Laying the Foundations: Getting Supplies and Defining Your Project
The Idea Deck: Research and Planning
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Gathering Your Ideas: Creating Your Idea Deck (7:57)
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Researching Source Material: Threshing and Recording (5:33)
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How Many Cards do You Need? (3:00)
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A Tab System to Organize Your Thoughts (2:44)
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Letting the Book Find Itself: Excalibur and Your Outline (4:55)
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Chunking Your Cards Into Sections (5:47)
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Lay Out Your Chapters (5:52)
Writing Your First Draft
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Stretching Your Mind: Creating the Mental Space for Writing (3:23)
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Writing With Tomatoes: The Pomodoro Technique (6:02)
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When do You Write? Avoiding the Motivation/Inspiration Trap (3:08)
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NOW Write Your Outline, Not Before (2:03)
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Where Should You Start? Skipping the Beginning (1:40)
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Which is Your First Content Chapter? (4:10)
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Drafts Versus Editing: Creating Rock to Sculpt (2:44)
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Writing a Chapter: Using Cards and Filling Gaps (2:39)
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Shovelling Snow: Pushing Draft into a Draft (4:00)
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The Motivational Dip: Anticipating and Coping with Declines in Enthusiasm (2:17)
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Staying Focussed on the Chapter at Hand (2:56)
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Coping with Writers' Block: Re-Deploying Your Focus (2:43)
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Completing Your Draft: The Introduction and Conclusion (4:43)
Editing as Sculpture
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Editing: Now the Real Writing Begins (6:19)
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Edit One: Structure and Major Surgery (2:44)
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When and How to Split a Chapter (3:16)
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Edit Two: Fine Tuning and Polishing Doorknobs (2:41)
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Edit Three: Proofreading - The Dullest and Yet Critically Important Task (7:43)
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Wrapping it Up: Summary and Farewells (2:56)
