Productivity

Write A Novel: Make It Easy With A Bullet Journal And Collections

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You want to write a novel. Perhaps you’ve already begun. However, you’re struggling. It’s a mess. How will you remember all the details of settings, characters, and your plot’s elements? And more to the point: how will you find what you need immediately, while you’re in the middle of writing? A bullet journal for your … Read more

A Bullet Journal Helps You To Write Fiction: 4 Steps To Begin

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Several years ago, I used a bullet journal for my fiction but lost the habit. Here’s a post I wrote at the time, Bullet Journal Your Fiction: 3 Time-Saving Tips: it contains useful productivity tips. Since I’m struggling with a new novel, I wondered whether journaling could help. Firstly, I had to remind myself of … Read more

Simple Productivity: 3 FAST 1-Minute Sticky Note Tricks

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How many productivity processes do you use consistently? I’m sure you’ve found systems and apps which worked for you—until they didn’t. At a recent writers’ group meeting, we discussed productivity, and shared our thoughts. One writer said that he’d spent two days setting up a system, but couldn’t get the syncing to work. He’s returning … Read more

Writing Fiction: 3 Tips To End Procrastination And Finish A Novel

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If you’re writing fiction, you may be procrastinating on finishing your novel. Many authors do. Worst case: you may forget the novel completely. In a recent writers’ group meeting, we shared estimates of how many unfinished novels lurked on our hard drives, so you’ve got a few unfinished novels too, stop feeling guilty. With a … Read more

Get Organized: 5 Clever Outlining Apps To Achieve Your Goals Today

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Do you wish you could get organized? An outlining app can help. You can use an outline app to: Plan anything, from a birthday party to a product launch; Use your creativity more easily—brainstorm and get inspired; Keep up with your connections and contacts; Organize your calendar and To Do lists; Write (of course.) The … Read more