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The Organised Writer: How to stay on top of all your projects and never miss a deadline

The Organised Writer: How to stay on top of all your projects and never miss a deadline

by Antony Johnston
The Organised Writer: How to stay on top of all your projects and never miss a deadline
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The Organised Writer: How to stay on top of all your projects and never miss a deadline

The Organised Writer: How to stay on top of all your projects and never miss a deadline

by Antony Johnston

Overview

The Organized Writer is a practical, no-nonsense system that allows you to write without worrying about administration, business affairs, or scheduling. This straight-talking guide will help you become more productive, cope with multiple projects, and make time within your life to write - while also dealing with non-writing tasks more efficiently. It includes advice on how to:

· Manage your schedule
· Prioritise your writing time
· Take notes effectively
· Work with a 'clean mind'
· Get more written every day
· Deal effectively with non-writing tasks
· Set up a foolproof filing system
· Organise your working space

Read the book, then spend a weekend setting-up the system described, and you'll make the time back with interest. You'll get more written every day and complete more of your other tasks without being overwhelmed by all the things you have to do, forgot to do, or don't want to do.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781472977182
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 11/12/2020
Series: Writers' and Artists'
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 5.22(w) x 8.57(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Antony Johnston is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author and creator of The Coldest City, adapted to film as Atomic Blonde starring Charlize Theron. His prolific output is proof that his system works: he has authored more than 40 graphic novels and comic book series, a dozen video games, three books, more than 120 podcast episodes and has recorded six albums. His work has been translated throughout the world. In 2007 Antony posted an online essay on the subject of productivity and how he organized his working space and writing life; 6 months and half a million hits later, he realised that he was not alone in wanting to establish better habits so he could allow more time for what he loved doing best: writing. Antony is a lively and experienced public speaker, blogger and networker. He lives and works in England - and he is very organized (antonyjohnston.com).

Table of Contents

Introduction Becoming an organised writer 1

A productive timeline 3

Assumptions and caveats 5

Clean mind theory 6

How to use this book 7

Part 1 Get organised

Chapter 1 Fasten your seatbelt 13

Buckle up! 15

Chapter 2 Clocking in (and out) 21

A day in the life 26

Use your calendar 27

Multiple projects in one day 42

Get smart with email 45

Use a task manager 57

Learn to say 'no' 65

Work to a quantity, not time 67

Productive procrastination 70

Invest the time to set up your system 72

Organise your personal life 74

Chapter 3 Taking notes and making lists 79

Taking notes 80

Making lists 89

Job sheets 91

Files and archives 102

Packing lists 106

Part II Write!

Chapter 4 Five pages after breakfast 117

Words, not time 120

Just write 133

Writing on the move 140

Chapter 5 From scribbles to script 151

Initial notes 151

Initial plot 151

Bullet-point outline 153

Treatment/Pitch 155

Breakdown 156

Manuscript 157

Rewriting 159

Part III Non-writing stuff

Chapter 6 Money matters 165

Hire an accountant 167

How I learned to stop worrying and love the spreadsheet 168

Invoicing 182

Find your price, and stick to it 183

Chapter 7 It's a set-up 189

Take a weekend 191

… and relax 208

Hardware 209

Software 215

Taxonomy 232

Gadgets 236

Chapter 8 Conclusion: Living as an organised writer 241

Afterword 243

Acknowledgements 244

Appendices 245

Summary checklists 247

Job sheets 252

Further reading 257

Index 259

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