Paper Tiger | Everything is terrible (NaNoWriMo 2021) | A Paper Tiger Writing Vlog @PaperTigerProductions | Uploaded November 2021 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
I wrote 2 entire scenes I'm pretty sure I'll need to delete in revision because they just don't work and I have no idea how to fix them.
// JUMP TO
0:00 Week 3 is a slog
0:50 Everything is terrible
6:29 Process over outcome
#authortube #nanowrimo #nanowrimo2021
// WHAT TO WATCH NEXT
All of my NaNoWriMo 2021 videos:
Preptober → youtube.com/watch?v=v6flr8_aKAo&list=PLAPT6aE7WPp5U1ihQfCj0Y6Izg3VroZ3H
Vlogs→ youtube.com/watch?v=hvMVb64ulxg&list=PLAPT6aE7WPp6Xak6PrXqHy8FSxploV4Ng
Week 1→ youtube.com/watch?v=y5hM2ej7ho8&list=PLAPT6aE7WPp4MZ6blYHvW8_NEFOBvuuBt
Week 2 → youtube.com/watch?v=UdKsPhipiO0&list=PLAPT6aE7WPp4x_Cccl7JNw4QGpe9yq8Gb
Week 3 → youtube.com/watch?v=RzPyGcIPizs&list=PLAPT6aE7WPp7VH6HkUISk4DgxMuP7d668
// REFERENCES
Mary Robinette Kowal explains the try/fail cycle (watch the whole lecture, it's fantastic):
→ youtube.com/watch?v=blehVIDyuXk
Brandon Sanderon lecture on viewpoint, and on adding more POV characters as a fantasy author:
→ youtu.be/1NCiuI6F5O0?t=3028
Steven Erikson on elliptical narrative (a.k.a. "ringing the bell"):
→ steven-erikson.org/deconstructing-the-siege-of-pale-aftermath-scene
// RESOURCES
The map generator I'm using for my world map!
→ azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator
A NaNoWriMo word count goal calculator:
→ bit.ly/nanowordcountgoalcalculator
A simple word count progress tracker:
→ bit.ly/2U1601w
// NANOWRIMO LIVESTREAMS
I'll be livestreaming every single one of my NaNoWriMo sessions! BYO work or just come hang out and chat with me while I freak out about how terrible my writing is.
Check out my channel page for the next livestream: → youtube.com/c/PaperTigerProductions
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/deborahlau
// CHECK OUT
My Cantonese/English bilingual rhyming picture story book for kids aged 2-6:
→ bit.ly/birthdaycantobook
I wrote 2 entire scenes I'm pretty sure I'll need to delete in revision because they just don't work and I have no idea how to fix them.
// JUMP TO
0:00 Week 3 is a slog
0:50 Everything is terrible
6:29 Process over outcome
#authortube #nanowrimo #nanowrimo2021
// WHAT TO WATCH NEXT
All of my NaNoWriMo 2021 videos:
Preptober → youtube.com/watch?v=v6flr8_aKAo&list=PLAPT6aE7WPp5U1ihQfCj0Y6Izg3VroZ3H
Vlogs→ youtube.com/watch?v=hvMVb64ulxg&list=PLAPT6aE7WPp6Xak6PrXqHy8FSxploV4Ng
Week 1→ youtube.com/watch?v=y5hM2ej7ho8&list=PLAPT6aE7WPp4MZ6blYHvW8_NEFOBvuuBt
Week 2 → youtube.com/watch?v=UdKsPhipiO0&list=PLAPT6aE7WPp4x_Cccl7JNw4QGpe9yq8Gb
Week 3 → youtube.com/watch?v=RzPyGcIPizs&list=PLAPT6aE7WPp7VH6HkUISk4DgxMuP7d668
// REFERENCES
Mary Robinette Kowal explains the try/fail cycle (watch the whole lecture, it's fantastic):
→ youtube.com/watch?v=blehVIDyuXk
Brandon Sanderon lecture on viewpoint, and on adding more POV characters as a fantasy author:
→ youtu.be/1NCiuI6F5O0?t=3028
Steven Erikson on elliptical narrative (a.k.a. "ringing the bell"):
→ steven-erikson.org/deconstructing-the-siege-of-pale-aftermath-scene
// RESOURCES
The map generator I'm using for my world map!
→ azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator
A NaNoWriMo word count goal calculator:
→ bit.ly/nanowordcountgoalcalculator
A simple word count progress tracker:
→ bit.ly/2U1601w
// NANOWRIMO LIVESTREAMS
I'll be livestreaming every single one of my NaNoWriMo sessions! BYO work or just come hang out and chat with me while I freak out about how terrible my writing is.
Check out my channel page for the next livestream: → youtube.com/c/PaperTigerProductions
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/deborahlau
// CHECK OUT
My Cantonese/English bilingual rhyming picture story book for kids aged 2-6:
→ bit.ly/birthdaycantobook
