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In this week’s four-ish minute podcast, you’ll learn how I use one tip from the GTD productivity approach to break big writing projects into manageable chunks, prioritizing and ordering them as I go.
Resources mentioned in the podcast:
- Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
by Anne Lamott (story told in the podcast found on pages 18-19 in the Anchor Books, Doubleday, edition) - Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
by Anne Lamott (story told in the podcast found on pages 18-19 in the Anchor Books, Doubleday, edition)
by David Allen
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On Being a Writer
“This brand-new book is a must-have for career writers, whether seasoned or just starting out.”
— from “10 Great Books for a Writer’s Wish List” on Huffington Post
“A genial marriage of practice and theory. For writers new and seasoned. This book is a winner.”
—Philip Gulley, author of Front Porch Tales
Today is the perfect morning for this to land in my in-box. I wrote down all the writing-life projects I have going on and started listing next actions. It’s a sketch of a list — some of them will need to be broken down into more steps — but it gives me a visual of what all is going on, a better grasp of priority (which is sometimes, but not solely, deadline-driven), and a gauge of how far each might be along the start-finish continuum.
This seems similar to the practice of using index cards to take notes and organize a piece of writing. It seems like a lot of work up front, but it pays off. In both cases, part of the benefit is increased clarity.
Laura, I’m so glad this helps you with your own big project(s)!
Ann, LOVED this…Thank you!
Dolly, I’m so glad! This one ran a little bit longer than the previous podcasts, so I hope listeners stick with me. 😉