Your are driven, have researched a vast encyclopedia of knowledge regarding writing, and are smart and creative. More than that, you care about doing an outstanding job. Remember, it took Brandon 13 books. You will succeed.
@PaperTigerProductions
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Jim. It's been a tough year for all of us 😔 here's hoping that 2023 will be better!
@jamesbowman9153
Жыл бұрын
I relate to a lot of this, but for somewhat different reasons. The first book was so difficult -- took so much work to get a first draft and then to revise it into a state that I'm happy with. Then, finally, it was GOOD. I had written a great book. When I started the sequel, I wasn't sure if it would be easier or not... but the fact is its SO much more difficult. Like, even if I know what's supposed to happen in a given scene, even just putting down the words is harder than it used to be. I feel like I've just somehow gotten worse at the language. Have I gotten dumber?? How did I ever used to access that "flow" state?... lately, I think I've begun to figure out my problem... “A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." - Thomas Mann I'm pretty sure that the sequel is harder BECAUSE I'm a better writer than I was when I started the first book. The carefree ignorance of just writing for fun is harder to achieve because I know what the end result is SUPPOSED to look like. I may have totally sucked when I started the first book, I just couldn't recognize it. It was fun because I THOUGHT I was good at it. My biggest challenge now is not plotting, but instead simply writing with inhibition. Now, I am also not in the position you are. Being an author is not my full time job, and hell, I haven't even begun trying to publish my first book yet (my plan is to have book 2 pretty much finished, first). I don't have any readers with expectations to satisfy. Yet, oddly, I still find their hypothetical existence to be a sort of pressure, and it paralyzes me! The constant thought that this sequel should be better than the first book gets in my head. It happens, even though I'm fully aware how crazy it is to think like that... All this to say, getting out of your own head is the greatest obstacle to finishing a draft. It's a distraction like having your phone nearby, but much harder to put away. It's a sibling to writer's block. Probably just takes a very specific kind of practice... can't imagine how someone like Patrick Rothfuss feels! (Not that I'm giving him a pass of course...)
@PaperTigerProductions
Жыл бұрын
💯 you are spot on!!! It's that improvement in your writing skill which makes you more self-critical because you're more cognizant of all the issues that are present in your writing. Add to the fact that readers are very much leery of "middle book syndrome", there's just so many anxieties crowding out the other thoughts in your head. Having book 2 finished first is a great idea! Before publishing book 1, I had a really hard time understanding the reasons for waiting-I mean, I knew about them intellectually but I don't think I had a good appreciation of the pressure that comes post-publication, because the moment you do, you start the clock ticking for the next book. Some days I wonder if I would have been in a better place mentally if I had just sat on book 1 and gone with a rapid release strategy. Because honestly, the publishing bit is trivial mechanics; the hard stuff is the writing and the marketing. And as much as I've been angsting about writing in this video, I still feel like marketing is harder by far. 😅 The situation with Rothfuss is...something I have complicated feelings about. But over the last 12 months, I have definitely developed some sympathy for GRRM!
@sparkroot1632
Жыл бұрын
From what I've read of Petition, your writing has enough polish to hold up in the industry. If you can just get to the point where you can structure a story I think your path will become much more clear. (I might recommend treating these first three books as practice, then start fresh with a new story and have that be the thing you market. Or maybe take a shot at traditional publishing)
@PaperTigerProductions
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I think after I finish this series it'd be nice to try a standalone or write a proper novella for a reader magnet.
@cassie_hart
Жыл бұрын
Sequels are SO hard. There is so much expectation on them (in your head, wanting to give readers what they want, etc). I'm happy that you're learning more about your process and what works for you though! Keep at it.
@PaperTigerProductions
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Cassie. This too shall pass, right? 😅
@elainew6626
Жыл бұрын
FWIW, I feel that way every time I write a new book. What are words? How did I do this last time? WHAT AM I DOING??? Every time. Each book is different and some are waaaaaay more difficult than others. Trying out disco-writing for the next one sounds like a good plan! Come to the darkside... 😁
@PaperTigerProductions
Жыл бұрын
😂😅🤣 good to know that the feeling never quite goes away, even when you're 20+ books in. Guess our brains have to keep us on our toes somehow or we'd get complacent!
@kit888
Жыл бұрын
Ellen Brock's video, The Four Types of Novel Writers, might help. She adds another dimension to the pantser/plotter dichotomy.
@PaperTigerProductions
Жыл бұрын
I love Ellen's channel! The intuitive vs methodological dimension is a helpful way to think about it...and methodological pantser describes me to a tee-it's really that inability to get a good idea of what's happening until I see it on the page. Like everything/anything can look good to me in outline form, because it's so...intangible at that stage if that makes sense. The other classification I've heard of was scenesters vs quilters-I think it was from someone else's notes on a writing workshop by Alyssa Cole. Both have scenes in their heads before writing but one writes in order and the other writes out of order. One of the authors in my writing group is a quilter and it works amazing for her.
@roderickhuizing4651
Жыл бұрын
I love the honesty in this video. Writing is different for everyone. Only you can find your process. And unfortunate you can only get there by trying a lot of things that don't work... I'm sure you'll get this book one in shape. Just keep hitting it with a hammer. Also, I'm only a little disappoint that in the end you didn't get eaten by the Snorlax....
@PaperTigerProductions
Жыл бұрын
😂 for all intents and purposes, beanbag sinking did happen. It was hard to get up after filming.
@MargaretPinard
Жыл бұрын
Yes! Love the voice and humor for the channel, why I keep coming back! 🤩
@cedarledgepublishing
Жыл бұрын
Paper TIger is awesome...she is so EASY on the eyes and she's always got interesting things to share!
@gothbricks2000
Жыл бұрын
Watched the whole video and it resonates 100% with me as I work through my second novel, even though my first isn’t even out yet (Feb 2023!). Particularly the bit about “how did I actually do this?” I mean, I’m no grand master but as I’ve been finishing my millionth pre-real-editor-edit I’m like “wow, this is cohesive!” What’s easy to forget though is just how many rewrites I went though and how different my energy was day to day. It’s great that you’re finding your natural path, even if it’s coming late. I started my first book in the middle, then worked my way in all directions and POVs as the characters told me what to do. It ultimately worked out but also necessitated a crap-ton of timeline fixes and plot sealing. But at the end of the day it worked. 🤷🏻♂️
@PaperTigerProductions
Жыл бұрын
💯 amen to whatever works! Continuity fixes are the worst 😂 I will be so glad to get it all behind me. And Feb 2023 is so close! Here's to your book launch in the new year 🎊
@BCBrownBooks
Жыл бұрын
You're not the only one who has vibed their way to the end of a second book (or third or fourth or...) 😆 But, you know, we're writers - the strange, the inspiring, the artistic; everyone expects we have the weirdest writing habits or process, & vibing is hardly the weirdest one I've ever heard of. 😁
@PaperTigerProductions
Жыл бұрын
Oh god, are you telling me that THIS IS GOING TO KEEP HAPPENING!? 😅 Whhhhyyyyyy
@BCBrownBooks
Жыл бұрын
@@PaperTigerProductions Eh, from time to time, it will. However, it happens less often & for shorter durations than at the beginning of a career. 🤗
@3dchick
Жыл бұрын
That pressure is why I'm not releasing the first one until the second is basically ready to go. (That and I'm super slow). 🤗
@PaperTigerProductions
Жыл бұрын
You are 100% doing the smart thing!
@JadeJuniiper
11 ай бұрын
Oof holy shit this spoke to my exact fear right now. I have beta readers with book 1 as I edit book 2 and I’m like “oh… u like that…? Cool can you tell me how I did that?? Lol “ Thank you for putting this out there.
@PaperTigerProductions
11 ай бұрын
Book 2 is seriously the worst. I'm doing beta read revisions right now and uh...yeah. 😭
@JadeJuniiper
11 ай бұрын
Ahhh, I'm pretending that part of the process doesn't exist. because, AH. @@PaperTigerProductions
@PaperTigerProductions
11 ай бұрын
😂
@elaynegriffith
11 ай бұрын
Are you lying on a Totoro?! Looks so cozy 🥰
@PaperTigerProductions
11 ай бұрын
It's a gigantic Snorlax bean bag! And it is verrrrrrry comfy.
@floragraves5167
Жыл бұрын
Currently struggling with that for the third of the trilogy I’m working on. I feel like I grew stupid or that I was never decent to begin with. Then I want to curl up and sleep and wake up as a bookstore cat.
@PaperTigerProductions
Жыл бұрын
😱 book 3/final book pressure must be insane. Sending good vibes your way! Waking up as a bookstore cat sounds like a great post-book recovery measure.
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