Writing Hack that will change the game for full time fiction authors
🖋️ Want my help writing your books? https://kelseyhumphreys.com/writing 🚌 Add your city to my tour! https://www.kelseyhumphreys.com/#signup Q: How do you go from one story to multi-book series and keep it all organized? Not with your brain, that's for sure! 👋 If you’re new here I’m Kelsey—rom-com author, stand-up comic, mom of six. I make cozy, real-life writing vlogs, a weekly funny podcast, these weekly writing tips videos, funny bits. I'm a lot. Subscribe for weekly humor, heart, inspo, motivation and zero perfectionism. Other Videos (that you should watch!) The "Superman video": • How to Fix Your Writing (And Sell More Boo... How to Become a Full-Time Fiction Author: • How to write a book OR how to become a ful... How to Write and Launch a Series the Smart Way: • How to write an addictive book series (and... ______________________________________________________________ 🔗 OTHER LINKS 🎄 Grab my new romcom “Happy Christmas”: https://amzn.to/45xBYDg 🎁 Get a FREE full-length novel: https://kelseyhumphreys.com/freebie Mentioned: Scrivener Notion Obsidian Evernote Plotter Airtable Trello Google Docs Google Spreadsheets Pinterest ______________________________________________________________ 📌 FOLLOW ME Instagram → / thekelseyhumphreys TikTok → / thekelseyhumphreys Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/author/kelseyh... Goodreads → / 8583138.kelsey_humphreys ________________________________________________________________ ⏱️ CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Creatives are a hot mess 00:49 Who this video is for 01:21 My cred 02:25 The question: How do you keep track of a series? 03:04 Why creatives need systems 03:46 Jen Fulwiler 04:14 Physical series bible: my methods 05:20 What goes inside a series bible 06:53 Tools: digital and physical options 08:02 Contemporary vs. fantasy tracking 08:45 Plottr 10:40 Organization prevents plot holes 13:25 Keeping books consistent across a series 14:33 RomComedy signing update 15:03 The most important writing tip 15:40 Details authors forget 16:33 Building my quirk-tracking sheet 17:49 Group text example (Heartlanders Series) 18:56 Idioms example 21:36 Filling the gaps 22:58 Songs, playlists, etc 24:17 Emotional payoff and setup!!! 26:37 Teasers and epilogues setup 28:11 Winging it is not a strategy 29:25 Art vs. systems 31:26 Closing thoughts ________________________________________________________________ 🏷️ tags: author organization, series bible, writing tips, book writing process, creative productivity, indie author advice, self publishing, author tools, writing software, book planning, author workflow, kelsey humphreys, writing vlogs, author life, women authors, creative entrepreneurship, fiction writing, book marketing, author community, staying organized as a writer, writing career advice, author success, romcom writing, book launch tips

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