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one of my favorite quotes when it comes
to planning
is that happy people plan actions they
don't plan results
as an aspiring practitioner of stoicism
i only want to concern myself with what
i can influence
as opposed to what i cannot
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therefore when it comes to youtube i
personally think that planning on your
scripts
and being prepared with your ideas is
more important than number of views you
can get
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i've written about 25 subs on my channel
so i figure i'll show you how i prepare
what's my workflow like and how i write
for my youtube videos
the first and foremost thing that i do
with every piece that i want to publish
is that i ask myself the most important
question
why why am i making this video
and i always start the why by focusing
on three basic principles
is this honest is it based on my
experience and am i putting it out there
as a perspective
and not a fact if my initial idea
satisfies all of the three
then i go ahead to the next step of the
process now i've been using a pen and a
book for years
as a kid i would love to scribble random
thoughts onto any surface i could find
since the past five years i've been
sporadically journaling thoughts and
ideas
and that habit has made its way onto my
youtube channel as well
but quite recently i've gotten the ipad
pro 11 and even though i've made sure
that my process runs
irrespective of technology i'd be lying
if technology hasn't made it easier
i'll talk about the apps i've been using
towards the end of this video
coming back to the next process a mind
map is primarily a diagram used to
visually organize information
it's hierarchical and shows
relationships amongst pieces of the
whole
it is often created around a single
concept to which associated
representation of ideas such as images
words and parts of words are added now i
usually try to branch out with three
distinctive ideas from my main topic
but i've realized that i quickly adapt
them so that they flow back into one
another
more often than not i do have to alter
the flow because that's the thing with
ideas they're quite sporadic in nature
now mind mapping is actually a lot of
fun and you can use it not just to write
a script but also if you want to craft
an email
uh write your first stand-up gig or if
you just want to break up with someone
i'm kidding i've never actually used
mind mapping to break up with anyone
with mind mapping i make sure i get
every single thought or insight that i
have about the topic
onto the paper it's extremely easy to
get distracted with other ideas while
you're doing this though
you might certainly start thinking about
b-rolls or your brain might spark some
completely different idea altogether
if i really think a great idea has
bestowed its presence onto me
i quickly write it down somewhere and
come back to my mind map
once my mind map is complete i now move
on to sketching the main body
with three things in mind the intro
the middle and the end
now i've tweaked my writing style to the
way sean tucker does it
and he calls it what meat and
benediction
he's made a great video on how he writes
and i hope you do check it out
i make sure that i encapsulate my what
and my benediction in one single
sentence
before i start working on my main script
and then i also make sure those
sentences
satisfy my why post that i vomit out
every ounce of information i can
from each of the pointers from my mind
map however
i avoid editing while i'm writing
because i really do believe the quote
write drunk and edit sober
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quite recently i've started following
the pomodoro technique to help me get
things done more efficiently
and i have to say it's been working
wonders for those who aren't aware of
this technique
it's a time management system where you
work for 25 minutes on the clock
and take a break for about three to five
minutes and that becomes one pomodoro
after four pomodoros you take a 30
minute break keeping in mind that you
don't do anything related to your
previous work
during those breaks it's a great
technique and i would urge each and
every one of you to give it a shot
i consider reaching my first draft once
i've covered everything from start to
finish
with every pointer i can fathom and with
as many elaborative details as i can
muster
then i'll legit sleep over the script
for a couple of days and get back to it
with fresh eyes and fresh perspective
and pomodoro my way through each para an
idea
always making sure that it's satisfying
my why
once i've run through it for a bit i
sleep on it again and i repeat this
entire process
till my gut says so
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on an average for whatever videos you've
seen it takes about three weeks
to three months and about four to five
revisions and sometimes complete
overhaul as well
to give you a more accurate
understanding embrace your failure took
two overhauls
and four weeks because my why wasn't
clear in the first attempt
why i wear the same clothes took three
revisions and five months
again finding a strong why i took time
the recommendation on why leaders eat
last took two revisions
and nine days because it was that simple
of an idea do more with less took three
overhauls than three months
initially it was supposed to be just
gear doesn't matter but then it felt
quite incomplete till it didn't work the
doneness better than perfect angle
the apps i use i've been using good
notes for making rough notes
dribbling thoughts and making my mind
map it's essentially my digital rough
book
and for typing and organizing i switch
from using apple notes
to bear and it's a wonderfully beautiful
app with essential features which help
organize scripts
well that's it that's how i write my
scripts
this process can seem long and tedious
to some but i've quite organically made
this into a habit of mine and trust me
when i say that i thoroughly enjoy
this process a lot more than i enjoy
making coffee i hope this helps you get
an idea on how
my workflow works and i do hope you got
something to take away from this as well
like and subscribe and as always
you