I would point to the opening scene of Avatar, because i'm obsessed, as the perfect example. It focused on their relationship, two siblings fishing, they establish Sokka as insecure and cocky in his first two lines, Katara uses her bending and so establish that part of the world and that Sokka doesn't have bending followed by her character as both motherly and then her temper, also foreshadowing how powerful she can be with her bending. Both their characters, their world, and their relationships shown in half a scene. Enter Aang and his character also shown the other half of the scene. Perfect show, I'm telling ya.

@hammerbro2005

3 жыл бұрын

wow that’s a great example (ATLA WOO(

@itstryxii1578

3 жыл бұрын

reason #27489294 why atla is the perfect example of storytelling...

@trinityw3964

3 жыл бұрын

Avatar had the best writing in it and is an incredible example ( plus zukos hot lol )

@daniellehunter9007

3 жыл бұрын

I am also atla obsessed :)

@K.Acumaa

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more

I'm pretty surprised, that these videos and this content are free. I mean, can we just appreciate the quality, music,the edit, the useful tips? You can see how much effort she puts into these videos. She is so beautiful, talented, (have a great sense of humour), and intelligent...like how?

@aiuchiha111

Жыл бұрын

Right?? We need to be more grateful

I’m a hand writer, and I’m only thirteen so I’m not doing nanowrimo. But I clicked on this video anyway because I love Abbie 💕

@joelbedulla4

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you can participate in Nanowrimo without writing in an electronic device! The goal is just to reach 50k words.

@elite_piggyzillaxx174

3 жыл бұрын

@@joelbedulla4 That’s amazing, I had no idea. I’ll probably look into it then. Thanks for the info! Best of luck to you if your doing it!

@emmamichelsohn7515

3 жыл бұрын

Elite_piggyzilla XX I think they have a junior version of NaNoWriMo that might be less words (they did when I was in middle-school). You can look into that too.

@elite_piggyzillaxx174

3 жыл бұрын

@@emmamichelsohn7515 I would like to do that because I’m only thirteen.

@emmamichelsohn7515

3 жыл бұрын

Here, I found the link: ywp.nanowrimo.org/

Felt like doing some timestamps for this video! 0:00 Presentation 0:09 Introduction 2:13 OP 2:31 How to #AskAbbie 3:03 Question 1 6:13 Question 2 8:27 Question 3 10:46 Outro 11:20 Rock on lml Your videos are really convincing me of taking part in nanowrimo even though I'm not a written at all haha, sounds like a good opportunity to finally get into writing, something that has been in the back of my head for years now.

@S_8_F

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the time stamps!

@jacindaellison3363

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the time stamps!

I am currently working towards NaNoWriMo and as I am going to keep it a SECRET, it's a Sci-fi!! And I am surely gonna mention YOUR NAME IN my book for guiding me every time!!! Awesome Abbie!! 🥰

This year will be my 1st attempt on doing NaNoWriMo! My novel is going to be a young adult action/adventure story. Hopefully I can get the rough draft done by the end of November... hopefully....

Hey Abbie! I’m 12 and I’ve already published a book (spoiler: not really a novel) when I wrote it I didn’t do nanowrimo because I didn’t plan to make it very big. Now I’m working on my first ever novel and I’m so excited for nanowrimo this year can’t wait to finish this beast! You inspired me to start nanowrimo and I took the challenge this year !! Thank you !! (Ps: I love your videos so much even though I don’t agree with somethings your advice is really good and everyone has their own opinion anyway thank you for being so kind and generous with the writing advice) Edit: it’s been a year guys and I stuck with it, it paid off

@ironichoodies

3 жыл бұрын

Might be kinda late but good luck! From a fellow teenage writer.

@yushejjdjddmdm

3 жыл бұрын

@@ironichoodies 😊 thanks

@aarong19

3 жыл бұрын

@@yushejjdjddmdm what's your book called???

@yushejjdjddmdm

3 жыл бұрын

@@aarong19 pourquoi tales for kids it’s on Amazon lol

@SlimeforJesus

Жыл бұрын

that's great I would love to read it. I feel like I might get published by the time I'm 15 hopefully.

Finally made it to a premier✌️ Thx for the tips I'm about to hear😂 While I haven't started writing yet, you've definitely helped me refine my writing skills in the year that I've known you! Thx so much!!❤️❤️

I’ve been on a writing break because I’m burnt out + busy right now, and during my time off/when I’m unmotivated I love to watch these vids to make sure I’m thinking about my project and how to make it better even when I’m not actively working on it. Thanks so much Abby, I think I have a better understanding of my story structure now ^^

I've been looking forward to your next video- I love your enthusiasm! For my first NaNo im writing a story that been swirling around in my head for years.

Whoa! Great video! It really made my evening refreshed and I can work back on to my project now, with much ease! Thanks!

Happy to have found your channel today. Subscribed!

Oh wow I'm early, I love your videos, you have no clue how much you're helping me.

I know this has absolutely nothing to to with writing, but I just love the sweater Abbie is wearing in this video. :)

Hey Abbie! Thanks for making this video! I'm doing NaNo this year for the...third time? Working on a contemporary YA that I've been outlining for a few months. Don't have a good synopsis for it just yet but it's about a boy and his found family and the shenanigans they get into. Your videos really help!

these are soooooo valuable!!! thank you so much Abbie!!! I wish I can meet you one day and give you a HUUUGE hug for helping me this far!!!

I've never done NaNoWriMo before, but since I'm still stuck at home I'm gonna try it, so I'm playing on writing a YA fantasy- dystopian about a human who meets a magical ferret and helps the ferret in a war while also fighting her own war as she battles against her greatest fear.

Writing a historical fiction currently. Love your videos Abbie, they help me so much!!☺️

@lainkinnie1442

3 жыл бұрын

I love historical fiction, please come back here when you manage to publish it if you mind ❤️ I'd love to read it. and good luck with your work!

Why is she so underrated? Her tips are incredibly helpful!

I am doing a YA novel, the second in a series, for NaNoWriMo and I just finished watching your Scrivener Master class! I imported your novel template! Huzzah! So, so glad to have this organizational help. Thank you!

I'm working on romance. I love your tips I'm using them everytime I begin a chapter.

If I ever make it big in anything, I will be commissioning a new disney movie with Abbie as the star writing princess. That is all.

I'm going to write the final book in a trilogy this nanowrimo, its sci-fi fantasy. Wish me luck, I'll need it 🤣

@claudiaferrier03

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck!! :)

Hey!! Diving into Preptober/Nano for the first time ever. (I know!!!) So excited. I roughly plotted book 1 for a series from January - May. And since then I've been writing backstory chapters that kind of turned into 10,000 words and may end up being a prequel some day hahaha.. SO, now I'm making myself in October finish my character profiles, review my outline, complete the world building so I can start writing in when November gets here! Its mostly a secret: Fantasy series featuring the Greek Gods with a Twist.

Yes i will do Nanowrimo. It's the third time and for me it's also unbelievable not doing Nanowrimo. Since i started i can't wait that November is coming every year. Since then it is most productive time of the year for me because i have a goal then and the motivation is just different. I will writing a romance with some crime/thriller elements. But the important focus is that my main character achieves her dreams. Thanks to you and other youtuber i am plotting a lot this year. I realized i'm not a pantser and need to organize and plan most of my novel. I hope this helps me to know where i want to go and finish this novel and maybe but just maybe i will publish this one. At least it feels much better this year because i have all these scenes outlined . So Thank you Abbie for all your work to help us writers

I’m doing NaNo for the first time! I’m writing a contemporary fiction novel about a teen who has her whole future planned out- only to have a wrench thrown in her plans. I’m really having fun with it!

Great video! Very informative!

I’m writing a YA Literary/Contemporary fiction novel for NaNo! I’m doing the same as you, finishing my book with the last 50k (I’ve already started it!). Loved the video as always Abbie ❤️!

I'm writing my first ever sci-fi novel for nanowrimo!

This Nanowrimo I’m doing a contemporary romance and I’m super excited about it!!

you have helped me so much. I am only ten years old and I am outlining my characters. I am about to make my book in november and wills surely mention you in it!!

Yay I’m super early. That never happens. Abbie your videos have really help me develop my novel.

Hi Abbie , I'm not taking part in NaNoWriMo but I am writing my own book and publishing it on wattpad. I love your videos, they inspire so much. I wouldn't know what I was doing if it wasn't for you 💜

I always have tons of projects, so namowrimo is the time I stop procrastinating and actually work towards finishing them! This year it's gonna my slow burn romance project :))

I am writing the backstory of one of the major characters in my world. I’m not quite sure if she’s neutral or an antagonist yet though so I’m really looking forward to figuring it out.

I haven’t watched your videos in so long 🥺🥺

Wow-it’s amazing to hear that there are so many young writers out there. I started writing at 13 or so, and I wrote books on paper and eventually upgraded to typing them. Love writing as an outlet and want it as a career but right now I’m in the submission stage where I’m sending query letters to agents and hoping to get representation.

Aaah this is so helpful! I'm doing NaNo (this'll be the first year where I actually take it seriously 😬😂), to work on a YA medieval fantasy (think Braveheart meets An Enchantment of Ravens meets The Ranger's Apprentice, but with a knight as the heroine 😉). Will you be doing NaNo vlogs again, this year? 😍

Your videos have been super helpful for every stage of my writing process for my current book. I'm participating in NaNoWriMo, and I'm going to be a rebel this year and continue my book from last year. It's a YA fantasy about 8 young adults living on the US who were adopted after tragedy in their home county (fictional), who have to come together to train.

You are the best tutor ever 💜

Ahh this is my first nano! I’ve always wanted to write a book but never got very far. This time I’m sticking to the nano guide and rules as motivation and I’m so excited! My project is Young Adult Sci-fi Fantasy novel about two rivaling stepsisters thrown together in unexpected situations with each a secret in mind: one must kill one; the other is living a lie. Think Cinderella + Snow White but with a twist XD

The timing of this video is so perfect, it's uncanny cuz the opening scene of my YA urban fantasy is basically introducing about a dozen or so ppl at once cuz the characters are doing theater auditions!

Hi Abbie! I love your videos, especially the outlining ones. Would you ever give us a in depth look at your detailed outline for 100 Days of Sunlight now that it's out? I'm currently in the outlining phase for my novel and would love to see a real example. Thank you!

A device I am using in my WIP is I introduce each major character with a close-up of a part of their body that is relevant to their story role. It is an SF novel and I use the device of my ship-board AI's POV to facilitate this. That and each character's unique voice, values and personality mean (I hope) I don't need to fill in too many details as the story develops. Workshopping colleagues' feedback is that this works for them.

Thanks!

I’m so excited for NaNoWriMo! This is my first time :) I’ve been writing for a really long time but this is my first time doing Nano, Since you’ve turned me into a hard core outliner, I’m fully invested in the outline at the moment (courtesy to you Abbie). I think it’s important to note also that Im doing this in the middle of very important exams. Can you imagine? I can. I can’t stay away from writing, this will be my second novel of the year and I’m in high school. Lol.

@miamedory2682

3 жыл бұрын

All the best Nahal 😊😄

@nahalnaib8578

3 жыл бұрын

@@miamedory2682 thanks Mia!

The story can introduce the main character in the middle of an ongoing conflict that doesn't have anything to do with the main plot of the story, but you just need to have it important to the character so it's part of defining your character. In the first chapter of my book my main character is waiting to ambush his girlfriend's father, which he's done multiple times already. His girlfriend's father is abusive. She doesn't want my character to turn her father in, but he feels he has to do something, so he's regularly trying to literally beat some sense into her father in a way that he hopes can spark some change. So there you go. Internal and external conflict for the character right off the bat. I guess what I'm doing and what I suggest, is to use one of your subplots in this way. The main plot you have to start from the beginning, but you can start in the middle of a subplot conflict to introduce and make your protagonist active right away before the inciting incident or key event occurs to pull your character into the plot.

I'm working on finishing my book for Nano!

For nanowrimo, I'm starting book 1 of a contemporary romance series. Having fun playing around in scrivener :)

I adore how seemingly random the number of characters this video is about and yet here I am listening o this video twice because it's exacrlt what I want to do lol

The introduction of a big group was a tricky one for me, because I have to introduce quite a bit of big players all at once. I'm gunna go back & do this for that scene I think it'll help it.

I'm doing Nanowrimo again this year. My genre is Chick Lit and the book is the 3rd book in my series 🙂

Anybody who wants to come back, can come back after Abbie sets it up, properly.

I'm not doing nanowrimo BUT, in November I am going to go through my second pass of editing of my FIRST NOVEL!!! It's a ya contemporary with an LGBT theme and I'm so exited I'm almost ready for beta readers. It' s.... insane how much you've helped Abbie. THANK YOU!!!

I’m doing Nanowrimo this year . And the genre is historical christian fiction .

@jacindaellison3363

2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow! How's it coming along and what is the story about?

@lonicelol

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacindaellison3363 hello it's about a girl named Sapphira and she is a Catholic at first but then the reformation comes with Maarten Luther and she becomes Protestant with Maarten Luther as her father figure kind of now and the book follows het journey. I'm still drafting it bc i accidentaly deleted my first draft and its kind of a mess but i hope i can publish maybe mid 2022

@jacindaellison3363

2 жыл бұрын

@@lonicelol oh cool! Oh snap, sorry about your first draft. God bless you with your WIP.

@lonicelol

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacindaellison3363 thank you very dearly and God bless you to!

I started my new book yesterday, along with you on your livestream✨ so I'm a little late for nano😅 but my novel is about a girl who has DID and a boy whose mother is in a coma. The boy writes letters to his mother every day, so when she'll wake up, she won't feel like she lost time. But one day the girl finds one of the letters (inciting incident)

I ve been writing for two years and never tried nanowrimo so this is my first year trying. I'm currently outlining a psychological mistery thriller

I was wondering this last one, annnnd yah. I don’t even want to write this first book in a series because I have no personal emotional attachment, since I know where the books is leading up to. But, it does tie everything together and I don’t want to do flashbacks

I'm only 7k into my latest story and I've introduced 7 out of 8 major characters by now. I'm worried about it being too much, but these tips have been great!

writing a sci-fi comic book, but i think i'm gonna take on writing it out in novel format for the sake of NaNoWriMo.

I have learnt soo many things from Abbie ... could you please suggest how can I make my mystery story matter

I'm doing NaNoWriMo, my project is a YA realistic fiction novel about a misfit high school girl who's the twin sister of one of the most popular girls at school, and when she's pressured into getting a boyfriend despite the fact that she is secretly aromantic, she hires a boy to *fake* being her boyfriend...masked in lies but still herself on the inside, will she finally be accepted by her peers, or will it all fall through? By the way, thank you so much for uploading every Wednesday, I was beginning to lose motivation to keep planning my NaNo novel but hearing you talk about scene cards and plots and characters...I'm suddenly excited all over again! 💕💕💕

@hello_olivia_here

3 жыл бұрын

that's a great premise!

@cassidyfaith643

3 жыл бұрын

@@hello_olivia_here thank you! :)

I want to write an antagonist that used to be an ally, but I don't know how to properly put a flashback into my book without cutting the pacing and not telling something like "a younger version of" or "someone who looks similar to". But I guess it would be stupid if I don't tell that it's the person who's flashback we are being shown. I might as well give some context. The book will be about a newly crown king who wants to change the country for the betterment of the inhabitants. He despises killing people and seeing suffering because of a childhood trauma. He has 4 Elite Soldiers asigned to him by his late father. One of them being the person I want to make the flashback about. To get the privilage of becoming a soldier, that elite soldier had to get through several sacrifices such as the death of his parents to test his loyalty and fighting against comrades to death to surpress his emotions. Seeing that the new king is emotionally unstable and what he considers an unhealthy mindset to seek help from other countries, he thinks that the new king is endangering the country more than it helps. So the backstory I want to tell is, how he got the privilage to be trained. The harsh invironments he trained and some of the people he met, as well as bits of how the main character's father is going through horrific length to strengthen his army.

@Hamilwhovian

3 жыл бұрын

Abbie has a video on flashbacks that I personally found very useful, maybe is what you need :) You can also play with the timeline of the story, going back and forth and so there's technically no flahabacks only bits of the story that happens in differents times

I have changed so much from watching your videos.I'm doing my own NaNO but I'm still really excited. My advice is that you don't have to do 50k words.Even if your an adult,don't pressure yourself to do something that you don't feel comfortable doing because 50k is a lot.I'm sure there's there's juniors program on the nano website for any teens.I'm writing this whilst watching so im going to gave to rewatch lol.

Gosh, I'm low-key starting to freak out because we're halfway through October. I still have a couple of things I need to finish before November, and I'm starting wonder if I even can. 😅 I think I've done Camp NaNoWriMo with a novel I was in the middle of before, so I've totally done it like you're going to do for NaNoWriMo before 😃 (Except I think I only wanted to write 20k. So that's way less. 😂) I love your advice on starting a novel; it totally makes sense to start after the book is a few ticks into the story, and I like thinking about having things planned from before the book even begins so I can make it emotional in the first scene readers see. I think my first 'serious' book I wrote had 6 characters in it, too. As you talked about introducing 6 characters in the same scene, I instantly got flashbacks to how horribly I did that in my own book. 😅 Looooots of stopping to describe each of them. Awesome video, as always! 😄

I'm doing NaNoWriMo but in April!!

I'll be using NaNoWriMo this year as a start to book two of my fantasy series. ✨ I definitely won't finish it, but I want to get at least 50k words written as a good beginning!

I AM! But rebelliously. I’m working on the story I started last year. It’s a high fantasy series and i want to publish it next year 😳

I’ve been rewriting a new version of my first project that I’ve been working on since middle school and there isn’t really a main character and every chapter is a person’s different POV and on how they meet new characters there’s 80 characters involved and the stories a bit fast passes so how do I slow the story down a bit?

My nanowrimo project will be a fantasy!

You forgot the backstory link. Good thing we can search it. 🙂 glad for the choice of questions. I've been wanting to ask most of them. I personally dislike prequels. As you said, they don't tend to be as strong. Also, don't like having to go backward in a story that far before going forward. (Star Wars did an awful job) For Nanowrimo, I also hope to finish this draft. I made scene cards, and am almost done with act 1; the cards really help. In spite of making changes as I go, the plot, the basic "where is this going" is stable.

I saw "How to introduce 6 new characters in one scene" on the thumbnail and clicked because I actually want to introduce six new characters in one scene and didn't know how 😂😂

I am not able to find your video on scene cards. Did you delete it? :(

I started as a screenplay writer, and I think it has helped me a lot. I've not come across you talking about Save the Cat. What do you think of it?

I did nanowrimo once, but it seems pointless to rush a novel since I'll have to go back for heavy revisions later.

I know how much you talk about internal conflict, and my character has internal conflicts, but more and more I start to notice that my character may have too many external conflicts and I don’t know what to do, cause I still want to carry out the whole plot of the story, which is about her internal conflicts. What do I do to balance it out?

Introduce them the way Guy Ritchie does in all his movies lol

I'm doing NaNoWriMo. My novel will be the first in my paranormal cosy mystery series.

You have shown me that I can participate. I have a book that I am editing. I'm having a hard time staying focused. Editing shouldn't be so hard, but perhaps I'm tired

My Nanowrimo project (Which I'm actually starting in October because there's no way I'll have time to write in December) is a fantasy novel that it meant to parallel racial tensions in our world. It follows a teenage girl who's been under a sleeping curse for the last five years. When she wakes up, she finds herself a target for several assassinations. With the help of the young queen, she has to find out who's trying to kill her.

I'll participate in Nanowrimo for the first time this year. I'm writing a slice-of-life about a guy dealing with toxic masculinity.

I’m doing NaNoWriMo for the first time this year. I’m going to write a fantasy book about kids who apprentice under gods of elements.

Yay! So excited for the new video! Covid-19 has given me an idea for a futuristic/dystopian novel (unsure if young adult, new adult, or adult yet). I know dystopian stories are sort of played out right now and not as popular, but I’m hoping that the pandemic has set a stage for my book... what do you all think?

@ebru2582

3 жыл бұрын

Haha same here!

hello, this helps so much i'm writing a story... well trying to but i want to introduce my character as an excited young boy who is around 10 years old and his dream is to become a ninja helping his hometown from villans and i don't know how to introduce him in the book.

Hi Abbie, this year I want to win Nanowrimo! Your videos are truly a big help to me. Now I'm still outlining my project but I had troubles with storic accuracy (I'm writing about Spain after world War II) and yes I need more self confidence...

Writing a YA fantasy novel for Nano 😁

Regarding that first question. They could just ask themselves WHY those characters needed to do those things and explore that in the beginning, giving it more investment.

Tips on writing short stories??

#askAbbie I've watched a decent amount of your vids so far, including the one about a Negative Character Arc. Didn't know there was such a thing. Anyway, I've been working on a story off and on. Wrote a little bit of it as well, but never really got far past the first chapter. I know how the story will start and how it will end, but as far as everything in between, it's kinda "up in the air?" I could give you the premis if you want, so you'll know what I'm going for. -PS - How would I go about making it resemble a musical? (kinda like the movie Trolls, the characters themselves sing, but the songs are really just covers of the originals)

It's my first time to join NaNoWriMo this November. My novel will be about the boyhood of two young boys trying to survive the 1930 Great Depression but you ain't seen more of it yet.

How do I make a good story a group of people but I still have one character but the the others are remembered as well?

I'm doing a Regency romance. I have a completed outline and I'm slogging through the scene cards (genius - I've made several major revisions when I realized I had scenes with absolutely no purpose). I'm doing the background research as I hit the snags in every scene card (how many people lived in Portsmouth in 1810? How much could a chic London governess earn?) I hope to have that all done well in time for NaNoWriMo.

What's Nanowrimo?

Working on a fantasy/SciFi project called Teenage Heroes. eight heroes go on quests

I have another question, does anyone know how to write historical fiction?

Can you please make a video about how to make an amazing Fan-fiction story! I am working on one for Harry Potter and it is going pretty well...but I would like to hear what you think about it and what advice you have for someone like me who has literally just dived into this whole fanfiction thing!!! Anyway that would be awesome and if anyone else has any ideas I would be most thankful!

@miamedory2682

3 жыл бұрын

Where can I read the fanfic?

@kkscorner6557

3 жыл бұрын

I haven’t finished it yet sorry

@miamedory2682

3 жыл бұрын

@@kkscorner6557 No worries. Let me know when you finish it.

My goal for NaNoWriMo is the same! I'm getting back to that fantasy project I started some time back and just need to finish! I'm hoping 50k will get me a 1st draft. Then, of course, it'll be fix, fix, fix, because I know I can't write my best quality at that speed. But if I can do it, I will be so happy that all that rewriting will be fun...ur...less of a drag. Love what you're doing, Abbie! Please keep it up!

When is naniryma or whatever your calling it

I _was_ gonna do NaNo traditionally (50k words), but seeing as I've only been able to write like 5k by the end of every month (writing every day) for like half the year, yeah not happening. I'm still planning on writing my project that month, but no longer with the 50k goal. That goal would be even harder for me, anyway, since I'm trying to write the script for a comic. Hh

can you do advice on fiction books about a animals point of view because that's what I'm writing if you can (aka its about wolves )