Appreciate you answering my question! I am way late in watching this… I really like the point you made about the reframing how to market a video/content and think backwards about it. Thanks again for the the Q&A, and congrats again!
Congrats man!! Just bought a copy of Across the Broken stars. Can't wait for it to be delivered so I can give it a read. It'll be cool to finally read some of this writing you always talk about on your channel. Thanks for being so inspirational. Looking forward to all the future content!
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Great vid, Jed :) Yeah, I discovered your channel via your writing like Gaimen video. I'm glad the algorithm has pulled you out of obscurity. As a baby writer myself, I love the content. Cheers!
On Heinlein's rules for writing, this pro author still uses them today and finds his work suffers if he edits excessively. I have picked up the method by accident and it works really well for me. The full talk outlining the approach is here- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ypG4iuJ9_ck.html
Heinlein's rules, it should be noted, stem from a time when being able to churn out books was really the only way to write for a living. If you couldn't turn out quality drafts in your chosen genre, and rewrite quickly to address an editor's issues with that draft, agents and publishers had little use for you. After all, those were the writers they relied on to keep *their* income going. Those rules are useful today for some experienced writers (and Heinlein was in no way addressing or even interested in "aspiring authors") and those with the native talent to turn out a very clean draft. They're not meant for, or of much help, to self-published writers, who often must maintain a day job because it is much harder to make a living at this craft than it was decades ago, and with so much more competition.
I love Heinlein's rules of writing! Definitely agree with not rewriting endlessly, but just making minimal editorial corrections. This has always been my approach. When it comes to my writing, I ALWAYS have a clear vision of the story, the characters, how it begins and where it's going. This is one of the reasons I never rewrite anything---yes, I correct typos and make small word changes here and there, but I always know how the story should go from the beginning. This was an endless frustration to my English teachers in high school who always wanted us to write multiple drafts of papers and creative short stories. Obviously, I never would rewrite anything because I wrote it the way I wanted it the first time; there was nothing to rewrite. I see all these indie authors on RU-vid talking about how many drafts they write and how much editing they do... I just don't relate to that type of process. Great video, by the way!
You mention using short stories as a palate-cleansing tool to rekindle one's passion for writing. What if I'm writing my first short story, and I've been working on it for over a month, and I've had long stretches of days where I haven't written anything because of life (school/studies, in my case) getting in the way? Would it be best for me to: try to continue with it; try to rework it/start again with the same idea; or should I start writing a completely new short story? (hi again, by the way)
Lovely channel, your videos are really helping. Been writing now for some years to finish my first fantasy novel. I hope it is finished by the end of the year.
