Taking 6 Years to Write a Book | Thoughts on Finishing a First Draft! @ShaelinWrites
Taking 6 Years to Write a Book | Thoughts on Finishing a First Draft!  @ShaelinWrites
Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Well that only took *checks watch* oh

RELATED VIDEOS
→Thoughts on Finishing a First Draft [Honey Vinegar]: youtube.com/watch?v=srAFQ78KD2c
→Revising Old Projects: youtube.com/watch?v=2Fs7u5ipyUY&list=PL8-jsG6NG3oLY2W4wP-uB9a5SF9ekBCPb&index=16
→Saving the Book That Wasn't Working: youtube.com/watch?v=j3NP5LwTh80&list=PL8-jsG6NG3oLY2W4wP-uB9a5SF9ekBCPb&index=29

THE VLOGS
→A (false) Start: youtube.com/watch?v=pE4FmtjQnLE&t=204s
→Restarting! | NaNoWriMo part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=c2hFsInNdUQ
→Losing NaNoWriMo and Thriving: youtube.com/watch?v=TKMYNirm2n0
→Drafting Ups and Downs: youtube.com/watch?v=U5OJsBzzyuE&t=400s
→The Best Writing Days of My Life: youtube.com/watch?v=T6KIHvyIgPM

→blacklivesmattercanada.carrd.co
→Anti-Racism Resource Guide: allyresourceguide.com
→Issues in the World (updating): issuesintheworld.carrd.co

MY SHORT FICTION:
☾I Will Never Tell You This - The Puritan: puritan-magazine.com/never-tell-you-this
☾Solarium - Minola Review: minolareview.com/shaelin-bishop
☾Barefoot - The Fiddlehead [print only]: thefiddlehead.ca/issue/282
☾Wishbone - PRISM international [print only]: prismmagazine.ca/2020/04/19/prism-58-3-sprawl-is-live
☾Wishbone - video reading: vimeo.com/420052282
☾Cherry and Jane in the Garden of Eden - The Puritan: puritan-magazine.com/cherry-and-jane-in-the-garden-of-eden
☾Hold Me Under Till I See the Light - The New Quarterly: tnq.ca/story/hold-me-under-till-i-see-the-light
☾Beautiful Animal - Room: roommagazine.com/issues/twine
☾Zugzwang - Plenitude: plenitudemagazine.ca/zugzwang

MORE WRITING TIPS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oJsJ6LTZRtYtCHWi-5pjhQJ
WRITING VLOGS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oK35m9jtz_aR2t8Dssl6eqJ
WRITING CHATS & DISCUSSIONS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oLHy-zpu_yk7CfbJvrNc1O7
BOOK REVIEWS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oKlrHVFgs9UZCxJjB0Azqco

Check out more writing and publishing videos from me over @Reedsy!: youtube.com/channel/UCpo0MkTAyEl73PmIVs8CQvQ

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