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rachel writes | I Wrote a Short Story Every Month for a Year | Writing Challenge Results @rachelwritesbooks | Uploaded December 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:23 - January
1:29 - February
1:48 - March
2:04 - April
2:32 - May
2:42 - June
2:56 - July
3:56 - August
4:30 - September
4:52 - October
5:11 - November
6:06 - December
6:27 - Overall themes noted
8:58 - What I learned
11:42 - Would I do it again?

LINKS
Writing updates: bit.ly/34tuPoB
Blog: coffeeandcalligraphy.tumblr.com
Twitter (private): twitter.com/rachellwrites
Pinterest: bit.ly/2qdKsyM

Want to read excerpts from my books?
- Moth Work intro page & writing updates: bit.ly/3p2lFZF
- Feeding Habits intro page & writing updates: bit.ly/3yP6esk

MY WORK
→ "The Species is Dead" in Minola Review (short fiction): bit.ly/3wEnkqE
→ "Mama Lives in My Mouth" in Young Voices (flash fiction): bit.ly/3yRzBKg
→ "Primary Organs" in The Malahat Review (short fiction, print only): bit.ly/2Tl0yWu & read an excerpt: bit.ly/3fzSQR1
→ "We sell skin on sale" in Augur Magazine (poetry, print only): bit.ly/3vBvQH3
→ "the drive-up microphone at burger king" in carte blanche (poetry): bit.ly/3sm6RoE
→ "The Wolf-Antelope Will Not Come for Us" (fiction, print only) in filling Sation: bit.ly/2UhCxjH
→ "Where to Run When the Lamb Roars" (fiction) in The Temz Review: bit.ly/3sF8mlD
→ "My Wolf Lives on the Windowsill" in Grain Magazine (poetry): [print only]

ABOUT ME
Hi y'all! I'm Rachel, a twenty-year-old writer from Toronto. I've been writing for seven years and am in my third year as a writing undergrad. On my channel, I document my writing journey and try to post once a week (usually on Fridays). My writing was recently shortlisted for The Malahat Review's Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction and nominated for the 2021 Rhysling Award. You can read my work in Minola Review, Grain Magazine, The Malahat Review, Augur Magazine, carte blanche, filling Station, The Temz Review, The Fiddlehead, on my blog, and elsewhere!

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 Snowball iCE
→ Editor: Premiere Pro

Last video: youtu.be/XGaNTuO6t88

#authortube

I Wrote a Short Story Every Month for a Year | Writing Challenge Results

$Writing trauma 🌒 deep dive on mental wellness and suffering for your craft CW: discussions of trauma, toxic relationships! skip on this one if those issues are sensitive to you. :) Also: please dont take anything out of my laughing/smiling I make weird facial expressions when uncomfortable, lmao! History of Fostered vid: https://youtu.be/elXAZDy8OJM 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 21-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 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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$Finishing a book, hot takes on revision, & reconnecting to craft 🏖️ summer writing update a chill little august writing update where I chat all the things Ive been writing lately! TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Hows writing been? 1:12 - My writing goals for August 2:04 - My approach for the month 3:31 - Getting stuck in the draft 4:41 - The reads that inspired me 5:46 - How a vacation fixed my writing process 7:07 - Being a disabled writer 8:29 - Writing by hand is... great? 9:50 - Reconnecting to my narrator 10:39 - Future plans for Hallowed Bodies 11:06 - My hot takes on revision 11:53 - Hallowed Bodies excerpt 14:10 - Writing an autistic protagonist 14:59 - Introducing my NEW story (Changing States) 17:48 - Using personal experience to inform a story 18:35 - Falling in love with a character voice 20:32 - Changing States excerpt CONNECT WITH ME: Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachellwrites Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelxwrites/ Website: https://bit.ly/3rq2vz5 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 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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you can write it 🫡

$How I Organize SCRIVENER for My Novel (REALISTIC) Writing a book is hard, but sometimes, organizing that book is even harder! In todays video, I share how I personally organize my Scrivener file as a relatively chaotic pantser who drafts in Word. This video will be particularly helpful for people who want to see how you can reoutline a book in Scrivener, but isnt supposed to be a tutorial (and wont be helpful if youre trying to see how I draft, since I dont draft in Scrivener - any scenes you see in Scrivener are copy and pasted from Word). How do you organize your books? TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 0:16 - Basic manuscript formatting 1:55 - How (and why) I break down a chapter using scene cards 3:24 - Loglines & why I title chapters 5:13 - How I organize characters 7:26 - How I organize notes 9:09 - How I organize research RELATED: - 10k word day vlog: https://youtu.be/u0-OEP-yNrg - How I created a magic system out of nothing: https://youtu.be/ZBhrCNDCHOY - Camp NaNo vlog: https://youtu.be/Rt7DUcpYkfY - How I organize my writing documents: https://youtu.be/_JQPV-JIH18 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 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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$WRITING ADVICE from TWINS 🎃 | revision, finishing books & more! My twin sister Sarah and I discuss YOUR current issues with writing! We also carve pumpkins! Fun! Happy Halloween! TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 0:40 - on finishing a book 14:07 - perfectionism & revision 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 TikTok: https://bit.ly/3SVHN4Z 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 → The Party in The Malahat Review, https://bit.ly/3gXf2aO → “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, https://bit.ly/3gVHgD9 → 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 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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I Wrote a Short Story Every Month for a Year | Writing Challenge Results @rachelwritesbooks