{"id":6224,"date":"2012-05-03T12:39:09","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T17:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisatener.local\/?p=6224"},"modified":"2024-09-30T09:00:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T13:00:32","slug":"book-writing-how-to-get-the-writing-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2012\/05\/book-writing-how-to-get-the-writing-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Writing: How to Get the Writing Done"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6226\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6226\" style=\"width: 239px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/lisa-tener-with-books-bw-big-crop1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6226\" title=\"lisa tener with books bw big crop\" src=\"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/lisa-tener-with-books-bw-big-crop1-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"book writing coach Lisa Tener\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/lisa-tener-with-books-bw-big-crop1-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/lisa-tener-with-books-bw-big-crop1-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/lisa-tener-with-books-bw-big-crop1-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/lisa-tener-with-books-bw-big-crop1.jpg 516w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Your Book Writing Coach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On a call with my mastermind partners today, I suggested we use the 5-question format I use with my book writing students for accountability (courtesy of my mentor and friend Mitch Feigenberg):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What did I say I&#8217;d do?<\/li>\n<li>What did I actually do?<\/li>\n<li>What worked?<\/li>\n<li>What didn&#8217;t?<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s next?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Here&#8217;s how my check in went:<\/h3>\n<p>Out of my 3 commitments, I&#8217;d completed 2. I&#8217;d already scheduled commitment 3 in my calendar, so just scheduling again for this week wasn&#8217;t going to work. Instead, I decided first to be realistic. 8-10 hours just wasn&#8217;t happening&#8211;too much to do to support my <a title=\"book writing programs\" href=\"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bring Your Book to Life<\/a> participants. I scheduled a more realistic 4 hours and I also remembered a trick I&#8217;d shared with clients in the past: Call an accountability partner before the writing and after.<\/p>\n<p>So, I&#8217;m calling my mastermind partner Richard before I start writing my articles and again when I complete each work period. Will it work? I&#8217;ll let you know. What tips do you have for staying accountable and getting past procrastination?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a call with my mastermind partners today, I suggested we use the 5-question format I use with my book writing students for accountability (courtesy of my mentor and friend Mitch Feigenberg): What did I say I&#8217;d do? What did I actually do? What worked? What didn&#8217;t? What&#8217;s next? Here&#8217;s how my check in went:&#8230;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2012\/05\/book-writing-how-to-get-the-writing-done\/\"><em>&nbsp; Read more<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,27,42],"tags":[109,787,1132,1131],"class_list":{"0":"post-6224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-writing-blocks","8":"category-writing-challenges","9":"category-writing-secrets","10":"tag-book-writing-tips","11":"tag-procrastination","12":"tag-writing-accountability","13":"tag-writing-productivity","14":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279266,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6224\/revisions\/279266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}