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    No More Writer's Block! Become a Prolific Writer
    No More Writer's Block! Become a Prolific Writer
    No More Writer's Block! Become a Prolific Writer
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    No More Writer's Block! Become a Prolific Writer

    By Marcia Yudkin

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    Lick Procrastination and Writer's Block Permanently, Now

    Based on years of creativity research and with its techniques tested at dozens of workshops, No More Writer's Block! demonstrates how to shed self-defeating judgments and get moving on any long-delayed project today.

    Whether you've put off work on your firm's annual report or the Great American Novel, this program gives you the gentle kick in the pants and practical tools you need.

    Get eye-opening insights like these:

    * Why prolific writing doesn't require fast writing, so you can be a productive tortoise, if you're not cut out to be a speedy rabbit
    * Why sheer discipline doesn't produce good writing, the kind you're proud to share and whose results gratify everyone involved

    * Southern author Flannery O'Connor's secret for the next best thing to creativity on command

    * How small chunks of time - even waiting for the microwave oven to ping - can move you forward on your writing

    * Like to run? Sleep? Cook? Play music? When and how not working contributes to productive writing

    * Why putdowns of yourself that have become habitual, such as "I can't write if I don't have a deadline," need to be turned on their heads

    * How to use past creative successes (everyone has them!) to build an idiosyncratic writing process

    * Why a dialogue with your unconscious mind helps, with techniques for accessing what you know but don't know that you know

    * What to do to organize ideas quickly and well - including a process that enables you to create a table of contents for your unwritten book in just 20 minutes

    Become a prolific writer once you understand how to attune to your idiosyncratic creative preferences and after you have practical methods of getting writing done easily, quickly, anywhere.

    Author Marcia Yudkin has published 16 books, 10 multi-media courses and countless shorter reports and ebooks, not to mention articles in prestigious publications like the New York Times Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Business 2.0, Yoga Journal and TWA Ambassador.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMarcia Yudkin
    Release dateMay 26, 2012
    ISBN9781476363134
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    Marcia Yudkin

    Creative marketing expert Marcia Yudkin has an unparalleled ability to find the right words for a message, an unusual angle to get folks to pay attention, and the promotional strategy that pays off handsomely for her clients.Her 16 books include 6 Steps to Free Publicity, Persuading on Paper, Web Site Marketing Makeover, Meatier Marketing Copy and Freelance Writing for Magazines & Newspapers, a Book of the Month Club selection.Marcia’s articles have appeared in hundreds of magazines, including the New York Times Magazine, TWA Ambassador, USAir Magazine and Business 2.0. For eight years running, she served as an official site reviewer for the Webby Awards and has helped judge the Inc. Magazine Small Business Web Awards.She has been featured in Success Magazine, Entrepreneur, Home Office Computing, Working Woman, Women in Business, dozens of newspapers throughout the world and four times in the Sunday Boston Globe, as well as on National Public Radio.Her clients range from grizzled entrepreneurs to nervous newly self-employed professionals, from software publishers and ecommerce startups to media companies, associations and independent educational programs.Marcia Yudkin holds three Ivy League degrees, including a Ph.D. in the humanities.

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      No More Writer's Block! Become a Prolific Writer - Marcia Yudkin

      No More Writer's Block! Become a Prolific Writer

      by Marcia Yudkin

      Author, 6 Steps to Free Publicity and 15 other books

      Creative Ways

      P.O. Box 305

      Goshen MA 01032

      http://www.yudkin.com

      (413)582-4052

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2011 Marcia Yudkin

      Smashwords Edition License Note

      All rights reserved. Please obtain written permission before reprinting, duplicating or distributing this ebook, in whole or in part.

      Introduction

      I have to write a lot of proposals for work. I don’t have any trouble starting, but after a couple of sentences I start getting hung up on the words and punctuation. Can I say ‘stubborn problem’ or should I say ‘obdurate,’ and do I really remember correctly what that means? Should a comma go here, or do I need a semicolon? And soon I’m fussing the thing almost to death, and it ends up awkward and choppy. But if I’m not careful, I’m afraid it’ll mean my job.

      I’m a pretty smart guy, but hate to write, you know? I’m always putting off reports till the night before they’re due. Then I lock myself in my room with a pot of coffee and spew ideas out stream of consciousness into the typewriter. ‘Good ideas,’ my boss complains, ‘but disorganized and undisciplined.’ Hey, I’d like to get my act together so I can get promoted, you know?

      I’ve got a terrific idea for a science fiction trilogy, and you should see my study – I’ve got the whole thing plotted in five different colors on my wall. But the writing itself – I don’t know. It’s grim. I’m a dogged writer, and I’m halfway through the first volume. It doesn’t sound like me, though, or like anything you’d want to read. I’m afraid I just don’t have any writing talent.

      Do these people’s troubles resonate with you? Would you like writing to come more easily to you? Are you avoiding writing as much as possible? Would you like to be more satisfied with the results? Do you feel you’re not tapping your full potential as a writer? If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, then this special report will help you form a less stressful, more fulfilling, more productive relationship with writing. And you’ll learn very specific, practical tools for getting a lot of writing done in a small amount of time.

      My recipe for prolific writing involves striking your ideal balance between discipline and inspiration, so I’ll describe five elements of discipline – don’t worry, they’re relatively painless! – and five elements of inspiration. I’ll also teach you five exercises that you can use to get your business or pleasure writing done in much less time than you dreamed it required. Once you’ve finished reading this report, adapted from my CD course, Become a More Productive Writer, you’ll have a clear idea how to work with rather than against your idiosyncratic creative preferences.

      You’ll need pen and paper and a timer for some of the writing exercises, so you may wish to round them up now before getting started.

      We’ll get started by confronting some common misconceptions about prolific writing.

      Contents

      Introduction

      I. Five Elements of Discipline

      1. Find Time and Space to Write

      2. Write Regularly

      3. When

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