How to Write Consistently Every Day for NaNoWriMo 2023
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- One of the most daunting hurdles for writers is finding the time to sit down and write. 😩🕒 Kate and I understand the struggle of juggling various responsibilities and still trying to squeeze in some time for writing. That's why, in today’s podcast, we’re sharing our best tips for building an unstoppable writing habit and avoiding distractions.
We’re also going to share our top 4 hacks for staying focused! 🧠 Keeping your concentration sharp is vital to ensure you're making the most out of your writing time. Our goal is to help you write consistently every day, especially during this National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). 📚 We believe that writing should be a joyous journey, not a chore. So, listen in, apply these tips, and get ready to have the time of your life writing your next book! 😄🎉
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11:49 "Your writing is either great, or it is making you great." That quote alone was worth the watch. Even on days when we're disappointed with what we've written and think it's garbage, we're still making progress, still learning the craft, still fostering a writing habit - the act of writing is never wasted.
Your quote was equally good, wise stranger! "The act of writing is never wasted", I adore it.
@@nomeayano7757 Thank you!
"All progress is progress!!" I need to keep pounding that in my head during NaNo. With writing, my internal editor is very creative with all the ways it finds to critique my process. A lot of times its not just the words it harps on, but the number of words, my lack of experience, yada, yada.. I love how you guys remind me to keep the positivity going! Thank you for all the great writerly vibes!!
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Yay! I too am a young 14 year old writer and would like to give you a huge thank you and digital hug! I have been watching your videos for 4 years now and they have helped me so much on my writing journey! You are my go to teacher for writing! Thank you so much! I swear I probably would have given up writing if not for your channel! Keep up the good work, you are much valued upon the writing community here on UA-cam! ❤
So great to see other 14 year olds! Really inspiring!
As a 16 year old writer, I agree.
It’s refreshing to see more young writers, makes me feel as if I’m capable of writing a truly good book.
I am reading a book, where:
- Pride and Prejudice was mentioned (the characters are reading it)
- they're reading Great Expectations(?), with Estelle and Pip
- my name was in the book
- and I'm around Halloween (in the book, it's written as a diary) while it's also Halloween😂
Like...i'm gonna throw it away...what the heck...
As a 15 year old writer, I second this!
Haha thats awesome! @@georginakosi5411
I kind of forgot to write today (the first day of nanowrimo😭). . .hopefully I can write later today or make up for it sometime.
This is my first time doing it!🥰
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I’m focusing on finishing the first three mission instalments for the first Tales from Trinity City campaign “Welcome to the Projects”. It’s a tabletop RPG I am creating.
This is the first act of the campaign.
Currently, I’ve written the full rough draft, and my developmental draft takes the 60k words for the rough draft and greatly expands on it. That is why I am creating the maps for the mission instalments, the areas players will explore, solve puzzles and fight the villains.
I’m will finish the detailed revised maps this week.
Next week, I start to completely edit and revamp the first three mission instalments to make them shine.
If anyone is interested, I have content about my game on my website, and on UA-cam.
Have a great day Abbie!
Thank you for this! I've dropped my pen for 2 years now and I guess I really need to go back to writing again by joining nanowrimo since ideas keep piling up in my brain.
Hello, Abby! I am a 15-year-old girl who is working on writing a book (that I hope to publish sometime next year) and is on the final draft. Writing it was fun, but for having never wrote a book before, sometimes it was difficult for me. Writing dynamic characters, realistic dialogue, and strong villains, are all things I struggled with, but your videos helped me so much! I am now able to publish this book with full confidence of the story! Thank you so much for posting such amazing content! I am so grateful for your videos! Keep up the amazing work!
What book are you writing on? I am writing a novel too. I wish I started it sooner than I did
@@unicorntomboy9736 I am writing a sci-fi-adventure-fantasy novel, where robots and dragons co-exist.That kinda thing.
@@GamerGirls-cx8bs Sounds awesome I am working on gothic fantasy book about a anti heroine on a negative character arc (a villain origin story in essence). I have only just started writing it though
It's meant for an adult audience, since it delves Into some heavy subjects and themes
@@unicorntomboy9736 That sounds so interesting. Dark fantasies are great! Villains are usually one of my favorite parts of any story!
@@GamerGirls-cx8bs Nihilism and corruption are the core main themes, with the protagonist core motivation and desire being revenge. The protagonist gives into her fatal flaws and misbeliefs and becomes a villain protagonist by the end of the novel.
Thanks for keeping us on Track...you are our heroes. I Learned of NaNo Wri Mo just by watching your videos...This year I'm going in full throttle. You guys are my lighthouse 🌹🌹
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I find prayer and time with God to be the most effective at switching off from the busyness of the day. So for those who are like me and do not practice yoga or meditation, prayer is a great way too. It’s relaxing and it takes focus of YOU away, and God becomes the focus.
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I LOVE Abbie's immersive writing vids -- I have several saved to my NaNo playlist, specifically because they have built-in sprints. Thank you so much for providing them!
This reminded me of those times in High School where I could write all day, during classes, or at home and pretend that I was doing homework but always being cautious ‘cause my mother would scold me every time I was just wasting ink and paper on that
There’s been years
Hope I can come back to that feeling again even if it’s not with a novel and just short stories for fun, like before
Thank you so so much for this video ✨
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Thank you Abbie and Kate! This video hit on so many targets. I am going to use what you both suggested. I often procrastinate, find excuses, sit to write but then hours went buy and I hadn't written or edited a thing as I find myself on youtube or doing something else. Thank you. Can't wait to see you for the live streams!
I am working on my very first novel and will be participating in NaNoWriMo for the first time. Thanks for the great tips!
Thank you for your positive encouragement, habits, tips, ideas, and focus hacks. I am using the NaNoWriMo time period to re-immerse myself in my half-written herstory/historical memoir. I imagine this energy community (each individual with their own purposes and intentions for the time period) and we are in a network of loose support. I so appreciate the focus on primarily "writing consistency" vs. daily number of words. Yes, if the intention is word count that's wonderful too. For me, it's about writing consistency and daily creating a space to nurture the creative energy which is surfacing the story gifts (golden nuggets). Thanks too for your unique ideas and tips. I especially like both the meditations for writers and mood playlists (new to me and very valuable). I do meditate regularly but love the direct connection to linking the meditation to the creative muse. I'm seeing my transition to writing time as: organizing my writing space (set-up); a short walk (often valuable) to awaken the muse; then lighting a candle for meditation for writers; beginning to write with a mood playlist softly in the background. At the end of the writing period, I do take a moment to write down ... my next question, thought, step ... or even a string of words or questions ... so I don't lose time when i start writing trying to re-capture where I was going next. Again thank you both ... the perfect offering for the coming month. Best to you as well!
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“Your writing is either great or it’s making you great.” Thanks for the encouraging and inspired words, girls.
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I am so thrilled I've found a way to be on track! Your Write With Me videos have =helped me hit my word count every day and find those times to focus, too. It's been so beneficial for finding inspiration!
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Nice vid, this is my first nano challenge and i recently made hand made notebooks. I struggled to write my first project cause of how bad my posture got, i knew if I was gonna participate this year something had to change. Lucky i stumbled on a craft video on UA-cam about diy journals and books. Now I'm ready to write :).
I have been looking forward to it this year.
I just knew you'd have something we can take in with us :)
Y'all are great
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I've been able to writing consistently nearly every day for a couple months now (whether it was 35 words or 5000 that day). But as November approaches, I'm realizing I still don't know what story I want to write for it lmao.
Really love your writing sprint collections as well. That was something that was helpful for me to get into a consistent pattern and introduced me to new kinds of music to listen to while I write. Which is something I'll always appreciate.
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Love your videos Abbie continue doing great things! Thank you for posting amazing writing content💗
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I'm so grateful for this video! I find it so hard to juggle between school and writing, especially when I love the latter so much! It was so helpful. Btw, you both look gorgeous
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Thank you sisters! So excited for NaNo 🎉
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Great Advice. We appreciate you and your sister's hard work making a video for us. I try to write everyday before I go to sleep, either I am editing or writing this helps. For some reason, when I visit people at a hospital, I found it easy to write. No sure why that is.
Loved this, it was like writing tips and a therapy session rolled into one video, will definitely be checking out the meditation videos too! :)
Very helpful advice! Thank you both! ☺☺
I just noticed The Otherworld is available on pre-order in Audible. Preordered 👌
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Manageable milestones and celebrating those victories. Love it! I’m so going to implement that. 😉
Thanks ladies! You're the best. let's go nano!!
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I’m not doing NaNoWriMo but the tips from you and your sister will definitely be helpful in getting me focussed enough to start trying to build a consistent writing habit so maybe I’ll be able to get the stories in my brain onto the screen. Thanks for all the great tips
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I’m so excited for Nanowrimo this year! I’m a 14-year-old author (just recently published my first book!) and am currently working on my second which is the first in a trilogy! It’s a YA romantasy about royalty, ancient secrets, and magic :) I can’t wait for it to someday be out and these vids help so much 💕
I would also really appreciate any support on my first novel ❤ it’s called ‘Inner Element’ and it’s a fantasy about friendship, elemental powers, and hidden secrets.
What’s your published book called?!? I’d love to read it!!!
Oh lol just read the rest of the comment 😅 I’m so impatient sometimes
@@hadassahdanerd4772 lol you’re good 😅 tysm if you do decide to read it, it means the world to me ❤️
I am a 15-year-old writer and I'm writing a YA book kinda similar to that. My book is the first in a trilogy as well.
Love watching your videos. I’m going to do Nanowrimo this year but I have a job the I have to be at by 7, so I get up at 5am in the morning and don’t get home close to 5pm sometimes
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I enjoyed the video greatly. I am writing my first kids novel for nanowrimo. It is a space adventure mystery titled "Quincy."
I have build myself an operating system just for writing on the go with my small little laptop. Boots up, I log in and all I have is a black screen and my text in white. Word count, timer and all there if I want it to. I have written more in the past months since I have it than the entire year. I've made it public, if anyone is interested, it's free and open source.
That's amazing! Congrats for making it and for being able to write more
Im interested
What is it called and how do we find it
Just found out that my reddit post for it got deleted, hold please while I figure out how to make it accessible again.
@@stikfamaster2 it's called DreamerOS. I can't write down the page here, because it is automatically removed. It's the name of the OS and the free domain of carrd.
I'm writing a Gothic romance set in the Roaring Twenties. Cannot wait for tomorrow.
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This is the ultimate stress reliever.
Hey guys, I love that you support the underground railroad, you had me there as to your credibility! I love your take and understanding of story, character and the metanarrative. My one issue is to make sure that you understand that men and women are different. The problem with the "strong female character" is not always that she's one dimensional, but sometimes she's made out to be something that she isn't. Sometimes the "toxic" characteristics can be positive in men, and saving a woman isn't always about her weakness but about his strength. The problem is that our current society doesn't recognize the true strength of femininity and what the female character brings to the table without just making them a man. Looking forward to your story/book!!!!!
6 minutes!!!!
Anyway, this episode was amazing,
Like always
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First Nanowrimo for me. Writing consistently is really hard for me, but I set everything as best as I can: instead of writing on my PC with all the distractions and I'm used to just start UA-cam or Steam, I'm gonna write in my living room in a notebook like I used to do in the past. Also there is almost no distraction. And my writing time will be in the afternoon when my cats are napping so I'm not distracted by them playing. I hope it works 🙂
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This is so helpful. Thank you both.
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18 SECONDS AGO🎉🎉🎉🎉
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Great video. Very inspirational. Thank you.
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unfortunately, I have adhd and distractions are my vibe, so I just work with them. ANd it helps. However, going to a coffe shop and putting on my headset of music is one thing that does help in being able to focus. All that and I'm an older first timer. I'll keep you posted. I've already started my writing project and so I am working on tha for NaNoWriMo. Today was fun for the 1st day.
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Once again, thank you so much. I still have trouble stifling that Left Brain and telling myself it really is okay to do "nothing".
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This will help me a lot. I have been feeling uninspired and deflated as of late, and i am struggling to make much progress on my novel
I feel you dude. Its like the inspiration left the room😢
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WOOOOOOOO
Good video
I was trying to write but then somehow ended up on this UA-cam video
Kate, you should record those writer meditations for Audible! I would totally download those to have for quick and easy access!
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Im 32... I've been trying to write just ONE story and complete since 2012.
Dude! I cannot tell you how much life just loves to shove itself in your way!
Maybe it's cause im an amateur and I'm trying to do my first but the constant bombardment of my family and my wife with constant IRL pay attention to me has made this feel like a mountain to climb... Me being a gamer doesn't help either.
I'll practice the tips here though and hopefully the flow goes better.
Im 13 my novel is coming on great, but i can't stay consistent. With all my extracarruliars i don't have much time. Thanks
I'm 13 too, and after school, I have other classes and stuff to attend. And it gets pretty stressful...
@emilyfell54 @ava-randomthoughts
Fellow 13 year old. Same problem we should be friends
@@avantika-111same
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You won't believe what happened...so I'm reading this book, right? The MC read Pride and Prejudice AND Great Expectations (I realized the last from the names Estelle and Pip). Now, there is this quiz-thingy, the participants get a prize whatever, one exercise is to choose a book the two bookworms have read (btw the book is diary style, like the MC's diary), and write a summary for this bookclub at the mc's school, that she also goes to. I haven't read Pride and Prejudice, but since you - basically my book writing teacher - praise it so much, and I have heard enough on this channel about this book, I decided to summarize Pride and Prejudice. I don't know if I should be like "my honor"...but whatever. TWO POPULAR BOOKS ARE IN A FRICKIN ANOTHER LANGUAGE BOOK!!
Oh man, 50,000 words in 30 days? There's no way. I've actually failed my writing goal for the year already because I pretty much haven't written hardly at all all year. I've discovered that I'm really not all that into writing, programming is where my passion lies apparently. I do plan to finish my books though, it's just going to take a while.
as a side, I agree that Kate's voice is soothing and beautiful. The same is true of Abbie, I could listen to you both talk for literal days.
I'm doing my first NaNoWriMo. A tale of an orphan girl whose quest to find a new home becomes a fight to save the kingdom from a goblin uprising.
Ooo, sounds cool!
Intresting imma be ur first reader
does Kate have a youtube? happy nano!
about what time and timezone will the "write with me" sessions be held? you mentioned wednesdays, but not the timing...
thanks! I've been thinking of writing a story i have in mind, hope this event will help get me over the edge and write. I'm excited to write my story but nervous at the same time.. haha.
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The 24 minute refocus time is an important fact to consider, i need to use airplane mode more
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Abbie is such a lovely girl!
If you have a long commute try "writing" by recording audio which you turn to text when you get home or where you can write. Or if you have an hour for lunch at the office, pack your lunch and write then.
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This will be my first time doing NaNo. The idea of writing sprints kind of scares me because I type really slowly and timers always make me anxious. I definitely have no desire to compete with someone in that way.
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could you make a video explaining how many scenes there should be in a book
I'M EARLYYY
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I use Microsoft office to do my from so if you turn Internet off how are you able to write 😊
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Your audience is so much younger, I find I don't really fit. Your ideas are great and have written several books. But after crisis found could not follow through. Hoping watching you, using tips I can get on track. This is first nanorimo for me. Thanks for being accessable
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And I also my phone so there's no way that I can put the phone down or the internet down if I'm working on a book on Microsoft word
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5 minutes ago never been this early
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HI ABBIE
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hey guys what is everyone writing for nanowrimo? i am writing a Christmas romance novel, is anyone else writing a Christmas book?
That's so cool. I'm writing a Gothic romance set during the Roaring Twenties.
Cool I’m going to next write a novel about the roaring 20s as well!!
@@leeplantlover That's great. Good luck with everything you plan to do. See you :)
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I can't watch this because UA-cam won't let me.
It's funny how I'm sitting around thinking how come these youtubers blast videos and podcasts all the time consistently, unaware of the fact that I do that thinking consistently - in my writing journal.
I prefer to wear an adult diaper during long writing sessions.
Hi Abbie, how can I contact you privately?
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