The 12 Week Year for Writers. Michael Lennington

      

      Table of Contents

      1  COVER

      2  TITLE PAGE

      3  COPYRIGHT

      4  PREFACE

      5  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      6  LIST OF ACTION STEPS

      7  SECTION I: WHY YOU NEED A NEW WRITING SYSTEM CHAPTER 1: WHY YOU NEED A NEW WRITING SYSTEM WRITING IS HARD WHY SHINY NEW APPS WON'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM THE SOLUTION IS THE 12 WEEK YEAR PLAN OF THE BOOK IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE 12 WEEK YEAR IF YOU ALREADY HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE 12 WEEK YEAR CHAPTER 2: THE 12 WEEK YEAR: YOUR STRATEGIC OPERATING SYSTEM FOR WRITING THE 12 WEEK YEAR PARADIGM SHIFT THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE 12 WEEK YEAR WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WRITERS USE THE 12 WEEK YEAR?

      8  SECTION II: HOW TO USE THE 12 WEEK YEAR CHAPTER 3: CRAFTING YOUR WRITING VISION CRAFTING YOUR VISION ASPIRATIONAL VISION ACTION STEP: CRAFT YOUR ASPIRATIONAL VISION ACTION STEP: COMPOSE YOUR ASPIRATIONAL VISION NARRATIVE NEAR-TERM VISION ACTION STEP: CREATE YOUR NEAR-TERM VISION YOUR WRITER'S VISION ACTION STEP: CRAFT YOUR WRITER'S VISION YOUR NEXT WRITING PROJECT ACTION STEP: IDENTIFY YOUR NEXT WRITING PROJECT THE VISION CONVERSATION THAT CHANGED MY LIFE NOTES CHAPTER 4: CREATING YOUR 12 WEEK PLAN WHY 12 WEEK PLANS ARE SO POWERFUL NOT ALL PLANS ARE CREATED EQUAL CREATING YOUR 12 WEEK PLAN ACTION STEP: BREAK YOUR WRITING PROJECT INTO 12 WEEK CHUNKS ACTION STEP: DETERMINE THE GOALS FOR YOUR FIRST 12 WEEK PLAN THREE STEPS FOR TACTIC GENERATION ACTION STEP: USE MIND MAPPING TO BRAINSTORM TACTICS FOR YOUR 12 WEEK GOALS ACTION STEP: IDENTIFY THE MOST IMPORTANT TACTICS AND DECIDE WHICH ONES TO PURSUE IN YOUR 12 WEEK PLAN NOTES CHAPTER 5: CREATING YOUR MODEL WEEK THE POWER OF THE MODEL WEEK THE MODEL WEEK HOW TO HANDLE SCHEDULE CHANGES ON THE FLY ACTION STEP: CREATE YOUR MODEL WEEK CHAPTER 6: THE WEEKLY WRITING GROUP WHY ARE WRITING GROUPS SO IMPORTANT? FIVE STEPS TO CREATING THE PERFECT WRITING GROUP RUNNING YOUR WRITING GROUP NOTES CHAPTER 7: SCOREKEEPING THE BENEFITS OF MEASUREMENT YOUR WEEKLY SCORECARD ACTION STEP: IDENTIFY YOUR KEY INDICATORS TIPS FOR MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR WEEKLY SCORES NOTE CHAPTER 8: THE WEEKLY EXECUTION ROUTINE STEP 1: SCORE LAST WEEK STEP 2: CONFIRM OR REVISE YOUR WEEKLY PLAN STEP 3 EVALUATE YOUR TIME AND MAKE NEEDED ADJUSTMENTS ACTION STEP: CREATE YOUR WEEKLY PLAN STEP 4: DO THE DAILY HUDDLE STEP 5: ATTEND YOUR WEEKLY WRITING GROUP ACTION STEP: PRINT OUT THE WEEKLY EXECUTION ROUTINE

      9  SECTION III: HOW THE 12 WEEK YEAR WILL HELP YOU WRITE CHAPTER 9: MAKING YOUR FIRST 12 WEEK YEAR A SUCCESS COMMIT YOURSELF TO SUCCESS START FAST: YOUR FIRST FOUR WEEKS HANG