Writer With A Day Job: Inspiration & Exercises To Help You Craft A Writing Life Alongside Your Career
by Aine Greaney /
2011 / English / EPUB
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Don’t let the daily grind drain your creative energy!
Don’t let the daily grind drain your creative energy!
You can work full time
You can work full timeand
and still have a productive
writing life. Many writers waste time waiting for the day they
can finally quit their day jobs and live the so-called writing
dream. Don’t wait. You can do both – and your writing will be
the better for it.
still have a productive
writing life. Many writers waste time waiting for the day they
can finally quit their day jobs and live the so-called writing
dream. Don’t wait. You can do both – and your writing will be
the better for it.
Balancing a full-time job and a productive writing life is no
easy feat! This book offers writers advice, skill-building
techniques, prompts, and exercises in every chapter, and
strategies on how to get and keep writing while also working
the 9 to 5 grind.
Balancing a full-time job and a productive writing life is no
easy feat! This book offers writers advice, skill-building
techniques, prompts, and exercises in every chapter, and
strategies on how to get and keep writing while also working
the 9 to 5 grind.
Readers will discover tips and exercises for:
Readers will discover tips and exercises for:Setting and protecting personal writing goals
Setting and protecting personal writing goalsCreating a schedule that complements their stamina
Creating a schedule that complements their staminaGetting creative before and after work - and on their lunch
hour
Getting creative before and after work - and on their lunch
hourFinding inspiration in the most unlikely of spots and at
the most impromptu of times
Finding inspiration in the most unlikely of spots and at
the most impromptu of timesWriting proficiently in multiple forms (long and short) so
that they don't get bogged down writing one long project
Writing proficiently in multiple forms (long and short) so
that they don't get bogged down writing one long projectBecoming an active participant in writing communities so
they have a solid support system at the ready
Becoming an active participant in writing communities so
they have a solid support system at the readyFiguring out how (if at all) to share their writing life
with co-workers, friends, and family members
Figuring out how (if at all) to share their writing life
with co-workers, friends, and family members
You’ll also get quick, practical tutorials to help you master
scenes, point of view, characters, settings, dialogue, and
more.
You’ll also get quick, practical tutorials to help you master
scenes, point of view, characters, settings, dialogue, and
more.Writer With a Day Job
Writer With a Day Job gives you the strategies and
motivation you need to work 40 hours a week (or more!) and
achieve writing success.
gives you the strategies and
motivation you need to work 40 hours a week (or more!) and
achieve writing success.