Writer's Survival Guide
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Күн бұрынDo you want to write a book or a screenplay? Do you also want to keep your sanity? Let's figure out how to do both!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
1:26 What the Hell is a Story?
3:39 Structure is cool, but not that cool.
5:08 To Outline or Not to Outline?
5:58 Be Bad
7:22 Conflict, Shmonflict
10:23 Don't Scoff at the Short Form
11:34 No Kings or Gods. Only You.
12:53 One for the Road
Visuals: Hugo, Adaptation, Kill Your Darlings, Silver Linings Playbook, Ruby Sparks, Elemental, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Storyteller, Limitless, Star Wars: Episode I, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, HITMAN, Status Quo - Rockin' All Over the World, Hugo, Paterson, Game of Thrones, Another Round, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Cloud Atlas, Mank, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Matrix, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Soul, Whiplash, Bruce Almighty, Red Dead Redemption 2, Shaun of the Dead, Inside Llewyn Davis, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Monsters Inc., The Disaster Artist, Love, Death + Robots, The French Dispatch, Office Space, The Room, INSIDE, Better Call Saul, Equilibrium, The Last of Us: Part II, Don't Look Up, The Wolf Among Us, True Detective S01, Nightcrawler, Ghost in the Shell, Being the Richardos, Rick and Morty, World of Tomorrow, Arrival, Seven, Rain Dogs.
Stock Images and Footage provided by - Freepik, Pixabay and Pexels
Some footage courtesy of @TheRedDeadRedemption2Show
Music: Tobaggan (Silent Partner), Main Theme (Storyteller), Bayou Story Time (The Wakling Dead: Saints & Sinners), Dragon Graveyard (Trine), Vista Point (Gothic 3), Hacking (Deus Ex: Mankind Divided), Ludwig Knew It (Storyteller), Hydrogen (M.O.O.N.), Horizon (Dying Light), The Last of Us (TLOU Part I), Bigby's Place (The Wolf Among Us), Plastic (Mirror's Edge: Catalyst), Reflection (Hollow Knight), Prologue Fight (Red Dead Redemption 2)
#writing #writingtips #storytelling
@thebookofive 7 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for watching, hope this was helpful! If you like the stuff that I've been putting out, consider supporting this channel on Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheBookofIve
@cosmix199 7 ай бұрын
Writing is such a joy, let's bring back that instead of techniques, strategies and theories...
@TheRedDeadRedemption2Show 7 ай бұрын
The be bad moment really hit us. That's alot of our problems. We focus to much of fixing things and make slower progress than doing a quick run through of everything and fixing it later. This is an exceptional video and we love it. ❤
@thebookofive 7 ай бұрын
Thanks! I still struggle with the same thing myself from time to time 😄 Really enjoy your work!
@TheRedDeadRedemption2Show 7 ай бұрын
@@thebookofive well thank you for crediting us and using a couple pieces of footage 🥰 again, great job
@hmors-wp7yl 6 ай бұрын
Gosh, this is full of golden nuggets. Feels perfectly relevant right now too -- I've been trying to write and have felt so worn down by all the theory and rigid structure. This really brings the fun, creative side of it back to light. It's reigniting my spark :) Incredible video, thank you!
@thebookofive 6 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching! Good luck on your writing journey!
@LiamRomK 6 ай бұрын
Excellent video. Excellent channel. You've earned a subscriber.
@thebookofive 6 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@multimhine 7 ай бұрын
I never said this in my life watching youtube videos but… you deserve way more subscribers for something like this (Also you might be what gets me back into writing, thank you so much)
@thebookofive 7 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! Well, we're slowly getting there. Glad to be of help!
@zahreeveerman6510 5 ай бұрын
Hi Ive, thank you for your time. I liked this video and also the one about Miyazaki.
@thebookofive 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@Thewhiteandorange 6 ай бұрын
good editing, good content, good jokes... good ideas.👍
@djayrainstorm7834 7 ай бұрын
Excellent quality video, very surprised you have so few subscribers, I hope you continue to create content and I'm certain you'll make it big!
@thebookofive 7 ай бұрын
Thank you! Glad you've enjoyed it!
@akiraincorrect4968 7 ай бұрын
Interesting video !
@galactikbutterfly 7 ай бұрын
Not a writer now i appreciate.
@f-gikyo4170 6 ай бұрын
re-watched the conflict section 7:22 many times because it's so helpful for understanding conflict well enough to apply, !! Thanks Edit: because you tough on something about central themes, so important yet seems complicated
@thebookofive 6 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@travelbyjones 6 ай бұрын
Subscribed. Watch 2-3 of your videos and they are all good. Thank you for creating and sharing. Do you have works that we are able to read? That would be cool! :D Cheers, stay well
@thebookofive 6 ай бұрын
Thank you! Most of my writing in recent times was done for video games, but I'm getting back to literature as well. Here's one of the games that I've worked on as a writer: store.steampowered.com/app/1132980/There_Is_No_Light_Enhanced_Edition/
@xella3525 5 ай бұрын
Any tips on writing short form things? like short films. I find it more complex to conceptualise compared to something longer.
@thebookofive 5 ай бұрын
In my experience it really helps (especially when it comes down to short films) to set up some limitations from the get go. Limit yourself to just three scenes, or one location or just one or two characters (maybe only one of those characters is actually on the screen and the other side is just a voice on the radio or something). Once you have these boundaries in place it becomes much easier to filter out the concepts that are too big for the format and arrive at the idea that will work.
@xella3525 5 ай бұрын
Thank you @@thebookofive , I'll try and take that into consideration when writing short form. I agree that limitations can draw out more creativity and unique ideas overall.
@pierreverger850 6 ай бұрын
Thanks this video helps me a lot. When do you have 800 subscribers?? you deserve at least 100 times more. keep it up on youtube I need to see more videos like this! 🤌💪
@thebookofive 6 ай бұрын
Thank you!