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$Songs to listen to while driving on backroads & ✨thinking about your ex✨ (a playlist lol) extremely niche rachel content SPOTIFY VERSION (missing 2 tracks BUT includes 2 other tracks I couldnt include because of copyright): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2jaLtvhCSVCl7lLHeb4LAK?si=635116b5bb9d484d I made this playlist for myself but wanted to share it with you! If you have no idea who Harrison is this is not going to make any sense (I am soo sorry lol). If these songs existed in 2005 & he had my music taste, you would get this playlist (I labelled the cassette with 2005 because Harrisons book takes place then)!! I picked songs I thought he might scream out when driving alone in the middle of the night! Because thats something he would do! :) hes really well adjusted. The order matters sooo much for this (to me). Psychoanalyze him if you would like based off that! Enjoy being subjected to my music taste!!!! TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Sex & Other Drugs (Greyson Chance) 3:22 - Chloe Kelly (Surf Curse) 5:17 - Desire (Current Joys) 9:00 - Punch Drunk (Current Joys) 11:04 - You Broke My Heart (Current Joys) 18:12 - Maybe (The Nicholas Project aka Current Joys) 21:10 - Homerun Hitter (Greyson Chance) 25:43 - The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Current Joys) 28:55 - Desire [Demo] (Current Joys) 33:16 - The Balcony Song (Greyson Chance) Who tf is Harrison and why does he have a playlist? Learn more here!! https://youtu.be/DMup9yJ0wgg 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 hold a 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$ $NANOWRIMO: 5K WORD DAY & I WANT TO QUIT 🖊️ | Writing Vlog In todays NaNoWriMo writing vlog I... STRUGGLE! The start of week 3 was super rough for me in terms of learning how to balance writing and my other responsibilities. I also discuss strategies for staying on top of my word count, dealing with falling behind and why Im not yet ready to quit my goal. QUESTIONS FOR YOU: 1. What do you do when youre drafting and realize youve made a mistake (with the approach to the draft, etc)? 2. How do you write when youre struggling to find time? 3. Are you excited by interesting language, or is there something else you love most about writing? TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 0:17 - Getting back into drafting 1:26 - Struggling to hit word count & writing poorly 4:57 - Scene VS summary & what I do when I realize Ive written a mistake 7:36 - Balancing writing & school & hitting 25k 9:00 - Time investment VS payoff in writing 10:20 - Behind on my goal & why I REALLY want to win NaNo 14:56 - Writing advice wont teach you how to write 16:41 - Being a nerd about words 17:50 - SHORTLISTED FOR CBC POETRY PRIZE 18:27 - Reading excerpts of my WIP RELATED: - Support Katie Wismers books @Katesbookdate https://www.katiewismer.com/books - Read my award-nommed poems in CBC! https://bit.ly/3TPMvSj 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 Music by Ben Camden - Good Things Take Time - https://thmatc.co/?l=7C6377FF 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$ $IM AFRAID OF WRITING - lets talk about it! TL;DR: AHHHHHHHHH 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$

I dont know how to love writing anymore | After Draft Podcast Ep. 4

$A PANTSER Tries PLOTTING a Novel | Writing Vlog #36 camp nanowrimo vlog lets gooo! TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 0:32 - Quick recap of my Camp goals 1:11 - What Ive done so far & what my Camp project is about 13:27 - The writing documents Ive created to worldbuild 18:48 - Update on my story Bible 25:02 - Summary of what Ive fleshed out 27:53 - Falling behind 31:05 - Writing career crisis & daydreaming about publishing 34:29 - How I outline with a scene list 37:31 - Reading A LOT 40:10 - Brainstorming magical powers & week 4 goals 43:27 - Finally getting ahead & reaching all my Camp goals?? 48:20 - Book unboxing 50:12 - Final day goal readjustment 55:00 - Did I win Camp? RELATED: - My Camp NaNoWriMo Plans! | Outlining, Save the Cat & Worldbuilding Galore: https://youtu.be/_t4jxkBubvI - I FINISHED WRITING MY BOOK (accidentally, lol) | Writing Vlog #35: https://youtu.be/NlpxwFHEbv4 - How I Accidentally Wrote a 10 Book Series | All About My Novel(s) - Fostered: https://youtu.be/elXAZDy8OJM - Worlbuilding blog post I mentioned: https://bit.ly/3BI4xk6 - Another helpful worldbuilding post: https://bit.ly/3Ss2eb4 - Check out The Marionettes by @Katesbookdate https://bit.ly/3SoNzNt - Check out Blood Like Magic & Blood Like Fate by @LiselleSambury https://bit.ly/3oOOMQX 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, 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 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). 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 by no suits - Magic City - https://thmatc.co/?l=1BA27976 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$

The EASIEST way to outline a novel (FOR PANTSERS) | NaNoWriMo Writing Vlog

Chat & write with me! (I need to finish my book lol)

$Im a published author! | Publication Update & Q&A In todays authortube video, I discuss the last couple publications Ive landed and also answer your publishing questions! Also realize I forgot to include photos of the issues (fail lol), but check them out here: - LinkTree to all the publications: https://bit.ly/3CYT7Y1 TIMESTAMPS: 0:36 - Poem anthologized in the 2021 Rhysling Anthology 1:03 - Short story published in filling Station & award nom 1:56 - Short story published in The Temz Review & award shortlist 3:25 - 2 poems in The Fiddlehead 4:34 - Flash fiction published in Fractured Lit 5:27 - Short story forthcoming in The New Quarterly 7:04 - Poem forthcoming in CV2 Q&A 7:30 - Do you ever submit something to a magazine and tell yourself that “you’ve got this one” or “I think they will take this”, or do you always expect a rejection and think of a publication as a surprise or “bonus?” 9:09 - How do you find publications to submit to? 10:18 - How do you find magazines to volunteer with/how do you reach out to them? 10:53 - How did you come about writing any of your pieces/coming up with the ideas for them? Were you inspired to write said piece by something else? Did it come spontaneously? 12:38 - When writing a story, do you ever come up with a plot detail that could change little or a lot of the story? Do you go through with the change or keep to the original idea? RELATED: - Last publication update: https://youtu.be/QuTOFbnXyco - Rejections vid: https://youtu.be/MCvA9o4VWMA - CBC list of Canadian litmags: https://bit.ly/3j0JsXP - How to pants for outliners: https://youtu.be/Qf98fpkBt3c LINKS Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachellwrites Tumblr: https://bit.ly/3BhAtK3 Pinterest: http://bit.ly/2qdKsyM 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 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$ $Writing a Book in 30 DAYS 💻 | NANOWRIMO WRITING VLOG I did it! After 30 days of drafting, I officially won NaNoWriMo and wrote a book (sort of lol) in just a month! In this writing vlog, I take you through my last week of NaNoWriMo, share tips on how I succeeded, what I learned, and what Ill take away for next year! QUESTIONS FOR YOU: 1. Is having fun an important part of your writing process? 2. When do you revise during your writing process? 3. What did you write this month (or this year) that youre really proud of?(Share an excerpt if youd like!) TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 0:18 - How Im approaching the end of NaNo 1:08 - Lonan is BACK (and why this is so difficult) 3:50 - Beating all my personal writing records 5:50 - Revising a scene 8:09 - Wrench in my plans & mental health struggles 9:30 - I won! NaNo final stats 10:29 - Did I write anything good during NaNo? 11:02 - What did I do to win NaNo (tips for you)? 14:48 - What did I learn during NaNo? 18:22 - Would I do NaNo (like this) again? 19:10 - Reading you excerpts from my WIP RELATED: - Harrison playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5GKenxQoGBJSC1Dtm3LdgZ?si=befc0504cb534994 - Reeve playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2J0KGO75CcgnboUdTwnQ1u?si=4aed1d74731f49a0 - Camp NaNo vlog: https://youtu.be/Rt7DUcpYkfY - Fostered crash course 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$