![]() ![]() AT: Break that down, because this is the next question people always ask, “Are you talking about publishing those 500 words? Where do I put them?” What is the idea of 500 words, what does that require? ![]() So, Jeff, if it’s okay I want to start with something that I don’t know if you would consider this your most successful teaching but it’s got to be one of your most popular and that’s the idea of writing 500 words a day, right? This is a problem that I think is a lifelong battle, it’s like gravity, it just never grows away. AT: I am really, really good and I’m excited to talk about today’s topic because those who are listening - you who are listening right now, whatever you're doing, wherever you are - you at some level consider yourself a writer in some way, whatever that fiction, nonfiction, you haven’t started writing, you’ve been writing for a long time and today we’re going to talk about how to write more consistently and what are actually tricks but what are some targets and maybe some tools to just writing more consistently. AT: Jeff Goins, how are you today my friend? How can you build the habit and what tools can you use to assist you? Well today, Jeff has some simple, practical advice if you want to get past your excuses and write consistently. It doesn’t seem that complicated, and yet you still struggle with the daily habit of writing. Jeff’s committed to helping you find, develop, and live out your unique world view so that you too can live a portfolio life. Jeff believes that every creative should live a portfolio life, a life full of pursuing work that matters, making a difference with your art, and discovering your true voice. AT: Welcome to the Portfolio Life Podcast with Jeff Goins. JG: The more you can not think, the better and faster you’re going to write. My best selling book, The Art of Work, is on sale this week for only $1.99.Īre you willing to commit to writing 500 words a day? Which writing tool do you recommend the most to other writers? Share in the commentsĬlick here to download a PDF of the full transcript or scroll down to read it below.How to Get Your Writing Done Every Day: The Three-Bucket System.How Tiny Goals Changed My Life And Made Me a Real Writer.The more you can not think, the better you're going to write.It is better to write more than less, especially when you're beginning.The three steps I follow whenever I'm writing anything.What it takes to become faster and better at writing.If undistracted writing sounds good to you, check out the free trial version. I use Ulysses every day, and it's my go-to tool for any kind of writing. My fingers never have to leave the keyboard, and the codes are applied only when I preview or export the document as a text, HTML, PDF, ePub or DOCX (Microsoft Word) file. The final killer feature is that Ulysses lets me format text with codes, such as # for a heading % for a comment block, and - for a divider line. I can begin a project at my Mac and continue where I left off on my iPad, all without worrying about whether I've got the right files on my iPad. It looks and behaves just like the Mac version, so if you store your Ulysses library in iCloud (as I do), everything you write is synchronized among all of your devices. I'm a big fan of the iPad/iPhone version of Ulysses. Everything you've ever typed is saved automatically and available inside Ulysses. Since it uses its own cloud- or disk–based library, you don't Open or Save files. Ulysses is more than just a text editor, though. Your words appear in a single font and size, so there are no formatting toolbars, dialog boxes or menus to distract you. Text editors aren't WYSIWYG, so there are no frou-frou formatting options such as styles, rulers, tabs or columns. ![]() What makes a word processor different from a text editor? Text editors deal with pure text word processors deal with styled text. It's called Ulysses, and it's a text editor, but also much more. ![]() While I still use Word for writing books (because I have to), after years of searching, I've discovered an app I like much better for almost all of my other writing. The bottom line is that I use Word today only because my publisher will accept nothing else. It's more bloated, sluggish, unreliable and confusing than ever. I didn't like it in the 1980s, and I still don't like it today. ![]()
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