Become a Writer: The Only 5 Fiction Sentence Types You'll Ever Need

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I'm back with another nitty-gritty fiction video! This time we're talking about the 5 major types of sentences that you'll see over and over again in fiction writing.
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@michaelmoore4022 4 жыл бұрын

“Yes I’m using the word ain’t, because I’m having some fun tonight!” Things are getting wild! Great video! I really appreciate your insights. I can tell that they’re really coming from your own personal observations, rather than just spitting out the same old platitudes like so much writing advice I see.

@yesfredfredburger8008 2 жыл бұрын

What I love most about this channel is the fact that every time I see a new video, I know Michael is going to bring up some advice that's never been said before.

@DontAskHowIGotIt 4 жыл бұрын

THIS is why I watch you channel. Similarly to your Writing Craft Playbook "Stitch", your ability to break down something as complex as writing in to essentially lego pieces for novice writers like me to assemble our ideas with.

@joefawley9264 2 жыл бұрын

When does the video start?

@BiggusMintus 4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, time for a new level up vid!

@IrishWebDesign 2 жыл бұрын

Great advice. CHAD is will make a huge difference to my writing. Thanks and greetings from Ireland.

@NickRossi 8 ай бұрын

Wow!! Your C.H.A.D.S. acronym is super helpful! What a great analysis!

@obakpo88 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, a real eye opener.

@patriciadanna7433 4 жыл бұрын

As always, great information for writers. Thanks. Love your videos.

@rainbowsomeone 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful!!

@thelemonaut Жыл бұрын

Just found your channel by chance, and all advice aside I just wanted to say I love the way you deliver info. You sound confident and enthusiastic, but not too much, and I'd listen to you talk no matter what the topic is tbh 😭 very accessible and lively, a joy

@manishasadana1260 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! This is completely new info. Thanks a lot.

@tawnyaperry3638 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the great information on writing.

@demetriusmiquel857 2 жыл бұрын

Love this! Thank you 🙏🏽

@robertsantana3261 2 жыл бұрын

I love your valuable videos.

@r.i.p.4485 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, exactly what I needed.

@Yak1312 2 жыл бұрын

This is very useful and practical. I like how you break it down.

@thakiusmuckfeather1103 Жыл бұрын

Excellent analysis.

@blingcicero6570 5 ай бұрын

This is a video I didnt know I need

@theangelicbeautyofyours807 3 жыл бұрын

Nice. Thanks.

@nononono3421 2 жыл бұрын

Useful, thanks! Subscribed.

@royalmuffin2330 4 жыл бұрын

You are my favorite writing channel on KZfaq. Your videos are always informative and inspiring; thank you for your work!

@AuthorLevelUp 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@TellSamyra 2 жыл бұрын

Useful information. Thanks

@carolalwood9225 4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your analysis of fiction sentences! I'll remember CHADS : )

@AuthorLevelUp 4 жыл бұрын

@saif5327 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for the video. I would like you to talk about writing in the present because I find it a little hard-to-read or silly-to-read. Thank you so much in advance.

@madhurimadas2616 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent analysis! Helped me a lot. Thank you so much!

@AuthorLevelUp 3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@peggygibson28 3 жыл бұрын

Omg I just subbed because of C.H.A.D.S. you have no clue how helpful that is to me. I am a born story teller but never had proper training on writing. I've been working hard to learn because I live to tell stories. ✍️💕🙏 Thank you!

@pdiddy67 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video! Having these different sentence types broken up in an easy to follow way, is priceless. I am in the process of writing my first manuscript novel, which is set in the science fiction genre. Since watching this video, I have found that keeping in mind the type of sentence I am trying to write, as I write my manuscript, has already helped me to write faster as well as visualize how I can put scene from head into writing. On top of that, I loved how you mentioned the cute buildings found in many small Iowa towns. I am currently studying at Iowa State University and have found Ames's town square to be such a quaint, charming area.

@AuthorLevelUp 4 жыл бұрын

Ames is really nice. I’ve been there many times. Very beautiful in the spring and summer. Glad the video helped you!

@emilyeshraghi8197 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :))

@achristinaportillo3548 Жыл бұрын

Subbed!

@confidere9726 3 жыл бұрын

Michael, this is very helpful! I hope you can do a blogpost, book, or video with tons more examples of the five sentence types. Thanks in advance.

@AuthorLevelUp 3 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion!

@KensOfficeUSA 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. There seems to be little out there on this topic. I came to the same conclusion that there are only 5 writing “modes”: * Action * Internal Dialogue * Dialogue * Description (details of people, places, and things through the 5 senses) * Exposition (background information on characters, setting, and story) I came up with this list while reading a book on show vs. tell and thinking about Dwight Swain’s Motivation-Reaction Unit (MRU)

@AuthorLevelUp 3 жыл бұрын

Well said! I'm a big Swain fan. His Creating Characters book was a game-changer for me. I did an entire playlist inspired by it:kzfaq.info/sun/PLxzJuXcviPo8aKa6Yf-OhH3g4yPriUFfc

@DustyCowdog 4 жыл бұрын

I picked-up two of your books on writing a few days ago. Excellent. Cheers!

@AuthorLevelUp 4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for buying my books. :)

@DustyCowdog 4 жыл бұрын

Author Level Up - Anytime, my friend. If I can reach a fraction of your prolific-ness (probably not a word) I will be amazed. And to use your thing... “Peace and chicken grease”, 😂

@jdkanuch2790 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this advice. Your books and videos have helped me change the way I view writing. I actually ENJOY writing now! I have a question, and maybe this is just something I need to learn on my own through experience. Do you have any advice on how to know when you've let the critical voice in vs. when you're actually making the story better? It seems like sometimes I write a sentence, then realize I'm using passive voice, or filtering words, or an adverb or any of the myriad other things you're not supposed to do, and then I spend too much time trying to fix that sentence before moving on to the next. Is this just how it is? I don't want to write "sloppy," but I also want to keep moving with the story.

@GodsMindDreaming Жыл бұрын

Write sloppy don't think about it first, then come back and clean it up later. During editing is where you'll hone your eyes for the things you dislike in writing like passive voice, telling instead of showing, saying the same thing a bunch of different ways in one paragraph, inefficient writing(spending too much time on things that do not matter in the story) Metaphors that take readers out of the story. Purple prose. Characters not acting according to their beliefs, but instead to further the plot. Etc. Etc. The more you do it, the better you'll get at writing at that final draft level, but don't be so hard on yourself either. Even when you're good, you'll end up having to rewrite scenes, and you won't be afraid to because you know the in and outs of how stories work and what you like and don't like in your writing. Just need a Character that wants something, and put things in the way that relate to your story concept(so like no magic in a realistic setting) and theme which is the message you want to share or explore with the world.

@kandirussell5024 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have any advice about writing the first chapter of a novel?

@frankreynoso1 4 жыл бұрын

You're an inspiration, Michael. Thank you so much for sharing your insight and pragmatism. I have a couple of questions: at the beginning of this video you said several times that there are six types of sentences. In the rest of the video you described five. Is there a sixth type or was that a slip of the tongue? Lastly, what type would a description sentence fall into? Sensory or its own type? You're awesoome!

@frankreynoso1 4 жыл бұрын

And thank you for the free playbook! I'm going to start reading it tonight. :)

@AuthorLevelUp 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was a slip of the tongue and it was too late and I was too tired to re-record. :( A description sentence in my mind could be any of the five I listed. More often than not it’s character opinion, history, or sensory details.

@frankreynoso1 4 жыл бұрын

@@AuthorLevelUp Thank you for the clarification, sir. Happy writing!

@DC-sk8jr Жыл бұрын

This is my third pass of this video. I remembered it as I read "Gallant" by V. E. Schwab. As I listened the story, I noticed that she wrote in a pattern that included elements of your CHAD method. She would repeat this over all the story that I read and it didn't get boring. In fact, between all of your elements and her writing style, she created tone, mystery, and voice. Don't have it all down, but I get more of writing, so thank you. Question: For you to turn what you wrote in the video into a scene, would you just need a goal-conflict-outcome around the CHAD?

@Writing-With-Dyslexia 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting video, I never understood this before. Have you made a video on some of the best websites to post your writing work? If you have haven't, can you? That would be superb!

@AuthorLevelUp 4 жыл бұрын

I generally don’t recommend posting your work on a website unless it’s an excerpt or somewhere like Wattpad, mainly because it becomes more difficult to control. If it’s snippets you’re using for marketing, that’s cool. If I misunderstood your question let me know.

@Writing-With-Dyslexia 4 жыл бұрын

@@AuthorLevelUp I should have been clearer with my question. Not necessarily a site to upload an entire manuscript, but chapters, or snippets as you said. Something to get another perspective, or critique, or even for marketing purposes to build an audience. Thanks for the quick reply.

@leviathanv3135 3 жыл бұрын

🙏

@KrystinaLiberty 4 жыл бұрын

Ever consider becoming a book reader for audio books (on the side)? When you read the lines, your voice is like ear candy.

@iamnotacat7018 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! Excellent advice. I will apply. One small thing though. .. C + H + A + D + S = 5 not 6. Lol xD

@AuthorLevelUp 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that!

@iamnotacat7018 3 жыл бұрын

@@AuthorLevelUpFrom your title I assume you guessed it. Still, I had to! Haha. Was serious about taking your advice though. I am going to write a piece of fiction and I really have no idea what I'm doing. Your tutelage was really helpful.