You need to read a lot to write well. It is good to read about writing & writers. But you can't read all the time. Sometimes you can't read, but you can listen and/or watch. Then you can watch videos about writing & writers. This thread is for good videos - and some discussion. ' And learning should be fun. Making frustrating procrastination to interesting studying... Hey, that's fun.
All these are interesting and funny. And you can benefit a lot. I personally find Neils "Good Art" -speech and Hauges self <==> identity -definition something to pay a lot of attention.
Great I'll watch those when I had finished the Brandon's series. I'm also reading Create a Plot by Holly Lesli and it's interesting to see how different writers work out their plots. I'm taking notes.
Neil is talking. If you are cynical, can't create and still want to make money and career in writing books, Neil tell how that can be done. If you want to listen about that, you can start from 23:00. It works in market driven genres - mainly all kinds of romances.
Audiobook about writing in Tubeland. By Anonymous. There are some good points. You can listen to this and shovel snow at the same time.
This is not about writing, but about succeeding. Aki Hintsa helped Mika Häkkinen, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton to achieve the peak performance they got. He learned parts of his know how from Ethiopian runners like Haile Gebreselassie. His core idea is: If you are determined to accomplish something, you have to holistically look at everything in your life and make all the parts work towards that one single goal. But in his thinking this does not mean "sacrifice everything" but more like "make yourself a good life where you fit well - be what you are". Or... Like he says: Wellbeing is a choice, he says. And wellbeing is a prerequisite for success. Or you can read what Aki teaches... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Core-Better-Life-Performance/dp/9510417386
I beg to differ. I've been to the University of Chicago and the campus has never been that clean while I was there.
Linda Liukas, nerd, author and God knows what Ted-talks about poetry of... Her books have been translated to 25 languages. Or more... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Liukas
I always love listening to Steven Pinker's lectures and this is a good one that I think could be helpful to new writers.
