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• Anything marked [Patreon] is only available at the $5 and up tier, however these are handy cheat sheets and worksheets, but they are not essential to understanding the videos and all video content is completely free.
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Antagonists

How to Write Scary Antagonists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tthbMTD-8bU

Backstory

How to Write Flashbacks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVBBQeRzaLY

How Backstory can Improve Your Novel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lqc4VXdI9I

Brainstorming

How to Tell if Your Novel Idea is a Good Idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnXkCTUfkKM&t=24s

Chapters

How to Write Chapter Openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pcr4hjHp84&t=399s

How to Write Chapter Endings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77duTePgZS4&t=61s

How to Use Chapter Titles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7qF_bWWs44

Characters

How to Emotionally Connect to Your Characters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbmmP6d3AUA&t=30s

What to Do When You Love Your Character Too Much (and can’t be objective): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4GKdA9VnXs

Why Readers Don’t Care About Your Characters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTUXlvOzgfg

How to Edit Characters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP-G7SPXg6A

Character Arcs

Character Arcs Overview: https://youtu.be/1JEBfmAJ1YI?si=I_yzF_ASdKqHu1gM

[Patreon] Character Arcs Tip Sheet: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-reward-92647239

The Positive Arc & Story Structure: https://youtu.be/GG5cFar-Wio?si=FJ46Yl-4qUDpENV1

[Patreon] Positive Character Arc Structure Tip Sheet: https://www.patreon.com/posts/character-arc-100789812

The Flat Character Arc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKG4YJIpiP0

The Flat Arc & Story Structure: (coming soon!)

The Negative Character Arc: (coming soon!)

How to Write a Character Arc in a Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC7uA7–q5s

Descriptions

How to Write Better Descriptions Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHnJdWNUfus&t=1s

How to Write Better Descriptions Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbbEJ6ziCjo

[Patreon] Writing Better Descriptions Tip Sheet: https://www.patreon.com/posts/reward-10-tips-83197295

How to Describe Characters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7B81cQftBc

Editing

How to Start Editing Your Novel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEFC5Oz_Dco

How to Edit (making a revision plan): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xS8LykRUj0&t=2s

How to Edit Using an Outline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_190lk7nP0E

Editing Demonstrations 

I’ve done a lot of demonstrations over the years so I put them on their own page here: https://ellenbrockediting.com/editing-demonstrations/

 

Foreshadowing

How to Use Foreshadowing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwvVy4oRkMY

Freelance Editing

Should You Hire a Freelance Editor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ-eDMOJi0M&t=1126s

Introspection

How to Write Emotions Without Being Melodramatic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzfLBkCgnYo

Lifestyle/Process

How to Improve as a Writer This Year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HayQtTLDG34&t=1690s

How to Stop Starting New Novels and Actually Finish One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRW87vsC90I
What’s the Point of Writing rules: https://youtu.be/_VOyQLzX_IA?si=_btTEwcy6fjrUV4J

Line Editing/Writing

How to Write Better Paragraphs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP_vXBvEboA

[Patreon] Writing Better Paragraphs Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/reward-5-ways-to-78733713

How to Write Better Sentences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N70D6xP0aQo&t=808s

[Patreon] Writing Better Sentences Tip Sheet: https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-reward-write-75914980

Line Editing Demonstration (fixing a boring scene): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5S2pg3zgNE&t=2s

Line Editing Demonstration (fixing an inactive protagonist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk5nv0IvKfs

How to Tell Instead of Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4bahJC_bZY

How to Write Similes that Don’t Suck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzr13bOJhgc

Mistakes that Peg You as an Amateur Writer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPHjb0MqX9g&t=4s

Novel Openings

How to Write an Opening Hook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwtU5J7nS9c

How to Write a Prologue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YA1itBAwA4&t=428s

Plotting

How to Plot Your Novel Fast (intuitive method): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-I9N5LsvPM

Querying

How to Write a Query Letter Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM65RsSRFko&t=1s

How to Write a Query Letter Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=366W2WpJ6q0

Interview With a Literary Agent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay_Ijv3Fh94

Scenes

Note: My scene structure series is very old! I will be replacing these videos with an improved and updated video hopefully by the end of 2024!

Scene Structure Part 1 (the goal): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMYfWpjEYk0&t=47s

Scene Structure Part 2 (the conflict): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaCDNC8E4YU

Scene Structure Part 3 (the proaction): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEm8jeD4SaE

Scene Structure Part 4 (the consequence): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdwsTykLqNo

How to Write Proactive Scenes (w/ examples): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9NfAOllKos&t=55s

How to Write Reactive Scenes (w/ examples): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQgHdAaXLqQ

How to Fix a Bad Scene: https://youtu.be/A74l8Qdj3n8?si=g8cFKX7C4aDQWQNc

[Patreon] How to Fix a Bad Scene Flow Chart: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-fix-bad-90203662

How to Write Interesting Talking or Thinking Scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im2AAkRzL8k

Skipping Time

How and Why to Skip Time in a Novel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPwVsfgEqrU

Story Structure

The First Quarter Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3sTkl7MUcg&t=1s

The First Quarter Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTe7julef5k&t=1674s

The Second Quarter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkfAouZXj2M&t=555s

The Third Quarter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWEC_VJ-xwI&t=1851s

The Fourth Quarter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fkfx70_l_k

[Patreon] Story Structure Tip Sheet https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-rewards-71073817

[Patreon] Story Structure Worksheet https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-rewards-71073817

Why Your Novel’s Structure Still Isn’t Working: https://youtu.be/SVH2zk8j4Mg

How to Fix a Saggy Middle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hp_7e3E7CY

World Building

How to Create and Use a World Building Bible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUjet7Z0S0g

How to Write a Believable World (common pitfalls): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD99clpR1KM

Writing Types

How to Find Your Writer Type: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eryQEZImm6Y&t=8s

How to Write and Edit as an Intuitive Pantser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im5WWUL76xc&t=1081s

How to Write and Edit as a Methodological Plotter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MCIdpRHa-8

How to Write and Edit as an Intuitive Plotter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvA8us5OfNQ

How to Write and Edit as a Methodological Pantser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z310PYzplO0