How to Keep Writing with a Full-Time Job

Name: How to Keep Writing with a Full-Time Job
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Making the Most of Your Minutes

Created byKathryn Laity

Last updated 10/2024

English

What you'll learn

Learn How to Carve Out More Writing Time
Define Your Writing Goals
Changing Your Habits to Meet Your Goals
Use Tools to Make Your Writing Time Productive
Finding the Joy of Writing (Again)
Finishing What You Start

Course content

6 sections • 22 lectures • 1h 31m total length

Meet Your Instructor1:56
Dr. K. A. Laity is an award-winning author, scholar, filmmaker, critic, editor, and arcane artist. She has appeared on BBC radio and NPR talking about magic, witchcraft and surrealism. Current research includes medieval Scots, crime fiction/films, medievalism and the surreal writings of Leonora Carrington.
Introduction: In Praise of the Part-Time Writer8:27
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Calendars, Notebooks, Journals, Folders & Space6:09
You have a lot of journals and notebooks: do you use them? How about those calendars? How organised are your files? You will save so much time by structuring your folders with care. And naming files thoughtfully!
Goals3:39
Goals: find a balance between ambition and fairness.
Write Every Day3:43
Can you really become a Nobel-prize winning poet in just 10 minutes a day?
Time is Elastic4:22
Time stretches -- or snaps! -- in accordance with our enjoyment. How to make that quality work for you.

Making Time Productive3:47
Make the most of the little bits of time you carve out in each day.
Outlines4:13
How outlines will make you stay on task and more importantly, finish projects.
Write More -- and Finish What You Write4:55
Writing more is a habit, but so is finishing what you start -- and sharing it with others.
Awakening Imagination3:58
How do you make sure your creativity is sparked? What feeds it? Can you turn it on and off?
A Sense of Wonder2:35
The key to writing more is opening up your mind with a sense of wonder.
The Power of Narrative3:55
We make ourselves from stories: choose to tell powerful ones!
Write by Hand2:33
There is power in the pen on paper.
Feed Your Head4:13
You need to feed your muse regularly. Learn how from the creative legend, David Bowie.
Submit Your Work3:41
Don't hide your writing in a drawer! Someone may be waiting just to read your words.
Finish That4:58
Do you have a hard time getting to 'The End'? Here are some reasons for that and how to address them.
Do it Anyway4:49
Everything in our culture tries to tell you that creativity is a waste of time. It is ABSOLUTELY vital to create -- even when you don't feel like it.
The Magic Pencil6:18
A brief memoir as illustration: Sometimes 'silly' things can have profound effects. You may not believe in magic, but it believes in you.

Requirements

No publishing experience needed; just a love of writing.

Description

A lot of people have a strong desire to write but find themselves frustrated because they lack time. It’s true that writing takes concentration, but you can teach yourself to make use of small amounts of time and — with persistence — write quite a lot in those little bits of time. I know, because I have written books, stories, plays and more for a variety of publishers -- all while working full time jobs.

Finding time, keeping motivated, reaching goals: that is the backbone of this course. You will learn how to carve out more time to write. You will learn techniques to make the most of the time you do free up. You will also create manageable goals to keep you on track and motivated to make the most of your writing sessions -- and to be eager for more!

There’s more than being effective, however. Writing is the simplest way to examine your life as you live it. It can be directly through a journal or diary, or it may be more obliquely conveyed through a story. Even a non-fiction essay reveals a lot about where you are and what you’re thinking. Like the clothes you choose to wear at any given time, the pieces you write help demonstrate how you see yourself and how you embody your own beliefs about life.

THIS COURSE WAS NOT DEVELOPED WITH AI! It's all about the joy of human creativity.

Who this course is for:

Anyone who's always wanted to write but couldn't get started.
Anyone who writes but can't seem to find the time.
Anyone who loses steam because they can't finish their projects.

How to Keep Writing with a Full-Time Job

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Introduction2 lectures • 10min

What is Necessary?3 lectures • 13min

Get Organised (or Organized)4 lectures • 18min

Get to Work0

Being Productive & Having Fun12 lectures • 50min

Wrapping Up1 lecture • 1min

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