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The Writer's Productivity Crash Course: The 5 Day Step-by-Step System to Habits, Routines & Writing Daily
No more gimmicks or BS. Get off the self-help treadmill and start writing every day - for good.
Frustrated by bogus productivity "hacks" that briefly motivate, but generate zero long-term results? Want to fix your discipline woes - forever? Sick of ineffective 21 day challenges that leave you feeling like an overstressed failure?
Enter The Writer's Productivity Crash Course , which blends ancient wisdom with modern science and personal experience into a bulletproof behavioral change system. This short book will show you exactly how to produce more words with less effort, using a simple - but powerful - 5 step method.
In this crash course, you'll discover:
> why most traditional productivity "advice" is actually BS
> why habits & routines are the most powerful productivity tools on the planet
> how to form bulletproof new habits - and why breaking bad ones almost always fails
> the art of small wins - and why they almost always outproduce huge goals
> the other hidden 50% of productivity that no one ever talks about
> the three key mindsets to keep you going long after everyone else has quit
> 5 step-by-step exercises designed to jumpstart your productivity immediately
No more motivational videos. No more "not feeling like it." Just words - on demand, without resistance. Whether you're writing your first novel or your twentieth, the Writer's Productivity Crash Course will increase your productivity - right now.
Frustrated by bogus productivity "hacks" that briefly motivate, but generate zero long-term results? Want to fix your discipline woes - forever? Sick of ineffective 21 day challenges that leave you feeling like an overstressed failure?
Enter The Writer's Productivity Crash Course , which blends ancient wisdom with modern science and personal experience into a bulletproof behavioral change system. This short book will show you exactly how to produce more words with less effort, using a simple - but powerful - 5 step method.
In this crash course, you'll discover:
> why most traditional productivity "advice" is actually BS
> why habits & routines are the most powerful productivity tools on the planet
> how to form bulletproof new habits - and why breaking bad ones almost always fails
> the art of small wins - and why they almost always outproduce huge goals
> the other hidden 50% of productivity that no one ever talks about
> the three key mindsets to keep you going long after everyone else has quit
> 5 step-by-step exercises designed to jumpstart your productivity immediately
No more motivational videos. No more "not feeling like it." Just words - on demand, without resistance. Whether you're writing your first novel or your twentieth, the Writer's Productivity Crash Course will increase your productivity - right now.
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108 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 20, 2017
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July 2, 2017
A long time ago, I signed up for this author’s mailing list and he sent a series of productivity emails to you - if you wanted them. I liked them, but then lost them or deleted them out of my in-box or whatever happened to them. Heck, I don’t know.
I was pleased to see he had put them into an ebook and - when I grabbed it - it was free.
Nice…
*eyes narrow* HOW has he been inside my house?
As I’ve read before, the link to your reward is hijacked here. All your brain remembers of this big push to finish was how bloody awful it was. So it stops you even trying to do it again, in a desperate attempt to save you from yourself.
Small daily habits work much better. Don’t multitask. You are kidding yourself if you think you’re more functional doing three things at once.
Build habits onto things you already do without thinking. As SJ Scott calls it ‘habit stacking’.
Erik is not a morning person. He starts his writing work after 6 pm. Everyone is different.
Just do it for five minutes… or fifteen or whatever time period works for you.
This tricks your brain. I’m just going to put on my gym shoes and walk to the gym and then I’ll see what happens. I’m at the gym, I may as well go in… and so on.
Give yourself rewards you actually want.
Negatively gear backwards from that giant goal that is so big and so scary that you think you’ll never get there. Break it down into tiny steps. There’s some line about climbing mountains by NOT looking at it all the time. Or Doctorow’s driving in the dark line. You can’t see where you’re going, but you can get there all the same.
Improve yourself by one percent a day and it adds up.
Work the 80:20 rule.
If you’ve hit your goals for that day, stop. Reward yourself.
Look after yourself. Eat right, sleep right.
That’s all good advice. And he’s got some neat printable cheat sheets as well.
http://nicholaserik.com/
4 stars
I was pleased to see he had put them into an ebook and - when I grabbed it - it was free.
Nice…
Usually what happens with the super rapid plan is this:
Week 1: 10,000 words
Week 2: 7,000 words
Week 3: 5,000 words (slowing down, but I’m beating the pace!)
Week 4: 2,000 words (damn, this is hard)
Weeks 5 – 20: zero words, self-loathing, some “revision”
Week 21: big push to “get it together,” another 12,000 words (feeling guilty for being behind)
Week 22: 8,000 words
Week 23 - 25: a heaving struggle to the finish line; so stressed out from beating yourself up/ failing that you need a break.
Week 52: maybe publish that first book. Still have no habits, and are exhausted at the thought of writing another one, since it was a miserable experience.
We do not want this. (Kindle Locations 369-375).
*eyes narrow* HOW has he been inside my house?
As I’ve read before, the link to your reward is hijacked here. All your brain remembers of this big push to finish was how bloody awful it was. So it stops you even trying to do it again, in a desperate attempt to save you from yourself.
Small daily habits work much better. Don’t multitask. You are kidding yourself if you think you’re more functional doing three things at once.
Build habits onto things you already do without thinking. As SJ Scott calls it ‘habit stacking’.
Erik is not a morning person. He starts his writing work after 6 pm. Everyone is different.
Just do it for five minutes… or fifteen or whatever time period works for you.
This tricks your brain. I’m just going to put on my gym shoes and walk to the gym and then I’ll see what happens. I’m at the gym, I may as well go in… and so on.
Give yourself rewards you actually want.
We often fail at changing our behavior because we don’t think the problem through. Instead, we start, fail once, and then say well, that didn’t work.(Kindle Locations 270-271)
Negatively gear backwards from that giant goal that is so big and so scary that you think you’ll never get there. Break it down into tiny steps. There’s some line about climbing mountains by NOT looking at it all the time. Or Doctorow’s driving in the dark line. You can’t see where you’re going, but you can get there all the same.
Improve yourself by one percent a day and it adds up.
Work the 80:20 rule.
If you’ve hit your goals for that day, stop. Reward yourself.
Look after yourself. Eat right, sleep right.
That’s all good advice. And he’s got some neat printable cheat sheets as well.
http://nicholaserik.com/
4 stars
September 22, 2017
This is the best book on writing and productivity that I've read this year - possibly ever. The author did a great job formatting this book so that it's easy to read. There's a great balance between cutting the BS of self help and providing actual psychological facts into what works as well as personal experience on what's worked for him, as well as exercises to help you actually apply the knowledge you're gaining. I can't praise this book enough. I never thought I could be a fan of a non-fiction author but I would definitely read another book by Nicholas Erik whenever I see the opportunity to do so.
October 22, 2017
This irritated me by proclaiming not to be a 'self help' book when it clearly is. Well, more of a self help pamphlet really. Also some of the actions didn't seem to fit directly with the chapters and not all of them were useful. It is a quick read with some good ideas, I'll let you know if it helps!
March 24, 2018
Me ha gustado bastante este librito sobre productividad para escritores, con algunas frases que parece que estaban escritas pensando en mí, sobre todo la primera parte en la que habla (básicamente) sobre no morder más de lo que puedes tragar y ser consciente de lo que quieres. Como además es corto, apenas hay morralla sobrante. Bastante bueno.
April 22, 2019
I really enjoyed this book! I have read it through once and will re-read over the next few days to implement what he suggests. Some things he discusses I've already implemented, but some I have not. I recommend this to anyone who is looking to change their schedule and need a little impetus to do so.
May 28, 2017
Not horrubke
There is some decent advice here. Nothing mind blowing, but sometimes we have to read to black letters on the White page to retain the lesson. A good enough read for absolute lost souls.
There is some decent advice here. Nothing mind blowing, but sometimes we have to read to black letters on the White page to retain the lesson. A good enough read for absolute lost souls.
July 9, 2017
While there's nothing radically new about the advice here, the exercises themselves act as a great prompt to spur you into action.Will the result prove to be a solid and sustainable routine? Time will tell - but it's worth a shot to refocus on the points made here.
November 11, 2017
Very good
The author does a great job of communicating productivity principles distilled to their very essence and supplementing them with action tasks to immediately put those principles to practice. Great read
The author does a great job of communicating productivity principles distilled to their very essence and supplementing them with action tasks to immediately put those principles to practice. Great read
October 28, 2018
Overall decent advice. Some of it is things I've heard before, like how multitasking kills productivity, and some of it I wished the author had gone into more depth on. But overall, I finished the book in an upbeat mood and feeling pretty motivated to tackle my writing.
January 22, 2021
Not to my taste
Maybe I am trying to find a way to fail however I just didn't like the advise. Especially the diet and exercise. It didn't keep my interest and took me a great deal of time to finish.
Maybe I am trying to find a way to fail however I just didn't like the advise. Especially the diet and exercise. It didn't keep my interest and took me a great deal of time to finish.
January 16, 2018
A book this short should not also be repetitive. Not to mention that churning out a thousand words an hour strikes me as unrealistic.
October 7, 2018
Not that impressed as a person who was just looking for some tips, not as an aspiring author.
July 30, 2019
Livre intéressant.
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