I tried writing 10k words of a fantasy novel in a day ⚔ | Preptober Writing Vlog @rachelwritesbooks

rachel writes | I tried writing 10k words of a fantasy novel in a day ⚔ | Preptober Writing Vlog @rachelwritesbooks | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
writing vlog where I try to write 10k words of a fantasy novel in a day!

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - The project I'm working on
2:08 - How I'm approaching the novel opening
3:14 - Sprints & word count update
4:08 - Why I want to do a 10k day
5:11 - Mini writing update
5:43 - How did the 10k day go?
7:25 - My brainstorming process
8:18 - How I'm structuring this book
11:04 - Re-reading my book
13:08 - Reading excerpts from my WIP

RELATED:
- 10k day writing vlog: youtu.be/u0-OEP-yNrg?si=i8qSsIu2m8SRK_cz
- All about Seventh Virtue: youtu.be/qR9xV__XOK4?si=RbLgUZzy0rM7OCgZ

CONNECT WITH ME:
My editing services: fiverr.com/rachelxwrites
Twitter: twitter.com/rachellwrites
Instagram: instagram.com/rachelxwrites
Website: bit.ly/3rq2vz5
Pinterest: bit.ly/2qdKsyM

ALL MY PUBLISHED WORK: bit.ly/3CYT7Y1

ABOUT ME

Hi y'all! I'm Rachel, a 22-year-old writer from Toronto. I've been writing for nine years and hold a BA in creative writing (with specialties in fiction and poetry). On my channel, rachel writes, I document my writing journey and try to post once a week (usually on Fridays).

DISCLAIMER:
I'm only one writer, and approach each video from my experience/expertise. While I make content like writing advice videos on this channel, it's important to me that my viewers ultimately write in the way that best resonates with them. :)

ASK ME ANYTHING: bit.ly/34wRv7u

Outro: This is not a joke by Monplaisir

My equipment:
→ Camera: Sony ZV1
→ Vlog mic: Rode Video Micro
→ Sit-down mic: Blue Yeti OR Blue Snowball iCE
→ Editor: Premiere Pro

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$Why is writing SO HARD?? 📚 | Attempting to finish my novel Writing a book is... HARD! In todays writing vlog, I try to hit 170k words in the first draft of my contemporary fantasy novel and get closer to completing the first draft! QUESTIONS FOR YOU: 1. How do you get back into writing after a break? 2. Have you ever felt too close to a character to write a difficult scene? 3. How do you feel about writers sharing early drafts of their work (VS polishing first)? RELATED: - How I Accidentally Wrote a 10 Book Series https://youtu.be/elXAZDy8OJM - Lonan writing vlog: https://youtu.be/Ao8zBymub_o - @KrisMF writing vlog: https://youtu.be/EQoZIvNx0hw - My collab w/ Kris: https://youtu.be/CukjJzuwRwU TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 0:22 - The project Im currently working on 1:14 - Losing steam after NaNoWriMo & my goals for finishing this book 3:18 - Why writing has been so difficult lately 4:46 - Book 2 plans 5:56 - The importance of writing every day (in my process) 6:51 - Emotionally draining chapters & empathizing w/ characters 8:59 - Why its critical to see early drafts of writing 10:01 - Reading a beachy excerpt from my WIP CONNECT WITH ME: Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachellwrites Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelxwrites/ Website: https://bit.ly/3rq2vz5 Tumblr: https://bit.ly/3BhAtK3 Pinterest: http://bit.ly/2qdKsyM ALL MY PUBLISHED WORK: https://bit.ly/3CYT7Y1 MY STORIES: → The Species is Dead in Minola Review: https://bit.ly/3wEnkqE → Mama Lives in My Mouth in Young Voices: https://bit.ly/3yRzBKg → Primary Organs in The Malahat Review: https://bit.ly/2Tl0yWu & read an excerpt: https://bit.ly/3fzSQR1 → The Wolf-Antelope Will Not Come for Us in filling Sation: https://bit.ly/2UhCxjH → Where to Run When the Lamb Roars in The Temz Review: https://bit.ly/3GN246M → Fig in Fractured Lit: https://fracturedlit.com/fig/ → Jasmine’s Brows and Cuts,” in The Puritan, https://bit.ly/3mBsPDA → “Slaughter the Animal” in The New Quarterly, https://bit.ly/3BURVqb → “Eat Well” in CAROUSEL, forthcoming MY POETRY: → We sell skin on sale in Augur Magazine (poetry): https://bit.ly/3vBvQH3 → the drive-up microphone at burger king in carte blanche: https://bit.ly/3sm6RoE → A burial in The Fiddlehead: https://bit.ly/3oMU7ID → The night my mother learns to use the bus in The Fiddlehead: https://bit.ly/3oMU7ID → “What’s the difference between good and god” in CV2 https://bit.ly/3y9WXwT → “At night, I rest my limbs in water and search for my mother’s father’s mother’s mother’s tongue” in Augur Magazine, forthcoming → My Wolf Lives on the Windowsill in Grain Magazine: [print only] ABOUT ME Hi yall! Im Rachel, a twenty-year-old writer from Toronto. Ive been writing for eight years and am in my final year of my BA in creative writing. On my channel, rachel writes, I document my writing journey and try to post once a week (usually on Fridays). DISCLAIMER: Im only one writer, and approach each video from my experience/expertise. While I make content like writing advice videos on this channel, its important to me that my viewers ultimately write in the way that best resonates with them. :) ASK ME ANYTHING: https://bit.ly/34wRv7u Music: Music by Naomi - Saturday Light - https://thmatc.co/?l=023EA492 Ebbs and Flows Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Outro: This is not a joke by Monplaisir My equipment: → Camera: Sony ZV1 → Vlog mic: Rode Video Micro → Sit-down mic: Blue Yeti OR Blue Snowball iCE → Editor: Premiere Pro #authortube$ $You are writing in a meadow to distant guitar. 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LINKS Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachellwrites Tumblr: https://bit.ly/3BhAtK3 Pinterest: http://bit.ly/2qdKsyM MY PUBLISHED WORK: https://bit.ly/36o5LmY MY STORIES: → The Species is Dead in Minola Review: https://bit.ly/3wEnkqE → Mama Lives in My Mouth in Young Voices: https://bit.ly/3yRzBKg → Primary Organs in The Malahat Review: https://bit.ly/2Tl0yWu & read an excerpt: https://bit.ly/3fzSQR1 → The Wolf-Antelope Will Not Come for Us in filling Sation: https://bit.ly/2UhCxjH → Where to Run When the Lamb Roars in The Temz Review: https://bit.ly/3GN246M → Fig in Fractured Lit: https://fracturedlit.com/fig/ MY POETRY: → We sell skin on sale in Augur Magazine (poetry): https://bit.ly/3vBvQH3 → the drive-up microphone at burger king in carte blanche: https://bit.ly/3sm6RoE → A burial in The Fiddlehead: https://bit.ly/3oMU7ID → The night my mother learns to use the bus in The Fiddlehead: https://bit.ly/3oMU7ID → My Wolf Lives on the Windowsill in Grain Magazine: [print only] ABOUT ME Hi yall! Im Rachel, a twenty-year-old writer from Toronto. Ive been writing for eight years and am in my third year of my BA in creative writing. On my channel, I document my writing journey and try to post once a week (usually on Fridays). ASK ME ANYTHING: https://bit.ly/34wRv7u Music (all covers by me): - Before I Sleep by Marika Hackman - Monday Afternoon by Marika Hackman - Wolf by Marika Hackman Outro: This is not a joke by Monplaisir My equipment: → Camera: Sony ZV1 → Vlog mic: Rode Video Micro → Sit-down mic: Blue Yeti OR Blue Snowball iCE → Editor: Premiere Pro #authortube$

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TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - You arent allowing yourself to fail 0:29 - Youre setting unrealistic standards for yourself 1:01 - You dont trust yourself as a writer 1:26 - You havent practiced as an editor 2:01 - You are judging your work instead of accepting it 2:40 - You arent actively building a process that works for YOU 3:17 - You arent identifying your strengths and are only focusing on your weaknesses 3:55 - You arent writing what you love 4:20 - Youre putting the opinions of others over you own 5:34 - Youre writing for other people rather than yourself 6:36 - You havent pushed out of your comfort zone productively 7:44 - You havent developed a writing self-care routine 8:43 - You havent learned to let things go 9:22 - Perfectionism has become more important than writing itself 10:05 - Youre consuming too much writing advice instead of practicing for yourself 10:48 - You havent developed a fair critical eye for your work 11:49 - Youre focused too much on the end product rather than the process 12:38 - You havent found a supportive writing community 13:20 - You arent trying new things 14:22 - Youre expecting improvement to come to you 15:18 - You arent honest about why youre struggling with writing 16:33 - Youre not productively problem-solving 17:01 - Youre not taking enough time to rest RELATED: - Writing for yourself video: https://youtu.be/uPKMPv-ea4k - Ask about perfectionism: https://bit.ly/3XIE2Tq - Tumblr post I mentioned: https://bit.ly/3D2YPZY CONNECT WITH ME: Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachellwrites Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelxwrites/ Website: https://bit.ly/3rq2vz5 Tumblr: https://bit.ly/3BhAtK3 Pinterest: http://bit.ly/2qdKsyM ALL MY PUBLISHED WORK: https://bit.ly/3CYT7Y1 MY STORIES: → The Species is Dead in Minola Review: https://bit.ly/3wEnkqE → Mama Lives in My Mouth in Young Voices: https://bit.ly/3yRzBKg → Primary Organs in The Malahat Review: https://bit.ly/2Tl0yWu & read an excerpt: https://bit.ly/3fzSQR1 → The Wolf-Antelope Will Not Come for Us in filling Sation: https://bit.ly/2UhCxjH → Where to Run When the Lamb Roars in The Temz Review: https://bit.ly/3GN246M → Fig in Fractured Lit: https://fracturedlit.com/fig/ → Jasmine’s Brows and Cuts,” in The Puritan, https://bit.ly/3mBsPDA → “Slaughter the Animal” in The New Quarterly, https://bit.ly/3BURVqb → “Eat Well” in CAROUSEL, forthcoming MY POETRY: → We sell skin on sale in Augur Magazine (poetry): https://bit.ly/3vBvQH3 → the drive-up microphone at burger king in carte blanche: https://bit.ly/3sm6RoE → A burial in The Fiddlehead: https://bit.ly/3oMU7ID → The night my mother learns to use the bus in The Fiddlehead: https://bit.ly/3oMU7ID → “What’s the difference between good and god” in CV2 https://bit.ly/3y9WXwT → “At night, I rest my limbs in water and search for my mother’s father’s mother’s mother’s tongue” in Augur Magazine, forthcoming → My Wolf Lives on the Windowsill in Grain Magazine: [print only] ABOUT ME Hi yall! 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RELATED - Line editing chapter 6 of Feeding Habits: https://youtu.be/Z64Yb13CXiE - Listen to the Feeding Habits audiobook https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhqx68UFfNEtKFiOHnNDUN9pttVFLazmf - Something Held writing update: https://bit.ly/3wIDBOf LINKS Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachellwrites Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelxwrites/ Website: https://bit.ly/3rq2vz5 Tumblr: https://bit.ly/3BhAtK3 Pinterest: http://bit.ly/2qdKsyM ALL MY PUBLISHED WORK: https://bit.ly/3CYT7Y1 MY STORIES: → The Species is Dead in Minola Review: https://bit.ly/3wEnkqE → Mama Lives in My Mouth in Young Voices: https://bit.ly/3yRzBKg → Primary Organs in The Malahat Review: https://bit.ly/2Tl0yWu & read an excerpt: https://bit.ly/3fzSQR1 → The Wolf-Antelope Will Not Come for Us in filling Sation: https://bit.ly/2UhCxjH → Where to Run When the Lamb Roars in The Temz Review: https://bit.ly/3GN246M → Fig in Fractured Lit: https://fracturedlit.com/fig/ → Jasmine’s Brows and Cuts,” in The Puritan, forthcoming → “Eat Well” in CAROUSEL, forthcoming → “Slaughter the Animal” in The New Quarterly, forthcoming MY POETRY: → We sell skin on sale in Augur Magazine (poetry): https://bit.ly/3vBvQH3 → the drive-up microphone at burger king in carte blanche: https://bit.ly/3sm6RoE → A burial in The Fiddlehead: https://bit.ly/3oMU7ID → The night my mother learns to use the bus in The Fiddlehead: https://bit.ly/3oMU7ID → “What’s the difference between good and god” in CV2 https://bit.ly/3y9WXwT → “At night, I rest my limbs in water and search for my mother’s father’s mother’s mother’s tongue” in Augur Magazine, forthcoming → My Wolf Lives on the Windowsill in Grain Magazine: [print only] ABOUT ME Hi yall! Im Rachel, a twenty-year-old writer from Toronto. Ive been writing for eight years and will be entering my fourth year of my BA in creative writing in the fall. On my channel, I document my writing journey and try to post once a week (usually on Fridays). ASK ME ANYTHING: https://bit.ly/34wRv7u Outro: This is not a joke by Monplaisir My equipment: → Camera: Sony ZV1 → Vlog mic: Rode Video Micro → Sit-down mic: Blue Yeti OR Blue Snowball iCE → Editor: Premiere Pro #authortube$