YouTube for writers

[MajorRewrite]

Do you have YouTube channels you follow for writing tips and inspiration?

Recently I’ve watched several writing videos by Abbie Emmons, and I used some of her advice in the story I’m working on. She has 288k subscribers so a lot of folks think she’s a useful resource.

What other YouTube writing channels can you recommend?

 

[Euphony]

I found Abbie useful for a good run but then it kinda turned on me. I don't think I got better enough to not gain value from her, I just think she's more motivational/kick in the pants than technical (which is where I was really lacking)

Her getting somewhat repetitious and the email bombing from signing up to her list sorta turned me off on her for a least a while.

Not "youtube" in the same way, I find K.M. Weiland to be the resource I really needed and a better fit more me. Her blog does have some youtube stuff but it's not youtube "forward" if that makes sense.

She also uses a lot of pop culture which I haven't experienced but I can generally keep up and the stuff I DO know, I can follow her "pulling it apart" better than any other source I've found.

 

[lovecraft68]

I enjoy this channel, she's informative, funny and kind of quirky. Being a cutie isn't hurting her either.

https://www.youtube.com/@JennaMoreci/videos

This is one of my fav videos from her

She's also releasing a book called "Just shut up and write."

People can learn just from the title.

 

[MrPixel]

She's good. I need to show this to my wife.

 

[SyleusSnow]

There's so many:

Film courage: Relaxed interviews with veteran storytellers with many great insights, as well as scriptwriter and film producers.
Diane Callahan: developmental editor and writer. Very polished content.
Ellen Brock: Editor. So much good stuff
Reedsy and Shaelin Writes
Overly Sarcastic Productions, but slow the video speed by 25%
Tale Foundry especially for fantasy and worldbuilding. but so much other stuff
Terrible Writing Advice is fun sometimes
Some of Literature Devil, especially his 12 rules for writing.

 

[thomas1965]

I follow:

Claire Fraise
Natalia Leigh
Writer Brandon McNulty
Alyssa Matesic
Mary Adkins

 

[SimonDoom]

I enjoy this channel, she's informative, funny and kind of quirky. Being a cutie isn't hurting her either.

https://www.youtube.com/@JennaMoreci/videos

This is one of my fav videos from her

She's also releasing a book called "Just shut up and write."

People can learn just from the title.

That's amusing. I relate to much of this, partly because of the writing but also because I work at home so much now, post-COVID. One thing I do NOT relate to is starvation. The fridge is within arm's reach of my desk.

The smartest piece of advice, I agree, is just shut up and write. I almost never have true writer's block in the sense of sitting with my fingers poised over the keyboard and not being able to compose anything. Rather, it's a problem of getting myself to the keyboard in the first place. If I do that and force the fingers to move, writing almost certainly will happen.

 

[SimonDoom]

This is a fun, useful thread. I didn't know anything about any of these folks.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Excellent. I subscribed to 3 of the suggested channels. Now my YouTube feed will be loaded with writing stuff.