Full Description
Get more words on the page with this proven and popular system
The 12 Week Year for Writers: A Comprehensive Guide to Getting Your Writing Done is an easy-to-implement and practical framework for writers to get more work done in less time. You'll answer big picture questions—What is my vision for the future? What are my writing goals?—while enacting a comprehensive system to plan and execute your writing.
You'll create a 12 Week Plan and a Model Week, collaborate with a weekly writing group, keep score, and learn to stick to a weekly execution routine. The book will also show you how to:
Manage multiple writing projects at the same time
Develop a prolific writer's mindset and increase your output with the 12 Week Year system
Deal with actionable specifics, like when and where to write
Ideal for writers in all genres and fields, The 12 Week Year for Writers is the perfect hands-on guide for academic and business writers, authors, students, columnists, bloggers, and copy and content writers who seek to increase their productivity and get more quality words on the page.
Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
List of Action Steps xv
Section I Why You Need A New Writing System 1
Chapter 1 Why You Need a New Writing System 3
Chapter 2 The 12 Week Year: Your Strategic Operating System for Writing 15
Section II How To Use The 12 Week Year 31
Chapter 3 Crafting Your Writing Vision 33
Chapter 4 Creating Your 12 Week Plan 47
Chapter 5 Creating Your Model Week 71
Chapter 6 The Weekly Writing Group 89
Chapter 7 Scorekeeping 103
Chapter 8 The Weekly Execution Routine 119
Section III How The 12 Week Year Will Help You Write 129
Chapter 9 Making Your First 12 Week Year a Success 131
Chapter 10 How to Use the 12 Week Year to Write More 149
Chapter 11 How to Manage Multiple Writing Projects 165
Chapter 12 How to Write Together with the 12 Week Year 179
Chapter 13 The Writer's Mindset 195
Chapter 14 Parting Thoughts 213
Section IV The 12 Week Year In Action 215
Chapter 15 How I Used the 12 Week Year to Write This Book 217
Chapter 16 Frequently Asked Questions 237
Notes 245
Free 12 Week Year for Writers Resource Library 248
