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Goals: Conquer the blank page. Learn your base habit: the two minute warm-up write. Show up every day and write. You’ve decided. You want to be a writer. You’re going to be a writer. Now it’s time to write. But how do you start? Writing is hard. Starting to write is even harder. You have to overcome the inertia of not writing. You have to find something to write about.

Shape Your Writing Time

Goals: Build up a writing habit based on the two minute warm-up write. Understand the possibilities unlocked by a daily writing habit. Show up every day and write. Writing anything that pops into your head for two minutes (or more) works great as a warm-up. But a solid writing career it does not make. (Unless you’re James Joyce, I guess.) James Joyce (Don’t be James Joyce. There’s only…

So you want to be a writer?

Prove it. Prove to yourself that you’re a writer. What does a writer do? A writer writes. You must write. It took me decades to figure this out. I thought of myself as a writer, but in my heart of hearts, I didn’t believe it. I didn’t write, or when I did write it was in fits and starts. But now I’m writing. Regularly. I’m a writer. Look around on this page.

The Couch to 50k (words) Plan

The Couch to 50k Plan PDF If you’re the sort that likes to print things out, here’s the plan as a PDF, no strings attached. Print it out, hang it where you’ll see it every day, and start checking off those days. Synopsis Warm up: free-write for at least two minutes but no longer than ten. Plan ahead: Writing will come easier if you have at least a rough plan for each session.

The Journey Ahead

With the Couch to 50k Plan, you’re taking your first step away from the couch, towards your new career as an author. You’re going to build a rock-solid writing habit. You’re going to be producing more words than you ever thought possible. You’re also going to hit bumps and snags along the way. Let’s face it, writing is hard. Building a lasting habit from scratch is…

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Writing Tools

OK, you convinced me. :) I’ll be sending you some information about the writing tools I use shortly. Make sure you don’t get distracted though!

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