Writing a book can be hard.
But it doesn't have to be.
Here are 10 writing tips from "How To Write A Book" by bestselling author @kadavy:
But it doesn't have to be.
Here are 10 writing tips from "How To Write A Book" by bestselling author @kadavy:
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"Writing does not always have to be hard, and it gets exponentially easier. The more you write, the easier it gets."
"Writing does not always have to be hard, and it gets exponentially easier. The more you write, the easier it gets."
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"Turn your writing into a habit. Find a ten-minute window each day where you'll have the best chance of completing your habit."
"Turn your writing into a habit. Find a ten-minute window each day where you'll have the best chance of completing your habit."
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"When you're giving away your initial writing for free, you're not really giving it away...You're exchanging your writing for feedback that will make your writing worth charging for. You're also building a small army of advocates for your writing."
"When you're giving away your initial writing for free, you're not really giving it away...You're exchanging your writing for feedback that will make your writing worth charging for. You're also building a small army of advocates for your writing."
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"The smaller your habit is, the harder it is to make an excuse to not do it...Your goal is to feel good about writing today, so you'll want to write again tomorrow."
"The smaller your habit is, the harder it is to make an excuse to not do it...Your goal is to feel good about writing today, so you'll want to write again tomorrow."
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"There are two key points of resistance in writing: Quieting your internal critic enough to actually do the writing, and quieting the imaginary critics you hear when you think about publishing."
"There are two key points of resistance in writing: Quieting your internal critic enough to actually do the writing, and quieting the imaginary critics you hear when you think about publishing."
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"Your job as a writer is to write so engagingly and clearly that your readers turn off their podcasts, sit up in their seats, and pay attention."
"Your job as a writer is to write so engagingly and clearly that your readers turn off their podcasts, sit up in their seats, and pay attention."
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"Turning yourself into a writer is a battle with your own mind."
"Turning yourself into a writer is a battle with your own mind."
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"By telling yourself, I can always improve this, you remind yourself that you will take a second, third, or fourth pass at your writing. You kill perfection paralysis."
"By telling yourself, I can always improve this, you remind yourself that you will take a second, third, or fourth pass at your writing. You kill perfection paralysis."
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"Remind yourself, I won't live forever. If you remember that you can die at any moment, it can give you the extra urgency you need to do your work while you're alive."
"Remind yourself, I won't live forever. If you remember that you can die at any moment, it can give you the extra urgency you need to do your work while you're alive."
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"The longer you step away from your first draft, the more clearly you'll see what you need to do when you revisit it."
"The longer you step away from your first draft, the more clearly you'll see what you need to do when you revisit it."
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