”
I feel so called out
I go to sleep everyday at 1am and i wake up at 7 am ;-;
Is there something wrong with me? I feel like a fake writer...
No because that is actually me 💀
10: psyche-analyzing your characters, wondering what their reactions would be to different scenarios (in my particular case, these scenarios tend to be _fucking terrifying_)
3:01 shit, i don't go to bed at all on weekends, i must be a genius
This is so true! I remember when I was writing my first book there were days where coffee was my only meal of the day, and I didn't shower until sometime after 3 in the afternoon. There were a few days where the only reason I left my house was to walk my dog.
Me: **cries over the fictional war**
HAHAHA....."Don't talk to me bitch." This video describes me pretty well...omg....
😂😂😂
“We’re a strange breed of psycho” a few seconds in and this is already a great video
Also is it bad that I get highly depressed when I’m not writing?
OMG I TALKED ABOUT MY SMUT TO SOMEONE TODAY 😂 They left me on read
I'm so fucking depressed when i'm not writing... and even more when i have a writer's block , like it scares me so fricking much :
2 species go out of their home.
Writers: "When did the sun get so bright?"
Artists: "What is that realistic overlay color?"
Wait what If I'm both?
Fangirl then we’re halfbloods
soft glow layer ~
When you're both of them-
" why is that realistic overlay color so bright?"
I remember my mom left for ten days so I stayed in my room for almost nines days untill my friend dragged me outside then I was like huh springs over
wish i could have 10 days alone at home :( THAT WOULD BE A VACATION!
Also, do people do that thing where they'll write in first person and something happens and you go out all sad and stuff and someone's asking you what's wrong and for a second, you think that you're your own character.
+Erica Pugh Oh, good I'm not alone.
this is so me
Courtney Elizabeth Te iu besc Lol, I really thought I was going crazy. Like sometimes I'm like, what happened. I'm supposed to be asleep right now and it's the morning and I'm like, right....India is supposed to be asleep right now. Not me. lol
Soul Dais Oh my gosh, yes! My main character (whose perspective my book is written in) recently suffered a miscarriage. After I wrote about it, I swear, I was depressed for a full 48 hours.
Anna Hutchinson Wow, I was writing a thing where the main character's boyfriend just died. For a full three days, I kept on crying and thinking about how nice he was and all the nice things he did. Literally went back and was like, I can't do this. Changed it so that he was just hurting but not dead. Geez, my heart was hurting so bad.
Am I the only one who makes a character list before writing a book.
Lindsay Potter No, I do that too. I put down all of the characters in one place, then write out the main characters and go into depth (age, background, appearance, personality, etc.) on another.
I literally do that for every character that comes into the book. Then I go through and cross out information that doesn't have a place in the book because I realized they're extras with like five lines.
No. Before I write i plot out 3-7 characters i am most interested in before I write. In detail, most of the details never make it into the story.
What ever gave you that idea? There are literal videos and writer’s blogs out there suggesting that you do just that.
I use a huge ass notebook with me instead of a laptop
I'mNotCrazy JustALittleWeird thats actually better for your writing, because for some reason your brain works differently when you write on paper and when you type on a laptop. what I usually do is write the drafts and edit on my notebook and type out the finished product on my laptop
Haha I'm twenty now, but when I was a kid I used to always write short stories, in fact I think I used to write more then than I do now. I have so many notebooks chock full of my writing.
Probably going to try to start this habit again, my laptop is breaking anyway.
I actually won a high quality notebook thing for coming up with the best script idea when I was doing Creative Media in college.
I'mNotCrazy JustALittleWeird same
I'mNotCrazy JustALittleWeird Oh my gods... Same!!!
Same
Totally nailed it! Literally laughing out loud right now & intend to share this with my family and friends- who just don't get it *sigh*, hahahah, I think this video will do the trick... or, at least I can rest in the comfort that I am certainly not the only one... and they know that too now LOL. Thank you for your amazing videos btw. -love your sense of humor and personality!
I'VE SPENT LIKE HALF AN HOUR WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS WHEN I SHOULD BE WRITING. THATS NUMBER TEN. I FOUND NUMBER TEN.
Dear Jenna,
You are simply brilliant ! I feel like that I have been under a microscope.
I wished others would be down to earth like you...No thrills or frills.....Just straight talk.
Best of Luck
Pat
Pat Pathinayake
UK
+Pat Pathinayake you are so sweet, thank you so much!
Here’s mine: Getting pissed at my boss for daring to ask me to do something related to my job at work. After all I’m already busy secretly working on a story on my office computer. Thank God we've got a good relationship.
I write stories for what I hope to turn into comics and animations. Whenever I’m thinking of my emotionally troubled characters and developing them I find myself starting to cry. Yeah.....
Relatable...
People really don't know how our characters can affect us emotionally , they're like our babies , and when something happens to them , it just ruins our mood , even though we are the ones responsible for their problems....
I'm a songwriter and singer; I relate with all of these: am I included in the writing community even somewhat?
Nightmare wolf Yes songwriting's almost harder than book or play writing
If you put down words in a creative way you are a writer. :)
Sooo wednesdays are the only days you do your makeup and wash your hair then ?XD
Linnzy I just realized that xD
The real reason she makes these things.
AHAHAHAAH
Preach. Also, your eyebrow game is on point. #jealous
yaaaass! Thank you :D
when jenna says “you just wanna write every day” i die a little inside bc i can barely get out a chapter ( usually only 1000-2000 words ) once a week if im lucky😞😞
You know, I GENUINELY thought I was the only person who gets irrationally angry at being invited out when I have a writing day planned. And the more you think about that, the more horrible it sounds (and is). So this is a REVELATION for me! I HAVE FOUND MY PEOPLE! I'M NOT A HORRIBLE HUMAN! (Or, alternatively, we all are. Either way, I'm good.) (Or bad.) (You know what I mean.)
I can relate to everything on this list. Except coffee. Hate coffee. I HATE IT!!! I just discovered this channel and I love it so, so much! I know nothing about your book, but from the five videos (and counting) of yours I watched so far, I know it's going to be awesome. I'm totally going to get it.
+happychaosofthenorth Everything you just said- SAME. I just randomly discovered her this morning. Now I'm completely invested in her videos and her story
Coffe is also not my thing haha I'm more of a energy drink person
I'm more of hot chocolate kind of girl :3 I could drink it all year around
I can relate to disliking coffee/hating it. I prefer Tea.
But, still, this video does apply.
I HATE COFFEE TO
Writer: a peculiar organism that transform coffee into stories
4:30 I feel like if there's a God he must have this conversation with his wife about humanity from time to time.😂😂😂💀💀
Haha
I'm writing a fanfiction on wattpad and I can't relate to about 6 of these 😂😂😂
NotSoTickleMeElmo well my friend, that is freaking impossible
omg, i've been a misfit all my life -it's like i've finally found my people *cries*
+Syma Ahmed So true.
+Syma Ahmed Better hope they won't invite you anywhere.
+Boogeyman xD
teacher: did you bring in your homework?
my thoughts: I WAS TO FUCKING BUSY WRITING TO DO THAT SHIT!
+Shadow Bubbles *too
hahahahaha
Mr. Me
yeah... glad i didnt say that thoughh
+Shadow Bubbles My response: No. My house burned down.
calvaughan27
pretty convincing
So I may have only done fan fiction, but I have a bad habit of asking too many (inappropriate) questions. Just because I get curious and want to know YOUR story.
Your mom died when you were six? How? Wait you're blind? From birth or freak accident?
Meanwhile my friends/coworkers are dragging me away.
Fan fiction is still writting. You are an author.