🌲 Videos and Tips
A collection of videos and articles that I've gathered around the years to refer to for my writing.
Playlists
General Tips & Tricks
- Ten Weird Writing Tips That Actually Work - YouTube
- Why I love Obsidian for writing novels and fiction worldbuilding - YouTube
- Fantasy fiction writing using Obsidian - A discussion with Eleanor Konik - YouTube
Plotting & Outlining Methods
27-Chapter đź’–
- HOW TO OUTLINE - 3 act 9 block 27 chapter example - YouTube
- The Ultimate Guide to Outlining Your Story: Exploring the 27-Chapter Outline, From Kat O'Keeffe - YouTube
- The Ultimate Guide to Outlining Your Story: Exploring the 27-Chapter Outline—UPDATED - YouTube
Save the Cat!
Dialogue
- The Key to Writing Freakishly Good Dialogue - Video Essay - YouTube
- summarize important info FIRST
- characters speak through FILTERS
- know the personality of your characters, even the minor ones
- every piece of dialogue should have a purpose and a goal
- disagreement =/ conflict; use the plot to trigger conflict
- allegories are great ways to have dialogue
- “yes, and…” is also helpful
- Dialogue Mistakes New Writers Make ❌ Avoid These Cringeworthy Cliches!! - YouTube
- characters don’t know exactly how they’re feeling, so they don’t tell you
- do use subtext and show readers what the character is feeling
- script format might be helpful for your first manuscript
- don’t make all your characters sound the same (grammar, slang, canter, etc.)
- don’t overuse [[dialogue tags]]
- keep your dialogue fast-paced & to the point