Do you have a * work-in-progress * ? Let’s hear more about it so we can all support each other in the comments 💓📖 ieva xx

@lunawolf6288

8 күн бұрын

Yup ❤

I'm doing the exact same thing!! I've been working on a book for two years. I'm working on Draft 4 this summer, then I'm hoping to send it to beta readers in the fall (fingers crossed). I've written fifty pages in eleven days, it's been absolutely crazy. I'm so determined to be DONE with the book by the end of the year lol. Also my book playlist is actually just Taylor Swift...

@VirtualBooklore

9 күн бұрын

Fifty pages in eleven days? That’s amazing! ☺️👏🏻 Feel free to reach out when you’re done with draft 4. If I have time between clients, I’d love to beta read your book. And I don’t think I’ve ever had a writing playlist that didn’t have Taylor Swift in it. Which song has been your favorite to write to lately? ☺️

@whyyskiw

8 күн бұрын

thats amazing!

Love hearing that you completed your first draft during Nano! I'm getting ready to participate in July's Nano challenge!

@VirtualBooklore

7 күн бұрын

NaNoWriMo is so much ! Best of luck if you do decide to participate in July 🤗

I am finishing my young adult fantasy manuscript in this time frame too!

@VirtualBooklore

8 күн бұрын

That’s amazing, Catherine! ☺️ Fantasy is such a fun genre to write.

Yes Tokio Hotel!!! Their vibes were immaculate 🤌 good luck with finishing the novel! This inspired me to set my "finish date" (for the first draft) also in August. 💕

@VirtualBooklore

12 күн бұрын

That’s amazing, I’m so excited for you! 🤗 What kind of novel are you working on? Tokio Hotel have so many good songs. Pure nostalgia ☺️ 🎶

I'm working on a New Adult dual pov fantasy novel about a prince and a princess going to look for a legendary artifact that is said can grant any wish made with it. They are lying to each other saying they're looking for it to stop the decaying of their land, but in reality, they're only doing it for themselves. For now, until that decision affects them.

@VirtualBooklore

9 күн бұрын

I love the adventure aspect + the fact that they’re deceiving each other. The drama! And writing a dual POV must be so much fun because the reader ends up knowing what the characters are up to as the characters slowly figure it out. Definitely a book I would read! ☺️

Writing my first book. Its a hopefully cute historic romance and its the first time I've got this far with writing (I have some other ideas I've dabbled with but I guess I let the inner critic stop me..for some reason I've been able to finally side step it at every stage this time). I would like to finish the first draft by August if I can, but the gods love to laugh at my plans so we'll see how we go 😅 I have the beginnings of an idea for another book brewing in my head too so it'd be nice ti start planning that once the first draft of my WIP is done.

@VirtualBooklore

9 күн бұрын

That’s so exciting! 🤗 Sometimes you have to come up with or even drafting a few book ideas before you get THE idea that you’re excited about enough to sit at the computer/in front of a notebook for hours and write. So happy for you that your story came to you! Keep us updated on how writing is going 😉📖

Hi! New sub here 😄🙋🏼‍♀️ Your book sounds interesting and I know I am gonna binge watch all your videos 😂 Ah I loved Tokio Hotel too when I was younger and had a huge crush on Tom 😅🩷 Love from Finland 🇫🇮

Love these suggestions. I've been using the playlist thing to get me back into my story too. I'm 2/3 through the second draft and it's been a slog. The music definitely helped. I'm on the third book of my YA Contemporary Fantasy series right now.

@VirtualBooklore

8 күн бұрын

Music is such a great way to immerse yourself in a scene/the story you're writing. By the way, I see that your Moose Cove Coven series is set in Maine. I love Maine! I will definitely have to check out your books and see if you mention any of the towns I've visited :)

Very happy to have discovered your channel. Subbed.

@VirtualBooklore

7 күн бұрын

Hi! Glad to have you here. And I just subbed back 😊

Great video. Everything you mentioned I've been doing without thought since I started writing in five years ago. All but the motivation. I get so engrossed in my manuscripts I have to pull them away. Dreams are the only way I get ideas.

@VirtualBooklore

8 күн бұрын

So glad you enjoyed the video ☺️ How many manuscripts have you completed?

@chelle_nz

8 күн бұрын

@@VirtualBooklore 4 published. 2 finished just need to hit publish. 12 in a special series I've written are in final stages. I wanted to change things up. The series wouldn't be fair released individually, hence all at once. The other two are a strategy to see if quick releasing helps. Gonna take a holiday on a beach somewhere after this and sip cocktails lol.

Stumbled upon your video and subscribed after watching because I have a similar goal for the next few months! 😊 Wishing you all the luck to make your deadline! 💪

@VirtualBooklore

8 күн бұрын

I'm so happy to have you here, Stephanie 😃 I'm filming a new writing vlog this week and I can't wait to hear about your progress/writing wins in the comments!

@stephanievandenbos4332

8 күн бұрын

@@VirtualBooklore I can't wait to watch it! 😊

Good luck with your book.

@VirtualBooklore

2 күн бұрын

Thank you! ☺️

Gurl you are an overwriter as underwriter I am so impressed 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@VirtualBooklore

7 күн бұрын

It's a blessing and a curse. I will be entering the "curse" phase in a few weeks when I have to figure out how to cut 50,000 + words from my novel (which is pretty much a novel in and of itself) 😅

Subscribed because we have the same goal this summer :)

@VirtualBooklore

8 күн бұрын

I’m so happy to see so many writers doing their thing this summer! ☀️✍️ How is writing going?

Love this video. So much good information. I don’t want to be annoying but I think the sound might be a bit over exposed on some levels as the “s” sounds peek a lot ☺️❤ Mabye check for this is the future. (Or it might just be me..)

@VirtualBooklore

8 күн бұрын

So happy that it was helpful! ☺️ And thank you for the letting me know about the sound. I was using iPhone audio, but next time I’ll use a mic instead. Hopefully that will solve the problem ☺️

I've been working on a book for 4 years now but I never got the first draft completed (tbf a lot of things were going on in my life). It's a sci-fi (technically?) but it doesn't have the typical elements of that genre, but it is set in a very scientific setting and has a lot of scientist characters so...😂 I could only take part in Nanowrimo 2020, and I still can't work on it consistently. The more time that passes when I don't work on it, the more anxious I become to write something down. I tend to spend lota if time in the meta, and not the actual narrative, and guilt myself for not having finished it in the past few years. I could have gone through so many drafts, a finished, polished novel. Time doesn't wait for anyone, does it?

@VirtualBooklore

7 күн бұрын

As someone who has been working on a novel in spurts with pretty significant breaks in-between, I can totally relate! I think it's important to remember though that every bit of brainstorming you do and every bit you write down, whether it's a line of dialogue, an opening paragraph, or some bullet points detailing what a chapter will be about, matters. Every one of those things is a small step toward a bigger goal. Time sure flies, but I think that it's never too late to gather all of those ideas and chapters you've written and complete a draft. All the best! 😃

Is a duology/trilogy an idea? Is that a possible thing for a debut author? If you can cut down a lot, sure, but honestly, to me that doesn't always work, because you put down those words in the first place for a reason. I personally am not a fan of deleting a whole lot, because you might delete the small secenes and conversations that add just this realness and depth to it that would be a shame if it were gone.

@VirtualBooklore

Күн бұрын

It’s best to query one book at a time, especially as a debut author. But you’re so right about the importance of not stripping the story down too much. I have some strategies in terms of cutting down the word count that I’ll share in a future video. I’ll probably also end up moving a few plot lines over to book 2 (plan to start working on book 2 as soon as I send book 1 out to agents for consideration) ☺️

Please tell me you've watched Lockwood & Co! It's in your genre and adapted from the first two books of a book series.

@VirtualBooklore

2 күн бұрын

I haven’t-yet! But now that I binged Bridgerton s3 p2 I need a new show to watch, so I’ll definitely check it out this weekend. Thank you! 🤗

@literatimedium

2 күн бұрын

@@VirtualBooklore Awesome! Let me know what you think. (I also binged S3 P2 on release day - it was my reward for finishing the draft of the chapter I was working on).

Hey..i've been working on a novel plot since i was in grade nine...and now four years since..i haven't done a single chapter.the problem i face is when i write something i think that its not good enough...i feel I'm writing a little too wordily or my use of vocab isn't hood enough ...or its too much conversation..or its too much explanation. And at the end i do not get anything from any of my writing sesson. What should i do 😢😢

@VirtualBooklore

6 күн бұрын

The best and most simple advice I’ve ever gotten from my professors and other writers-write the book anyway. Even if it doesn’t sound “perfect” right away or has major issues with tension, pacing, and other things, everything is fixable and improvable once you have the first draft. Don’t give up! ☺️✍️

@UltimateVenus

6 күн бұрын

So is it okay if it takes time and still the end result isn't good enough?😕

@VirtualBooklore

6 күн бұрын

@@UltimateVenus First drafts typically have mistakes and have a lot of room for improvement. But once you finish it, you can always work with an editor or self-edit the book and make it better. That is what I'm trying to do now :)

@UltimateVenus

6 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot. I really needed someone to tell me that cz I'm on my own. thankyou :))

Why l write book in 3 months ? Chatgpt can write book about any topic in days

@VirtualBooklore

2 күн бұрын

Hi! 👋 I’m sure people have used programs like ChatGPT to write books. Personally, I don’t because there is no personal achievement in having a computer write a book for you.

@HH-zb5ul

Күн бұрын

@@VirtualBooklore Yes , they used chatgpt to write book then sell it on amazon , but all respect to you , where l can find or buy the books you wrote ? Can l find digital version of the books you wrote such as pdf ? All respect to you ♥️ Thank you very much for your kind answer ♥️