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In today's publishing climate, we're ruled by Amazon's algorithms. The algorithms reward NEW. If you don't publish frequently, sales slow. Then stop.

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Angela Booth: Short Fiction Secrets: How To Write And Sell Short Stories (Selling Writer Strategies Book 2)
Writing short stories is a fun and easy way to get started writing fiction — you can get paid to write, in your spare time. If you're new to writing fiction, you can learn the elements of writing fiction — short stories are much easier to control than longer fiction.
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This program began as a 30-day challenge which I organized in 2010. Hundreds of writers joined the challenge; they wrote novels. You can write a novel in 31 days too.
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From Your To Do List to Your To Done List

Do you have a To Do list? I'm sure you do.

I'm also sure that every day, more tasks creep onto that list.

Over time, your To Do list becomes overwhelming. You can't bear to look at it, and you procrastinate.

That's not the way to succeed as a writer.

You need to move items from your To Do list, to your Done list... every day.

Here's a simple way to do that.

Pick one item a day, that's your "Today" item. Just one.

No matter what else happens today, commit to doing that ONE item. If you think the item will take longer than 20 minutes, chunk it down into 20 minute sessions, and just commit to one session today.

Committing to one item clears your mind.

Your To Do list no longer looks overwhelming.

Often, that impetus from doing one item inspires you to do another, and another. If it doesn't that's fine too.

Just move one item from your To Do list, to Done, today.

Posted by Angela Booth on May 05, 2011 in Be more productive | Permalink