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Time Management for Writers
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6 students

Time Management for Writers

The One Hour Per Day Method
Created byWendy Heard
Last updated 2/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn how pro writers juggle writing, day jobs, family commitments, and disabilities
  • Identify your personal lifestyle challenges
  • Create a writing schedule and test drive it
  • Learn about and overcome self sabotage and procrastination
  • Develop a system that works for your life

Course content

1 section • 9 lectures • 1h 7m total length

  • Welcome2:29

    Welcome to the course! Get to know your instructor, preview the course outline, and download the printable journal and planner. Ready? Let's get started! 

  • Review Your Last 2 Weeks1:44

    Review Your Last 2 Weeks

    • Review the last 2 weeks, logging how you spent your time. Include both work and personal time.

    • Journal about the biggest obstacles to writing in your life. Why did you decide to take this class?

  • Writing Routine Preview7:20

    Writing Routine Preview

    Writing routines need three things to be successful: 

    • Scene and Session Planning

    • Planned Structured Time

    • Planned Unstructured Time

    Take a moment to envision how this can work in the context of your life.

  • Case Studies: Learn from Professional (Busy) Writers10:09

    Case Studies

    • Which of these writers reminded you most of yourself? 

    • What ideas sprang to mind as you reviewed these case studies? 

  • Case Study: An Interview with Mike Chen30:27

    Learn from the pros: 

    • How does Mike use structured and unstructured time? 

    • What do you think you could apply to your routine? 

  • Draft and Test Drive a Writing Schedule4:44

    Draft a Two Week Writing Schedule

    • In collaboration with loved ones, plan your writing schedule for the next 2 weeks.

    • A good writing schedule:

      • Has balance between variety and stability

      • Makes use of both structured and unstructured writing sessions

      • Has time built in for planning upcoming scenes

      • Offers you privacy

      • Doesn’t require you to deny your own basic needs

  • Self Sabotage7:41

    Self Sabotage

    • Procrastination, perfectionism, the need for rest, overwhelm, and neurodivergence: common time management challenges

    • Reviewing your last 2 weeks, identify self sabotaging behaviors and seek to compassionately understand them. What needs are you subconsciously trying to meet with these behaviors? What underlying beliefs are informing them?

    • Learn how to add treats and rewards to your writing routine to help your brain get on board with your writing schedule

  • Forward Planning1:30

    Forward Planning

    • Create a writing schedule for the next 2 weeks. Take into account your notes and reflections on the last 2 weeks.

  • Conclusion0:57

    Thank you so much for joining me for my Time Management for Writers course, and congratulations on making it to the end! I hope you found it valuable, and I hope to see you soon. Best of luck to you in your writing endeavors.

Requirements

  • No prior writing experience required. This course works well for beginners or professionals looking to streamline their processes.

Description

You're busy, but you have creative goals. You're not alone! This course is for people who have full time day jobs, are full time parents and caregivers, are chronically ill, are disabled, are neurodivergent, and are determined to finish that book or screenplay.  An open secret in publishing is that most writers work full time jobs. How do they do it? Learn from the professionals how published, successful writers are juggling work, family, and creative success without burnout and without losing sleep.

In this course, you will: 

  • Learn from case studies how professional writers balance a variety of careers and personal circumstances with their writing careers

  • Learn about common pitfalls and self sabotaging behaviors and how to avoid them

  • Draft a writing schedule for yourself, thinking about self care and avoiding burnout

  • Work with your loved ones, keeping your community close as you revise your writing schedule

  • Consider best practices for your personal creative workflow and build them into your routine

  • Test out your writing schedule, reflecting as you go, and revise to create your working writing routine

Once you've completed the course, you will be ready to start writing! If you're interested in a comprehensive writing course that includes guidance on character development, beat sheets, genre planning, market analysis, drafting, revising, and more, check out the Tell Your Story course on Wendy's website! 

Who this course is for:

  • Aspiring authors and screenwriters; professional authors and screenwriters; memoirists; journalists; nonfiction authors; students; parents; disabled folks; chronically ill folks

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