By "fade" I more of meant your writing momentum. When you're writing a story consistently, it stays on your mind all the time, and you're more in tune with the characters. If you take a break, that sense of connection can go away and the next time you come back it, you'll have to rebuild that momentum. It's not impossible to do, and I take breaks all the time. It's just nice to keep the story on your mind by working on it regularly

Alright, ONE SENTENCE, but that's the lowest I can go

I bought the props, so they're bound to return 😂

I feel you! I am a creature of habit, so I know if I don't take active steps to make time for something, it won't get done. And thanks for the DING 😂

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@@MikaelWallentin. I was. I finished my first draft in October. Starting revisions this month. Thank you Campfire team!

Thanks David! Story is definitely a fantastic resource, one of the great writing staples.

Totally agree! It will differ from person to person. I am motivated by milestones, but some people may have other types of motivation where wordcount milestones may be discouraging. Thanks for mentioning that. I wish I had mentioned that in the video!

A good point. When you're working on a first draft, word count can be really helpful imo, because my goal is to vomit ideas onto the page. Once I start editing, then time goals are much more helpful.

It's hard to tell you anything concrete without knowing your story, but when evaluating your plot points, there are some things you can consider: Does this plot point make progress on one of my active conflicts? If there answer is no, then it might be superflous. Granted, everything that happens in your story doesn't have to make progress. Depending on your story, you might spend a little time exploring the world or a character to set up future events! If your worried about an entire minor conflict, you can ask yourself a similar question. Does this arc make progress on my main conflict? The result of the arcs should have some kind of impact on where your story is going. Otherwise, it might feel like a detour and therefore a waste. Note, the results of arcs can be impactful to a story in a lot of ways though. Even if they aren't making active progress, maybe they give the main character new experiences and change them in a way that's important for the ending. It can be a fun surprise for the reader when something that seems innate ends up being important later on! Most of all though, I wouldn't overthink it too much. Especially in the context of this video, I would focus on getting the story on the page first. Ideally, you want your outline to be coherent, but if parts are boring or not relevant, that can be fixed later. Those are incredibly relative concepts which are both up to personal taste and hard to gauge in your own work. This is why people use beta readers. They will tell you "I didn't like this arc" or "I got bored here." Hope that helps! Happy writing! (also this might be a good idea for a future video, so thanks 😁)

@@AroundTheCampfire thanks so much! That’s very good advice, I’ll keep this in mind. 😊

No problem, I'm glad that it's helpful! Thanks for watching 😁

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Glad it helped! :)

Thanks and good luck writing!

Hey, at least you've made it that far! A lot of people lose steam way before that, so kudos!

Thanks! I've definitely lost steam a few times, but I always manage to pick it up again eventually. I'm hoping to have a new public draft version released in the next week or so. Keep an eye out for it on the Discord. ;)

Not necessarily. It's more about having all the fundamental pieces and structure. Character wants something, but they need something else first to get what they want. That's the basic idea. Then you just have to make sure they're all connected in a logical way. Like the little wizard boy wouldn't *need* to become president to get out of his situation, or the wizard boy wouldn't just want, like, a sandwich or something. Those don't match the character or their circumstances. (Okay, he probably would want a sandwich, but who doesn't? You get what I mean, though.)

It's linked in the video description. :)

Those ranges were based off research, so I didn't want to insert my opinion based off taste, but I agree with you 100%. That's NOT ENOUGH

Lol I like that he gave such a wide range, though. One of my other comments on this video hits on how I don't think these things should be rigid. I'd rather think about a chapter as a section of the book that moves some part of the plot forward. Some chapters require more scenes, characters, and words. It can help to think of a chapter as taking ~3K words or whatever, but if you're not careful, you'll cut necessary description, char dev, or worldbuilding , or you'll fill your concise and snappy writing with bloat. Gotta hold both POVs: 1) It's art, and 2) Devise structure in writing that helps you create that art.