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New Year Q&A! (Conquering Self-Doubt, Features of 1st Novels, Writing Sci-fi as a Layman & more!)

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Channel: Alexa Donne · 2018 · Howto & Style

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Happy New Year everyone! I'm tackling some questions & answers, submitted both here on YouTube and on Instagram! First off, my apologies for how insanely bright the video is! I messed up the lighting settings on this one, whoops! Also, it's very longggggg but see below for time-stamps of the questions!

Here is the original question thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjRgf0r8xv8

And here are each of the questions I'm answering, time-stamped so you can jump around, as needed!

01:25 Did I have issues w/ confidence/self-doubt/procrastination when it came to writing Brightly Burning?

07:08 Can someone who is a layman, re: science write sci-fi?

11:39 How much did Brightly Burning change from first draft to published draft? 

[I actually neglected to answer the word count question... I queried it at 99.8K and it is being published at about 95K. I probably deleted about 15K words during edits, but then also added words with new scenes/chapters]

18:05 What makes novels seem like 1st novels?

RELATED LINKS
7 Common Mistakes That New Writers Make: https://youtu.be/nW7H_32mtUE
8 MORE Common Mistakes that New Writers Make: https://youtu.be/U9Reg0LPEKw

20:55 Advice for hiring freelance editor before querying? (spoiler: I don't recommend it!)

24:51 What are 3 books you were assigned for school that you loved?

The books:
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Simple Stories by Ingo Schulze

For Part 2, feel free to leave any additional questions down below! I will be filming this coming weekend.


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