rachel writes | My BEST Writing Year Yet | a ✨chill✨ reading @rachelwritesbooks | Uploaded December 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
A video where I read my favourite things I wrote this year! We have pretty prose! We have chaotic dialogue! We have embarrassment, exhaustion, princes & more!
CONTENT WARNINGS: these excerpts deal with topics such as mental illness, gore, trauma, child neglect, religion, mentions of suicide, and domestic violence so please tread carefully if these are sensitive topics for you. All projects are intended for adult audiences!
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:15 - The Sun Only Drowns Us (adult litfic)
0:41 - Excerpt 1: Eva & her mother
1:33 - Feeding Habits (adult litfic)
3:05 - Excerpt 2: drunk Harrison churchly chaos
4:49 - Excerpt 3: drunk Harrison churchly chaos CONT'D
7:26 - Excerpt 4: is this pining or are we just sitting on a cliff
12:23 - Seventh Virtue (adult contemporary fantasy)
13:07 - Excerpt 5: early-riser god complex
14:18 - Excerpt 6: 8AM confrontation
16:39 - Excerpt 7: never have I ever walked through the woods with my bestie after embarrassing myself at breakfast
17:43 - Excerpt 8: never have I ever been held at knifepoint by my future bestie
18:53 - Excerpt 9: is this a new... friend?
19:50 - Excerpt 10: explorations of Darren's "man cave" & dreams of a prince?
21:00 - Excerpt 11: Foster's lecture & the appeal of renaissance art
21:52 - Excerpt 12: Foster & Harrison are actually really adorable
23:25 - Excerpt 13: never have I ever broken into a library with my bestie
23:58 - Excerpt 14: THIS IS NOT A BINGO MOMENT
25:26 - Excerpt 15: this is just cute
26:18 - Excerpt 16: meow
26:50 - Excerpt 17: not a morning person
27:54 - Excerpt 18: is this a dream or am I actually burning in the fires of hell with my ex???
29:40 - Excerpt 19: Lonan & Reeve meeting each other for the "first" time
38:21 - Excerpt 20: if you and your bestie aren't a little chaotic are you really besties?
40:20 - Excerpt 21: Lonan & Reeve flashback
41:51 - Excerpt 22: Darren and Reeve flashback (everybody crying pt. 1)
44:51 - Excerpt 23: Harrison has... feelings? (everybody crying pt. 2)
46:30 - Excerpt 24: Harrison & Suzanna flashback
47:30 - Excerpt 25: Darrison bait
49:50 - Excerpt 26: when was the last time Reeve saw Lonan?
50:35 - Excerpt 27: is this... ROMANCE?? (raven otp)
54:02 - Excerpt 28: never have I ever danced with a... prince?
CONNECT WITH ME:
Twitter: twitter.com/rachellwrites
Instagram: instagram.com/rachelxwrites
Website: bit.ly/3rq2vz5
Tumblr: bit.ly/3BhAtK3
Pinterest: bit.ly/2qdKsyM
ALL MY PUBLISHED WORK: bit.ly/3CYT7Y1
MY STORIES:
→ "The Species is Dead" in Minola Review: bit.ly/3wEnkqE
→ "Mama Lives in My Mouth" in Young Voices: bit.ly/3yRzBKg
→ "Primary Organs" in The Malahat Review: bit.ly/2Tl0yWu & read an excerpt: bit.ly/3fzSQR1
→ "The Wolf-Antelope Will Not Come for Us" in filling Sation: bit.ly/2UhCxjH
→ "Where to Run When the Lamb Roars" in The Temz Review: bit.ly/3GN246M
→ "Fig" in Fractured Lit: fracturedlit.com/fig
→ "Jasmine’s Brows and Cuts,” in The Puritan, bit.ly/3mBsPDA
→ “Slaughter the Animal” in The New Quarterly, bit.ly/3BURVqb
→ “Eat Well” in CAROUSEL, forthcoming
MY POETRY:
→ "We sell skin on sale" in Augur Magazine (poetry): bit.ly/3vBvQH3
→ "the drive-up microphone at burger king" in carte blanche:
bit.ly/3sm6RoE
→ "A burial" in The Fiddlehead: bit.ly/3oMU7ID
→ "The night my mother learns to use the bus" in The Fiddlehead: bit.ly/3oMU7ID
→ “What’s the difference between good and god” in CV2 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 y'all! I'm Rachel, a twenty-year-old writer from Toronto. I've 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:
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
#authortube
A video where I read my favourite things I wrote this year! We have pretty prose! We have chaotic dialogue! We have embarrassment, exhaustion, princes & more!
CONTENT WARNINGS: these excerpts deal with topics such as mental illness, gore, trauma, child neglect, religion, mentions of suicide, and domestic violence so please tread carefully if these are sensitive topics for you. All projects are intended for adult audiences!
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:15 - The Sun Only Drowns Us (adult litfic)
0:41 - Excerpt 1: Eva & her mother
1:33 - Feeding Habits (adult litfic)
3:05 - Excerpt 2: drunk Harrison churchly chaos
4:49 - Excerpt 3: drunk Harrison churchly chaos CONT'D
7:26 - Excerpt 4: is this pining or are we just sitting on a cliff
12:23 - Seventh Virtue (adult contemporary fantasy)
13:07 - Excerpt 5: early-riser god complex
14:18 - Excerpt 6: 8AM confrontation
16:39 - Excerpt 7: never have I ever walked through the woods with my bestie after embarrassing myself at breakfast
17:43 - Excerpt 8: never have I ever been held at knifepoint by my future bestie
18:53 - Excerpt 9: is this a new... friend?
19:50 - Excerpt 10: explorations of Darren's "man cave" & dreams of a prince?
21:00 - Excerpt 11: Foster's lecture & the appeal of renaissance art
21:52 - Excerpt 12: Foster & Harrison are actually really adorable
23:25 - Excerpt 13: never have I ever broken into a library with my bestie
23:58 - Excerpt 14: THIS IS NOT A BINGO MOMENT
25:26 - Excerpt 15: this is just cute
26:18 - Excerpt 16: meow
26:50 - Excerpt 17: not a morning person
27:54 - Excerpt 18: is this a dream or am I actually burning in the fires of hell with my ex???
29:40 - Excerpt 19: Lonan & Reeve meeting each other for the "first" time
38:21 - Excerpt 20: if you and your bestie aren't a little chaotic are you really besties?
40:20 - Excerpt 21: Lonan & Reeve flashback
41:51 - Excerpt 22: Darren and Reeve flashback (everybody crying pt. 1)
44:51 - Excerpt 23: Harrison has... feelings? (everybody crying pt. 2)
46:30 - Excerpt 24: Harrison & Suzanna flashback
47:30 - Excerpt 25: Darrison bait
49:50 - Excerpt 26: when was the last time Reeve saw Lonan?
50:35 - Excerpt 27: is this... ROMANCE?? (raven otp)
54:02 - Excerpt 28: never have I ever danced with a... prince?
CONNECT WITH ME:
Twitter: twitter.com/rachellwrites
Instagram: instagram.com/rachelxwrites
Website: bit.ly/3rq2vz5
Tumblr: bit.ly/3BhAtK3
Pinterest: bit.ly/2qdKsyM
ALL MY PUBLISHED WORK: bit.ly/3CYT7Y1
MY STORIES:
→ "The Species is Dead" in Minola Review: bit.ly/3wEnkqE
→ "Mama Lives in My Mouth" in Young Voices: bit.ly/3yRzBKg
→ "Primary Organs" in The Malahat Review: bit.ly/2Tl0yWu & read an excerpt: bit.ly/3fzSQR1
→ "The Wolf-Antelope Will Not Come for Us" in filling Sation: bit.ly/2UhCxjH
→ "Where to Run When the Lamb Roars" in The Temz Review: bit.ly/3GN246M
→ "Fig" in Fractured Lit: fracturedlit.com/fig
→ "Jasmine’s Brows and Cuts,” in The Puritan, bit.ly/3mBsPDA
→ “Slaughter the Animal” in The New Quarterly, bit.ly/3BURVqb
→ “Eat Well” in CAROUSEL, forthcoming
MY POETRY:
→ "We sell skin on sale" in Augur Magazine (poetry): bit.ly/3vBvQH3
→ "the drive-up microphone at burger king" in carte blanche:
bit.ly/3sm6RoE
→ "A burial" in The Fiddlehead: bit.ly/3oMU7ID
→ "The night my mother learns to use the bus" in The Fiddlehead: bit.ly/3oMU7ID
→ “What’s the difference between good and god” in CV2 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 y'all! I'm Rachel, a twenty-year-old writer from Toronto. I've 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:
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
#authortube
