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Bethany Atazadeh - YA Fantasy Author

2 жыл бұрын

I'm about to start writing book 3 in my latest young adult fantasy series, but I'm struggling to get started so it's time to set some serious deadlines and make a plan so I'll be motivated enough to get to writing! Here's my plan for writing a novel in 27 days!
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@louisemoulin4704 2 жыл бұрын

Bethany, my heart broke for you a little because you have to squeeze writing in between baby and dishes! So a reminder that creative thinking/dreaming also happens when doing the dishes, and hanging out the wash, the book is always forming. Also setting the timer for 10 minutes and writing fast is a good use of snatched time. Glad I found your vlogs. You are a hero (heroine) to many already.

@l.e.mearman-medievalmusing6323 2 жыл бұрын

My books are epic fantasy and tend to run 100k or so words, so take some time to draft. I like that you're setting "realistic" goals. I'm trying that for my current work and giving myself this quarter. Having a strong outline and dividing scenes up by weeks, I think I can draft book 3 this quarter. So far, I've stayed on track! Hoping I've been realistic, too. Good luck with tackling your book 3 :)

@BethanyAtazadeh 2 жыл бұрын

Epic fantasy books are the best! You've got this! And thank you! :)

@robbiegarnz7732 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a plan! I’m working on my first book too.

@t0dd000 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I'm 100,000 words in but am only about halfway through and now stuck. Searching for a way to bust through. Just trying to find the damn time. Difficult. It's not my living so it is never the priority, sadly.

@l.e.mearman-medievalmusing6323 2 жыл бұрын

@@t0dd000 I get that. If you're only halfway through, you could consider dividing it into two books and restructuring a but. That's what I did and it was a huge help. I didn't realize I was writing a series until I was 250k in. Restructuring it as several books helped get past the block and was motivating bc I had almost two completed novels and a third draft to work with.

@MandiGraceAuthor Жыл бұрын

having accountability to actually have discipline and follow through on writing goals is precisely what I love about my writing group.

@s.r.nulton9480 2 жыл бұрын

Figuring out a schedule for your current life is so hard! I've found that different seasons affect my motivation and creativity and that I have to approach each book differently. Good job setting reasonable goals!

@aedynbrooks6900 2 жыл бұрын

Way to go!! You're staying dedicated to writing while juggling a baby and all the things!! I have no excuses.

@BethanyAtazadeh 2 жыл бұрын

Yay thank you so much! :)

@cassie_hart 2 жыл бұрын

I loved watching this! It can be so hard as a parent to set realistic goals, but also so important. You're doing AMAZING. And you've inspired me to actually try and map out my May - I've always wanted to, but my life is so changeable that I always worry I'll just throw it out the window. My kids are all older, but I home school so there is always a lot going on. Good luck for May!

@BethanyAtazadeh 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cassie! :D I really appreciate that, it can be so easy for me to take accidental breaks lol, so this definitely helps. Hope it'll be a helpful strategy for you too! (And p.s. I was homeschooled, so I know how much work that is, keep rocking it, you're amazing!)

@ericarowanarts 2 жыл бұрын

You gotta do what works for you! And vlogging is super working for you!! Having a completed book by May 31st sounds like such a crazy goal but you've set it up so that you've done all the legwork, all you gotta do is write it out. You're gonna kill it! I can't wait for more vlogs on this journey!

@BethanyAtazadeh 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :D It's a crazy goal for sure, but it does help that my first drafts are super short!

@caitlinwright7431 2 жыл бұрын

Hi - I just stumbled across this video and you have inspired this mama SO MUCH! Such amazing hints and tips for writing with a baby; my boy is 5 months old and I MISS writing. Thank you so much for sharing and for giving me the kick I need to take responsibility for making time for my own creativity and schedule. A quick question, do you have a specific video about the note book system you use? The spreads really seem helpful for keeping you on track.

@annejia5382 2 жыл бұрын

your planner looks so cute 💙

@daraeden851 2 жыл бұрын

Love your channel, especially your vlogs. Thanks for sharing your process.

@BethanyAtazadeh 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, so glad you like the vlogs! :D

@t0dd000 2 жыл бұрын

I run a farm and I am a real estate agent. My schedule gets completely wrecked on a daily basis (no consistency). I can't write effectively in the evening. And I don't do well with interruptions and it takes a solid 30 minutes to settle into a writing groove. So working on getting some sort of process going. At the moment I think the only way I can do it is to get up at 4am.

@BethanyAtazadeh 2 жыл бұрын

It's tough! I have a baby plus a ton of other work on top of writing so I can relate to struggling to find time. Getting up extra early has been my go to as well. It might not be sustainable every day, but it works!

@heatherkirchhoffwritesya 2 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to seeing how it goes! Good luck!

@BethanyAtazadeh 2 жыл бұрын

Yay! Thanks Heather!

@SDHuston 2 жыл бұрын

I wish you the best of luck on getting that book started! I really like how you track your writing time. I feel like I'm always just trying to find the time to write that when I have the time, I plunge into it without tracking anything, but your method could be useful for me to see how long it actually takes to write a book. Thanks so much for sharing!

@BethanyAtazadeh 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@jeanshelbybooks4154 2 жыл бұрын

Look at you with all these videos, Bethany! I love them!

@BethanyAtazadeh 2 жыл бұрын

Yay! Thank you! So glad you're enjoying them!

@jaimecole4656 2 жыл бұрын

I'll be honest, at first I thought tracking my word count, especially with stickers, wasn't something I was interested in, but I started doing it, and it's been very encouraging to watch it mount up. :)

@AminataCoote 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck! You can do it😀

@BethanyAtazadeh 2 жыл бұрын

Yay thank you so much! :D

@hayley1662 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video. So inspiring thank you

@BethanyAtazadeh 2 жыл бұрын

Yay thank you! So glad you're enjoyed it!

@gamexpress111 2 жыл бұрын

Can you make a how-to video where you keep track of your times/hours? I'm curious how your process is going for it

@abbeyfox8380 2 жыл бұрын

I think this is awesome

@BethanyAtazadeh 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Abbey! :)

@jameswright5627 2 жыл бұрын

I'm curious, how do you decide on word count of each chapter?

@BethanyAtazadeh 2 жыл бұрын

It's totally personal preference, so my thoughts are also just my personal method, but I typically notice my chapters land between 1,000 and 4,000 words. But it's not a requirement, I do what the chapters need. And every once in a while I like to break the "rules" and have some fun, so I do have a chapter with just one sentence in The Cursed Hunter, just like Holly Black has done in her bestselling novels! :)

@Falconlibrary 2 жыл бұрын

Please know that many famous authors, living and dead, count/counted words written every day. Graham Greene would write exactly five hundred words every day of his life. Not 499, not 501, but exactly 500. He'd stop in the middle of sentences. Hemingway counted his words, too, and aimed for a minimum of 500 per day. Stephen King does 2000 words every day. George RR Martin does 0 words, every day. America's greatest author, Mark Twain, zealously guarded his word count: “In 1897, when we were living in Tedworth Square, London, and I was writing the book called “Following the Equator” my average was eighteen hundred words a day; here in Florence, (1904), my average seems to be fourteen hundred words per sitting of four or five hours.” If tracking your productivity is good enough for Mark Twain, it's good enough for the rest of us. I don't do outlines except in my head, but I can easily understand why having outlines, etc, helps keep track of what you're writing and makes for a cleaner first draft that doesn't need major surgery to be readable. The point is: authors need structure. Publishers' deadlines don't apply to independent authors, so you have to make your own goals and stick to them. Otherwise your word count will be the same as George RR Martin, but without all those piles of loot from his tv projects.

@ShiningStarification 2 жыл бұрын

The tea on George RR Martin lol. Love it 😂

@SDHuston 2 жыл бұрын

@@ShiningStarification Me too! That line made me chuckle!

@Falconlibrary 2 жыл бұрын

@@ShiningStarification I picture George sitting down to write, staring at a blank computer screen, then pulling up his bank account online and saying "Naw, I'm good".

@BethanyAtazadeh 2 жыл бұрын

Haha too funny! But yes, word count is super helpful!

@Falconlibrary 2 жыл бұрын

@@BethanyAtazadeh Everybody else is ragging on poor old George, I just wanted to get my shot in. The true test of an author is how they handle great success: does the fire still burn or does it go out? George has lost his passion for the project that made him famous. It's his darling and he can kill it if he wants to.