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diff --git a/2020/subtitles/emacsconf-2020--03-idea-to-novel-superstructure-emacs-for-writing--bala-ramadurai-autogen.sbv b/2020/subtitles/emacsconf-2020--03-idea-to-novel-superstructure-emacs-for-writing--bala-ramadurai-autogen.sbv deleted file mode 100644 index 0485bcab..00000000 --- a/2020/subtitles/emacsconf-2020--03-idea-to-novel-superstructure-emacs-for-writing--bala-ramadurai-autogen.sbv +++ /dev/null @@ -1,450 +0,0 @@ -0:00:03.760,0:00:08.080 -there's nothing wrong - -0:00:05.040,0:00:09.200 -with your mobile device or computer just - -0:00:08.080,0:00:12.480 -that my world - -0:00:09.200,0:00:15.040 -was upside down when my son was born 11 - -0:00:12.480,0:00:18.320 -years ago - -0:00:15.040,0:00:21.039 -hi I'm bala ramazaray author professor - -0:00:18.320,0:00:22.160 -and consultant I'm going to tell you my - -0:00:21.039,0:00:27.039 -story about - -0:00:22.160,0:00:29.920 -how I ended up using Emacs for writing - -0:00:27.039,0:00:30.640 -11 years ago in bangalore my son was - -0:00:29.920,0:00:33.040 -born - -0:00:30.640,0:00:34.640 -my wife and I had hardly slept through - -0:00:33.040,0:00:37.840 -those days - -0:00:34.640,0:00:41.120 -that's when my grandma decided - -0:00:37.840,0:00:43.760 -according to such a famous search engine - -0:00:41.120,0:00:45.039 -visited us to take a look at her great - -0:00:43.760,0:00:47.920 -grandson - -0:00:45.039,0:00:48.559 -as joyous as it sounded it came with a - -0:00:47.920,0:00:51.840 -peril - -0:00:48.559,0:00:54.160 -my grandma is a scrabble addict - -0:00:51.840,0:00:55.840 -she hardly spent any time at all with - -0:00:54.160,0:00:58.160 -her great grandson - -0:00:55.840,0:00:59.359 -but she spent most of her time playing - -0:00:58.160,0:01:01.840 -scrabble - -0:00:59.359,0:01:02.719 -she insisted that my wife and I joined - -0:01:01.840,0:01:04.479 -her - -0:01:02.719,0:01:07.040 -that's when an idea dawned on me to - -0:01:04.479,0:01:09.600 -write about my scrabble obsessed grandma - -0:01:07.040,0:01:10.640 -what if I could make it into a novel not - -0:01:09.600,0:01:13.760 -many people have - -0:01:10.640,0:01:16.000 -scrabble obsessed grandmothers after all - -0:01:13.760,0:01:17.200 -I wanted to expand this to a novel but - -0:01:16.000,0:01:20.000 -did not know how - -0:01:17.200,0:01:22.560 -I bumped into dan wells's video on seven - -0:01:20.000,0:01:25.119 -point story structure which is based on - -0:01:22.560,0:01:27.040 -a construct called hero's journey I was - -0:01:25.119,0:01:30.400 -now convinced that a seed idea - -0:01:27.040,0:01:32.000 -would indeed be converted into a novel - -0:01:30.400,0:01:34.479 -I tried out many tools at the time - -0:01:32.000,0:01:38.000 -million dollar tools like ms word - -0:01:34.479,0:01:38.799 -excel scrivener but none of them really - -0:01:38.000,0:01:41.520 -worked - -0:01:38.799,0:01:43.840 -so when I remembered about this old - -0:01:41.520,0:01:46.159 -editor called emacs - -0:01:43.840,0:01:48.000 -thanks to the Emacs community and - -0:01:46.159,0:01:50.960 -particularly the augment community - -0:01:48.000,0:01:52.320 -I had what I wanted I combined - -0:01:50.960,0:01:55.200 -danville's method - -0:01:52.320,0:01:55.680 -with another method called snowflake and - -0:01:55.200,0:01:58.880 -also - -0:01:55.680,0:02:01.200 -tony valentine's Emacs writing template - -0:01:58.880,0:02:02.159 -some of the key features of arg mode - -0:02:01.200,0:02:05.360 -that I used - -0:02:02.159,0:02:08.399 -were fold on unfold outline - -0:02:05.360,0:02:09.599 -column view tags distraction free - -0:02:08.399,0:02:12.800 -writing experience - -0:02:09.599,0:02:13.840 -using many packages clocking project - -0:02:12.800,0:02:16.640 -tracking - -0:02:13.840,0:02:17.920 -and export which is what you will see in - -0:02:16.640,0:02:21.360 -my demo - -0:02:17.920,0:02:24.560 -now to get into some action okay - -0:02:21.360,0:02:26.640 -so here we are the superstructure of the - -0:02:24.560,0:02:28.879 -novel itself how do we build it - -0:02:26.640,0:02:30.400 -first is the plot this comes from the - -0:02:28.879,0:02:32.959 -snowflake method - -0:02:30.400,0:02:34.160 -you write a one line summary of your - -0:02:32.959,0:02:37.280 -plot - -0:02:34.160,0:02:40.640 -character design you can write the - -0:02:37.280,0:02:42.640 -entire description of the characters the - -0:02:40.640,0:02:44.319 -physical descriptors motivators the - -0:02:42.640,0:02:45.040 -whole thing you can write all the - -0:02:44.319,0:02:48.400 -characters - -0:02:45.040,0:02:50.560 -in the novel including the antagonists - -0:02:48.400,0:02:52.400 -I researched about the places that I'm - -0:02:50.560,0:02:54.400 -going to be using in the novel - -0:02:52.400,0:02:56.239 -this is the most important part the - -0:02:54.400,0:03:00.239 -story arcs - -0:02:56.239,0:03:03.599 -for this I used the very convenient - -0:03:00.239,0:03:06.080 -notion of using a column view - -0:03:03.599,0:03:06.959 -where when I open it you can see how - -0:03:06.080,0:03:10.000 -I've used - -0:03:06.959,0:03:13.120 -column view each plot point - -0:03:10.000,0:03:16.959 -and who the character is what is their - -0:03:13.120,0:03:17.599 -plot point itself so okay and you can do - -0:03:16.959,0:03:20.879 -this for - -0:03:17.599,0:03:22.800 -each and every uh story arc romance - -0:03:20.879,0:03:24.480 -uh each and every character sub - -0:03:22.800,0:03:27.360 -character okay I haven't - -0:03:24.480,0:03:29.040 -uh labeled them so next is the story - -0:03:27.360,0:03:30.879 -design so now we have the character - -0:03:29.040,0:03:34.000 -independent character arcs - -0:03:30.879,0:03:36.799 -uh here again column view comes in handy - -0:03:34.000,0:03:38.400 -this is a different set of columns now - -0:03:36.799,0:03:40.560 -you can use - -0:03:38.400,0:03:41.840 -not only the main the main character arc - -0:03:40.560,0:03:44.959 -is the - -0:03:41.840,0:03:48.560 -backbone but in the middle of it - -0:03:44.959,0:03:51.840 -supporting characters augment the - -0:03:48.560,0:03:53.040 -main character and their own plot points - -0:03:51.840,0:03:55.680 -are also - -0:03:53.040,0:03:57.519 -can be filled up using the column view - -0:03:55.680,0:03:58.720 -and you can find out where which act we - -0:03:57.519,0:04:00.720 -are talking about - -0:03:58.720,0:04:01.840 -and for the main character what what is - -0:04:00.720,0:04:04.640 -it that we're doing - -0:04:01.840,0:04:05.840 -okay next is the specifics which is the - -0:04:04.640,0:04:08.560 -scene design - -0:04:05.840,0:04:08.879 -uh this is going to be look like a mess - -0:04:08.560,0:04:11.200 -but - -0:04:08.879,0:04:14.400 -it's actually very very convenient can - -0:04:11.200,0:04:16.000 -be as exhaustive as you can you can do - -0:04:14.400,0:04:18.320 -the title of the scene - -0:04:16.000,0:04:19.280 -the act the point of view as it's called - -0:04:18.320,0:04:21.280 -point of views - -0:04:19.280,0:04:23.199 -which characters point of view are we - -0:04:21.280,0:04:25.919 -looking at in this scene - -0:04:23.199,0:04:26.800 -is it outdoor indoor we can mix it up - -0:04:25.919,0:04:28.639 -match - -0:04:26.800,0:04:30.240 -and then where is the location and - -0:04:28.639,0:04:33.600 -finally the city in which - -0:04:30.240,0:04:37.440 -this scene is taking place now let's uh - -0:04:33.600,0:04:40.000 -look at the novel itself I use this - -0:04:37.440,0:04:43.120 -novel the distraction free experience - -0:04:40.000,0:04:44.320 -for writing the novel 60 000 word novel - -0:04:43.120,0:04:46.160 -this - -0:04:44.320,0:04:47.360 -first manuscript you can even write - -0:04:46.160,0:04:50.320 -comments based on - -0:04:47.360,0:04:51.120 -I read this out to a writer's community - -0:04:50.320,0:04:54.000 -locally - -0:04:51.120,0:04:55.600 -and they give me feedback on what could - -0:04:54.000,0:04:56.720 -be improved what could be something that - -0:04:55.600,0:04:58.400 -they should be looking at - -0:04:56.720,0:05:00.639 -you can write it as comments so it - -0:04:58.400,0:05:03.360 -doesn't go into your final export - -0:05:00.639,0:05:03.919 -as well I'm using pandora to export it - -0:05:03.360,0:05:06.960 -to - -0:05:03.919,0:05:08.639 -epub or pdf or word or whatever format - -0:05:06.960,0:05:11.280 -you want to - -0:05:08.639,0:05:12.639 -use it with the cover image that's how I - -0:05:11.280,0:05:15.919 -wrote my novel - -0:05:12.639,0:05:17.120 -I used a similar structure for my - -0:05:15.919,0:05:19.199 -non-fiction book - -0:05:17.120,0:05:20.800 -using Emacs and arc mode which I - -0:05:19.199,0:05:25.520 -published recently - -0:05:20.800,0:05:28.320 -all written and edited in Emacs or mod - -0:05:25.520,0:05:29.759 -thank you guys at the community and now - -0:05:28.320,0:05:31.680 -a published author - -0:05:29.759,0:05:34.080 -and I plan to publish and help other - -0:05:31.680,0:05:38.560 -authors publish using this wonderful - -0:05:34.080,0:05:38.560 -tool called Emacs or more thank you - |