before I became a full-time writer I took many writing courses but most of
the time even online writing courses turned out to be pretty expensive that's
why when I came across this way of accessing a free online novel writing
course that has helped me immensely in my writing journey by the way I got so
excited and now I want to share my secret with you basically a little over
a year ago when I started getting really serious about writing my novel and
getting it published I started searching online for tips and strategies on how to
write a book and discovered the magic of AuthorTube. Now for many of my subscribers
who already know what AuthorTube is I want you to hang in there with me for
just a minute but for any of you that don't know AuthorTube is a subset of
YouTube where writers and authors create channels called AuthorTube channels
where they share their writing journeys and tons of writing tips editing
strategies as well as the publishing tips and book marketing tips they've
learned along the way these are writers who are traditionally published like Kim
Chance and Alexa Donne self-published like Bethany Atazadeh and Mandi Lynn
along with channels from authortubers like me who are currently knee-deep in
our manuscripts taking you on the journey with us as we plot write edit
find critique partners find and utilize beta readers query and pursue publishing
and marketing our novels now if you're wondering where this free novel writing
course I promised comes in I'm about to get there stick with me as an aspiring
writer myself I gobbled up these videos not only were they free to watch as many
times as I needed but they were jam-packed with super helpful
information and helped me not only feel like I wasn't alone but the tips and
experiences they shared made me feel like I could really do this and because
YouTube is awesome the more I subscribed to AuthorTube channels and watched and
liked and commented on their videos the more YouTube learned that I love these
kinds of videos and kept suggesting more and more helpful content and here is
where my writing course idea of came in you guys pretty soon I wasn't just
watching AuthorTube videos but I also taking notes because I was learning so
much and then as I did this I was like what am i doing I could be saving and
organizing all of these videos into topical playlists on my YouTube account
as you can see here over this past year and a half or so I've created tons of
playlists for each stage of the writing and publishing process some of these
playlists are in topics like writing tips plotting tips character development
editing and revising tips querying tips publishing tips and author platform and
marketing tips with tons of videos in each category some I've created because
I was going through a particular part of the writing process and was searching
for certain topics and saved videos I liked to a certain list but many times
I'll just check out what new videos the author tubers I'm already subscribed to
have recently come out with in my subscriptions feed or what YouTube
suggests on my homepage or on the side of the videos I'm already watching and
then I'll save the ones I'm interested in immediately to my watch later
playlist if I don't have time to watch it right then and I can do that on my
desktop like this or on the mobile app like this then when I have a break or
I'm just getting ready in the morning or cooking or cleaning or even driving
don't worry I just listen to the audio at that point I either put on my watch
later playlist or another specific playlist and take in all the knowledge
it's sort of like a visual podcast but with tons of different writers and their
tips and experiences I found this really great too because although there are
certain principles every writer should follow when writing a novel there are
all different strategies to plotting and writing and editing and so on if you
purchase a typical writing course from one specific writer
you only get there one perspective but with author tube you have access to so
many different authors at once for free which means you can learn a bunch of
different approaches try them out yourself and then figure out which one
works best for you and in that way you sort of have a ton of different writing
coaches at your fingertips and voila just by browsing and subscribing to
AuthorTube channels I can create a free online writing course that I have total
control over its totally customizable and it is continually growing because
AuthorTube are continually making more content plus
if there's a specific writing issue you're having you can always ask your
favorite authortubers in the comments of their videos if they would make a
video on that specific topic and they probably will and if you didn't know
already many authortubers like me already organize their videos into
topical playlists on their channels so you can find exactly what you need when
you need it this might be helpful to check out
before requesting a certain video because chances are your favorite author
tuber might already have created a video on that very topic also by watching
these videos you are supporting fellow writers and authors and you get to be
the first to learn about a bunch of new books that are coming out as those
authors are getting published plus you get to see all the behind the scenes of
what it took to create that book so whether you've been watching AuthorTube
channels for a while or if you're just hearing about it now you may be
wondering about how to find the best author to channels for you so you can
start creating playlists and subsequently make your own free online
Writing course yourself well because author tube is not nearly
as widely known as it deserves some great channels can be hard to find so if
you want to take more advantage of this amazing free content so you can finally
write and publish that book I definitely suggest you start doing the following
first make sure you're signed in to youtube with an account so you can
actually go ahead and create playlists then check out the link in the
description below for a list of a bunch of my favorite authortubers that you
can go ahead and check out and start subscribing to or if you want you can
just type in a writing question with the term authortube in the youtube search
box and see what comes up after you've found some author tubers then just start
watching or saving videos that look helpful to you in your watch later
playlist or start creating topical ones of your own and then when you have some
time you can start watching or listening to these playlists and take notes if
that's helpful too now this next step is the key you guys if you want YouTube to
keep suggesting similar content to you here are the ways you can signal to
YouTube that you want them to start doing so first you want to hit the like
button on that video watch the video all the way through comment on the video and
subscribe to AuthorTube channels and if you want to encourage us authortubers
to keep creating and help other writers to find
definitely share the videos you find most helpful with your writing friends
or on your social media accounts and tell them all about author - speaking of
let's try all that out right now if you found this video helpful be sure to hit
the like button leave me a comment down below sharing some of your favorite
authortubers and how you're gonna start creating your own free online writing
course share this video with all your writing friends that need to know about
this amazing free resource and be sure to subscribe for more writing tips just
like this one so you don't miss anything in my year-and-a-half of watching authortube
and now having my own AuthorTube channel being a part of this online
writing community has totally transformed my life and my writing
career which I shared all about in this video that I'll link here and it
continues to help me grow every single day well that's all I have for you guys
today I hope this was helpful we'll see you in the comments and until next week
happy writing