This post by Joanna Penn originally appeared on her The Creative Penn site on 1/29/15.
Some of the most common emails I receive every day include: How do I find the time to write? And how do you get everything done?
While I don’t write a book a month (at the moment!), I do get quite a lot done!
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I published 4 new books in 2014 in ebook and print, plus I had another one completed and on pre-order, so technically 5 books in total. Plus, I published books in German, Spanish and Italian, as well as several in audio format, resulting in a total of 19 new products for sale in 2014.
Plus, a lot of blog posts and podcasts which I hope you found useful 🙂 So today, here are some of my tips on productivity for writers and a resource I think at least some of you will find useful.
(1) Schedule your time
We all have 24 hours in the day, and we all have to balance the real life stuff with the writing. Before I was a full-time author-entrepreneur, I would get up at 5am and write, then go to work. After the day job, I would come home and get on with building my online business. We got rid of the TV so I would have more time to create, and I spent every weekend working. I was so focused on leaving my job that I cut out everything that got in the way. I was driven to schedule my time incredibly well in order to fit everything in.
Now, as a full-time author-entrepreneur, I still have to schedule everything. You might have noticed that I blog, podcast and speak professionally, as well as writing books. It’s just as hard to get everything done, let me assure you!
So I’ll admit to being a chronic scheduler! But seriously, it is the only way I get anything done.
Read the full post, which includes five additional productivity tips, on The Creative Penn.