Biggest Mistakes New Authors Make (Writing Advice)

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In this installment of our 87-part series, I'll show you why being a great writer is less important than disparaging other writers.
Writing can be tough and it's even tougher if you don't learn to promote your work offline, spend more on editing or accuse critics of pedophilia. Find even more useful writing tips inside.
00:00 - Introduction
00:46 - Title Sequence
00:57 - Product Placement
01:38 - Mistake 1 - Not Attacking Critics
02:21 - Mistake 2 - Limiting Marketing Avenues
03:03 - Mistake 3 - Writing For Yourself
03:38 - Mistake 4 - Spending Big on a Cover
04:00 - Mistake 5 - Disregarding Competition
04:27 - Mistake 6 - Living Your Life
05:01 - The Rest
05:31 - Outro
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@CaseFace981 3 ай бұрын

As someone who is not familiar with this channel I was not psychologicallu prepared for this video.

@DEpublishing 3 ай бұрын

"Writing is not for the faint of heart. It is a struggle with your own demons, a battle for the human soul. A writer possess more courage and fortitude than all the world's doctors, soldiers and policemen combined." - John Lazarus

@richiecastle460 4 ай бұрын

This was an unexpected joy to watch

@DEpublishing 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, @richiecastle460. My mother always said it was my destiny to bring joy to others (if I didn't kill myself from alcoholism first, like all my uncles).

@hugeuglygorillaz9599 4 ай бұрын

Fuck me! I wasn't actually watching, but listening, while stepping out to smoke. This is the first video I've watched of this channel and, due to the sound of the narrator's voice, I expected some soft-spoken, motivational speaker, Tony Robbins, self-help guru type of generalized, generic, cookie-cutter nonsense... It may still turn out to be just that, but calling me a "piece of shit" before the one minute mark at least got my attention. Good on ya', Narrator. I like it rough! (Safe Word is "rutabaga".)

@georgeharris9452 4 ай бұрын

nice video i am now addicted to crack cocaine

@DEpublishing 3 ай бұрын

Don't worry about it. Crack cocaine gave us "The West Wing," the presidency of George W. Bush, and every good Happy Mondays song. Just don't let it get in the way of your writing. Thanks for watching, @georgeharris9452.

@blakevinccent4928 4 ай бұрын

Good advice thanks for shining the light

@DEpublishing 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, @blakevinccent4928. I am a beacon of truth. Also a beacon of writing good books.

@RecordingQuadriQuart 4 ай бұрын

I may have to try these

@DEpublishing 3 ай бұрын

Go for it, @RecordingQuadriQuart. There's no harm in trying (unless, in doing so, you reveal a bunch of very odd, perverted sexual beliefs that leaves you estranged from friends and family. But that only happened to a couple of the students I've mentored.)

@cyan6483 4 ай бұрын

Wait you have like 200 subs I thought this shot was like a million sub channel

@DEpublishing 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, @cyan6483. I think it's safe to say that if this channel had one million subs, all poverty, war and disease would be eradicated from the face of the Earth.

@anthonyo.thector32 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@UserNameAnonymous 4 ай бұрын

Tip: decide on the tone for the video and stick with it. It's jarring when I have to use mental energy figuring out which parts are sarcastic and which are serious. I'd rather focus on absorbing the actual message.

@EndsToAMean 3 ай бұрын

Wait I thought the whole video was serious?

@VixxKong2 3 ай бұрын

I didn't notice the sarcasm

@DEpublishing 3 ай бұрын

That's okay. Media literacy is difficult. After all, who's to say whether a writing tutorial with a thumbnail that says "Limit Crack Use" is serious or not? Thanks for watching, everyone.

@UserNameAnonymous 3 ай бұрын

@@DEpublishing - ok, just ignore constructive criticism and be an asshole.

@brianmelendy1194 4 ай бұрын

Terrible advice.

@DEpublishing 3 ай бұрын

If you don't want to join the secret Satanic societies necessary to land a deal at Random House or Penguin, I can understand, but don't pretend I didn't warn you.

@julianburke7225 3 ай бұрын

@@DEpublishingI think he was kidding