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  • Productivity for Authors: Find Time to Write, Organize Your Author Life, and Decide What Really Matters

  • Books for Writers, Book 10
  • By: Joanna Penn
  • Narrated by: Joanna Penn
  • Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (12 ratings)

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Productivity for Authors: Find Time to Write, Organize Your Author Life, and Decide What Really Matters

By: Joanna Penn
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Summary

Do you want to write more but feel frustrated at your lack of time? ?Are you doing "busy" work instead of moving toward your creative goals? Is your to-do list overwhelming?

It’s time to stop, reassess and take control. This book will help you discover the path to becoming a productive writer.

Learn how to: 

  • Identify what’s really stopping you from reaching your goals
  • Say no and set boundaries for others and for yourself
  • Find more time to write 
  • Make the most of your writing time 
  • Dictate your words for a more efficient and healthy writing life
  • Use outsourcing to buy yourself more creative time
  • Work with cowriters to produce more books
  • Use tools for specific aspects of productivity
  • Focus on physical and mental health to boost your productive time

I’ve been writing and publishing for over a decade, and in this book, I’ll share my lessons learned in order to help you become more productive and, hopefully, save you time, money, and heartache along the way.

If you want to become a more productive writer, buy the audiobook now.

©2019 Joanna Penn (P)2019 Joanna Penn

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Repetitive

Some good advice, but most of what the author says is already in some of her other books. What I don't like is how she takes the opportunity to promote these other books and her website several times. Also, I usually like her jolly personality and the way she smiles as she talks, but in this book, she appears to be the complete opposite. Very disappointed, but I still like her.

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Some helpful advice

Overall, I enjoyed this less than I did the others I've listened to so far from Joanna Penn. Maybe some of the help and advice could have been condensed a bit, but overall I found it interesting and helpful. Great for anyone struggling to get the words on the page!

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Another of my Go To Books

I have this one in my audio library and whenever I'm washing up I ask Alexa to play it to me. It's good whenever you need a boost of kick in the pants or hit a writing slump. I've been following Joanna's podcast for years and am a patron, but I got this book long before that. Great investment if you are considering a life as an author.

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Wow

This book spoke to me on so many levels. I was having so many eureka moments listening to it, not to mention, when it talked about comparing yourself to other authors, which was something I did quite often. Fantastic audiobook, which Penn narrates well.

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