The 12 Week Year for Writers: A Comprehensive Guide to Getting Your Writing Done

by A. Trevor Thrall, Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington

Overview

Get more words on the page with this proven and popular system

The 12 Week Year for Writers: A Comprehensive Guide to Getting Your Writing Done is an easy-to-implement and practical framework for writers to get more work done in less time. You’ll answer big picture questions—What is my vision for the future? What are my writing goals?—while enacting a comprehensive system to plan and execute your writing.

You’ll create a 12 Week Plan and a Model Week, collaborate with a weekly writing group, keep score, and learn to stick to a weekly execution routine. The book will also show you how to:

• Manage multiple writing projects at the same time
• Develop a prolific writer’s mindset and increase your output with the 12 Week Year system
• Deal with actionable specifics, like when and where to write

Ideal for writers in all genres and fields, The 12 Week Year for Writers is the perfect hands-on guide for academic and business writers, authors, students, columnists, bloggers, and copy and content writers who seek to increase their productivity and get more quality words on the page.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119817437
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	09/15/2021
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

A. TREVOR THRALL, PhD, is a writer and Associate Professor at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government where he teaches courses in international security. He is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute in the Defense and Foreign Policy Department.

BRIAN P. MORAN is Founder and CEO of The Execution Company, an organization that improves the performance and quality of life for leaders and entrepreneurs. He has management and executive experience with UPS, PepsiCo, and Northern Automotive.

MICHAEL LENNINGTON is coauthor of The 12 Week Year, and works with firms and top performers to help them create next-level breakthroughs by leveraging the 12 Week Year execution system.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

List of Action Steps xv

Section I Why You Need A New Writing System 1

Chapter 1 Why You Need a New Writing System 3

Chapter 2 The 12 Week Year: Your Strategic Operating System for Writing 15

Section II How To Use The 12 Week Year 31

Chapter 3 Crafting Your Writing Vision 33

Chapter 4 Creating Your 12 Week Plan 47

Chapter 5 Creating Your Model Week 71

Chapter 6 The Weekly Writing Group 89

Chapter 7 Scorekeeping 103

Chapter 8 The Weekly Execution Routine 119

Section III How The 12 Week Year Will Help You Write 129

Chapter 9 Making Your First 12 Week Year a Success 131

Chapter 10 How to Use the 12 Week Year to Write More 149

Chapter 11 How to Manage Multiple Writing Projects 165

Chapter 12 How to Write Together with the 12 Week Year 179

Chapter 13 The Writer’s Mindset 195

Chapter 14 Parting Thoughts 213

Section IV The 12 Week Year In Action 215

Chapter 15 How I Used the 12 Week Year to Write This Book 217

Chapter 16 Frequently Asked Questions 237

Notes 245

Free 12 Week Year for Writers Resource Library 248