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1. Introduction: Hi everybody. My name is both chocolate
and I am based in LA. So tour. I've been writing
since I was 13 years old. And yeah, let's
causes for everybody. I hope you enjoy.
2. From An Idea To Your First Chapter: Let's get into it. So first things first, before you write that book, you're definitely
going to need an idea. Write your ideas should be big. Should it be massive? It should be something you show that you're
gonna be able to continue with through
out the whole novel. And it's not going to have you doubting yourself wondering if, Oh my god, Oh my god. Was this idea right? Was this idea really
the one one thing I can assure you is that there's
going to be plenty of ideas. Someone going to have you
wondering if this was the main idea or you should swap things up a
little, Come on, anything. But what I can tell you is that with those ideas that
just come as you go, continue on with them, add them in, blend them
in wherever you feel. They'll just make
things work for you, but make sure that you set
up with your big idea. The idea should be big. Don't forget that. It should be massive, way, way too big. Okay. So we've not really gotten
into the Intel yet right now. I just want you to prepare your mind, that yourself ready, make sure you got your idea and know why you're doing that. Make sure you know why
you're starting that novel. That way you're not going
to all halfway with the novel and end up quitting
on it. We don't want that. We want you to actually
finish the book. Now remember thinking about
writing that book and actually poking about writing the book is not
writing that book. So go on now and
write that book, rated and finish it. Alright, so having said that, let's go into the points. First thing is first, you should make sure that
you've established your space. You're comfortable with
where you're gonna be, making sure that you know all the right things
you need, okay? And this way, remember, you're gonna be spending hours and hours and hours
and hours doing this. You have to make sure
that you're comfortable. You're in a space that's very, very comfortable with you. You're back precisely. Remember, you're going
to be typing for hours in your bag is
literally like this. So we don't want that. We want you to be comfortable in a place that you know
that one, your bag heads, you're going to pull
pull up a pillow, put it behind you, and try to relax a little. But just make sure that your space as the
right space for you and it's going to allow
you to be comfortable if you don't work around noise, find a place that's quiet
for you that's going to, that's going to work with you. That's going to allow you to
focus on what should bleed. Now for me, what I usually do is I like writing
with who's forgotten, okay, that way,
it's easy for me. I get my inspiration
there, somehow. Listening to Kendrick
Lamar spitting few lines. And there will be that
one word that you'll see. And I'm like, I can definitely blend in this word or this line, but definitely not
exactly how he said it with whatever I'm
working on. Okay. With that. I mean, establishing a space
and just knowing though, everything that's
going to work with you, they go hand-in-hand. So just make sure that
whatever you do, you know, your space, and you're very comfortable wherever
you choose to settle. Just make sure that you
are very comfortable. Second, now, you
have to make sure that you've assembled your
all your writing tools, everything you're going to need. Make sure it's
within your space. Make sure that a senior area, make sure that you're
not going to be standing up a couple of times trying to get your highlighter
from the other room, trying to get your stapler
from another room, trying to get all the
equipment that you need. If you're going to
need your laptop, set along with your laptop, if you are a handwrite, Come on. Take your pencils,
take your pen, take your notebook,
settled down, and just be comfortable,
whatever you do, make sure that your equipment
is within your space. That way you're gonna be saving so much
time for yourself. You're not going to be resting or throughout and
throughout your work? Throughout, throughout. I mean, you know, you you you type sometimes and
while you're typing, you fill your hands a little. Alexa little, take some
time and all of that. So imagine now you are
going up and down, looking for your stationary, looking for everything
you're going to need. You always do all the time
that you're going to use. Along the whole project
that you can use to just relax a little the five-minutes you're going
to need all of that. Because remember
you have a deadline and your deadline is firm. Issued me a very thin line. Okay? So what else you have to make sure that
your project into small, small joints by small,
small drawings. I mean, make sure that you are
comfortable with whatever. You make sure that
this is important. Why? Because this is
going to help you. This is going to help
you with knowing what your book is worth writing. It's just the e-book
type of thing. Are those small, tiny
stories that you just, you can upload any way. You can just, you know, those small, small stories. You have to be very, very sure that whatever, whatever, whatever you do, you're joined a tiny, but they meet a way, way, way larger, larger, larger. What? Magic toy that, yeah,
something like that. So make sure that you break your project into small pieces. Okay, very, very tiny. Makes sure if today's Monday, sit down with yourself, take your journal, note down all the things you're going
to need for that chapter. For instance, your
first chapter. If your first chapter
is supposed to be around 203,600 words,
something like that. We show that if you
want every chapter of your book to be
around 3,600 words, make sure that okay,
today I'm gonna be writing the first chapter. I'm going to break it
down into 400 words, each, each, each, each
until I'm complete with it. That way you're giving
yourself enough time to what? To understand your
project, to work, to digest what your, your idea, you're giving yourself
enough time to doubt and not to be very
confident in your idea. It's giving you enough
time to be sure about it so that when
you get to the middle, you're not going to be
doubting on my god, was this idea of really the one? Was this idea really
worth sticking to make sure that you break down your project
into small, small, small joints that way things are going to be very
easy for, trust me, even when you get out of bed, you know that today you're
not feeling like it. It happens. You're definitely not going to feel like
writing at times. But remember, okay, discipline, consistency and
breaking your project into small joints is going
to help you with that a lot. Why? Because when your brain
has registered that, okay, too, this goes
rule is like this. You're going to know when when
we've not done something, it's going to remind you that you didn't do something today. And so you remember that? Okay. I'm gonna write, but I'm just
not feeling like eating. When you remember that Oh
my God, smart oven a lot. I can simply just type this in a few hours and
I'm gonna be done. Definitely going to do it. And you're going to do
it while enjoying it. It's gonna be so fun for you. It's gonna be super, super fun. It's just like telling yourself, I want to work out and I know how hard it is
to say, oh my god, I want to start hitting
the gym and you actually the keep postponing and postponing and postponing
and say maybe next week, Monday, I'll do it, maybe Tuesday I'll do it. The minute you start doing it. It's gonna be the first week the body is going
to hit second week, what he's going to
have eventually, that that schedule is
registered in your mind, your body knows that at
this time, at the gym, on this edge, you don't feel like working out and
you're thinking, Oh my God, I can
hit the gym today. And you're just not
feeling it at all. Your body's going to remind
you that I have to hit the doom and you're constantly going to think about
it and think about it. Trust me, you're going
to find yourself working up just like
that naturally. Why? Because you've allowed
your mind to work, to register that
at a certain time, I'm supposed to be doing this. So it's the same
thing with cutting your project down
into smaller pieces. You give yourself a chance
that it tends to always, always, always remember
that you have to write way. Things are easier for you and
you're going to enjoy it. It's not going to be hard and difficult than training loan, you know, it's gonna be easy
and all, cool and nice. And you're gonna be
doing it so fast. And I know this is
very important. Speed is not what's important. The quality is, no
matter how long you spend on your project,
doesn't matter. Just as long as you're going
to deliver great quality. It's okay. Okay. So don't, don't, don't
think too much about the speed when you're going
to finish your project. All of that, all, think
about it too much. Don't do that to yourself. Now make sure that you
said TO or new big idea. Okay, I'm going to keep
emphasizing this one. Make sure that you settle
on your big idea, okay? Just be confident in it. Trust me, you are going
to doubt that idea. Way too many times. You're going to start
asking yourself, Am I good enough to
even go with this? My good enough for this. You're going to doubt yourself. But trust me, when you said told which your big idea and you're confident with it and
you are sure about it. I'm gonna be easy for
you to get distracted. So I'm gonna be easy for you to get opinions
from outside. And then you simply just forget about what you
were focusing on. And now you're listening to who and who told you that room. And you can work like this. You can add this,
you can add that. Know, you are going to be
able to listen and say, okay, we're gonna get, you're gonna get an opinion from someone and I'm going
to tell you, Norman, I don't think you
should have set drawn, took this route or
John did this Norman, John shouldn't have
hit her like that. And once you, once
you know that, what's your big idea
is in your head, you're going to be
able to say no, but this is how I
want John to be. I want John to be the
villain in the story. Then Soviet John will be
the villain in the story. But once you're not sure about the concept and the idea
of your novel, trust me, when everybody comes
from the outside, all of the noise, just going to keep
taking it and keep it and it's going to
keep derailing you. And they really knew from
what your main idea, the big idea that you should
have settled on, okay? So whenever you do, before you can even think
of typing that novel, makes sure that a very, very, very confident
with the idea. Alright? The idea is important. Why? Because this idea is what's
going to attract your reader. Okay? You know what I do? I like this. I like this because,
you know what I do. Before I actually start
writing anything, I have a small piece
of a note that I add touch on my screen in
front of me as I'm typing. I haven't written. My reader is my priority. Okay. You know what that,
what that does. It gives me motivation to know that I like this
idea, like this. But my reader definitely
love this idea. So this is not about me. I am simply what the
writer and my reader is, what my main priority. And so that makes me sad
too with every idea that I'm sure about and I'm
very competent in that. Oh my God, this idea
is definitely going to carry me throughout
the whole novel. Alright, so also find something that's going
to motivate you, just like how I do it. I'd take that small note. I touch it on my screen.
I have it written. My reader is my
what my priority. Similar. Find something that
you're going to be four. It's going to get you
in the mood, you know, get you in the mood to like
touch that laptop and type on it when you're not
in the mood to write. Alright, so make sure
that you are line ok. Construct that outline. Ok, construct that outline. This is going to help you a lot. Why you have to know what
General of your book, what January a book is. You have to know how long
you have to know the what the ins and outs of
your general you have to know the rules that
come with that genera. Definitely, I know that
you love Everybody loves, loves, loves breaking rules. But you can definitely break and rules if you don't know any. Now can you? Exactly so you have to make sure
you do your research. Outline, outline,
outline, outline. That way. You know that, okay. This is for you or you just simply we're testing the
waters on it or anything. You know, you're just
experimenting on the genera. It's not it's not
with you. Okay? So once you've constructed
your outline, you're gonna, you're gonna know
whether, Oh my God, does genre is not
some not for me. Does genera is definitely
enough for me. So constructing your online is also going to
help you with what I call the marathon
of the middle. Okay? Now, the marathon of
the middle is who? The tense part of your book? Very, very tense. It's super, super tense. But let me give you intel
on that one right now. I'll definitely give
you into as we go on. Okay. Now, let's talk about
your first chapter. How do you imagine your, how do you imagine
your first chapter? Just think about it for a few minutes. Just
think about it. What do you want your reader to think about you as the writer? Your first chapter is going to give you a way
to your reader. So we don't want our first chapter
boring now, do we know? We don't know what's not going
to make your first chapter boring is your first two
lines of that chapter. Very important.
3. Creating A Hook From The Start: Make sure that the first
two lines of your chapter, they have to be good, great, way, more than great, more than great event. They have to be
super, super good. So now what we're gonna do is the first two lines
of your chapter. The first chapter, remember, give us something
something traumatic. I don't know,
something like coated. John, if I get my hands on you, I'm going to kill you.
Don't give it away. Just leave it at that, and then tell us something
about, you know, some just shy away from
whatever line you just wrote and give us another line
that's going to help us wondering, what
was that about? What's going on? Who's on the phone? What are they talking about? That's going to,
that's going to make your reader want to continue to find out what's going
on early on about, okay, Give us
something dramatic, something poetic, anything,
just something surprising. Just something to stimulate
your reader's brain enough to have them continue
reading that novel again. Because what we want is definitely for the
reader to not get bored. And trust me, once the first two lines bore
the **** out of them, you book a simply
not going anywhere. They're not even
going to bother. Because who wants
to waste that time? I don't think you'd want
to waste your time. Your time is too precious. I mean, imagine this is what we simply do
with movies, right? You watch a movie, you watch it and watch
it halfway through it. You liked. This movie is
not is not what I wanted. It's not, it's not it's not it's not what I
was thinking it was. You continue with that. We don't simply just change it and watch
something else, right? It's gonna be the same
thing with your novel. As soon as they put
the first two lines, don't give up that
continue, continue, Reader. No. No. That's simply going
to close that book, put it back to the shelf. And just like that, they're not even going
to remember that. I saw a book titled different or a book titled The Ministry. No. The simply going
to forget about it. They're not even
going to remember the title of that book. So make sure that
what ever you do, your first chapter should be, should be amazing because it's
what's going to sell you. It's what's going to
sell the whole novel to the reader and the reader
has to continue reading. That's the, that's
the number one thing we want for the reader to continue reading the book
to the very last word, to the very last
word of that book. Of course. Now, just do this. Life is good with good people
and you have good people, civilized people come people in all the kind people around you who are just
going to make you feel loved and appreciated. Life is good leg that. But trust me. No, it's not gonna be good
at all with people who are all good, kind, nice. Them have a read of sleeping. Sleeping, trust me, and
we don't want that. Remember, what we do not want is for your
reader to sleep. Have we're not even halfway just a few pages of your book. And they're already bought
to **** with not one that makes sure that
you fill your soul, your story with tension. Lots and lots of tension, whatever you do,
don't play it safe. I've read a couple of books where writers want
to play it safe. They want to not make the bad guy so much
of a bad guy, okay? They want the good guy to
be so much of a good guy. Interest me that as boring
as ****, it's boring. It's so boring. I don't even know how
to emphasize that, but it's super, super simple. Boy, that's not what we want. Come on. So your book was tension. Lots of conflict doesn't matter from chapter
one, someone dies. Chapter, chapter to someone. Someone, someone just does something that's going to
cause even more havoc. It does not matter. Just make sure that throughout every chapter of your book, chapter should have
something that's pence, something that's going to
have your readers flipping another page to another,
to another page. Your reader shouldn't sleep. That's what your reader
should not sleep. We want to read a waking up
in the middle of the night. What? Only thinking about
what you wrote. Okay. Only thinking about what, what you will know. One thing I realized
with myself is that sometimes you
tend to get ideas, ideas that are pretty good. And with those ideas, you already have the right words to write sentences with you. And then while you're
writing your first chapter, you're going to try to
limit yourself with the, with the good words, the great sentences that you
have built up in your head, you're going to try
to limit yourself. Don't do that. You don't, Don't save this
word for Chapter Three. Don't save that word
for Chapter Four. No, don't do that. If you're writing
chapter one and you have all this amazing lines, all this amazing what? Come on, put it all day. Come on. Just get them all
given them all up. Give them a promise that as soon as you continue with your novel, more ideas are going to come up. And if you save
yourself and save the words and save all
the right sentences, you're going to end up
forgetting most of them. You're going to forget that. In chapter three, he said, why not use this word? You're going to forget it. And when you get
into chapter three, you have something
totally different. Whereas you could have
just used that word or that whole sentence
from the get-go. Because right in that moment, I know that ideas are always interesting when you
have them retina right here. Just like when you want to
write and then you leave. Okay? You don't always have your
laptop with you all the time. Everywhere you go. This is what happens. You just leave home, you're with your
friends and you're just chatting about
something having fun. Now, rather blue out of the
blue, you remember that? Oh my God. Oh my God. My friend just said
something that I think I can definitely use this in
one of my chapters. I can definitely use this
in one of my chapters. And then you'll remember
this. End up forgetting it. You end up forgetting
it totally. And now you get home. You're trying to remember.
You're trying to remember what was that idea? What was the, what was the idea? And poof, it's gone. Now, this is what I do to save myself from
treble like that. I make sure that I can with my everywhere I go so that
every time I'm doing something or I'm listening to people have their
own condensations you and they're like certain
things from that talk, you know, certain
things they are doing, certain things that are seen. I've got my journal, write
down those ideas already, done those ideas, those ideas. And once I get home, I do what? I do, my typing, I wrote my work and everything
just gets good and nice. Because why I am enjoying
doing this everywhere I go, I'm thinking about it same way you read it as
going to draw yet. When you enjoy it, just know that once
you start enjoying it, there's no lawyer who does
not going to enjoy it. But as soon as you
start feeling like, Oh my God, this is worrying. Then definitely, you're
going to boil your reader. You're gonna bore the
**** out of your reader. And remember, we
do not want that. I'll keep emphasizing this room. Not one that the main
thing we want is for your reader to keep
flipping those pages. Okay? Of course. Now let's talk about
turning off your inner, what your internal,
your internal editor. Now this is very dangerous. Super dangerous. Don't do, don't do that to yourself. Don't write your work
and then edit it. At the same time. No, Just relax, right? Right. And write,
and write and write, continue writing as
much as you can. And once you're done
with your writing, and that's when you
can edit, okay? And then, you know, what we, what we do here is you're
writing and you're editing. We have this thing of wanting
things to be perfect. I'm two-thirds, nothing
is ever gonna be perfect. All nothing is ever
going to be perfect. So once you keep
editing new book and editing an editor
while you're writing, you're taking your
focus from what? From the ideas that
could be flowing to continue your
novel into what, going back to old ideas that
you are going to constantly, constantly, constantly
doubt and wonder if, oh my god, what
was I saying here? What was I trying to do here? All of that is just going
to derail you from, from the end goal we have
in the end goal is what? To finish your novel nano. I know speed is not
what's important. Quality is. But in this case, please don't kill
yourself like that. Just ten of that
internal editor in you, trust me, everything for you is going to work
out fine, okay, Why you're not even going to turn off that editor
instinct knew you're not even going to worry about the foodstuffs you've
missed along the way. The the, what the words
that you didn't pay, pray, you're going to
forget about that. You're going to flow with the
idea you have of your book. You're going to flow and
flow and flow and flow. And as you going, trust me, once you don't have that
doubt in your head that, Oh my God, is this idea right? Is this idea of waking Alpha me? You're definitely going to, definitely going
to enjoy writing. Why? Because now you don't
feel the pressure of my good enough for
my really good, good, good, good writer or what? Trust me, I know sometimes you all doubt ourselves
and for you to get better or are
great at something is to have a little
self-doubt here and there, because that way you're going to choose yourself whether you believe the monsters
and you hit that constantly tell you
that no good at this. Or I going to set a width. The positive you, the interview that's super
positive and saying, I'm, I'm, I'm good at this. You're learning, you're learning a whole lot from this hole, isn't just your writing. You go to learn about
yourself as the right time. You get to explore other
different things from rating, you get to learn like you got to learn your inner self units, then you get to bond
with your inner self. So just, like I said, being a writer is like a doctor. You're not just writing
because you're 18, you learn this for money? No, you're writing because what? You have people to
heal out there. People were going
to read your story. I'd definitely learn from
it. They're going to what? They want to take out
something from it. So some somewhere the people who are definitely
healing from your work. Okay. So make sure, just make
sure that when you do it, you do it with a calm mind. You do it with a very calm mind where you're not going
to consider what? Doubt yourself and
doubt yourself and doubt yourself in doubt
yourself and then boom, you end up quitting.
4. Editing & Other Pointers: I do not doubt yourself. Okay, just keep going, keep going, keep going. The editing should come last, okay, it should be the
last thing on your mind. Now remember, I'm
gonna go back to this. What your reader as
your main priority. Forget about the publisher. Forget about the editor. Editor, okay. Forget about them. Focus on what your reader and your only thing
we don't want is quality, great quality, super
great quality. And like we know, doctors don't just wake up and say when you when you
go to the doctor, doctor doesn't wake up as it I'll just I'll just
I'll just give you this mad you without you even without them having
taken what's wrong with you, what's going on with you. So with same thing with you. Please make sure that your
research is done, okay. You are competent
and you're show about what you're
doing, alright? Just make sure that
you've done research on whatever genera of your
novel you're writing on. Because honestly, you
have so much to lose. You have so much to lose. If that idea was not the idea. Imagine all of that time
that you could have spend doing my rating,
the right idea. And the reason you failed on this idea is simply because you didn't do enough research on it. We don't want that. What we want is for you
to finish that novel, complete that novel, and
that's all we want, okay? And one important thing is, you know what the editing part. We tend to think, I'm not cut out to be an editor. Let me just hiring a liter. No, it's okay to hire an editor's going to help
you reach your work, but I personally prefer that you personally edit your work. Okay. Now, ** work yourself
first, Okay. Go through it, go through
it, go through it. Once you are competent
in short that okay, I'm done editing myself. Pass it on to the
real editor knows someone who knows
what's going on. Because once you just write the whole book and just
pass it onto editor, your editor is going to go through your book,
does certain things, he or she is going to change and what are you fitting
your reader or you still giving your reader
that pure idea you had yourself or you're fitting your reader, your editor's work. So you see work on it yourself. Edit your book
yourself first and be sure that once you know what's
going to help you with, as also going to help you with now what the opinions part. Everybody has an opinion. Everyone is going to
want to see something. Your publisher is
going to want to say something about your work. Your editor is going to
want to say something. This is not working out,
this is working on. So once you've edited
your work yourself, you give yourself what
the power to know that when my editor
says this about this, I'm confident enough
with this and I'm going to stand
my ground that nope, I'm settling with this idea. I'm settling with this point. I'm setting them with whatever
your idea is going to be, whatever your editor is going
to be disagreeing with. So you see, it's giving
you what the confidence, the confidence, and what the
confidence in your work. It also shows your editor that this person
has done the work, the accompaniment, and gives the root competent
with their work. And so I don't know, you're making the work easier to they don't have
to do too much. Why? Because he or
she is confident that all seems like this person
has done the work right? And that way, trust me, your publisher also is not
going to be all in here, in your ears, all up on
your neck with things that are not because
competition is high out here. Everybody, one thing I always say is everybody has
a story to tell. So imagine how many authors, how many vectors
we have out there. A lot, a lot. And imagine all of these
publishers have people waiting, people waiting for them
day in and day out. And you've given them work that is work that you've not really, really completed and
work that through. You somehow doubt yourself. The only, the only thing that's going to cause that
doubt is because you did not edit the work yourself in as much
as you edit test. And I hope you did
even after the edit. You're still going to doubt
whether should they have done this for me or was I
okay with my first work? What you see. So we want to avoid
certain things like, I want to avoid you not
being sure with your book. You fill in like, this is not good
enough to go out. This is not good
enough for the market. No, no, no, we don't want that. We do not one day and please make sure you're
ready for rejection. Makes sure that you are
ready for injection. Okay? Because it's not
going to be nice. It's gonna be, it's gonna be
it's gonna be hard on you. Imagine spending months and months and months
and even years. You know that people
who take their time, we'll rating, working on projects that have
to do with novels. They take their time, immersion, spending all of that time, only to be rejected. That's definitely not
going to be good with you. It's going to pull you
down where waived up. And if you're not able enough, it's definitely going to
kick it to the ground. So tip, make sure
that you are very, very short and very competent that even
if I get rejected, you're still standing your
ground with this novel. You're still standing your
ground with this idea. Don't, don't write a book. And then after writing it
and once the publishers, as this is not it, this is, you end up burning your, your work and forgetting
that actually even other people would be interested in what you've
just started, okay? So if rejection to you shouldn't
be anything that should worry you or that should keep
you down at all, at all. Rejection. Rejection should
be the last thing on your mind because trust me, not everybody is gonna
like what you have. Not. Everybody is going to
enjoy your work, okay? Once you go out thinking, Oh my God, my work is so good. Definitely, definitely. Everyone is going to love it. You only causing harm to
yourself because honestly, honesty, everyone has
different tastes. Look at Harry Potter. Hey, how long did he
report to take to blow up? It took a long, long time and look at what
happened after it blew up. Wait, what great work? We get. Great work for the writer that wrote the
book at that time, when they were writing the book, I bet she felt that
this book is amazing. But the way we received it at that time was not how she
thought would perceive it. So be patient with yourself. Be patient with yourself and acknowledge that not everybody is going to like what you've done is not going to
enjoy what you've done, but even so focused
on the positive focus on those people who've
enjoyed your work, who are gonna give you
compliments on it, but also do mind the critiques. Those people are amazing
for your growth. We need that, we
need you to grow. And the only way
you're going to grow as if you're going to
listen to the haters. Because definitely, definitely
haters can just say, no, it's not good. No, no, no, no. They're going to
say it's not good because this and that and that. So listen to
everything they say. Adjust, just digest it, digested and put yourself well, come down, listen to them. You know, look at
a few that okay. They don't like it because so
and so they don't like it. Look at a few, a few things they say and actually actually look into them because that way you are
helping yourself grow. But if you're going to have
people criticizing your work, so offended by it. And you end up just
being mad and bitter over it as people
were going to tell you negative, negative feedback. It's going to harm you more than them because they are being genuinely honest with you
that they don't like it. So if you're gonna
be bitter about it, it's only going
to eat up on you. So please do man the
critiques to do nine them. We need them. We always need them, especially for you as a
writer because remember, you are a doctor, ok? So we don't want you
feeling much freedom, people, things that are
not okay for their souls, their hearts, and their minds. Because reading is definitely for your mind, for your height. If we use all the hills, you, in all of the places
that you don't get to talk about a lot you don't
get to share with anyone. So rating is definitely
a good thing. So one thing I'm also going
to emphasize is that these, when, when you start writing, make sure that you
finish that work. Make sure that you
finish it, okay. That's very important. Now talking about
finishing your work, Let's talk about the
marathon of the middle. That's very important. The marathon of the middle. Hectic tense, trust me. Now I'm sure that, you know, a rating comes off
as very, very easy. Yeah. It is easy
but not that easy. Trust me. Now, when it comes to the
marathon of the middle, who I don't even
want to lie here. You're going to want to quit. You're definitely
going to want to quit. Trust me. It gets tense because, you know, when you first start writing, your ideas are all here, flowing and flowing
and flowing through. When you get to the middle. The ideas here, yeah, they're going to keep coming, but they're going to
and then and then, so you see, it's, it's, it's, it's gonna, it's gonna work delay
from going forward. Okay? And at times you're not even
going to know how to move on from that point going forward. You're not going to
know which step to take because you ideas of what, they're just on a low, they are not as high and fast
as the way in the middle. And trust me, it just collects, it's just the way the middle
of the marathon works. This is where the real
testing as a writer begins. Because we are going
to know whether you're going to finish your work.
You're going to click on it. Let me tell you a story. I was probably written 12 books and I've never
completed all of them. All of them? None of them. I've never completed
any of them. Why? Because when it got to the
middle part of my book, things were just too hectic
for me and I couldn't do it. I couldn't do it at all. Sometimes get too bored while trying to
continue with them. And I think, no man, it's not worth it.
It's not worth it. But trust me, it is worth it. It's so worth it. When it gets to the middle, you are going to start. Now here, I guarantee you, you are definitely going to
start doubting yourself. But forget about the self-doubt. Just write, just write rate and you'll figure out the rest
when we come back to edit. Because once you're editing, now you've switched
off the white, the writer in you,
you're the reader. And as a reader, you definitely
want interesting points. So come on for next. Just when you get to the middle, the middle part of your book, make sure that you are ready for what it's
going to throw at you. Because it's not
gonna be throwing stones is going to be
throwing bricks at you. It's gonna be throwing bricks. Trust me. Trust me. I'm only learning this now
that things take time, things take time
and be patient with yourself just when you don't
feel like doing something. If you're meant to do it. Do it anyway. This is what happens
in the marathon. In the marathon of the middle, you're gonna talk yourself
and you're not going to think of continuing with your book, but please do continue. Continue with that book. We want you to
finish that book not only cause, we definitely do. Now, make sure that you ending. Your ending should be perfect. You're ending should
be v sounding, okay? Just like the middle, just like the beginning of
your book where we know that what the first impression,
what lasts longer. The end should do the same. The end should do the same
because this is a part where we're going to
have your readers reminiscing about your book. It's not going to, we don't
want just do it or what? We don't want your reader to stop talking about your book, whatever you read it does. They should remember
as seen a pike. Apart from that book That's
going to be like, Oh my God, this is what was happening from this book that I ran into
whatever title of your book is. We want to read a Talking
about your book nonstop. Your reader should
definitely talk about your book for the
longest time possible. And the only way that's
going to happen is if you're ending was perfect, not perfect as such, but great. Okay. You end in as great. Trust me. Rest assured. Your book. Your book is
going to be amazing. It's gonna segue. You're not even going to
worry about anything. It's just gonna be
so good for you. So just make sure you're
ending as right, okay. Because trust me,
you know, people, people love love it when their emotions are
triggered or stimulated. And trust me, if you indeed
has that effect on them, if you ending can stimulate
their emotions so well, your book is going
to be a memory. They will never fully
get it all at all. Trust me, they're going to
constantly, constantly, constantly think
about your book, and that's definitely
what we want. We want your reader reading that book
more than five times. If so, they should
just keep going back, going back and going back
and going back to it. And if they do, we
definitely know that you as a writer did an amazing work. So the only way
you're gonna do that, as you follow these tips, you follow these tips. You'll learn each tip that
I've given you a new word. You practice on it, practice. And you've seen this as
practice makes perfect. I don't like to say
it makes perfect. I like to say practice
creates room for improvement. And even if you've
already started writing a few pieces of your
work here and they, and you've never
actually finished them. Come on, go back at it. Let's go keep writing. Keep writing and keep
writing, and keep writing. As you keep writing, you're going to get great at it. Eventually. You're
gonna get really, really, really,
really great at it. Once you're done
with your ending, please make sure that
you become a ferocious, really, really
aggressive editor. Now, here we have done, we are done with a book. Everything is complete. We have to give the end. We have to give the
end, the ending. The whole, whole, whole, whole idea now is complete. You have to pass it
on to your editor, then to your publisher. But before that, go back to what you self edited
book yourself, okay, you do it first before you pass it on to
any other person. Edit that book before. And this time,
don't just eat it. Do it aggressively. Now. Do it very, very aggressively. Why? Because we don't want
you to comfortable, you know, don't, don't
get too cocky with it. If you really feel, really thinking that
your idea is good, don't get too cocky with it. Come on. Just edit, edit,
edit, edit, edit. Your good, I know sure
that you're good to go. Pass it on to your editor, pass it on to that main guy. Now.
5. Conclusion & Class Project: The one who knows what's
happening with the editing film. Pass it on to them and let
them do that work for you. Let them do that work for you. Okay? So I really hope, I really hope that you're gonna be following
all this teats. Okay. But but before I
actually close, please, I need you to please
go back to the, to the fifth I gave you about
constructing your outline. Alright? That point is very
important together with the point that I gave you
about conducting a research, outlining and conducting
research pretty much similar. So that is very important. Make sure before you
write your novel, you know the type of
general you're focusing on. And if you know that
January of focusing on know the ins and
outs of that general, the rules that come that
come with that general, you should make sure
that you know that. Because some of us, some writers don't
just write novels. They don't, they
don't just write fantasy books that you have. Books that are pretty much what self building,
what do you call them? Motivational books? Yeah. And so with motivational books, I'd like to tell you one thing. Now there don't even play when it comes to
the research part. We don't want to fit in people. Effects that are not facts. When you write a
motivational book, you have to give people facts. And the only way your fats
are going to be straight up effect as if you do
the research on them. That's the only way
do your research, okay, That's very,
very important. Once you've done your research, don't show off to your reader
that I've done my research. I know so much on this. Don't just prove trouble that research and
turn it into a book. No, please spice it up. Give you a reader
something that's going to interest them, okay? Pretty much most
things that are said and motivational books
we already know, but it's, it's
how, it's how you, as a writer turn
things upside down, you know, give it a
different, a different lingo. You understand. Do that. Don't just do your research. Once you've done your
research, proof, the troponin, you write
a book and that's it. No man, spice it up a little, spice it up a little. We want your reader reading your book over and
over and over again. Remember that's the
number one priority. Okay? So I pretty much hope that you've enjoyed this video. And for me what I
want you guys to do is that you should definitely
go through all of this, all of these points that
I've given you guys, make sure that you go
through them one by one. But the one most important
one I want you guys to focus on as the marathon
of the middle, okay? I want you guys
to have a look at the mercy of the
marathon of the middle. Do some research about the
marathon on the middle and makes sure once you've done your research on the
marathon of the middle, come on, Hit me up, send me a few things that you found and let's talk about
them. Let's talk about them. Once you've done that, now, I want you guys to
make down a few ideas that you have with
yourself about your book. So make sure that just
make it 4333 ideas. Just make it three ideas and share them with
me and give me a whole concept and
what you want to turn what you want to
turn those ideas into, okay, Just send me things like that and let's get
talking about them. So I hope you guys
enjoyed this video. Thank you so much.
Bohlokoa Thamae, Poet & Author
