If you have a novel inside you but don't know where to start then this video is a good place to start.(For those folks moaning about the iffy audio, get over it and enjoy the lesson.)

@mikewright3029

5 жыл бұрын

lol

Thanks for the useful instruction! I am working on my first novel and will use all of your advice.

I had no audio problems with the video...and it is great information from a great author/teacher.

I have been writing for quite some time working and learning the craft. There is one piece of advice that has been given by many published authors. That advice is WRITE. Don't think, don't pick at sentences, don't waste time trying to find that one best word that would seal the scene and bring it to life. Simply just write. Before you know it you have a full manuscript sitting in front of you. Granted ita juar rhe first draft but that is what you want. Now all ou have to do is clean it up

@sirbutthurt2937

8 жыл бұрын

Read a lot and write a lot is probably the best advice out there. There are no shortcuts but hard work, patience and diligence that leads to success. Have 494 pages for my first draft of the fantasy novel I'm writing. Been working for over a year with it and will finish it this year. Then it's on to revision.

@thesaltybeard1793

7 жыл бұрын

My issue with that is that I don';t know how to structure it. I think you need to know what happens in the story, right? But Idk how to organize that or figure it out.

What a great teacher he is!

This is the perfect thing-just what I was looking for to revise my novel!

This is such useful and well-presented information, thank you for making it available like this!

Thank you for sharing. I ordered Revision and Self-Editing for Publication

Great seminar, but I agree with the others that the audio quality is tough.

Mr. Bell is a good teacher for the craft of writing fiction. I enjoyed his book Plot and Structure. This tutorial was very informative with many examples from films most people have seen. Thank you.

@jeanmarie4185

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah! !. absolutely

Very helpful. Thank you for sharing

great insight. u sound like a professional. best ever I have come across. thanks

I record all of my lectures on a LiveScribe pen - so I'm used to a bit of chop in my audio lessons. The information is worth toughing it out. Thank you for posting a full-length piece on here; it is a well-timed gift and treat. I will be sure to share it with others.

Great tutorial. I learned a lot. Thanks writers digest.

Thanks! I love the second edition of this book.

Chair through the window! That is worth a million or more. Adding that to my tool chest!

Helpful information. Well worth listening to despite the poor audio quality.

@SheRaconteurs ~ YAY! So glad this was helpful to you! Happy Writing ~ WD

Great job and Inspiring

Great Video. I love writing first drafts, but the second is no fun. I am in one right now. 30,000 extra words later - eeesh! This will make it so much easier. I want to enjoy this process too. Thanks JSB - much appreciated!

Just want to say, I was reading a writing book by this guy (Write Your Novel from the Middle) and he mentioned the Bette Davis movie Now, Voyager in that too, in fact, a lot of the info is similar to this webinar. Anyway, it prompted me to watch the movie. It's a great movie, it made me angry, it made me cry, it made me jump out my seat shouting with glee. Watch it. It is also a very good example of many of the things discussed in the webinar.

I would not of understood any of this before i wrote my first novel, and now i have almost finished my second manuscript i can say i understood everything in this excellent presentation. In fact everything in this seminar ties in with the novel i am writing now. Thanks

@patrickmarquis955

9 жыл бұрын

Anthony Perry would not OF understood?

This is GREAT!

This video is full of really sound advice - thank you so much.

@thesaltybeard1793

7 жыл бұрын

THe video is full of good advice. This video NEEDS sound advice. Get it...? :D Cause the sound qu- eh, fuck it.

Why do youtube interviews with authors always have terrible audio? :(

The audio ticks is really annoying. If you are trying to use this to market your seminars, I can say that this is not putting your best foot forward. The information is great. The presentation is great. The audio makes me question paying as much as you charge for it.

@discoverybg31

10 жыл бұрын

It is almost as annoying as my poor verb/noun agreement above.

Great writing teacher.

Great tips! Thanks! (omitting needless words!) :)

@brianthom6798

6 жыл бұрын

Literally fifty percent of your post was utterly needless words.

This is a really good video.

Thanks for uploading this. I didn't know James Scott Bell, and I must say I'm impressed. He seems to be a very clear minded, insightful teacher. Will definitely check out his website, and possibly buy his book. So thanks again!

@emanuelmuhammad6563

2 жыл бұрын

i know im asking randomly but does anybody know of a tool to get back into an Instagram account..? I stupidly forgot the password. I would appreciate any assistance you can offer me!

@veilofreality

2 жыл бұрын

@@emanuelmuhammad6563 Sorry, can't help you buddy...But wow, yes, asking someone from an unrelated post with no replies, dated 5 years ago, is pretty random. :)

I make my own cover pages as well and also often make paintings of what I'd like the cover art to be. I've always been somewhat embarrassed by this. Although It really does make the idea of the book more of a possibility in my mind, it then feels closer to becoming a reality.

There was such great info in this video, the audio was a bit choppy but not enough to detract from the content. Thanks!

I cannot bring myself to dislike any of the characters in my novels. I do howver have contempt for some, but they all bring me pleasure.

@jack-n-the-bots2926

7 жыл бұрын

I must have a character I hate in the story and sketch the faces of the primary characters on paper, then scan, and paint them in photoshop. Something that has helped and been a lot of fun is creating a voice to go with them. I have mimicked voices all my life for fun and to antagonize irritating people and this has been very useful in the creation of characters. Weird, but a lot of fun

Thank you for giving a lead on how to start writing a novel. Should I treat writing a creative Non-Fiction as a Fiction as well?

I love Scarlett O'Hara

The sound is not workable.

at what point do you print the hard copy. I tried that and had so many things to fix like grammar, dialog and scene tweaking that my book changed. I couldn't imagine writing all that down in a side note to fix later then try and finish the story.

Awesome information, but the audio is terrible.

COOL

+SmoothRide - I mean, I can already speak English 100% fluently; yet I am not able to decipher the mumblings of the presenter!

Why is the audio SO BAD? It is too bad someone could not clean up this. Sounds like a bad, long distance phone call with good content.

@adarateranroldan

7 жыл бұрын

Fritz Mom Writer's Digest webinars always sound like that. The use the app Go to Meeting. The audio quality is based on the strength of the internet connection and the mic.

for to? I suggest you study basic grammar!

Cant understand a single word your saying??????

The audio sucks. Can't listen a word.

@rafinha315

9 жыл бұрын

Maybe you should shove your decent headphone up into your decent ass

@JosephLayden

8 жыл бұрын

+Rafael Reis Maybe you shouldn't be so snobby about audio recording. I can hear it fine on my $10 Family Dollar speakers, and not everyone has a recording studio in their homes.

@reinettevisser

8 жыл бұрын

+Rafael Reis If all you can comment about this very useful video is that the audio quality if below par then you clearly missed the point.

@archaeobard1

7 жыл бұрын

Audio is a bit crackly but I adjusted the equalizer levels using my computer settings and it was fine. I don't have a recording studio, just an old laptop.

Stopped watching around 5 minutes in. I'd like to watch the video as I'm sure there's useful information there, but the presentation is beyond amateurish. The audio is annoyingly difficult to comprehend and the PowerPoint style of presentation is giving me office flashbacks. At the very least move your cursor.

@Mr101kingegypt

8 жыл бұрын

It's free...shut up..

@thehumancrayon3264

7 жыл бұрын

That's useful information, Jay. Couldn't have gotten through the day without it. You're a real lifesaver.

@agagagagagyo

5 жыл бұрын

Just turn the screen brightness all the way down and listen.

Audio is garbage