The Thing I would Like to End 

"I'm not a high stress person, I'm really not," - Hank Green, perennial stress icon

John Green the veteran author correcting his brother’s lack of marketability in a four-minute RU-vid video > any other sibling dynamic

getting your novel critiqued by your high school valedictorian seems like a stressful nightmare

"John I will see you now because we're on tour together" John stares disapprovingly at Hank.

The ending of this video is the best thing ever John has some good sass

Hank Green: "I'm not a high stress person, I'm really not. I'm laid back." Vlogbrothers fans from the past decade: 🙄

That's my favorite "surprise we are actually together" bit they have ever done

“I want to be running this company when I die”- Hank Green

That ending was pretty meta even for the Green bothers.

"First you write a book. I don't know how that happens" Same, Hank

“Here’s what book writing looks like... First you write a book.”

John being hype-man that Hank apparently needs in his life.

3:41 John is such a disappointed older brother

Hank, I love that John is still having to publicize for you even after reminding you CONSTANTLY during the release of AART 😂

One thing the older brother would like to end: Reminding his younger brother how to market his book XD. ... By now I think it's more a of a bit, so, please dont stop

Hank: "I'm not a high-stress person, I'm really not." Also Hank: Starts a podcast that's literally about recapping tweets that he probably shouldn't have tweeted.

The look in John's eyes made me laugh a lot. You can tell John's experience in writing has made him have that default setting.

I love John for always having Hank's back when he just flat out does not know how to self-promote his book.

"Oh no nonono no nono no no no no no nononono no nono nonono no" -a moped, according to Hank

Lmao the ending was just *chef’s kiss*

“I was really sounding like a moped there for a second.” 😹😹😹

The ending of the video made me roll on the floor laughing Like a deadpanned sick of your crap not again John saying his famous shill line

We need more endings like this one

Round 2 of John having to remind Hank to actually advertise his book a bit🤣🤣

Editors: This is trash Also Editors: But we can fix this, my guy.

The older people get, the more they enjoy socks. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

I like how Hank is describing my editing job back to me in a 4 minute video. Except proofreading. I didn’t remember hearing that one. It’s after copy editing.

That lowercase “would” in the title is making me upset and I don’t know why.

I appreciate that Hank owns a book signed by himself

Question for either brother, do you still feel like it’s “your” book by time you go through all these things? Have fun on your tour!

Never not marketing! 😂 John’s eternal disappointment with Hank’s self-promotion will never not be funny.

The look in John's eyes at the end lol he is so done with Hank forgetting to actually promote the book-

"I'm not a high stress person." Hank, do you remember when you ran vidcon?

The intensity of John's expression at the very end 😂😂

Bahahaha, I love John's bit at the end. I like the rest of the video too. But that was the part that make me snicker.

Hank explaining how books are written by opening with "first, you write a book" reminds me of those how to draw something tutorials that go from "draw a circle" to "make it look like Daniel Radcliffe".

"I want to end my li-" WHAT "-ne edits for my book"

"I'm not a high-stress person" -One of the most high-strung content creators I watch.

The last piece with John is a running joke in my household too where my gf does the "Ethical Profit comes out Jan 11th and is available for preorder now" bit too

John's final disapproving stare at the end of this video felt like he was staring into my soul.

I love how John is more interested in selling Hanks book than Hank is :P

Seeing John's face rapidly zoomed in as he tells us about Hanks book...I love it. Both wholesome and hilarious. You both are so genuinely supportive of one another and it warms my heart. Have fun on tour you guys!

"Art is never finished, only abandoned." -Leonardo da Vinci

“I would like to end my li-“ UHHHH “-ne edits for my book.” oh, thank GOD

Hank, the usual 4.5 stars. John's little camio: 7 stars.

I love that hank has john to promote the book cause hank just never knows how

"An artwork is never finished only abandoned" ~ Leonardo da Vinci

it's ok hank. we know your book is gonna be awesome

hehe, the typo is on page 301, line 5, “The thought of that meeting happening between Carl and Peter Petrawicki made me want to vom.”

"I was really sounding like a moped there for a second"

Hank, you don't know how encouraging that is... I'm trying to finish my first manuscript for my phd by publication and really battling with "this is hopeless, I've had to change it so many times - I'll never get it right" knowing that if I get it good enough to publish, I'll get it back with ...revisions... and then repeat the process for at least 3 more papers, and then get revisions again when I submit my thesis... You've helped me accept this insane existence as - okay -and not evidence that I should quit 😊

I love everything I’ve learned about writing from John but I also love love LOVE learning about the minutiae of the writing and editing process from Hank. Their perspectives are both so illuminating.

We had a class seminar where we had to talk about our favourite book. I chose LFA but the teacher said no (India considers a lot of stuff in such books as deserving of being as taboo as they are), so I went ahead with Turtles all the way down. It went really well. Props to you John. I think turtles all the way down should also be taught in high school like LFA!

I would love to thank you so so much for this video. I can't wait to watch it entirely and you've already made my day, but I would like to already mention that this is a really interesting and important topic for me. I am having a presentation on the professions of a lector/ author next week, which I could possibly be doing after I graduate. (Growing up with your books, you guys aren't completly not to blame for this choice :D) and your insight in the topic is incredibly amusing and helpful. Thanks a lot, Hank🤗 Also have a lovely evening and weekend. Lots of love :)

John standing in the end to show off his recently bought shirt.

Thank you for just saying "no", Hank. And for making it crystal clear. :D

I love you two looking out for each other and including us on your conversations. Thank you!

AW that ending though. so wholesome. Thank you Hank for teaching us about book editing and all the steps involved. Appreciated it

Hank: "Im not a stressful person, I'm actually laid back" A decade long catalogue of existentially challenging videos: *DOUBT*

I immediately called a friend and it was soooo nice! Thank you, Hankidihank!

This comment is more about the whole 'future of the vlogbrothers' channel discussion. These last two videos confirmed my thoughts- The value of the vlogbrothers comes from the nature (and the nurturing) of your relationship as brothers. This channel started out as a conversation and I really hope that it continues in that direction too

Good gravy, just hearing John’s voice and cadence and just LITERALLY PERFECT SOUNDS made me miss him on Mental Floss SO DANG MUCH. I’ve rewatched all MF episodes so many times I can even identify the video title from the intro. WE MISS YOU JOHN MENTAL FLOSS JUST ISNT THE SAME PLEASE COME BACK

John: LET ME DO YOUR PROMO OMG WHY DO YOU NEVER REMEMBER TO DO THIS?!

This is quite possibly the cutest Hank video I’ve ever seen.

The parasocial relationship I experience here, feeling as if they are my own brothers, is unsettlingly satisfying.

I'm glad that John came in at the end with that promo info because I actually forgot the name of the book and when I can read it

Hank: the brother with many things to sell. John: the brother who is good at selling things.

How adorable “I’m really into socks right now” and by the end of the year we get a sock subscription :’)

Three things: 1. That transition was FABULOUS I could feel my heart going whOA 2. John saves the day again 3. Hank - have you found that writing a sequel is easier/faster than writing the first book? A lot of authors seem to churn out sequels much faster than first books, and I'm wondering if that's an experience thing (you're used to the characters, you have a cemented and unchangeable foundation to work from, maybe the sequel already existed as a part of the first book that was cut from the final edit, etc.) or if it's pushed by the publishers/editors.

Editing is fun! It's the end of the unseeable abyss! Finally, most of the tools you're working with are visible on the page, and if you have to create a big new thing, you're just sliding it in like the last puzzle piece. ... Which, okay, is sometimes still brutal. But slightly less hopeless!

This... this might be the single most intense John Green moment I've ever seen, I feel like John's gaze was piercing deep into my soul as he said those words

Hank still going with the soda syrups...😂🥤

SEE Y'ALL TOMORROW IN RALEIGH!!!!!!! AGHHHHHH I'M SO EXCITED! been watching religiously for seven years including through every video, listened to ever Dear H&J episode 4+ times, and I love love love the Anthropocene Reviewed. Thank y'all for changing my life and the world 💜🦕

This is my favourite question to ask the majority of content creators (and I mean the "old school" like writers, directors, scriptwriters, etc): how do you know when your project is done?

even tho this video is about the literary world, EVERY single thing hank says also applies to journalism and academic research (journalist and historian here!). especially the "22 pages list of all the ways this is trash" and "line by line your editor goes: whYY did you do this???'". SO RELATABLEEEE! thank you, hank, for making such a relatable video for me. laughed the entire time, because saaaaame.

Hank, you have been responsible for my reading of 1Q84 a few months ago BECAUSE of how well you sold the ambitious nature the storytelling and worldbuiling (dont remember which video, it was about your writing process but dont know if it was on hank's or vb) and this is one of my favorite books today. So, a) thanks :D, secondly, it makes me very excited to know that you feel your next book is very ambitious - being a writer myself, i have been through this feeling on my second novel and currently am right there about the novel i am currently writing - and it feels like this is a feeling shared by those people who discovered how much they love writing; 3: still havent picked up an absolutely remarkable thing, i should probably get around to that, but to be honest i fell into a murakami spiral which was your fault, ultimately (see point a).); IV being in Brazil I dont really relate to your editor-market process, i have had different pressures on different stages of the publishing opus, but I still hope you can end the thing you would like to end.

I was like "oooooohhh new book!!" BUT John's supportive sass at the end was amazing ❤

I felt this rant on writing so profoundly i sent it to all my writing buddies. We feel you and support you. but mostly: YOU WROTE A BOOK THAT IS AWESOME

"Anything to do with socks I'm really into right now". Trust that instinct, Hank from 2 years ago.

I'm reading your first novel now. Your second novel preordered a week ago. I really want to thank you for choosing this life path. Thank you.

John and Hank are my favorite duo of brothers and the ending of this video just solidified my belief in this even more.

I genuinely really enjoyed the editing at the end of this video. It was a super fun surprise. 😊

Hank! I’m listening to the audio version of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing! If it sucked I’d tell you. In fact, it doesn’t suck. It’s outstanding! I can’t wait to read (or listen to) the next one!

Took a break from editing my manuscript to watch this. As an as of yet unagented and unpublished author, sometimes I do find some sort of sick joy in knowing the worst thing that can happen is that I get to keep the manuscripts all to myself forever and change one word a day until I die.

I love 💕 how you talk about the process of writing. I have NaNoWriMo/Camp NaNoWriMo 10 times so I have all these drafts but I can not afford an editor to look it over!

THANK YOU JOHN! Remembering the important details.

In many ways I am Hank, unable to market for myself, but at the same time I am John, shamelessly plugging myself and my achievements. It's a good thing they're in this together, and I know I wouldn't have it any other way

Thanks John, for popping up just at the right time, when we need you most ;)

This video made me very happy. Thank you!

I have been re-editing my first self-published novel (from 2015) for almost a year now. I was close to finishing edits on my second book when I realized I wanted to apply all the things I learned over 3+ years to Book One, which hadn't really gained much of an audience. I didn't change the story and barely touched the dialogue (which I consider to be the things that made the book what it was and needed to be). But I've reworked most of the other text. Descriptions were always a struggle for me, and now they are at least more readable. Anyhow, I've been struggling a lot with motivation as I come closer to completing this long process. I can't help but worry it won't be worth it. Yes, the book is better than it's ever been before. I am so close to being (as much as you *ever* can be) happy with it. But it being better doesn't necessarily mean anyone will care. And this process has been the most critical I've ever been of my original work, of a story so vulnerable and personal that I'm terrified of how it will be received... if it ever even *is* received. The last few years of work have awakened my inner self-critic, which has been horrible for my anxiety and depression. And I think again and again: is it really worth it? I've wanted to be a writer (and nothing else) since I was eleven. But it is so much harder than I imagined it would be.

THIS was my exact experience with getting an edit letter for my book. "This is good. It can be better, but it is good. Here is 20+ pages of how it is not good." WHAAAAAAAAAA-- *brooklyn 9-9 intro music*

John is SUCH a good big brother. Also, before my students hand their work in, I have them either read it aloud to someone OR have someone else read it aloud. They think I'm crazy, but their final product is always better for having done that step.

That ending!

I LOVE JOHN SO MUCH AND HANK YOU’RE AMAZING

Now for my latest inspiration, listing what I'd like to begin and what I'd like to end this year.

I'm going to just keep bringing up the fact that your book comes out on my birthday which means it'll be a good birthday to some degree even if it's awful. I just hope we make it that far into the year because it feels so far away right now

The ending of this video is so on brand for both brothers 🤣 Hank doesn’t mention the name or details of his book; John makes sure it’s shoved in the last 20 seconds

It's good to have a brother who can put in all the stuff you left out before the video ends, LOL. That was great. The whole thing was great.

I love their relationship!!!! It's just great! Please come to Denver Colorado pleaseeeeeeee

Thanks for the info at the very end, John! Guerilla marketing at its finest 😂