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Knowing why you want to write a book gives you one of the best indicators of the pace you should set. Knowing when you want to release a published book will provide you with a framework for how you will need to set your schedule. Depending on how you like to work, that could be […]

Perhaps the better question is ‘why are you spending all this time thinking and reading about publishing a book?’ Understanding your ‘why’ will answer many of the questions first time (and long term) writers go through each time a book idea comes to mind. If you do not have any intention to publish your writing, […]

Why you may need to write fast: Set yourself a short deadline. Want it done and dusted so you can go on holidays. You were over this before you started. This is how you live your life, one speed – fast. What? You mean I can write slow? Why you may like to write slow: […]

This post is inspired by Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman whereby Kahneman hypothesises that our brains think in two Systems. System 1: fast and System 2: slow. While this is a high level generalisation of the book, it was these ideas that resonated highly with me. As I noted ‘inspired by’ in the […]

For me there are plenty of times that I feel unmotivated to do anything. To help create momentum I will make myself a five or seven point list of the things that I want to achieve in the day. As soon as I start to feel unmotivated I have a look at that list and […]

Many of you will be familiar with ‘fake it till you make it’ mantra (although I feel that is at that stage of being overused). Regardless, it does resonate well with getting in and getting things done, regardless of your mindset. Based on the theme of ‘faking it’, let us assume that you have written […]

One of the following seven tips may assist you with getting in touch with that inner wild beast that you need to channel to write your book: Have a conversation with yourself or a friend. Capture those unconscious musings that you have just before you go to sleep – have a Dictaphone beside your bed […]

Do you remember a time when you skipped freely down the street? Or did not worry about what others thought about what you were doing? Would you like to find that ‘wild’ you again? If you do, perhaps it could assist to free your mind so that you could write that book you have promised […]

If you truly believe that your stuff (your story) is not worth strutting, then you should stop and find something else to do with your time. There are times when we should stop, take a breath and reconsider what we want to achieve. If you are not proud to strut your stuff, why would anyone […]

With the wonder of new technology, we have so many ways to share our stories with the world. Some of us like to tell stories as images, while other’s like to share our stories with words. There is a platform for you and your story sharing style. Whatever you prefer, there is a platform for […]