30 Writing Tips in 15 Minutes (or less)

I set out on a mission to make one writing tip video every day for a month. Here's the result.

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I'm Grayson Taylor, an author and filmmaker, here to help you on your creative journey by sharing what I've learned—and what I'm still learning—about storytelling. After writing my first full-length novel when I was seven, I've authored more than a dozen action-adventure, sci-fi, mystery, and dystopian books. I've also written and directed several short films, composed music, and acted onstage, on TV, and in films.
You'll find writing advice, publishing tips, and behind-the-scenes videos on my channel.

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[graysontaylornyc]

Want more bite-size writing tips? Watch 20 more tips here: youtu.be/LeRWPWn7Ds0

[peet]

I loved the fact that now I can listen to writing tips from Harry Potter himself

[sichandana]

@graysontaylornyc this.."Remember, you’ll never be the same writer again. You’ll never be the same age, or look at the world with the same eyes again. Your perspective is unique. No one writes the way you do, or has the same views as you do. That is why writing is such an amazing thing. We can express ourselves, and in doing that, learn about other people, and how they think." Well said, you spoke my thoughts..reminded me of the reason why I started (that paragraph is from your nanowrimo article)

[thomaskopv]

Humble people, and people who draw from their own mistakes and experiences make for such great teachers. you are one of them !

[sunnyeleven_]

im surprised that this is so obscure, these are really good tips

[sophiaisabelle]

As someone who writes as their hobby, I find this fascinating overall. I've always had an infinite number of writer's blocks that hindered my progress.

[HailSatanLLC]

The fact that you only have 5k subs is a crime.
Youtube algorithm, bless this man now 🙏

[_Mortalha_]

- Time Stamps -
1. 0:49 - Self doubt
2. 1:25 - Book Ideas
3. 2:00 - Over-researching
4. 2:29 - Dialogue tags
5. 2:59 - Why are you writing
6. 3:18 - Opening Line
7. 3:46 - Writer's Block
8. 4:07 - Info-dumping
9. 4:47 - Writing Mystery
10. 4:47 - Color Marks
11. 5:12 - Flashbacks
12. 5:33 -Describing characters
13. 5:58 - Dystopian stories
14. 6:21 - Originality
15. 6:38 - Worldbuilding
16. 7:03 - Writing better
17. 7:22 - Plotters and Pantsers
18. 7:44 - Writing frequency
19. 8:03 - Action sequences
20. 8:35 - First chapter
21. 8:59 - Main Character's "Want" and "Need"
22. 9:18 - Pacing
23. 9:43 - Chapters
24. 10:05 - Writing a series
25. 10:35 - Inspiration
26. 11:04 - First Chapter Elements
27. 11:28 - Excessivedescriptions
28. 11:51 - Short Fiction
29. 12:21 - Criticism
30. 12:47 - Writing Horror and Suspense
Bonus: 13:07 - Writing Advice

[tyujg.]

You re the most underrated person I have ever seen

[MisterA]

This is such a valuable video and I'm glad you made it!

I think the order in which you presented the advice is important, too. Making the first point about how we're the only ones who can write the particular stories we want to share with the world, and tying that in with an account of a well-known author struggling with his own self-doubts while trying to write what's now a classic novel, is mighty encouraging and could very well be the thing someone needed to reignite their passion for creating that specific story in their head.

I hope word gets out about you soon enough. People need to hear these wise words!

[Toasty_Britches]

Not only is this really good advice, it's explained in a way that just makes so much sense to me. I'm incredibly grateful you made this video.

[graysontaylornyc]

Got any ideas for future videos I should make? I'd love to hear your suggestions and questions.

[anandhikrishnan]

Yours is one of the finest videos, on the lines of information that I was looking for. You have explained it so lucidly and very interestingly! Thank you!

[victorhurwitz]

11:41 Hey man I agree with you but the right amount of purple prose of overly flowered detailed descriptions and visuals for certain scenes in a story can REALLY SPARK YOUR IMAGINATION HECK IT CAN EVEN MAKE A SCENE EPIC WITH ACTION OR A TRANSFORMATION OF A DRESS LIKE IN THE HUNGER GAMES CATCHING FIRE! Whether you like the franchise or not that scene is epic in both the movie AND IN THE

[SanjeevKumar-hnml]

11:04 I get inspiration from stand up comedy and epic fantasy movies also..

[thatpunksnotchick]

Often my inspiration, for the story or character, is people ive met. Someone might be boring, but what if said person was boring for a reason. Some people have had experience with things my characters might go through/have and its interesting to hear how different it can be for each individual.

[BarakatSerious]

I'm absolutely loving this! I've been writing for years, and I've never come across a video as interesting and intriguing as this one. Thank you so much!

[icarusdown]

Dude your underrated, I'm working on a four episode horror comedy. I'm 100% gonna incorporate some of these tips. Thank you

[icichorcomics]

Thanks for the advice Grayson, great video.

-Nick

[AJ_Hunter]

Thank you so much for this vid, ive been stuck for a while but this helped me so much 😊