when you’re trying to finish a book but a new idea distracts you 👋 | brainstorm a book w/ me *pt 1*

hello! a quick disclaimer ⇩
this is a vlog, not an advice video. there’s no right/wrong way to write a book and my process is, in fact, very scatterbrained lol

I'm pretty much just rambling through my thought process trying to work through a new story idea and thought it'd be fun to capture some of my brainstorming chaos. :)

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timestamps:
0:00 hi
0:15 a new book baby has been born
1:06 not another fantasy story oh no
1:46 outlining (but pantsing a little)
3:02 a note on my writing style
4:31 the starting point of the idea
5:28 wizard-in-the-tower trope but no wizard and no tower
6:39 talking to myself in a google doc
7:44 contemplating the relationship between plot/character/theme
10:21 gender roles as a potential core theme
12:20 on second thought... no colonialism
13:21 the antagonistic threat??
14:43 a folktale rather than an epic
15:09 organising the madness
17:33 to be continued

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i'm kris (she/her), a Toronto-based designer/aspiring author, mostly writing speculative fiction. on this channel i'm documenting my writing process, ongoing projects and general bookish shenanigans ☀️

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