I feel like the underlying theme of this video is "even bad writing makes you a better writer."

@kyttynkross1121

3 жыл бұрын

Its about practice. Writing is an art and a skill. And just like any other, you have to practice.

oh my gosh im dying at "this was the course where i learned that course evaluations actually have a character limit"

"Giant post graduate existential crisis." I just finished my bachelor's too and now I feel like I'm being attacked.

@KreativeHogwartsLegacyGUIDES

4 жыл бұрын

had that and still have it. i feel like its not a crisis, its more like thats just how life is after graduation, endless and full of dread.

@NewCoffeePlus

4 жыл бұрын

@@KreativeHogwartsLegacyGUIDES Wow, shooting close to home on that too.

@sparkles999rose2

2 жыл бұрын

Yes that time you realize school doesn’t matter and all that debt does huge con job

that was alot. i wish more writing students did these kinds of videos, you can really see where real life affects your writing process, sometimes in bad ways during times of social hardship i guess you can say. i relate to that with my art, so its interesting to see it with someone doing an actual degree from uni. im glad you got published, thats really cool for someone who was still in school at the time. im wondering if your still into screenplays, especially after that teacher who gave you 96. imagine a tv show written by you, would have folklore and maybe camping? idk

@ShaelinWrites

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not really into screen to be honest. I find it really fun to write, but I'm much more into fiction and I haven't had much desire to write screen since I graduated. But if I ever feel inclined to try it again, I'd be certainly open to it!

Dang - I manage to reach 1.3K words in a story early this afternoon, then you upload?? What an awesome day! :D

Sweetie, ignore the troll. I think they're gone now (or maybe they just blocked me since I was responding to the hate lmao) and I just wanna remind you that you are GORGEOUS and DELIGHTFUL. I love you and your content! They clearly have issues and that's no reflection of you at ALL. Plus, you've come so far with your writing and videos and no one can take that from you. They can try to distract from that but we won't let them let us forget that your growth is worth focusing on above anything else. You are beyond worthy of all the views and subscribers. Biggest friend crush on you. 💙 My bf and I always talk about how cute you are when I watch your videos.

@ShaelinWrites

4 жыл бұрын

Aww thank you for standing up for me! You're so kind

So comforting to hear you’ve also struggled to write stories because I’m in a workshop for the first time and I relate!

I have been blesses with another Shaelin video 💜

Great video, authortube lacks info about formal education. Would love to hear about your future plans (if there is anything public) :)

@ShaelinWrites

4 жыл бұрын

Eventually I'd like to get my MFA, but probably not for a little while. I'd love to make more videos about my undergrad though until then since I think there are a lot of questions about it floating around!

Wow, Shaelin, thank you so much for this video! I'm about to graduate from university this summer with a BA in humanities and I want to start a MA in creative writing in the fall. I'm feeling anxious about the pieces I will have to hand in to get accepted to the program and honestly about studying writing in general. This video helped a lot!

I love seeing you talk about H.V!! You seem so passionate

Been binge watching your videos the past couple days and absolutely love you! Can’t wait till one of your novels gets published so I can read it

@african_chris

11 ай бұрын

The way I’m waiting for Honey Vinegar. 🥲

Really enjoyed this video! It's really comforting to hear you detailing your portfolio (especialy the struggles) through school. I'm in the middle of my writing degree right now (second year), and I'm glad that the discontent I feel towards my work seems appropriate. Also, I still go back to the Puritan and read I WILL NEVER TELL YOU THIS every few months. Such a great read!

@ShaelinWrites

4 жыл бұрын

First of all, thanks so much!!

Gosh I remember your videos from your first year! You have taught me so much, and congrats on your graduation!! 😊💕

I feel like I really needed this! I have been so discouraged by the writer's block I've had coming off recently graduating high school in this super weird time that I haven't been able to write through. But this inspired me to continue on the writing track in academia! Love your channel! (And congrats on your degree!)

i love how you title your stories! :o

We are so PROUD OF YOU!!!!!!! 🎓

Thanks for this. It was interesting to hear about your experiences. I did a postgraduate writing course and tbh, I've learnt more about technique from KZread videos. The major takeaway from my writing degree was a loss of confidence. My instructors had a very set idea of what constitutes good writing - which was literary style writing about middle class problems eg. Jonathon Franzen. It's taken years to regain my confidence and trust my own voice. One of the things I've since learnt is that there are 2 styles of writing - the literary style which draws attention to language through the beauty of the prose, and writing which seeks to make itself invisible so the focus is on the story. I fall into the latter group and while I enjoyed my writing degree to an extent, it didn't help me develop much as a writer.

That outfit though 👌🏻

It was really neat watching this and comparing notes, as I am currently in my last/second-to-last year in my writing degree.

Great video. Thank you for sharing. 😃💝

I was excited to watch your video. Then felt myself flashbacking to my workshop days and had to stop.

Thanks Shaelin, your videos really inspire me, (and get me to actually do some work) :D

I definitely relate to the nostalgia feeling. I finished my poetry collection that's been a work in progress for two years now. Technically it was complete and completely revised several months ago, but I still had it in my power to change it and whatnot, which I did all the time because I refused to call it finished. I would post some of the poetry and updates about the collection on Instagram, and it came across a small publishing company who took interest and are working with me now to publish the book. I'm sure you feel this way with your degree, too, where you have this huge and exciting accomplishment but now it's over, and you have to figure out what to do with yourself because yesterday working on this was your whole life and now you have to say goodbye to it and move on and start the next phase. It's amazing but also really sad at the same time.

OMG CONGRATS ON GETTING YOUR DEGREE!!! the post graduate existential crisis is REAL. but, on an unrelated note, you have the coolest collection of overalls i've ever seen, so... you're doing many things right! :)

i'm just a couple of months away from finishing my writing degree and i'm scared D: it's so nice to see that you're so proud of some of the stuff you wrote for your degree because i kind of had the opposite experience, i hate most of my final assignments. i think my degree mostly taught me what i /don't/ want to write, which is valuable in itself but is starting to exhaust me now bc im still churning out litfic stuff for class when i have discovered my heart really lies with trope-tastic queer romance... still, you live and you learn haha

@ShaelinWrites

4 жыл бұрын

Ooff that's rough, having to write stuff you don't like for school can be absolutely painful. I definitely feel you with the near-to-grad fear, I for sure felt that one myself. I'm excited for you to get the chance to write all the trope-tastic queer romance you want though !!

I'm in an intro to creative writing class right now and just turned in my first piece. It was creative nonfiction, and I feel like I have the opposite problem where I took too much of risk and got way too personal..... my professor sent me an audio recording of her feedback yesterday and I still haven't been able to listen to it!!!

@ShaelinWrites

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness I *hate* audio recording feedback. I had a few profs who would do feedback that way and I would also procrastinate listening to them for days because it's so anxiety inducing for some reason? I bet your prof will really respect your honest in your piece though!

Congratz Shaelin

Love it!!

I would love to read some of your poetry. I have only seen some of your titles. When you are ready I would love to see some of your work.

I'm in my third year of college at a small, American university. My major is called English with an emphasis in creative writing and I've taken 3 (and will ever take 3 creative writing classes). The program has a lot of students but it's severly understaffed. I took an intro to creative writing course my 1st year, a fiction writing course my 2nd year, and a screenwriting course this year. I've turned in 5 short stories, couple of poems, and a short film script in that time. Ever since then, I've pretty much had literary analysis essays. My school is the type of school where you can turn in a 1st draft (I was usually the only person who turned in clean, 3rd or 4th drafts) because so many non english major took the class for a writing credit. No one was expected to have beats (still have never learned about beats in any of my courses) and developed characters. Most of the time, people would show up without even a draft to workshop. I wish the program was better but my school is known for science so that's where the focus and funding goes. I'm also a dual science major (public health and bio minor) so even if I didn't learn much from my english degree, it's still worth it for me to attend this school.

I really appreciated this video. I'm a senior in highschool and I'm trying to decide if I should chase after my dreams and really commit to writing/authorship or if I should just let it die as a little hobby.

I hope I can read your published work online when it's released!

Shaelin, I am excited to read your novel, Honey Vinegar when it is published. I am trying to overcome writer’s block. I recently wrote the poems, Changes, Into Reality, The Colors Blend, and The Ignited Passion. I am currently working on a short story. I endeavor to finish my novel soon. I submitted my short story, Ambition and Rejection the Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards in December. I just received a notification that I won a writing award at regional level. I won the Gold Key award, which is awarded to the very best literary works. I entered my first writing contest in fourth grade. I am now in eighth grade. I am now a recognized author. Award recipients considered for national recognition will be announced in March. I want to study English Literature and Creative Writing in college. I will definitely read your short fiction pieces that have been published. I love you

@ShaelinWrites

4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your win! That's incredible! You're going places :D

@imaginativebibliophile549

4 жыл бұрын

ShaelinWrites Thank you for your support and encouragement. I still cannot believe that I have won a writing award. Congratulations on completing your writing degree.

I procrastinated working on my final project my writing degree to watch this, but now I feel like I HAVE to go write it haha.

Hey Shaelin, I think that if you find kinda hard to make friends in college; it get hard to do the assingments as a matter of fact. So don't be afraid of it to happen again cause' it should not girl; at least for now.

I'm in my first year of screenwriting and I've always been afraid to have people read my scripts D: my course is helping me not be so nervous and embarrassed about my writing

@ShaelinWrites

4 жыл бұрын

I was so nervous to let people read my work early in my degree too! By the end, I looked forward to it :D

I wanted to ask, have you heard of the dramatica theory? Does anyone have experience with it? If so, what are your thoughts?

I'm SOOOO bored I was waiting for someone to upload YESSS

@peanutbuttercupgamer4969

4 жыл бұрын

Same

3:52 anytime i write literally anything

Can you talk about how you brainstormed for Honey Vinegar like for the original idea and while writing it?

Even though you're talking about what a disaster all these projects were, is it weird that this is making me wish I had pursued creative writing in college? I was such a bad writer back then, and it took me way too long to figure out what I was doing on my own.

I am so sad there isn`t a school for writers in Serbia. I don`t think this is the type of sadness that inspires artists.

@JoshKnoxChinnery

4 жыл бұрын

You can teach yourself through KZread and courses online

@mirandaosmelak480

4 жыл бұрын

Or you can move somewhere that has a course in creative writing. You speak English, you don't need much more.

IM HERE

Queen of having stunning blue eyes & dark hair & perfect skin.... loving the overalls....

@nonostalgia

4 жыл бұрын

wait they’re kind of half green! we love

Hi! Just wanted to know (if it isn’t prying) which university/college did you go to?

The entire TV Pilot segment was so funny.

Can you do a video on how to write folkloric novels or stories

Short screenplays are a nightmare to write anything shorter than 30 pages is very hard to structure. Hour television 50 to 60 pages is easier for a lot of people. Features were scary for me when I was in college, decades ago. In college I had very few ideas. I now have a file of 118 ideas. I taught screen writing. I would often tell the students to read the novel The Cider House Rules, then watch the film and if you can read the screenplay. Then take a short story you have written adapt it to a screenplay. Never judge yourself too hard and never let poor grades or constant rejection change what you think about your project. Never be afraid to fail it will always happen, always. Pick yourself up dust yourself off, fail again and fail again. Your words and your passion will be your power.

Hey Shaelin! Really informative videos. I just started writing and got my first book done. Would you recommend taking creative writing classes or is it not really necessary? I've been using KZread videos as my guide so far haha

@ShaelinWrites

4 жыл бұрын

It's not necessary, since everyone has their own path and writing classes aren't necessary. However if you work well in a class environment, and you can find good instructors, I found it very beneficial.

@dkdk63

4 жыл бұрын

@@ShaelinWrites Cool thanks. And is Dorrance publishing legit? They're charging me 6500 dollars to publish a book

@ShaelinWrites

4 жыл бұрын

@@dkdk63 I've never heard of them, but because they're charing you so much, they vary well could be a scam. Do a LOT of research before you give them any money. A legitimate traditional publisher shouldn't charge you any money to publish your book.

I've only ever liked 4 of the things I wrote during my writing degree, lol. And they were during my last year. Everything else was either a fun exploration of craft and subject matter OR trash-idek-why-I-wrote-this. I much prefer the stuff I've come to write post-degree.

I don't have friends in my late college because I focus on writing but unlike you, they are not really into writing. Here I thought, being in company of other writers would get me friends. I want to hear about writer's budgeting next. (websites, editors, bills: water, electricity...) Keep hustling, Shae Stay on track and keep writing

17:45 Maybe it was awesome but most people don't get it.

9:45 me when im trying to come up with other words than "said"

15:20

'magazines hate her' oh big mood

Can you do a writing advice for giving violent scenes/deaths meaning? I feel in my stories violence is necessary but it feels melodramatic. I don’t know how to apply the violence to the meaning as a whole so it seems like teenage drama escalating too much I don’t know how to avoid that and I’ve watched your melodrama video but it’s only helped to a certain extent

12:58 That’s hilarious

Yee

These stories may be what you think is the worst things you wrote but I bet you aced them anyway. :)

@ShaelinWrites

4 жыл бұрын

Haha trust me, I didn't

@cwfcwfcwf

4 жыл бұрын

@@ShaelinWrites Oh really, I was serious. I just assumed you did. LOL

I wish I could go to a writing school and improve. I'm trapped though.

Lmao Madame Zeroni you over a first draft

IM IN THE FIRST SIX COMMENTS

17:08 🤭😏

SO i was made fun of for writing and I still am. this is what I said to days ago. " Yeah im 11 and I write" I leterly yelled that in art class Out loud ( 19 days to my birthday