The Writer’s Brain
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Why Bother Writing Lots of Books Quickly? – Part 1
This is Part 1 of the post. Click here to jump to Part 2. -t. If you’re not already a prolific author, and the whole idea of writing multiple books a year seems like way too much work, keep reading. If you’re already a prolific author, you might not have thought of all of
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Weekly Log – April 17, 2018
As I hoped, I got a good word count down this week: MONDAY 8,095 TUESDAY 6,399 WEDNESDAY 5,338 THURSDAY 6,680 FRIDAY 8,489 SATURDAY 1,452 SUNDAY 0 Sunday sits at zero because I finished the book on Saturday and immediately rolled over into production and plotting the next book. This book ended up longer than I
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Bradbury’s Take on Productivity
Ray Bradbury wrote 27 novels and over 600 short stories. More than eight million copies of his works, published in over 36 languages, have been sold around the world.
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The Discipline of Dancers
Discipline tends to get a bad rap these days. In productivity circles, it is equated to white-knuckling your way through tasks with iron-jawed determination, which will naturally and absolutely end in failure. In diet circles, discipline is the same as holding your teeth together, sitting on your hands and mutely shaking your head “no” when
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Weekly Log – April 10, 2018
Last week, I wrote 4,263 on the current book, and did a lot of production work, including writing all the interstitial material for the box set that has been suddenly dumped into the production schedule to make up for my lax ways. This coming week should see a heavy production of words on the current book,
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Weekly Log – April 3, 2018
I’d like to beat my chest and say I got screwed by the calendar, this week. Only, it’s my problem, because I didn’t look up and pay attention. I had a good week, word count wise. Not brilliant, but a good solid week: MONDAY 5,392 TUESDAY 7,721 WEDNESDAY 4,502 THURSDAY 7,946 FRIDAY 6,899 SATURDAY 4,936 SUNDAY
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Just Start. That’s it.
I didn’t want to write this post. I was tempted to blow it off, because finally, finally, the book has a full head of steam and I’m just making sure the boiler stays stoked and hanging on the for the ride. There is no better feeling–no, not even that. Being in flow and creating a story has no
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Weekly Log – March 27, 2018
This week was a freaking disaster. I’m not sure what is worse: The blank wasteland of my week, or having to report upon it here. Both, I think. I have no genuine excuses. I’m not even sure it was Resistance beating me. It was simply a week of tiny excuses that were used to
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