Alternate video title: Victoria being stressed by Holly's writing style for 55 minutes The look on Victoria's face when Holly was talking about changing character's personalities.

Two of my favourite writers together 😭😭😭

I immediately knew what Holly was talking about when she said she created books around a feeling. Artists and content creators learn to recognize when an image or a line or a concept has that exciting sense of 'what if' behind it that can become more, and even if it's just a useless shiny nugget that you tuck away for later and never actually get around to using, I feel like those things are incredibly important for a writer. Even a lump of coal has its uses, right? 😉 Thanks for the video, guys! Always good to hear from you both 💕

00:01 Intro 05:00 Meeting authors 05:35 Fixing stories 08:15 Book therapist technique 09:35 Holly's origin story 13:50 Publishing Tithe, and age categories 16:10 Not writing the same thing twice 21:20 Writing what you want versus something commercial 23:35 Writing Fantasy worlds adjacent to ours 26:00 Horror versus Fantasy 27:15 Starting with a feeling or moment 29:50 Continuing from the moment 32:50 Start from who the characters are at the end of the book, then rewind them 34:55 Importance of naming characters 35:35 When the plot starts aligning 37:00 From a feeling/moment to creating characters What a character fears, wants, and what they are willing to do to get it 40:40 Knowing the length of a series 42:30 Short stories 45:15 Choosing one series to outlive you 52:05 Future projects 53:25 Outro

Ope Holly Black just validated my writing process. THANK YOU 👏👏👏

Into the woods and out of the woods and home before dark! Thank goodness these writers exist!

I'm an otter!! No one can train me!! 🤣🤣

Wow starting from a feeling! I never felt so understood. I never understood my own process until I saw this 😂

I love this!!! two of my queens together ♥ This series really motivate me to write all my ideas

This was awesome, thank you so much! I love what Holly said about starting with a feeling, I totally do that sometimes, and then I have no idea what to do with it haha. But then it’s fun to see things come together and an idea you had ages ago suddenly has a place, things like that are great.

I love you ladies! Your insight into writing rings true for me. Fantastic bodies of work thus far. I can't wait to read more.

I'm in the middle of reading The Cruel Prince. Maybe I should read Vengeful next b/c of this.

I am re-watching this because two of my favourite authors are together 💜💜💜

Thank you, V and Holly, for doing this, this was delightful to watch - so excited for both of your books coming out this autumn! 😁

I never thought about rewinding characters for development. This is brilliant!

Really enjoyed this conversation.

my 2 favs 🥰

I've been waiting for this update since the live ❤️ Can't wait for Addie Larue and King of Elfhame.

ah, the Journal of Hand Medicine -- that explains that scene with Dain, Jude and the knife, it was very well researched

Thank you Holly for explaining the exact same way I write...not an easy way to work. 😬

Can i watch these series of 'No write way' without getting spoiled for any author's any series?