CONTENTS

Introduction

PART ONE: THE TRUTH ABOUT WRITING

1 WRITING SUCKS

2 SO WHY WRITE?

3 REASONS NOT TO WRITE

4 THE THREE BIG STRUGGLES

5 PROCRASTINATION

6 THINKING YOUR WRITING IS SHIT

7 WORRYING ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK

PART TWO: PRINCIPLES

8 DO LESS TO DO MORE

9 DON’T TAKE DIRECTIONS FROM ANYONE UNLESS THEY HAVE BEEN THERE

10 ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN COFFEE CHATS

11 MOTIVATION FOLLOWS ACTION

12 CREATIVITY IS A VENDING MACHINE

13 WRITING IS NOT AN AUTOBAHN

14 WRITING IS A MAGNET

15 STOP FETISHISING BOOKS AND THE PRINTED WORD

16 CREATIVE WORK IS LIKE A MURAL

17 FIND YOUR HEROES

PART THREE: WRITING TOOLKIT

18 METHODS

19 TRICKS

20 TECHNOLOGY TOOLS

21 OFFICES, DESKS AND CHAIRS

22 RITUALS, ROUTINE AND RHYTHM

PART FOUR: OVERCOMING OBSTACLES

23 WRITING WHILE DYSLEXIC

24 A QUIET WORD WITH THE LADIES

25 ON FEAR, DEPRIVATION, GUILT AND REJECTION

26 HATERS, TROLLS AND CRITICS

27 IF YOU LOVE SOMETHING, SET IT FREE. BUT FIRST…

Acknowledgements

Frequently Asked Questions

Resources

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