I tried Donna Tartt's writing routine 🖋️📖

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Welcome to another writing routine vlog! I've already done Haruki Murakami's 4am writing routine and Virginia Woolf's journalling routine, so here we are with Donna Tartt's writing routine. This was a much more laid back writing challenge, but I hope you all enjoy it 💛
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@nomanisanisland117 Год назад

she once described her process as "essentially painting a huge canvas with a brush the size of an eyelash." I think I love her stuff beccause I've found that's the pace that works for me, too.

@jolonghthong Год назад

She finds a lot of similes with writing and painting or drawing. I’ve heard three analogies about those two things from her. Wonder if she herself paints

@nini-y9c Год назад

@@jolonghthong she does! she mentioned once in an interview that at one point it was her dream to be a painter but she realized she wasnt good enough to pursue it professionally

@jolonghthong Год назад

@@nini-y9c that’s cool! Thanks for letting me know

@witchykit Год назад

If I had a library like this one where I live I don’t think I’d ever leave …

@Alicia-jl6ob Год назад

Same!! Love the libray!🤩

@deryasefer Год назад

Omg, yesss! 😍

@krasserkekskrumel6318 Год назад

Yeah, same, I'd probably just move in :D

@floffycow2649 Год назад

We barely even have a library where I live :/ not even places to sit (except a few chairs), only books to lend…

@georgia7636 Год назад

It's nice, but the chairs are uncomfortable 😂

@Steerpikey Год назад

Of all the routines I read and saw, this one is my favorite. It has no self-punishment elements and feels very organic and warm. The "ploughing" metaphor reminds me of what Ali Smith once said in a reading I went to: a writer is a giant stone rolling down a hill, and the books you read are the moss it collects. At the end, the giant moss ball becomes your book (she explained it in a much nicer way, but that's the core of it).

@brianwashines2645 Год назад

I see a Donna Tartt writing routine challenge I assume someone has a project that will take up ten years of his or her life. Then again I always assumed Tartt managed to get 400 to 800 words down in polished form per day despite actually writing thousands of words before getting there, mostly by longhand. It's like a painstaking sculpting process where the stone is in you and you have to fashion the pieces so they cohere in the end. It's why I admire her novels so much because so much has gone into them.

@harrisonmccartney4878 10 месяцев назад

I think plotting might be Donna's weak suit. She's a highly competent writer, so her actual writing probably doesn't require all that time, but I think she gives her ideas an enormous amount of time to mature before she commits to a vision for the novel. I'd love to read her drafts, as I can imagine things changing wildly from conception to finished product.

@eimeardonnelly8548 Год назад

I'm not a Donna Tartt fan - I'm a whole air conditioner! So I loved this video, thanks so much for making it!

@camillagrandi4201 Год назад

This comment sent me FLYING. Ten minutes after, still laughing 😂

@eimeardonnelly8548 Год назад

@@camillagrandi4201 Aww glad it made you chuckle!

@kaisetic3150 Год назад

this exactly!!

@peachy-wd6ci 9 месяцев назад

yeah the incredibly racist and xeneophobic white woman!

@bodytrainer1crane730 16 дней назад

It took me 30 seconds to get this! 😂

@xfilion Год назад

Try Neil Gaiman. One tip, use different coloured pens each day to visually see how much you have written. Great video.

@ImAshley2023 3 месяца назад

I'm a year late but she did the Neil Gaiman Video 😄

@marissanufer7313 Год назад

I always told myself I wasn’t interested in reading the The Secret History, but after moving to the Mississippi Delta region from Michigan I went into a bookstore and saw her featured due to it being in her home town of Greenwood Mississippi. After reading it and learning about her more and hearing her speak I find her to be quite fascinating as everything she encompasses seems to come off as the opposite of someone you would meet in this region. She talks and seems to carry herself as someone from northeastern old money but comes from and outsiders perspective which is why I think she’s been able to integrate herself into the world of books while creating questionable characters.

@nelzar Год назад

She is perhaps my new favorite author/writer along with Neil Gaiman. Absolutely love every bit of her work :)

@koritsi2142 Год назад

The fact that Project Teacup is in any way related to Dorian Gray makes me sooo excited for it! 😍

@lucaelisa9286 Год назад

I gasped when I saw Dorian Gray??? I'm even more excited now

@koritsi2142 Год назад

samee

@thevahandbook 2 месяца назад

I remember reading that Hemingway always stopped when he was in mid-flow, and knew exactly what was going to happen next. This way, he could get straight back into it in the next writing session.

@madelinejameswrites Год назад

I wish I had a library near me that beautiful... I'd never want to leave 😂 but I really liked this routine, the idea of having space to do something else if you're not inspired or needing to mull something over for a bit, OR keep going is really nice.

@michaelasvejdova594 Год назад

I've never thought of writing in a library, but thanks to you and Donna Tartt, I'm definitely going to try. By the way, you have a wonderful library in your city. I would never leave this again!

@juliae.8237 Год назад

Ha! Writing/work boundaries. Yes, I get that. I am a mom and some days when the writing is going well it would be lovely to forget my responsibilities - but I am a mom who loves her kids so that helps too. Loved your video. Congratulations on reaching 80k!

@TheQuietRiotProductions Год назад

Gothic novels are great when you write fantasy and you are looking for inspiration to ground your work in reality or to further build in your world. I love a good mix and a novel like Dorian Gray is perfect for that. Love these videos.

@SuperBlondenerd Год назад

I love these videos! 1. because it shows different writing processes and discovering what elements work for you and inspires me to try them 2. selfishly, it also shows that you are continually progressing in Project Teacup which is very exciting! Question: when you are writing in your notebook, may I ask what you are writing: Are they actual scenes you are trying to play out? Are they just notes you want to make sure you want to incorporate into the book? Ideas for later on in the story?

@hafsaali4207 Год назад

Well I know u asked Christy but I think she does problem-solving in the notebook. Like what should the particular situation be?

@thefriesofLockeLamora Год назад

For number one, may I suggest checking Kate Kavanaugh's channel. She's done nearly all authors

@evelyn1456 Год назад

If The Picture of Dorian Gray relates to your book thematically, I have no words for just how much I will LOVE your book. The dark, mysterious atmosphere of the book is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced from the comfort of my bedroom. I hardly remember anything else from the point of my life that I read it, because it captivated me so deeply :)

@fatimapilodia2253 Год назад

I RELATE TO THIS!

@zelihashares Год назад

I have an urge to make a video about Virginia woolf's journaling routine, i am thankful for your inspiration and being an amiable humanbeing. 😇😇🥰😍

@t0dd000 Год назад

I love working in libraries, but often they are not quiet. TIP: Your library may have a designated quiet work area. One of the ones near me does and it's a godsend.

@tonydeluna8095 Год назад

I would bring my sketchbook and try sketching the library. A beautiful atmosphere

@koritsi2142 Год назад

17:55 HOW on earth is this gorgeous reading room in the university library so empty? Must be heaven! At my uni library the reading room is pretty much packed all day every day with several hundred students🥲

@witabif Год назад

christy: my fantasy novel is over 75,000 words and its not nearly done me, who hasn't even started writing my fantasy novel yet: 👀

@colinarmis Год назад

your videos are always so comfy! they feel like a big warm hug or laying under dense soft blanket

@everausten Год назад

I loved this writing routine for you because it seemed nice and not painful! I feel so bad for AuthorTubers wrecking their sleep schedules and making themselves miserable - but I suppose you won't know it's not helpful until you try it. As always the vibes were cosy and particularly dark academic 💛🌙🌟✨

@wanderingwallawalla Год назад

It's always so fascinating to see another writers routine. I would love to see more of these in the future, it's been such a fun series so far 😊

@deldevours Месяц назад

I'm loving your videos. They're so peaceful and calming. Most writing videos stress me out, but yours always seem to leave me feeling tranquil and ready to write. I've been so productive since discovering your channel a few days ago. So... thanks 🙂.

@seriouslywhatever1031 Год назад

Omg that library 😍

@ChloeTheePayne Год назад

ooooooh i love working in the library, this is such a good reminder to do that more often!

@sbu_englishclub Год назад

What a great idea for a video! It's so interesting to see how different people write--what works wonders for one person would absolutely KILL someone else

@katievr9249 Год назад

Oh gosh Christy, your videos are just so writerly and cosy. I go away from them full of yearning to write and write, to go to the library and to just watch the rain pitter patter, to make tea and eat pastries. I love the little writerly world you’ve created for us. I must work on my writing asap.

@andreiserban3095 Год назад

Hello there! Just wanted to say that these kind of videos suits you. That's how i discovered you, by the videos with murakami and wolf and it made me to watch you since then.

@melindabiddy7165 Год назад

I wish our library was as nice.

@sabrycarb26 Год назад

I loved this, and I love this series!! I would also love a video on your specific writing systems and routines, and what you use, like what goes into your decomp book etc.

@lanietzky Год назад

Re-reading thematically linked worked sounds like a great idea!

@dariawerner7056 Год назад

I'm really loving this series! And that library *envious screech* And this is a random question that you may have answered before but I was curious to know which writing software you use :)

@gabrielidusogie9189 Год назад

New to channel. New to the idea of possibly being a writer. Where should I start? How do I start?

@HelloThere... Год назад

Oh that’s simple-you start writing.

@rebekahmenn2118 Год назад

I love these videos -- I don't know anything about authors' writing styles; I really enjoy this format you've created! I'd be curious to see what VE Schwab's writing style is like.

@17caria Год назад

what a lovely library--thanks for sharing!

@lindsay4938 Год назад

You're so pretty! This video also made me want to go to the library

@CynthiaCobos8 11 месяцев назад

Your local library is so beautiful and cozy. My local library isn’t so appealing and also has a lot of transients who hang out inside. But regardless, I enjoyed your video. Very inspirational. 😊

@hafsaali4207 Год назад

Wonderful video. I was desperately waiting for it. I love writing routines' challenges.

@BooksWithCarah Год назад

absolutely adore your videos -- you inspire me so much!

@asyabovt4241 Год назад

Oh my god I am so happy that someone take outside bunch of different pens cause never knows which one is gonna be used. I always have variations of writing style and use the pens depends on my mood and style I have today

@zelihashares Год назад

It is great to see you, ma favorite youtuber! 🥰🥰

@normamccafferty3053 Год назад

Such a fun series of challenges. :) I love many of your shots- I appreciate the effort you put into making the videos looking interesting and pretty. Lastly- that library! I’m smitten! ❤

@Demitrival Год назад

The way you smile when you write 🥹💖

@СофияРубина-р3э Год назад

I'm for the first time here, you are so sweet and cute, and your video is so cozy! I love Donna Tartt and it was a very interesting journey, thank you! Good luck with your book and with your experiments 🔥 I'm a beginner writer too, but right now I'm on the level of exploring different books and trying to understand how familiar books work at all technically. And I noticed that Donna Tartt doesn't have any single inappropriate word or detail, this is just awesome ❤️

@neonoires Год назад

I'm not a big fan of Donna Tartt outside of The Secret History (which is my favorite book of all time) but I'm going to try this.

@brontekelleghan6353 Год назад

Christy, I love these writing routines

@thegrandbizzare Год назад

Happy that I found such a cozy channel of an author in my own state! I always thought city living would be a great lifestyle. Coincidently, my aunt used to work in the Mortlock Library, although I never studied there as I went Flinders! 😂 And yes, it's also true that a 40r old male just used the word cozy! Have a good one!

@justyna2149 Год назад

I misunderstood and thought she meant rock music for a second...🤣 Donna Tartt is a rare gem among contemporary authors. Thank you for such an interesting video on her!

@Rec426 Год назад

I loved this! Even though I’ve never read a Donna Tartt book (I’ve got one on my shelf to read) I do like learning about other authors routines. This definitely made me interested in going out to work more on my novel and to also have a set place to work in. I normally work on my novel in bed (I know really bad 😅) since my legs do get a little achey/stiff if I sit for a long time but I think if I’m in a different place than my house maybe it might encourage me to get more work on my novel done? 🤔 it’s something to look into anyway :)

@adventureswithatlas Год назад

I have been binge-watching your channel this weekend. I absolutely love it!

@deerinthewoods Год назад

it was very inspiring, thank you!

@olafgutte5381 Год назад

Very interesting, Christy! Here in Germany I learn so little about Donna Tartt. 👍☺🤗

@AdrianasWonderland Год назад

i love those routine videos of yours. actually i love every single one of your videos, but those espiecially 🥰😍

@sofialanchodrozdowskyj8849 Год назад

I watch your videos while I work because I find them very soothing. Thank you for creating this kind of content!

@General_Puffball Год назад

Really impressive production values on this channel.

@kannot1 Год назад

I wish I was rich enough to write in a hotel in New York for a week😭💔 love Donna Tartt, wish we knew more about her

@YourTrueShelf Год назад

Wow, those libraries are absolutely gorgeous, esp the first room!! Beautiful. Nice for you to get out of the house from time to time and have a change of scene to work in.

@LabRat-jv3qt Год назад

Can you do George RR Martin's writing routine? He is my favorite writer. Love these vlogs!

@colleenjune7534 7 дней назад

I've learned so much from you.

@floratinuviel2762 Год назад

I loved this video! The Goldfinch was so wonderfully written, such a clever story. Also writing a fantasy novel (actually a series probably) would be so curious to know your thoughts specifically for the structure of fantasy! It's taken me quite a few years after I got the initial idea to really get into writing it down. I feel like fantasy can be so momentous that's it's quite the challenge.

@lilyrose3 9 месяцев назад

I really like these writing vlogs! Also, you look so pretty without makeup too!

@sklsdjf Год назад

I think the immersion tip still works for fantasy, and is maybe even more important for it! even just putting up some pictures of fantasy settings around your workspace or on your desktop or playing more fantasy music I think would help immerse you in the setting so that it doesn't have to be a literal place you visit that exists in real life but rather something u build in ur imagination and work off subconsciously as u write!

@Mybookishbehaviour Год назад

I would love to see you do Stephen king (for a fun time) or Brandon Sanderson (if you want to challenge yourself)

@Lulu-kg8cf Год назад

Really into this series 💜

@arabicabqariyyah111 Год назад

Christy, I love this vlog so muchhh🥺

@EzeICE Год назад

The Library in Adelaide is absolutely beautiful indeed.

@RafaelToscano 10 месяцев назад

Wow, what a beautiful library!!!

@mgtogno Год назад

The Picture of Dorian Grey is also my favorite book, I know many quotes by heart I read it so much hahaha I love Lord Henry kkkk

@christy-anne-jones Год назад

I love his sass. And his dialogue. He's so arrogant in a funny way? Hahaha

@jagger5392 Год назад

got 10 seconds in, saw the library and knew you were from adelaide too!!! amazingggg

@rileyklingensmith5967 Год назад

You should do Hunter S. Thompson’s writing routine next haha

@WiteDahlia Год назад

I love Donna Tartt! Great choice

@Adam-tk3cx Год назад

Pretty sure Donna Tartt's writing routine is: 1. Be independently wealthy 2. Churn out a novel a decade because you can afford to

@maya-di8nc Год назад

fair point, but also - who cares? we shld be grateful that we have Tartt's novels. yeah, not everyone has time or money to write like she can, but at least she does so we can have her novels. ygm??

@nomanisanisland117 Год назад

I'd actually challenge the idea that wealth and a slow pace are inextricably intertwined concepts. I have zero wealth, and rely on a boring desk day job to support myself, but as an aspiring novelist, I like to take my time writing precisely because my day job, not some inheritance, allows me to. If *that's* a luxury, it's probably the most common one amongst people who have publishing dreams. We pay the bills so we can, well, luxuriate in our passion in the hopes that one day it does pay the bills. Not to mention the fact that it's a inherent contradiction to characterize her independent wealth as being the 'secret' to her process, when it's the process that came before that independence. It's the process that earned her that independence in the first place. The Secret History took eight years to complete.

@JayJay-wg5ex Год назад

jealous?

@dolphone6748 Год назад

Uh oh here come the poor people who still believe we live in a meritocracy.

@wrigleyextra11 Год назад

if being independently wealthy is the the only step needed then where are all the bitcoin Donna Tarts?

@ingardensallmistywetwithrain Год назад

What a beautiful library to write in. I find your keyboard at home a bit loud though. I just found your page and find it very interesting. I`ve just subscribed. Ok break time over, now back to my novella.

@8ballstreet Год назад

I expected this to be a 10 year long video. Massive dissappointement

@ImAshley2023 3 месяца назад

Took me a minute to get your reference 😅

@bodytrainer1crane730 16 дней назад

❤️💕😂

@socman002 Год назад

My advice to anyone interested is: if you are going to write full-time, do it in a place you are happy to grow to dislike. So, if, like me, you live in a one-bedroom studio apartment, please consider not writing there, as your home becomes your workplace. And yes, real writing is real work, which you will come to dislike as much as your old job you so wanted to depart from. But you will convince yourself you 'love' your (writing) job cause you worked so hard to get it. And you do, a little bit, but damn this reality of rewriting/editing sucks more than you'd have imagined, and so will your environment you do this work in. So please distance yourself. - Form a writer who wrote full-time for a year and now appreciates normal work again.

@nikkisituations2247 Год назад

Wooo Adelaide represent!

@katieakin1091 Год назад

I’m writing a chapter book that’ll be a series, and I work best mid-morning until the afternoon when the sun is bright in the sky. Once the sun starts setting, it’s harder for me to write, and since I don’t get home from work until 5pm, I’m not motivated to write at that time (most of the time)

@pinkbagels1 Год назад

What a gorgeous library! I live in Kitchener. Our library is sterile and people are constantly wigging out on meth in front of it. My biggest peeve is a noisy library and people letting their kids run all over the place. I make it a point to check out every library of every city I visit. Winnipeg's was pretty cool--It has a huge study area that feels like a lecture hall.

@pinkbagels1 Год назад

There's tons upon tons of care for them here. It's Ontario so the cost of living has skyrocketed but they get a lot of assistance regardless of what you may hear. The problem is most of them are mentally ill to start and can barely function properly when well but there are no institutions for them. Those were dismantled here because it was it was considered an infringement on their rights. So..Where do they go? Right onto the streets! There was one very good place called Hat's Off that was for brain injury folks and when that shut down our homeless population near doubled.

@colling2741 Год назад

I have the exact same problem, literally-I'm in the same city Haha

@SimaoFCunha Год назад

I've noticed this on me, when I'm writing, and someone turns the TV on, it's like a interference happens in my brain, the ideas stop flowing, which makes me going nuts.

@sofianever3261 Год назад

I love these challenges

@miriam8376 Год назад

I find these videos fascinating. I’d love to see you try others. Neil Gaiman’s perhaps?

@christy-anne-jones Год назад

I'm actually filming Neil Gaiman's routine this week 👀 hahaha. Should be out the Sunday after this coming Sunday 💛

@ReadingNymph Год назад

Have you read the Uncensored version of Dorian Gray? I read it in October, it was fantastic

@StetStudio Год назад

There are so many lovely libraries in Pittsburgh I should really go out there to write.

@garruscuriosity9791 Год назад

Id love to see the "Umberto Eco" style one day

@joannbaumann4028 Год назад

Thnak you. What I nice series on writing routines. Subbed!

@alexm-e4910 Год назад

Partially inspired by Christy I’ve started publishing on Vocal. Just saying that she’s made a positive impact on my life so… thanks :)

@clarejean3309 Год назад

Another great writing vlog! also, in two weeks I'm meeting an author (my first time!) I'm excited but also nervous since I've never met an author before. Any advice for me? also, what is the word count for a young adult fantasy romance novel? I'm curious to know but I've got 51350 words.

@thedream-workdoesnotthink4512 11 месяцев назад

Barr Smith.and the Mortlock wing are great places to work

@stephenwilliams781 Год назад

Love listening to other writers. I couldn’t write in a library, I need solitude. Also writing is not fun, it’s hard, it’s work, but I still love doing it, and you learn so much from writing. I’ve never worried about word count, and had no idea what it was, and was surprised to see I had written 142307 words. LOL. And that’s after 4 rewrites, getting rid of all the bloat, and I bet a good editor would still find unnecessary clutter. The only problem I have being a writer is that it has ruined reading for me. I still read but in a critical way, I just can’t stop doing it after critiquing my own work for so long.

@lyramckenzie8550 8 месяцев назад

You should do Hunter S. Thompson's daily routine next. That would certainly be an interesting! Not sure if youtube would allow it though

@evanjohnson9705 Год назад

Oh I love that library! I miss working upstairs in the Mortlock wing now that I use a wheelchair (99% sure there aren't any elevators there from memory

@Rileyw239 Год назад

I’m very curious what writing program you use? And if you would recommend it? I tend to stick with Microsoft word which is fine in its simplicity but I’m curious what other writers prefer.

@thursoberwick1948 Год назад

MS Word keeps changing and they also don't make it retrocompatible. Very annoying.

@Rileyw239 Год назад

@@thursoberwick1948 very true. They definitely aren’t compatible with a lot of older tech which does make it super inaccessible which is unfortunate.

@thursoberwick1948 Год назад

@@Rileyw239 I have old files from 15-20 years ago it won't open. From an archival point of view, that's useless. The irony is that I use it for more or less the same thing I did back then.

@notesbysaraawynn Год назад

we uploaded the exact same video at exactly the same time😯

@Angeloisbased 3 месяца назад

Secret history made me want to defenestrate the book

@Loupdelou-ly1ve 2 месяца назад

Oh, I wish Brisbane had a State Library like yours. Our State Library is incredibly uninspiring, and the suburban libraries are designed, both their spaces and colour, like childcare centres which happen to include books.

@samiraaziz6853 Год назад

Love your videos, Christy ❤ they make my idea. So glad you uploaded because I was getting worried and impatient. Btw, what keyboard do you use for your iPad? Is it the Apple magic one?