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Patreon video for March #1: On reading as a writer! (Patreon)

Published:
2025-03-21 17:12:56
Imported:
2026-06

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Hello friends!

This month’s first members-only video is on the topic of reading as a writer. Isabel Adele asked:
”I'd love a video on how you read fiction to improve your writing. Like do you take notes, do you try and break up the plot in different scenes, do you think about how you would write chapters you don't like, do you specifically read important books in your genre because you know they were influential, etc. Thanks for all your videos, love your channel!!”

So this video is in answer to that and I would love to hear your answers to this question as well!

https://youtu.be/Br-XTxJ5Flc

See you soon!

xo,

Lidiya

Comments

Isabel Adele

Thank you so much for this video ❤️ its very helpful to see how you go about it! I am rediscovering writing after a loooong hiatus and I would like to be a bit more strategic about how I approach it. That includes reading to help my writing. For the moment, I go about it like this: I read the book mostly for enjoyment but I make little comments in the margins whenever I have a reaction (like, dislike, question, sth funny, foreshadowing, etc). I also write a couple of key words at the beginning of the chapter on what is happening so I can easily find things later. This is quite low effort and I still get to enjoy the book. Then I write a very short summary of the plot. From there, it depends on the book, sometimes I identify the main plot beats, character arcs or POVs, whatever seems interesting or most striking about the book. I find that if I write things down it helps my thinking and I can add to it at a later date. After that, I really like to discuss the book with other people or read reviews to see how other people respond to it. However, I really like to think about it by myself first so I am not influenced by other people's take on it.

Ally Engle

I tend to get down on myself because I have a habit of thinking that I can't write X genre because I don't read enough of it, but then that's true for pretty much any genre, because, as you mentioned in the video, I tend to read a little bit of everything, I don't feel like I go deep into any one genre, I'm always hoping from one genre to another. So, it's nice to hear that that's not necessarily a bad thing. :)