@ravenjene8012 7 жыл бұрын
I love how the books in the background always match 😍
@RachaelStephen 7 жыл бұрын
+Raven Jene' I love that you noticed 😘
@marginailianails9282 7 жыл бұрын
"How do I make my brain give me those things?" THIS IS MY LIFE. I'm so happy I found your channel in time for NaNo.
@shutinlife4978 8 жыл бұрын
"Good stuff will come, if you keep going." *laughs* You, have earned my like and respect.
@artinthechurchmeraolive1098 5 жыл бұрын
So weird, I read this comment at the exact moment she said that........
@elilluesmaangel9142 6 жыл бұрын
I come back to this now and then, mostly when I'm blocked or low on motivation, and it always helps. Thank you for sharing!
@erikhoryza9068 7 жыл бұрын
I think I'm in love.
@migueloxamendi4284 7 жыл бұрын
Recently discovered your channel and very much enjoying your vids. Good work! When brainstorming a "what if" idea for a novel, I like to start by writing topic or list headings on a big sheet of paper for the moral, philosophical/religious, technological, economic and social implications of the event or situation. That usually reveals some conflicts and story ideas.
@johnc5258 8 жыл бұрын
i love that you swear every once in a while. swearing is like, genuineness
@RachaelStephen 8 жыл бұрын
+John C Every time I swear while shooting I hear my sister's voice going "Rachael! Calm down" and I invariably tell it to fuck off.
@selloutsanders5774 6 жыл бұрын
I know this comment is a year old, and that genuineness is the proper way to say it. But I just like genuity so much more.
@josephvolkel5686 5 жыл бұрын
Genuosity???
@ginge641 5 жыл бұрын
Stephen King does it, so it can't be a bad idea.
@prakashmayyak9916 Жыл бұрын
Pen ink comparison is very good. Thanks for this beautiful explanation.
@jananstunes 5 жыл бұрын
Your awesome! I've searched high and low for learning about writing videos that's not just promoting yourselves.. thank you for your useful wisdom
@soyevquirsefron990 Жыл бұрын
Let it suck is awesome advice
@tobyregal 5 жыл бұрын
Nice advice. I need to construct a story for a book idea I've had for probably ten years now. This was simple,but helpful.
@alphobia8916 4 жыл бұрын
God, even 4 years later, this is good advice, thank you.
@micaylab1 3 жыл бұрын
Here's a suggestion. Gather up the up the ideas for the story first then either in a notebook or on iPad write Story Development at the top and then write or type in the story ideas so that way you can play with them.
@tavishwhite3714 5 жыл бұрын
Good videos for getting pumped up to write. Solid content, funny without being distracting, thanks for putting this stuff out there Rachael.
@joecrieda2244 7 жыл бұрын
Straight to the point and seems to make sense.
@GhostGirlBlues 8 жыл бұрын
I've seen each of the videos in this series at least twice, but I might as well watch them all again, because I enjoy hearing you speak about writing and it's easier than spending time actually writing.
@victoriaokoshone2062 8 жыл бұрын
I know write
@creativewriter9549 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rachel your material is really helpful i'm willing to hear all of it
@barefootash 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Your helping me restart work that I've had for many years. I enjoy your teaching and your enthusiasm. Great videos!
@RachaelStephen 5 жыл бұрын
Aw, that’s wonderful to hear! Have you caught any of my plot embryo videos? They’re kind of an upgrade to this system! I also did a new brainstorming video recently too! 💕
@Elfmunchkin3 6 жыл бұрын
OMG THANK YOU THIS IS SO RELEVANT
@Puckerization 7 жыл бұрын
Oh you are definitely the coolest at this. I've watched a few cutesy American whiners state the obvious on their writing techniques and development. You are straight forward, articulate and cool. Keep up the great work, it is greatly appreciated...I've subscribed.
@LuLaz808 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for making this! Needed help with knowing where to start with my own story ^_^
@Treebie124 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Rachel! Some great advice here. Plus the accent is awesome and makes you pay more attention to what is being said. Spoken with everyday words like "crap" makes it fun and real as if someone is actually talking to you vs reading from a textbook. Great job Rachel!
@RachaelStephen 5 жыл бұрын
Aw thanks pal 💕
@kristenfisher9475 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! This video was so helpful to me and the starting of my novel! I honestly had so many questions about the writing process when i first began watching the video but you had answered them all! Thanks again!!
@RachaelStephen 7 жыл бұрын
+Kristen Fisher :) so glad it was helpful!
@josephperdue8469 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the serious help, comedy and interesting character that is you.
@davidreynolds2450 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this, very helpful.
@cm24624 6 жыл бұрын
Had a session with the Woodland Hellbitch 😊 and came back to watch this video. One thing that was revelatory for me she talks about here: 2:30 How to make your brain give ideas? With the HARD WORK of Directed Brainstorming, to get "the fucking cake base". You must MINE IDEAS THROUGH HARD WORK, disciplined and persistent brainstorming development work, so you may actually CRAFT your story. Ironically, writing is the least important part of writing. lol
@stevenjames2020 3 жыл бұрын
she said crux . that was pretty cool .
@brendawilliams7145 4 жыл бұрын
once again, you nailed it.
@chalkandrubble5702 8 жыл бұрын
This was so helpful! Thank you so much!
@RachaelStephen 8 жыл бұрын
+GEMX That's so awesome to hear :D
@brendalu4665 2 жыл бұрын
Impressive! Thank you!
@mellors 7 жыл бұрын
Very helpful and entertaining, thanks!
@intothegreen3487 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rachael. Sound advice.
@florencetj 8 жыл бұрын
Very informative. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. :D
@kristymilner8831 6 жыл бұрын
This is very helpful! Thank you:)
@umutkuyuk9573 7 жыл бұрын
After a long time, I feel like I am writing something useful again, thanks to you :)
@RachaelStephen 7 жыл бұрын
+Umut Küyük 😭👌!
@_halo_09 4 жыл бұрын
“Directed brainstorming is actually work” Me: *Le GaSp* WORK?!!
@TangoJordan 6 жыл бұрын
Dude. I love you. You're hilarious. And smart. Very smart.
@Tsukasa6669 6 жыл бұрын
That was actually VERY helpful! =)
@kilianalexander2736 Жыл бұрын
Been using some of these techniques without even realizing lmao
@jasmeetk0 7 жыл бұрын
I'm seriously considering pitying myself for not finding your amazing channel earlier!
@Robeeh2 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this
@outis7432 6 жыл бұрын
Finally, and thank you...
@sir_gil 3 жыл бұрын
I’m sorry but this Video made me WRETCH at how much work I have ahead of me, but nothing is easy right?? Thank u! Lol
@busybee1998 6 жыл бұрын
This is damn motivating!
@fificaroline1141 3 жыл бұрын
Okay but I LOVE you...
@archiethewriter3997 4 жыл бұрын
thanks for this!! i love your accent :)
@auroramartell 7 жыл бұрын
I love your videos.
@jacquelineclairereinerical4831 8 жыл бұрын
I JUST found you, love your videos, about to go buy state of flux.
@RachaelStephen 8 жыл бұрын
+Claire Calamia Yaaay, thank you!
@Rayowag 7 жыл бұрын
I need to know what the song in the Background is named. I love it!
@AnachicDima 8 ай бұрын
Bravo❤
@elsetexter7904 6 жыл бұрын
Sign me up for some of that copper! Ready to rock that Cu!
@RKfMaster Жыл бұрын
I was gonna skip until I heard your Irish accent 😂
@sykoelf 6 жыл бұрын
I dont know if you removed the other video but I stumbled across this and really liked it. Where'd you put the rest of the series? Really need some guidance on how to get my story going
@RachaelStephen 6 жыл бұрын
The rest of the series is definitely still in my uploads! I would start with this though! 👉 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ldaKZr2LyZfRnac.html
@sykoelf 6 жыл бұрын
thanks!!!
@aashidhaniya 8 жыл бұрын
Oh god you're so funny, so helpful, and so nice for doing this! :D I have just started writing my first book, would you mind if I ask you some questions regarding that?
@RachaelStephen 8 жыл бұрын
+Aashi Dhaniya Thanks! Of course you're welcome to ask.
@aashidhaniya 8 жыл бұрын
+Rachael Stephen I just had this great idea for a story and not until I actually got to writing did I realize that it's super complex with complex characters but most of all, it has to be narrated from different characters' pov. It's quite intimidating since it's my first time doing this, is there something I should definitely avoid or definitely do? (I am already following all the advice you gave in this video, too :P )
@RachaelStephen 8 жыл бұрын
This is VERY similar to me starting with Flux! By the time I was done with it I was like MY NEXT BOOK IS GOING TO BE FIRST PERSON, SINGLE PROTAGONIST, NO FLASHBACKS. EVER. You will probably have to be more ruthless than your average writer with your outlining. Go over it and check the TIMELINE makes sense, pull all your character's plots together and go through each seperate one as if it was its own story, what's missing, what needs to be better, what doesn't make sense? A more complicated structure, more characters and more POVs just mean you can't just wing it like you might with a simpler story. Also make everyone pay to stay - evaluate each character and ask what they're ADDING to the story, make them tell you why you CAN'T tell this story without them. What would you lose? Could you avoid that loss by giving that role, character aspect or scene to another character? Chuck anyone who can't pull their weight.
@aashidhaniya 8 жыл бұрын
+Rachael Stephen Thank you so much. I'm a math major and even though I'm good at writing I'm just shooting arrows in the dark without any guidance. This would be rather helpful. (Also, no way around the outlining, Amiright! >.>)
@kekoa1843 8 жыл бұрын
Led here - good stuff - sub'd!
@TheOne_OnlyOne 7 жыл бұрын
WTF no dislike untill 2017 that amazing!!!
@valhalla1240 6 жыл бұрын
about that pen-graphic... I feel like for me it's more 90% bad ideas and then 10% meh ones :D
@alffbooks 8 жыл бұрын
Great video! I find a great way to get a first draft written after some brainstorming is to do something like NaNoWriMo! :D I got a complete draft for my novel that way! ^^ I am having trouble sitting down and writing a second complete draft though even though I have worked through the ideas quite a bit sincr that first draft, I find it harder to accept writing crap after so much time working on the same project ..
@RachaelStephen 8 жыл бұрын
+AlffBooks Nanowrimo is actually responsible for the first draft of my book Flux (which is now published)! I enjoyed it a lot, but I've since realised the nano method just gives me far too much work in the revision stage. Flux took me over four years to finish (admittedly I was studying and working) because the first draft was such an unplanned splurge. These days I find planning saves SO much time and work, which is why I'm always perfecting the process I sketch out in this series! Thanks for your comments (:
@alffbooks 8 жыл бұрын
I see :) I never actually thought of revising the first draft, I always planned to just write it all down to get it out of my head, admittedly I had 4 years of planning done when I finally did NaNo which means my first draft follows my ideas quite well but I was always going to write a complete second draft before thinking about revising it :) No problem! I love finding booktubers who post about writing and always want to participate in conversations about writing! :D
@BlindGardener 6 жыл бұрын
Watching your videos is just as satisfying as the actual writing process.
@10Vernonplace 3 жыл бұрын
good!! [but music distracting]
@timbushell200 7 жыл бұрын
The Amazon link does 'click' to the book. Otherwise very well done stuff and ideas - now for the other four parts : ))))
@timbushell200 7 жыл бұрын
Oh and the back ground music - you should tell it to fuck off especially those of us that are hard of hearing : ))))
@christyjohnson1799 7 жыл бұрын
did you paint your nails gold to match your books? cool. I didn't do a proper prep prior to nano and my outline and plot is being re-done after writing about 15k. referencing your videos again to help me figure out what method I'm using to get this story out my head.
@RachaelStephen 7 жыл бұрын
+Christy Johnson I'm slightly obsessed with gold. When I can manage it my nails, jewelry and eye makeup will all be gold. Goes with my hair, so...
@sheilaklein3822 7 жыл бұрын
there is more than one The Organized Mind for sale, and the link isn't working. Who is the author?
@mollygraham7687 4 жыл бұрын
Just a thought...your ideas and suggestions are helpful and informative. I’d like to share some of your videos with my students. If you could stop cursing, I could share your videos. Just a thought. Please don’t cuss me out...
@sanathkomire4719 6 жыл бұрын
Can you suggest me any book or material that helps me to brainstorm sci-fi ideas
@RachaelStephen 6 жыл бұрын
I suggest looking at something like TVtropes.com and making a list of sci fi tropes and creating your own brainstorming questions based on them. Or even making notes on what would happen if you smushed two different tropes together.
@hillview73 7 жыл бұрын
American Gods!!
@christyjohnson1799 7 жыл бұрын
so I'm not the only one who sings the alternate version of let it go/suck lol
@Stalaxian 5 жыл бұрын
What if my novel idea is too complicated?
@veetoh 5 жыл бұрын
:’) relatable
@blazemordly2195 7 жыл бұрын
I'm mind-hard and filled with copper!!
@TxnBBQ75 5 жыл бұрын
So Brain Farts are healthy! Freeing up space!
@rebeccadaniel2560 7 жыл бұрын
for me it just comes. God possesses my hand and writes. but sometimes I get stuck so i do free-writes.
@BlazerK1914 3 жыл бұрын
Why do you write books?
@toddboothbee1361 5 жыл бұрын
Being too clear too early on what you're writing aborts the discovery that writing can afford the writer. As Mallarme said, "To name is to destroy".
@isawat2227 8 жыл бұрын
why is someone shooting a star wars gun in the background?
@RachaelStephen 8 жыл бұрын
+Isa Wat I agreed to let the Empire conduct phaser tests in my bathroom that week.
@isawat2227 8 жыл бұрын
geez, I hate it when those guys strike back.
@eddiewalker2155 4 жыл бұрын
Rachel do you have an email address? Im working on a story and I'd like for you to tell me what you think.
@4740424 6 жыл бұрын
I'm seeing "American Gods"
@nicolaberry9550 5 жыл бұрын
Are you Scottish? I’m Scottish and you sound Scottish. Wow never said Scottish so many times in one sentence before 😂
@rickyhadrian5165 5 жыл бұрын
You're Scottish? I'm not Scootish but i do have a friends who are Scootish they sounds Scootish and looks Scootish , omg i'm so forced to say a word Scootish.
@nicolaberry9550 5 жыл бұрын
Ricky Hadrian for some reason Scottish is a contagious word. Once you say scottish you cant stop saying scottish.
@rickyhadrian5165 5 жыл бұрын
@@nicolaberry9550 True but i'm actually say Scootish instead of Scottish.
@RachaelStephen 5 жыл бұрын
Yup! Aberdeen originally, Glasgow for 8 years!
@ActionableFreedom 3 жыл бұрын
4 Year old cool video about a totally other topic. But did you literally put up 3 books on that shelf not because of the content but because they look good? My god thats like the definition of style over substance - tho maybe its both cause they seem really cool! I do guess its the same for most people that have the old bookshelves but rarely read the books. Sorry! Thanks for the intro.
@chumptown259 6 жыл бұрын
Drinking coffee isn't work
@patrickdemets6018 5 жыл бұрын
No, but it is if you have to make it and serve it all day. Rachael is a prima barrista. Next (first!) time I'm in Glasgow, I'm heading to her coffee shop. How difficult can it be to find?
@isawat2227 8 жыл бұрын
annoying music, ugggggggg -.... h.
@dustbowlboy 4 жыл бұрын
Isa Wat bruh. Deal.
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