Welcome to Author Level Up. I'm Michael La Ronn, and every week I publish writing craft videos to help you write better, write faster, have fun, and be prolific. I've written over 50 books and counting, and these videos are me documenting what I've learned every step of the way.
This channel is for you if:
- You want to master your writing app
- You want to maximize your productivity as a writer
- You want to self-publish better books
- You want to become a better writer overall
Check out video archive for lots of great videos on how to be a writer, writing tips, productivity secrets, and more. I hope you find these videos helpful. I respond to most comments so if you want me to do a video on something just let me know in the comments.
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I love your videos, especially as so many of them are recent! Would be wonderful if maybe at some point you could do us a little inspiration vid i.e. for staffers who've been working hard at this self-publishing, following good advice by writing the best possible book with the best possible cover (I have a degree in Design), doing Amazon Ads, but still aren't selling books so feel very discouraged. I suspect an important part of the process is patience! Thank you and best wishes.
I literally cannot fake confidence right now. I literally need to be able to work through second by second on doubt without being lazy
Very good video. Thx
I have watched your content many times over the past few years and what strikes me everytime is your authenticity in your message. Be a video being about writing, or in this case tools that you use, I always believe you are truly trying to help us make an informed decision. Thank you, it is appreciated!
Hi Michael! I got a question as a newbie author: Should I have a copyright of my book prior to sending a manuscript to an editor? I’ve been researching and getting mixed responses. Maybe it’s a paranoia, but I just want to make sure. I’m going to be using Reedsy to hire an editor.
Interestng book idea, thanks for sharing this - the narrator does sound like an Ai though, good content regardless!
I will be needing a beta reader for a zombie comedy soon. Contact me interested. And please try to contain contain your excitement.
I wouldn’t really consider this pantsing…which to me is just sitting down and saying, “I’m going to write a story about x” and then typing away to see what happens….no thought or research to anything other than your ambition to tell a story. There appears to be some planning on the form of research and some contemplation of plot and character before the actual writing happens, so while you may not be writing a beat by beat summary of the entire story from beginning to end, you are doing some legwork ahead of time. I would call it “plotsing”
I really enjoy these . Thank you.
So clear and easy to follow - I love this!
I am going to look for that thank you.
Ah it's like making the shirt the sleeve, then the seam (change of thought) then the left side, and so on and so on.
2:20 Everything is NOT clean. The last line of text isn't indented like the rest of the text.
Great!
One important thing that you did not mention using the phone is that, even if it is difficult to type, you can use the voice-to-type feature of the phone and speak and the text starts to appear automatically, obviously you have to go back and correct it if any misunderstanding, but this is more efficient for me and faster than typing, I do agree 100% that formatting adding chapters and other functions is way easier on the computer.
Michael La Ronn, you are the best!!!
The only reason i clicked this video is because the face of this guy is so amazing. It looks so sort of 'movie' like. Idk.
Also there are a host of neat little spin off stories from Star Craft; an old PC Blizzard game with back stories on the two alien races and Terrans (humans)
What if your science fiction encompasses 5 of those genres? Would it be an abomination or interesting with the right contrasting characters and different worlds coming together?
I have been writing for four years and love creating touching stories, but I tend to get stuck on what I just wrote and keep editing it until I feel good about it. This is a huge problem because I don't get much done.
Just found this - beautiful, *perfect* for the dark tea-time of the soul - thank you for advocating we stay true to ourselves :) "It is the work that matters, not the applause that follows." --Robert Falcon Scott
I have only recently discovered the videos on KZread to help first-time authors, and have watched dozens recently. Yours is the most clear and articulate.
Definitely helpful information I had not heard elsewhere. Your final point meshes with an earlier one regarding contracts. I'd like a contract which would call for full or at least partial refund should the editor not complete the project at all, or not on schedule.
Thanks, this word wont justify the thank you., but its the one available right now. www.youtube.com/@khalidbaacha
Brilliant! Everything you need to know to get started. Thank you.
I hate First Person POV so much
Dude you have a good voice for radio.
I understand your points, I agree with them and they are valid, but I wish you would rephrase some statements and drop some fallacies so people that need Book Structure Advice won't just blindly give up on Developmental Editing because "it undermines their confidence". You make awesome videos, but this one need Developmental Editing haha
Thank you for introducing this wonderful software and its KZread channel to me. I believe I'm going with this one for novels, but first, do you know if there is one software for novels and screenplays?
Thanks
Thank you, Michael. I subbed here a while back after listening to your excellent book "Be a Writing Machine" on Audible. Since I am not a writing machine, I am just completing my latest book after several years intermittent work. Thank you for reminding me in this video of several key points of maximizing findability on Amazon.
Thank you.
Thank you for sharing with the author's community.
22:00 This is why you don't write cheating in romance, given or received. It connects too much with the readers realities, making them feel guilty. At least, according to my editor.
I think it’s okay to write cheating in romance if it HAPPENS to the heroine or hero, but the heroine or hero CANNOT be the ones doing the cheating. In other words, it has to be a character who the reader ultimately dislikes or finds despicable. You see this in romance novels all the time. The cheating person is usually a minor character or a villain, like an ex boyfriend.
Thought that I was going with Ulysses but now I’m going with scrivener. I was scared of scrivener Bc all of the features makes it seem overwhelming but I’m going to give it a try. Thanks got a great comparison.
Excellent tutorial! I was debating between this app and a few others but your tutorial made it clear on which one was the best. Would you say that Ulysses is still your favorite app for writing in iPad in 2924?
2024
Do a long Format review. Do a verus against scrinver
By outlining carefully and knowing exactly where your story is going, this is not really a problem.
Thank you for the video. As always, these are always easy to understand and full of helpful tips.
They have reviewed their pricing model. Too expensive for me.
One way to decide on which version of English to use in a story is to use the version that is used in the country the story is set in. However, if the story isn't set on Earth (like most of mine), then you could use your native version.
You show where to start, which is GREAT!
Yes, very helpful...meeting an editor who is in my writers group re my first 80,000 self publish draft...problem tho...I have a crush on her brewing. What about trading editing for cabin repairs. Foolish question Im sure. Rescue me..
Hello...first time talker, part time listener
I really like you man. You are a real humble intellectual. People from the black community appreciate bad boys. This is just plain wrong.
Pantser or rather plotter? I am just curious, never would I ever mock you, I have tremendous respect for you.
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I've worked in software for over 15 years, most of it in website development and owned my own firm. I am well versed on the topic of usability. I bought Scrivener and regret doing so. First, support for the product is very thin, a very limited number of people develop and support the product. Second, the learning curve is high and needs to be sustained. You can't walk away from heavily using it for a few months then come back and pick up where you left off. You have to take quite a bit of time getting back up to speed using the software. Finally, the index card emulation feature is totally inefficient - far inferior to simply using paper index cards and don't be so quick to reject paper index cards unless you've used them. In sum, you should not have to exert so much time and effort to get a tool do what you need it to. I could pound a nail in a board with a crescent wrench but it would be much easier with a hammer.
Thank you. Very good information. Learned a lot.
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