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This was very helpful! thank you !

First video I’ve seen of yours. Great! Thank you.

This took so much pressure off the upcoming learning process for me! Thank you!

So informative. Subscribing

Enjoyed this immensely. The switch in POVs and flashbacks... some because of the narrators, but from the writing also... were seamless. I liked the character development. Anyway, thanks.

just the summary was looking for. Thanks

Love all your videos, even the older ones. Just read this book yesterday because of your suggestion in another video, and I'm very THANKFUL that I did. It's like a huge permission slip to have fun (who would have thought) while writing. As I launch into my second novel ever, this was a very helpful time for me to read it as well. Thanks Michael!

Hi Ron, Cool spreadsheet, but did not answer the thumbnail question. What do you want to say in your letter? Should you offer to pay? Tell what you are using it for? Promise to credit cc holder? Etc etc.

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Thanks! I Will listen.

Great information and very helpful. Thank you.

Very helpful. Thank you. Direct and to the point 💯.

I released my latest book. The reviews are good but almost everyone says the book needs a better edit. Punctuation, comma's and spelling are some of the problems. Should I use a program or a physical person?? Story is strong, grammar is weak...

So, we lost some money - here's how we can make things right.

one of the best tool with Scrivener is Dialogue Focus... yet you can't use it with windows with "em dashed" dialogue.... and this has been asked and been waited for more than 4 years from the windows developer... it's "planned" but not a priority and it's convenient since they don't comment on future plans... if you have macOS go for it ! Scrivener is a wonderful software !! (truly) but if you have Windows.... you can wait a long long time before having a Scrivener software half efficient as the MacOS one !

Thank you! This video was tremendously helpful.

I am so glad I came across your videos! This information is invaluable to me and I am really excited about putting it into action. Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for your frank and insightful advice! As a new, unpublished author looking to become a self-published author-to-be in the indie market, the information you shared is priceless.

I am going to bring out a self-published book. My biggest concern is: How do I convince my reader that my book is 100% original, and not AI generated? What if my readers think: "Oh! This guy is a first-time writer. This is his first book, and it is self-published. Anyone can get his book self-published by paying a few bucks. Surely he must have used AI to generate most of the content." In other words, there are no credentials to back me or convince my readers that my book is indeed 100% original. In this age of AI, readers will always doubt the originality of a first-time writer, more so when his book is self-published (i.e. not published by any mainstream publisher).

Wow, I really like this advice. I am impressed you also referred to another writer's insight as you shared your own approach. I felt this was an insightful review of how a writer utilized the advice of another writer. Gonna have to look at the bibliography of titles you have written. Thanks for a great video!

Dear Michael, I just watched your video and subscribed. I am writing my first book which is a Memoir. Sub Genre is self help, and Christian. Can you recommend editors that I can use? I know the red flags, but I would like your professional recommendation. Thank you kindly! Warm regards, Mark

I love your videos, especially as so many of them are recent! Would be wonderful if maybe at some point you could do us a little inspiration vid i.e. for staffers who've been working hard at this self-publishing, following good advice by writing the best possible book with the best possible cover (I have a degree in Design), doing Amazon Ads, but still aren't selling books so feel very discouraged. I suspect an important part of the process is patience! Thank you and best wishes.

I literally cannot fake confidence right now. I literally need to be able to work through second by second on doubt without being lazy

Very good video. Thx

I have watched your content many times over the past few years and what strikes me everytime is your authenticity in your message. Be a video being about writing, or in this case tools that you use, I always believe you are truly trying to help us make an informed decision. Thank you, it is appreciated!

Hi Michael! I got a question as a newbie author: Should I have a copyright of my book prior to sending a manuscript to an editor? I’ve been researching and getting mixed responses. Maybe it’s a paranoia, but I just want to make sure. I’m going to be using Reedsy to hire an editor.

Interestng book idea, thanks for sharing this - the narrator does sound like an Ai though, good content regardless!

I will be needing a beta reader for a zombie comedy soon. Contact me interested. And please try to contain contain your excitement.

I wouldn’t really consider this pantsing…which to me is just sitting down and saying, “I’m going to write a story about x” and then typing away to see what happens….no thought or research to anything other than your ambition to tell a story. There appears to be some planning on the form of research and some contemplation of plot and character before the actual writing happens, so while you may not be writing a beat by beat summary of the entire story from beginning to end, you are doing some legwork ahead of time. I would call it “plotsing”

I really enjoy these . Thank you.

So clear and easy to follow - I love this!

I am going to look for that thank you.

Ah it's like making the shirt the sleeve, then the seam (change of thought) then the left side, and so on and so on.

2:20 Everything is NOT clean. The last line of text isn't indented like the rest of the text.

Great!

One important thing that you did not mention using the phone is that, even if it is difficult to type, you can use the voice-to-type feature of the phone and speak and the text starts to appear automatically, obviously you have to go back and correct it if any misunderstanding, but this is more efficient for me and faster than typing, I do agree 100% that formatting adding chapters and other functions is way easier on the computer.

Michael La Ronn, you are the best!!!

The only reason i clicked this video is because the face of this guy is so amazing. It looks so sort of 'movie' like. Idk.

Also there are a host of neat little spin off stories from Star Craft; an old PC Blizzard game with back stories on the two alien races and Terrans (humans)

What if your science fiction encompasses 5 of those genres? Would it be an abomination or interesting with the right contrasting characters and different worlds coming together?

I have been writing for four years and love creating touching stories, but I tend to get stuck on what I just wrote and keep editing it until I feel good about it. This is a huge problem because I don't get much done.

Just found this - beautiful, *perfect* for the dark tea-time of the soul - thank you for advocating we stay true to ourselves :) "It is the work that matters, not the applause that follows." --Robert Falcon Scott

I have only recently discovered the videos on UA-cam to help first-time authors, and have watched dozens recently. Yours is the most clear and articulate.

Definitely helpful information I had not heard elsewhere. Your final point meshes with an earlier one regarding contracts. I'd like a contract which would call for full or at least partial refund should the editor not complete the project at all, or not on schedule.

Thanks, this word wont justify the thank you., but its the one available right now. www.youtube.com/@khalidbaacha

Brilliant! Everything you need to know to get started. Thank you.

I hate First Person POV so much

Dude you have a good voice for radio.

I understand your points, I agree with them and they are valid, but I wish you would rephrase some statements and drop some fallacies so people that need Book Structure Advice won't just blindly give up on Developmental Editing because "it undermines their confidence". You make awesome videos, but this one need Developmental Editing haha