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How to Write Non-Fiction
Laying the Foundations: Getting Supplies and Defining Your Project
Introduction to the Course (4:39)
Stocking Up: What Supplies do You Need? (5:29)
Define Your Topic (2:21)
The Idea Deck: Research and Planning
Gathering Your Ideas: Creating Your Idea Deck (7:57)
Researching Source Material: Threshing and Recording (5:33)
How Many Cards do You Need? (3:00)
A Tab System to Organize Your Thoughts (2:44)
Letting the Book Find Itself: Excalibur and Your Outline (4:55)
Chunking Your Cards Into Sections (5:47)
Lay Out Your Chapters (5:52)
Writing Your First Draft
Stretching Your Mind: Creating the Mental Space for Writing (3:23)
Writing With Tomatoes: The Pomodoro Technique (6:02)
When do You Write? Avoiding the Motivation/Inspiration Trap (3:08)
NOW Write Your Outline, Not Before (2:03)
Where Should You Start? Skipping the Beginning (1:40)
Which is Your First Content Chapter? (4:10)
Drafts Versus Editing: Creating Rock to Sculpt (2:44)
Writing a Chapter: Using Cards and Filling Gaps (2:39)
Shovelling Snow: Pushing Draft into a Draft (4:00)
The Motivational Dip: Anticipating and Coping with Declines in Enthusiasm (2:17)
Staying Focussed on the Chapter at Hand (2:56)
Coping with Writers' Block: Re-Deploying Your Focus (2:43)
Completing Your Draft: The Introduction and Conclusion (4:43)
Editing as Sculpture
Editing: Now the Real Writing Begins (6:19)
Edit One: Structure and Major Surgery (2:44)
When and How to Split a Chapter (3:16)
Edit Two: Fine Tuning and Polishing Doorknobs (2:41)
Edit Three: Proofreading - The Dullest and Yet Critically Important Task (7:43)
Wrapping it Up: Summary and Farewells (2:56)
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Shovelling Snow: Pushing Draft into a Draft
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