Getting that first draft out as fast as possible should be the aim of every writer. And you do that because your first draft gives you the structure of your book. First drafts are where you learn what your book […]
There’s a nasty little trope going around, which is that people won’t read anything long anymore because they don’t have the attention span. Pedlars of this idea will point to TikTok and Twitter as evidence. Attach some bad science and […]
I’m interested in time management and productivity. I think most entrepreneurs, knowledge workers and professionals are, after all, who doesn’t want to get more done sooner? So, I’ve read a lot on the subject as well as written about it. […]
“All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery. Writing a book is a long, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a […]
Writing is both easy and hard. It’s easy because all we need is a pen and a piece of paper to get going. It’s hard because we can stop ourselves before we start because of perceived fears. Which of the […]
I aim to write a 50k word book in about three months. A project like divides roughly into three phases each taking about a month. The split between them isn’t exact, but this isn’t too far out. Month One — […]
If you don’t have time to read, then you don’t have time to write. These are the words of thriller writer, Stephen King from his book, ‘On Writing’, and I’m sure he’s correct. Reading feeds what you write. So, if […]
Depending on the project, when rewriting and editing, I try to remove as many words and punctuation marks from my copy as possible. Do this and you clean through to the bare bones of your writing making it tighter and […]
A three-month book project divides roughly into three phases. The split between them isn’t exact, but overall, I think this is a good approximation of the different stages Longer books go through the same process but more time is spent […]
Here’s an interesting thought I came upon from behavioural scientist James Clear that certainly applies to the non-fiction book writing process. He said: “Deconstruction creates knowledge. Recombination creates value, which I think is a pretty good summary of what you […]