Why is writing SO HARD?? 📚 | Attempting to finish my novel

Writing a book is... HARD!

In today's writing vlog, I try to hit 170k words in the first draft of my contemporary fantasy novel and get closer to completing the first draft!

QUESTIONS FOR YOU:
1. How do you get back into writing after a break?
2. Have you ever felt too close to a character to write a difficult scene?
3. How do you feel about writers sharing early drafts of their work (VS polishing first)?

RELATED:
- "How I Accidentally Wrote a 10 Book Series" https://youtu.be/elXAZDy8OJM
- Lonan writing vlog: https://youtu.be/Ao8zBymub_o
- @KrisMF writing vlog: https://youtu.be/EQoZIvNx0hw
- My collab w/ Kris: https://youtu.be/CukjJzuwRwU

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:22 - The project I'm currently working on
1:14 - Losing steam after NaNoWriMo & my goals for finishing this book
3:18 - Why writing has been so difficult lately
4:46 - Book 2 plans
5:56 - The importance of writing every day (in my process)
6:51 - Emotionally draining chapters & empathizing w/ characters
8:59 - Why it's critical to see early drafts of writing
10:01 - Reading a beachy excerpt from my WIP

CONNECT WITH ME:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachellwrites​​​​​
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelxwrites/
Website: https://bit.ly/3rq2vz5
Tumblr: https://bit.ly/3BhAtK3
Pinterest: http://bit.ly/2qdKsyM​​​​​

ALL MY PUBLISHED WORK: https://bit.ly/3CYT7Y1

MY STORIES:
→ "The Species is Dead" in Minola Review: https://bit.ly/3wEnkqE
→ "Mama Lives in My Mouth" in Young Voices: https://bit.ly/3yRzBKg
→ "Primary Organs" in The Malahat Review: https://bit.ly/2Tl0yWu​​​​ & read an excerpt: https://bit.ly/3fzSQR1
→ "The Wolf-Antelope Will Not Come for Us" in filling Sation: https://bit.ly/2UhCxjH
→ "Where to Run When the Lamb Roars" in The Temz Review: https://bit.ly/3GN246M
→ "Fig" in Fractured Lit: https://fracturedlit.com/fig/
→ "Jasmine’s Brows and Cuts,” in The Puritan, https://bit.ly/3mBsPDA
→ “Slaughter the Animal” in The New Quarterly, https://bit.ly/3BURVqb
→ “Eat Well” in CAROUSEL, forthcoming

MY POETRY:
→ "We sell skin on sale" in Augur Magazine (poetry): https://bit.ly/3vBvQH3
→ "the drive-up microphone at burger king" in carte blanche:
https://bit.ly/3sm6RoE​​​​​
→ "A burial" in The Fiddlehead: https://bit.ly/3oMU7ID
→ "The night my mother learns to use the bus" in The Fiddlehead: https://bit.ly/3oMU7ID
→ “What’s the difference between good and god” in CV2 https://bit.ly/3y9WXwT
→ “At night, I rest my limbs in water and search for my mother’s father’s mother’s mother’s tongue” in Augur Magazine, forthcoming
→ "My Wolf Lives on the Windowsill" in Grain Magazine: [print only]

ABOUT ME
Hi y'all! I'm Rachel, a twenty-year-old writer from Toronto. I've been writing for eight years and am in my final year of my BA in creative writing. On my channel, rachel writes, I document my writing journey and try to post once a week (usually on Fridays).

DISCLAIMER:
I'm only one writer, and approach each video from my experience/expertise. While I make content like writing advice videos on this channel, it's important to me that my viewers ultimately write in the way that best resonates with them. :)

ASK ME ANYTHING: https://bit.ly/34wRv7u

Music:

Music by Naomi - Saturday Light - https://thmatc.co/?l=023EA492
Ebbs and Flows Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Outro: This is not a joke by Monplaisir

My equipment:
→ Camera: Sony ZV1
→ Vlog mic: Rode Video Micro
→ Sit-down mic: Blue Yeti OR Blue Snowball iCE
→ Editor: Premiere Pro

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