The Writer's Process
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Excellent
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Save time, effort, and frustration on your author journey to writing non-fiction books with this informative guide that teaches you the business models of writing non-fiction books, mindset issues around writing, the details of how to research, how to write and edit your book, dictation and productivity tips, as well as publishing, product creation, and marketing.
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Fabulous resource for all writers of non-fiction
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Publisher's Summary
Master the inner game of writing!
Writing is an intensely personal act, yet all writers face similar problems related to focus, procrastination, creativity, and productivity.
This book combines the field-tested practices of successful and productive writers with insights from cognitive science. By understanding how your mental processes affect the work, you can master the inner game of writing.
The Writer's Process is a practical guide to finding your best writing process. Topics include:
- How to invite your brain to work when you're not actively writing
- Why writing is like baking bread, with many steps including periods of incubation
- How to structure your surroundings for each phase of the writing process
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- Robb Lightfoot
- 07-22-17
concise summary of much research and good techniqu
I own a bunch of writing books and is the author notes in the later chapters it's not so much that all of this is brand-new is that it is concisely presented with the most recent research to explain why these techniques are valid and useful. I found her writing style to be concise Lively and supportive. I think the person reading this has a wonderful voice that reads pretty briskly it is one of the few books I've ever had to turn down to a lower rate on Audible but that's not a huge problem. solid recommendation to buy.
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- Leia
- 10-26-18
Terrific information
Terrific information on how to balance structure with creativity. The author's vocal performance was good, but the studio quality of the recording did not seem to be of a professional standard.
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- Khalid Alzahrani
- 10-23-19
Amazing!
Super informative, great advices and to the point. I would definitely listen to at again while writing so that I can apply each thing. One point about the narration, the quality of the wasn’t ideal but it’s wasn’t bad at all.
I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn about writing that has no experience like me because it will give you the big picture.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-17-18
Brilliant conclusions on other self help books.
Anne Janzer successfully makes helpful conclusions on top of conclusions from other writing self help books.
I've read all of the other books she mentions in this book and her new view on their material are very clever.
So you could call what she does a meta-analysis and she does it very good.