Before 2014 I Spent a Thousand Hours a Year Watching Other People’s Work
They say they are too busy to exercise, too tired to cook, too overwhelmed to read, and too stressed to see friends. Then they watch Netflix for four hours.
Tag: productivity
Finishing things. Writing sessions that produce pages, the difference between drafting and editing, and what it takes to hold a book together start to finish.
Book WritingFinishing Is a Separate Skill From Writing
Almost nobody stops writing a book because they cannot write. They stop at one of three predictable places.
ADHDEvery Marketing Book Assumed I Had a Normal Brain
Maintain consistent daily habits. Network regularly. Follow a systematic content calendar. I tried forcing myself into that mould for years and burned out every time.
AIThe Other Path Does Not Announce Itself
An amplifier of thinking instead of a replacement for it. The difference is invisible from inside, which is why the wrong path is the easy one.
productivityYour Scattered Brain Might Be Your Biggest Writing Advantage
The attention that will not sit still is the same attention that makes connections nobody else makes. How to build a writing practice around that instead of fighting it into a shape it will never hold.
Author TalksKim Groshek: The Pause Power Movement and Taking 15 Minutes a Day to Unplug
Kim Groshek joins Author Talks to discuss the Pause Power Movement, a year off her phone, and her framework of pausing, time-boxing, and agreement.
Career StoryFrom Trader Joe’s to Zombie Apocalypses: The Born to Write Interview | With Azul Terronez
The September 11, 2019 Born to Write interview: celebrity ghostwriters versus the credibility mid-market, the wrestler predecessor and the Afghani client's escape from a prison of 15,000 skeletons, vomit-on-the-page drafting from 4:30 a.m., three promotion hours in every eight, BookBub…
Book CoachingA Book From Start to Finish: The Farewell Masterclass | The Exceptional Scribble Show, Episode 261
The May 21, 2019 farewell hour: category research, pantsers versus plotters, 5,000-word days in walk-broken sprints, professional editors and specific beta readers, AutoCrit far superior to Grammarly for fiction, the category-one launch push, the yes-yes hypnosis of webinar traps, consignment…
Author BusinessIs Fear Fiction or Nonfiction? Confidence, Cold Calls, and the Dancer Who Almost Quit | The Exceptional Scribble Show, Episode 242
The December 18, 2018 hour on confidence: publish the imperfect first book, the freelancer as salesperson, approaching agents through conversation, Richard Branson's accept-and-figure-it-out, fear as fiction, the pretend-no-savings mind game, Bonnie's 80,000 words at 78, the pop-and-lock dancer nobody clapped…
Author TalksCheryl Merz: A Prolific Ghostwriter on Productivity, Lists, and Owning Your Platform
Prolific ghostwriter Cheryl Merz joins Author Talks to discuss collaborative ghostwriting, email lists, networking, and owning your platform.
Author BusinessWrite First, Edit Later: The Professional Writing Session | The Exceptional Scribble Show, Episode 205
Part two with Sage the Poet, broadcast as a nor'easter closed in: why writing and editing at the same time causes writer's block, the scheduled professional day, 12,000-word workdays via dictation, light outlining with story and character arcs, daily promotion,…