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  @VinnyTheory10 күн бұрын

  Can someone name one good character driven story? Like iconic. As iconic as Star Wars or Harry Potter

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  @AuthorLearningCenter9 күн бұрын

  Strong stories often have a good balance of both! www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/fiction/w/character-development/4202/character-driven-vs.-plot-driven-_2d00_-video

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  @AJ-oc5eh10 күн бұрын

  or, you can ask a few trusted friends who are honest, avid readers to proofread it...then re-ready it a dozen times instead of just 3 times

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  @AuthorLearningCenter9 күн бұрын

  In addition to self-editing, we recommend selecting a group of beta readers to review your work and provide feedback prior to publishing. If you'd like to learn more about finding beta readers, you can check the Peer Reviews section of the ALC website: www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/getting-feedback/w/peer-reviews

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  @andreasboe450913 күн бұрын

  Couldn't agree more. Hear, hear.

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  @marcuslyons662214 күн бұрын

  What’s up with the welders goggles ???

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  @AuthorLearningCenter13 күн бұрын

  Representative of the steampunk genre of writing, a subgenre of science fiction that incorporates retro-futuristic technology and is inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery.

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  @yessirskii795316 күн бұрын

  Who is she again?

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  @catherinemary5224 күн бұрын

  A liver transplant surgeon and a pediatric nephrologist have asked me to write my 35 years as mom/advocate of 3 kids now grown. 6 kidney transplants between them, one now needs a kidney & liver. I know history, pioneers in many respects. I'm going to try to write.

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  @PeterWesleyBastone24 күн бұрын

  Thanks, I think it was helpful

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  @scottsteele190828 күн бұрын

  I like what was said but feel a better way of saying it is: talent is equally distributed around the world, but opportunity is not. I am sure there is a boy in Kenya who can write better than I can, but will be undiscovered because of challenges in his life. But the opposite may be true as well. A woman of fiscal wealth may be published because her husband knows a man in the publishing world and gets her book published who outright sucks.

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  @scruffypupperАй бұрын

  You told us what a "good story" IS, and you told us what a "great story" SHOULD be, but you never actually explained what a "great story" IS other than some vague hits on literary writers that reads like heady hyperbole. Specificity and examples would have worked best.

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  @wabakoen5548Ай бұрын

  Watching someone cope with lack of skill

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  @elangovand7909Ай бұрын

  Dear sir, good evening. I am a science thriller novelist. I have written a fantastic science thriller documentary script. Please contact, dmm

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  @davidcopson5800Ай бұрын

  Interesting comments. Thank you. Tip four (?) is called 'show, don't tell'. It is always better to do this if you can, though it often uses more words to achieve it. These tips are valid for the great majority of novels, though if you're producing some thing like W. G. Sebald's The Rings of Saturn you may be guided by other principles.

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  @--legionАй бұрын

  The majority of publishers are Left-collective fascists rejecting anything that does not tick politically correct boxes,resulting in banal pap, usually by women.

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  @yakanonoАй бұрын

  Woah he is well spoken

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  @antoinefurlough5579Ай бұрын

  😌 'Promo SM'

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  @Crowka274Ай бұрын

  Superb content. Many Thanks

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  @davidronin1536Ай бұрын

  I really like your low-key brilliance.

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  @mikeanthony8934Ай бұрын

  Call a spade a spade.. just say ".if u have a criminal record" lol

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  @karmaking12632 ай бұрын

  She’s a great writer

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  @Mikeman078252 ай бұрын

  well??? - DID the sheriff kill her???

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  @TheTreWalker3 ай бұрын

  This video is so helpful. I am working on my second novel and will be IMMEDIATELY implementing this advice. Thank you

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  @aprilpark72233 ай бұрын

  Thanks for the info.Question. How do you suggest querying a library to order my self-published book? Should I send an email with a sales sheet attachment?

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  @wormsnake13 ай бұрын

  Why can’t you have great character and plot.x

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  @voidsword80953 ай бұрын

  Wow, great advice. I really hate editing my work, but with this streamlined process it seems less daunting.

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  @paramedicchrisbookseries3 ай бұрын

  Thank you for sharing, really interesting.

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  @paramedicchrisbookseries3 ай бұрын

  Awesome

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  @paramedicchrisbookseries3 ай бұрын

  Really interesting

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  @richardglady30093 ай бұрын

  Thank you for basic guidance for character development.

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  @AutumnAprodithe3 ай бұрын

  Every chapter i write in my manuscript looks like a long draft and im upset because the novel I want to publish have such an original story.

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  @AuthorLearningCenter3 ай бұрын

  Hello, the important thing is to get the entire first draft done, and then go back and revise. It's better to have more content/words than you need and then cut back in the editing process. Make sure you are familiar with genre word count recommendations before you publish: www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/goal-setting-and-process/7102/word-count-by-genre-how-long-should-a-book-be

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  @sheilaflores56083 ай бұрын

  Thanks for your input, very helpful. Chun Author WHEN WILL THE SUN SET IN AFRICA?

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  @johnchaparro53934 ай бұрын

  Very good

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  @lavinder114 ай бұрын

  Hmm, I have a question. I'm a tarot reader and have a professional name in that space that I use for my clients, youtube and blog for my business. Right now, I'm getting into copywriting as a day job, but I also want to write blogs in the spiritual/occult space professionally. So, I wonder if it's best to use my tarot name or my real name?

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  @AuthorLearningCenter4 ай бұрын

  Hello, if you wish to keep the copywriting separate from your current business, using your real name is one way to do that. Just keep in mind you will have to manage two personas with separate branding, websites, socials, etc. There are pros and cons to using a pen name, which you can learn more about here: www.authorlearningcenter.com/b/ask-keith/posts/pros-and-cons-of-using-a-pen-name-how-would-you-actually-do-that-see-the-response

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  @Xxxxxrrr64644 ай бұрын

  Thanks Laurel I learned some great stuff

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  @ezinnenjoku36264 ай бұрын

  This is such great advice. Thank you!

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  @m.t.abdullah97474 ай бұрын

  🎉🎉

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  @maximusmeridius12724 ай бұрын

  Short and sweet -EXTREMELY HELPFUL. Thank you.

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  @akale26204 ай бұрын

  Excellent explanation. I got bored of reading long ago, and just now realized I don't like boring char driven crap. Gimme a plot driven.

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  @cubflyer19404 ай бұрын

  These are wonderful! Thanks for posting.

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  @stevebober82144 ай бұрын

  I recently read this book. It was the only adventure book on the particular library shelf. I was impressed. I must say this self-rescue was beyond words. But...what also stuck in my mind was the rescue of Shaheen Baig by Nadir Ali, the cook and gofer/occasional high altitude porter. That was also solo, unsupported [except by the medical instructions (and injectibles) by Eric Meyer from Camp 2]. I would really like an epilogue. Thank you.

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  @commanderthorkilj.amundsen34264 ай бұрын

  She’s certainly written on some fascinating topics, but compared to Sam Kean, Carl Zimmer, Phillip Ball, Mary Roach, and many others, her writing is DRY and DULL, NOT PULITZER QUALITY, occasionally incorrect, and inappropriately dispassionate in an effort to appear in a naively hopeful middle state. Here, it seems she overlooks the unimaginable suffering of sentient animals and colossal arrogance of human exceptionalism and ideas of superiority, the frequent lack of necessity or benefit of cruel research. The only scenario that could possibly enlightens these folks is for them to become subjects of similar research, finding themselves strapped to a table, instruments out, no possibility of escape, held for torture re-branded as “research” by creatures intellectually superior, but morally bereft, extremely fcked-up.

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  @thatssogabby47085 ай бұрын

  flagging things you like in your manuscript is such a good idea, i'm so glad it was shared here. i've never thought to do this before

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  @teresastaalcowley85215 ай бұрын

  Great KZread explaining Author Learning Solutions and Westbow Press.

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  @JonathanCrossland5 ай бұрын

  Nice to hear proper advice from someone with experience, rather than young wannabe youtube writers.

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  @JonTanOsb4 ай бұрын

  I know what you mean. "What can you possibly tell me, child, that I didn't know 50 years ago." Jon in rural BC, Canada

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  @Realityfilmstv6 ай бұрын

  Wow! This is an insightful conversation.

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  @ButterflyLullabyLtd6 ай бұрын

  Hello from the UK. 😃 My Great Grandfather was a Eurasian.♥️ I am so proud of my mixed blood. He is in a book called 'On Parade' which was printed in Singapore. I would love to work with Singapore authors and editors. I have cracked the code on Dyslexia. Linkedin Business celebrates Dyslexic Thinking as a important SKILL needed in the work place. My daughter could hardly read, write or spell in school. I used Art and Music to make reading fun and not stressful. My Dyslexic mind helped me help my daughter remember the words she could not read. I am a team player. ♥️ Melody passed her English Exam this year. Rare for a Dyslexic. If our British Education System allowed students to write a story for their English Exam she would have received a A+. Dyslexics are clever Storytellers. Perhaps Singapore would grade her on her stories, and song lyrics. ♥️ Famous British Jamie Oliver has created a children's book. He needed help to write it. I was taught ITA English Twaddle in school. It's amazing I can spell. However, I was very lucky because I was given opportunities with not one qualification to my name. I worked my way up from Receptionist to Managing Directors Secretary for a top London Architectural company. My spelling improved over years from typing so many letters. Repeat, repeat, repeat. I feel my techniques would help children all over the world who struggle to read, or just hate reading like my daughter did. She now has a Library of books in her room. I'm proud beyond words because I don't read books, but I love to write. Happy Christmas ⛄🎁 everyone. And may our children live a happy life knowing they are all good at something. 😆😃😀

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  @captainnolan50626 ай бұрын

  This is the continuing pulp fiction vs "literature" argument. Peanuts vs Caviar. A lot more peanuts are sold that caviar. Pulp writers are "real novelists" as are writers of "literature." Note that this guy calls good stories "schlock" and he calls the other novels "serious literature." Lester Dent (Kenneth Robeson, author of the Doc Savage series) wrote 181 novels which were good stories vs. Harper Lee who wrote one great novel and 1 good story (or Emily Bronte who wrote one great novel). Both kinds of writing can be enjoyed by readers, but the two types of books serve a different purpose. Think of it this way: Books are tools, and different books are designed to do different things (it is more difficult for people to realize this because all books look 'basically' alike from the outside, whereas hand tools are shaped differently depending on what they are designed to do and look much different from one another). So, ....Is a screwdriver a better tool than a saw? Is a hammer a better tool than a tape measure? Well, a screwdriver is better at setting screws into wood, but you can use the handle to pound a nail into a board, though not with ease; a hammer will serve you better than a screwdriver for pounding nails into boards. Therefore, if you have a plane trip coming up and you want some light reading, say a good 'page turner' of a story to while away the time, A Doc Savage novel will do a better job at that task than Crime and Punishment (just as a hammer is better for pounding nails than a screwdriver). But if you want to enjoy an in depth psychological character study, then Crime and Punishment will serve you better than, say "Doc Savage, Man of Bronze." Crime and Punishment is a tool designed for a different task than is a Doc Savage novel.

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  @tealrose93656 ай бұрын

  Where can we find reputable writing coaches?

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  @AuthorLearningCenter6 ай бұрын

  Hello, we have a few writing coaches that present webinars for the ALC, so you can search on our site. You can also meet coaches at writing conferences or get referrals from other authors or experts in the industry. You can use online directories like Reedsy or Fiverr, but be sure to do your research and ask for references. Make sure you find a coach that is familiar with the genre in which you are writing.

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  @tealrose93656 ай бұрын

  Thank you @@AuthorLearningCenter

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  @johnglynhughes42396 ай бұрын

  Write it for the love of writing it. Nothing else matters.

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  @DeMeza7256 ай бұрын

  1:48: Very interesting perspective on how fiction can somehow continue a nonfictional trend.

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  @user-xn2hf9re8r7 ай бұрын

  she is so no nonsense - love her