Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 23 hours ago
In this video I discuss my process of tackling the first draft and what you should be focusing on.
The giraffe photo is by Sian Cooper on Unsplash.
Part 1 (Formats): youtube.com/watch?v=pjlN_Ngqeok
Part 2 (Software): youtube.com/watch?v=-N9JTdys_-Y&t=0s
Part 3 (How to write a book): youtube.com/watch?v=zsAeMUCPl_8
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Tweeter: twitter.com/DanHook
Instakablam: instagram.com/authordanhook
Checkout Displaced, my debut novel:
Launch Trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=jteYW
AMAZON UK: amzn.to/3dz7jbE
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My website: danhook.co.uk
In this video I discuss my process of tackling the first draft and what you should be focusing on.
The giraffe photo is by Sian Cooper on Unsplash.
Part 1 (Formats): youtube.com/watch?v=pjlN_Ngqeok
Part 2 (Software): youtube.com/watch?v=-N9JTdys_-Y&t=0s
Part 3 (How to write a book): youtube.com/watch?v=zsAeMUCPl_8
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Tweeter: twitter.com/DanHook
Instakablam: instagram.com/authordanhook
Checkout Displaced, my debut novel:
Launch Trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=jteYW
AMAZON UK: amzn.to/3dz7jbE
AMAZON US: amzn.to/3g77ixB
My website: danhook.co.uk
![Slowly But Surely - October Update [authortube]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jO0y8Zs00Kk/mqdefault.jpg "Slowly But Surely - October Update [authortube]
Another both and I keep leaving it a little later to make my goal videos, mainly due to the fact Im slow in achieving them... So this next month Ive hopefully limited my goal in the hopes Ill get there with ease. Well see...
Weapons & The Apocalypse - Post Apocalyptic Writing Advice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d4AQh1JOgQ&t
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US (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3FlrUQ0
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanHook
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authordanhook/
Checkout Displaced, my post apocalyptic debut novel:
Launch Trailer found on my (this) authortube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jteYW
AMAZON UK: https://amzn.to/3dz7jbE
AMAZON US: https://amzn.to/3g77ixBMy
website: https://www.danhook.co.uk/")
![Finishing My Character Sheet - Productivity Spint [authortube]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kmc75jDp4GU/mqdefault.jpg "Finishing My Character Sheet - Productivity Spint [authortube]
So, as per my usual productivity sprints, these videos are essentially to hold me accountable for goals set. Again, I still debate the point of uploading them after completing the task so perhaps in future Ill change this up or think of another idea with these sprints of mine.
Anyway, I managed to complete my character sheet! There were a few blank spots at the end but they were for background characters where the cost of spending time on them out-weighed the benefits of doing something else!
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Time stamps:
Intro: 00:00
Timelapse: 01:06
End Discussion: 02:07
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If you fancy buying me a cuppa or buying a signed book, visit my Ko-Fi page: https://ko-fi.com/danhook
Sign up to my newsletter and receive a FREE PDF of A Novel Idea: https://www.danhook.co.uk/my-monthly-newsletter/
Or check out its paperback page on Amazon:UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Novel-Idea-Simple-Writing-Publishing/dp/1838038922/
US (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3FlrUQ0
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanHook
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authordanhook/
Checkout Displaced, my post apocalyptic debut novel:
Launch Trailer found on my (this) authortube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jteYW
AMAZON UK: https://amzn.to/3dz7jbE
AMAZON US: https://amzn.to/3g77ixB
Mywebsite: https://www.danhook.co.uk/")
![Hello There - August Update [authortube]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ljskgib0ZAw/mqdefault.jpg "Hello There - August Update [authortube]
Hi. Yeah, so some things came up and life threw a curve ball at me, then when I was down it threw several more. But here we are though, almost back into it. Good stuff.
Ill be attempting to get into a routine again and back into the sphere. Anyway, what have you been up to?
If you fancy buying me a cuppa or buying a signed book, visit my Ko-Fi page: https://ko-fi.com/danhook
Sign up to my newsletter and receive a FREE PDF of A Novel Idea: https://www.danhook.co.uk/my-monthly-newsletter/
Or check out its paperback page on Amazon:
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Novel-Idea-Simple-Writing-Publishing/dp/1838038922/
US (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3FlrUQ0
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanHook
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authordanhook/
Checkout Displaced, my post apocalyptic debut novel:
Launch Trailer found on my (this) authortube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jteYW
AMAZON UK: https://amzn.to/3dz7jbE
AMAZON US: https://amzn.to/3g77ixBMy
website: https://www.danhook.co.uk/")
![Continuing to Edit - November Update [authortube]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mzAGClnwmlA/mqdefault.jpg "Continuing to Edit - November Update [authortube]
Another month of editing as I slowly move forwards with Disarray... Really hoping to get through a lot of light ediitng this month for the overall shape of the book. Well see...
If you fancy buying me a cuppa or buying a signed book, visit my Ko-Fi page: https://ko-fi.com/danhook
Sign up to my newsletter and receive a FREE PDF of A Novel Idea: https://www.danhook.co.uk/my-monthly-newsletter/
Or check out its paperback page on Amazon:
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Novel-Idea-Simple-Writing-Publishing/dp/1838038922/
US (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3FlrUQ0
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanHook
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authordanhook/
Checkout Displaced, my post apocalyptic debut novel:
Launch Trailer found on my (this) authortube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jteYW
AMAZON UK: https://amzn.to/3dz7jbE
AMAZON US: https://amzn.to/3g77ixBMy
website: https://www.danhook.co.uk/")
![Writers not writing tag [authortube]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/peDCANk8OfA/mqdefault.jpg "Writers not writing tag [authortube]
I decided to do the writers not writing tag as its been a while since Ive made a video on authortube tags!
Check out author JC Carpenter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikSft7k3J1c
Tag creator and author, Nicki J Markus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QEi3IqxGgA")
