{"id":6416,"date":"2012-05-22T16:32:18","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T21:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisatener.local\/?p=6416"},"modified":"2024-09-30T09:00:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T13:00:31","slug":"writing-a-book-and-got-stuck-5-cures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2012\/05\/writing-a-book-and-got-stuck-5-cures\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing a Book and Got Stuck? 5 Cures"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I just got an e-mail from a Bring Your Book to Life<\/a> Program participant who’s a little stuck. Thought I’d share a few ideas–three related to book outlines:<\/p>\n

1. Go Deeper in Your Book Outline<\/strong>: Sometimes you just need to be clearer about what goes into the chapter and where you’re going. A more detailed outline can get the juices moving.<\/p>\n

2. Forget Your Book Outline<\/strong>: If the outline is constraining you or taking you in the wrong direction, maybe it’s time to put the outline aside and try writing without one.<\/p>\n

3. Pick a New Spot to Start<\/strong>: Look at your outline and ask yourself which part has the most juice for you. Start there today.<\/p>\n

4. Go for a Walk:<\/strong> Sometimes you just need to get your energy moving. If you can walk in a beautiful natural setting, all the better. My favorite is Newport’s Cliff Walk.<\/p>\n

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5. Read your Vision Statement:<\/strong>\u00a0My course participants often say that the vision statement is one of their favorite tools. It keeps them motivated, makes it easy to write and also helps them stay focused with both tone and content. Don’t know how to write a vision statement? Check out my Quick Start to Kick Start Your Book self-study program<\/a>. It’s on sale for the month of May!<\/p>\n

Share how you get unstuck by adding your comment below. Or ask any book-writing or publishing questions and I am happy to answer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just got an e-mail from a Bring Your Book to Life Program participant who’s a little stuck. Thought I’d share a few ideas–three related to book outlines: 1. Go Deeper in Your Book Outline: Sometimes you just need to be clearer about what goes into the chapter and where you’re going. A more detailed…  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":[1678,41,25,42],"tags":[1146,91,1681],"class_list":{"0":"post-6416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-how-to-write-a-book","8":"category-inspiration","9":"category-writing-blocks","10":"category-writing-secrets","11":"tag-book-outline","12":"tag-book-writing-course","13":"tag-writers-block","14":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6416","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=6416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279262,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6416\/revisions\/279262"}],"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=6416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}