Butt-In-Chair Table of Contents
Introduction from Jennifer
Introduction from Joe
You’re Holding This eBook for a Reason
- Never Give Up On Your Writing Dreams
Writing Truths
- Your Writing Limitations Are Self-Imposed
- What Are You Losing By Procrastinating?
- Are You Making the All-Or-Nothing Mistake?
- Reasons Procrastinators Give (And Why They’re Excuses In Disguise)
Feel the Fear and Sit Down to Write Anyway
- The Things Procrastinators Fear
- Do You Fear Success?
- Do You Fear Failure?
- Do You Fear Rejection?
- Do You Fear Not Being Good Enough/Perfect?
Personal Responsibility
- Your Priorities Are Your Actions, Not What You Say or Write Down
- Learn to Accept Responsibility for Your Choices and Actions
- How to Accept Personal Responsibility
What’s Belief Got to Do With It?
- Challenge What You Believe
- Believe In Yourself and the Writing Will Come
- Gaining Confidence by Reprogramming Your Self-Talk
- Affirmations
Writing Dreams and Goals
- What Do You Want to Achieve?
- The Truth about Writing Goals
- Make Writing A Priority
- Writing Goals Contract
Writing Processes
- To Write Every Day, To Not Write Every Day: The Debate Continues
- Create A Writing Schedule
- The Un-Schedule: What it Is and Why It Will Help You
- Schedule Tips
- 17 Ways to Find 10 Minutes to Write
Dealing with Distractions
- Take On Less, Get More Done
- Learn To Say ‘No’
Staying On Track
- Self-Set Deadlines
- How To Turn Off Your Inner Editor
- Tips on How to Stay Confident
- Set A Specific Writing Time to Avoid Procrastination
- Reduce Distractions
Productivity Tools
- A Weekly Progress Report Will Keep You Updated and On Task
- A Reliability Buddy
- Three Most Important Tasks
- Keep A Daily Accomplishments List
- Pat Yourself On the Back with Productivity Rewards
Productivity Methods
- 30 Days to A Better Writer
- Writing in Blocks Can Help Keep You Focused
- Assign Point Values to Your Writing To-Do List
- Set A Word-Count Goal
- Break Your Writing Into Manageable Chunks
- Focus on One Writing Project Until You’re Done
Additional Writer’s Tools
- A Writer’s Notebook
- Morning Pages
For When You Have Trouble Getting Started
- Start By Writing What You Know
- Writing Exercises Can Get You In A Writing State-of-Mind
Taking the Next Step
If Your Next Step is to Show Your Writing Off to Someone…
- Read Your Writing Out Loud
- How To Get the Most Out of A Writing Critique
- How To Deal with Conflicting Critiques
If Your Next Step is to Submit to A Contest, Editor or Agent…
- How To Overcome Writing Rejection
- Tips for Hiring An Editor
- Protect Your Work
If Your Next Step is to Put Your Writing Out There for the Public to Read…
- Why Every Writer Needs A Web Site
A Final Word
- The Three Words of Successful Writing: Give, Live, Love
Appendix (Printable Worksheets)
- Limitations Checklist
- Accepting Personal Responsibility Quiz
- SMART Goals Worksheet
- Writing Goals Commitment
- An Un-Schedule Worksheet
- Excuses Procrastinators Use Worksheet
- Changing Negatives to Positives Worksheet
- Progress Report Outline
- How To Make the Most Out of A Writing Critique Checklist
- Tips for Hiring An Editor Checklist
- Steps to Protecting Your Writing Checklist