20K a Day: How to Launch More Books and Make More Money
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20K a Day
How to Launch More Books and Make More Money by Writing Faster, Better, and Smarter
Jonathan Green
Dragon God Books
Copyright © 2017 by Dragon God, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Simultaneously published in United States of America, the UK, India, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Japan, Spain, and Brazil.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any other electronic or mechanical means – except in the case of brief quotations embedded in articles or reviews –without written permission from its author.
20K a Day has provided the most accurate information possible. Many of the techniques used in this book are from personal experiences. The author shall not be held liable for any damages resulting from use of this book.
To my children Ares and Venus
Contents
FREE GIFT
I. Welcome to the 20K Revolution
1. Lighting Up the Bat Signal
2. Write Fast, Get Paid
3. The Busy Writer
4. Average Joe
5. First Impressions
6. Three Fears
7. Shattering My Comfort Zone
8. Pushing Boundaries
9. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
10. Transcription Secret
11. What You Will Learn
12. Additional Content
13. Who Am I?
II. What’s This Book About?
14. Hitting Big Numbers
15. This Book Has Homework?
16. Action Steps
III. The First Dictation
17. The Sport of Writing
18. A Little Caveat
19. CRITICAL LESSON - The Two Types of Errors
20. Random Errors
21. Research Kills Writer's Block
22. Weird Kid or Visionary?
23. Scaffolding
24. Action Steps
IV. My Writing History
25. How I Sprint
26. Starting this Book
V. First Step to Writing Faster
27. Why should I learn to write faster?
28. The Real Goal
29. The Gift of Life
30. Quantity is a Quality of its Own
31. Fast and Slow Income Streams
32. Keep Getting Better
33. If this is your first book...you have to write
34. Zoning Out Distractions
35. Short Goals
36. Man on the Moon
37. The Doldrums
38. The Editors Curse
39. Action Steps
VI. The 20K a Day Tracking System
40. You MUST track your progress
41. The Harsh Truths of Tracking Your Progress
42. Explore with an Open Mind
43. How To Track Your Progress
44. Word Count Math
45. Best Time of the Day to Write
46. A Little Gift
47. Track the Writing Experience
48. Tracking Tools
49. Go Public
50. What Data Should You Track?
51. Marathon Writers
52. Pomodoro Blocks
53. Stamina
54. Words Per Day
55. Endurance
56. Spirit
57. Writing Fast is not Writing Badly
58. External Variables
59. You are the Driver
60. Action Steps
VII. The Art of Research
61. Know Your Audience
62. Don't Invent the Wheel
63. Give the People Bread and Circuses
64. Adapt to the Unexpected
65. Build the Scaffolding
66. Be Your Best Customer
67. Outresearch the Competition
68. How Long is a Book?
69. Let's Get Cracking!
70. Action Steps
VIII. Four Thousand Words Per Hour
71. Know What You’re Writing
72. Writing Rhythm
73. The Great Dictation Experiment
74. Dictate the Pain Away
75. Casual Writing
76. Action Steps
IX. Writing a Killer Outline
77. Plan to Succeed
78. Outline the First Layer
79. A Delicious Layer Cake
80. The Lay of the Land
81. Emotional Journey
82. The Flaw
83. Every Story has a Rhythm
84. Good Beginnings
85. Why People Hate the Main Character
86. Creating a Deep Outline
87. The Rough Draft
88. Catching Problems Early
89. Little Things Add Up
90. Hitting a Wall
91. Action Steps
X. The Zone
92. The Runner's High
93. Declutter Your Mind
94. Finish Your Chores
95. People are Distracting
96. Train Your Friends
97. Ritual
98. Double Your Speed
99. “Write drunk, edit sober.”
100. Skills and Talents
101. Put Your Sneakers On
102. The First Sprint
103. Writing Blocks
104. Life is Full of Surprises
105. STOP
106. Results
107. Words Per Hour
108. Action Steps
XI. The Art of Experimentation
109. Trained to Distract Ourselves
110. Email is so Distracting
111. The Skill of Focus
112. The Great Pomodoro Experiment
113. You are a Snowflake
114. Hold the Breaks
115. Broken Rhythm
116. Action Steps
XII. Advice is Worth the Price
117. I am a Writer
118. Background Check
119. Keyboard Jockeys
120. Successful Writers
121. Choose Your Destination
122. Multiple Paths up the Same Mountain
123. Unsolicited Advice is Garbage
124. Protecting Your Success
125. Remember the Forest
126. Luck is Never a Factor
127. Master One System
128. Action Steps
XIII. Increase Your Speed
129. Write Faster
130. Learn to Type
131. Control your Computer
132. Go off the Grid
133. Unhelpful Friends
134. Unexpected Surprises
135. Action Steps
XIV. Exercises
136. Time to Sweat
137. A Note About Tracking
138. Typing Drills
139. Small Sprints
140. Chain Your Sprints
141. Big Sprints
142. Transcription Loop
143. Blind Writing
144. Action Steps
XV. Speed Training
145. Create a Plan
146. Use a Calendar
147. Be Firm with Yourself
148. Training Versus Working
149. Get Paid to Learn
150. Action Steps
XVI. The 20K Habit
151. The Two Failures
152. Blame the Universe
153. There is No Cure
154. Stop Blaming Talent
155. Systemic Failures are Easy to Fix
156. Isolate the Problem
157. The Little Genius
158. The Writing Habi
t
159. The Sudoku Mom Gun Test
160. The Power of Ritual
161. Design Your Ritual
162. My Dating Ritual
163. Build Your Ritual
164. Action Steps
XVII. Breaking Bad
165. Stop and Go Systems
166. Brain Macros
167. Stopping Addiction
168. Infrastructure
169. Focus Tools
170. Unconscious Habits
171. The Power of Motivation
172. Life Gets in the Way
173. Action Steps
XVIII. Setting Goals
174. The Right Way
175. Break Goals into Days
176. Tiny Goals and Multiple Projects
177. Ritual
178. Infrastructure
179. Achievable
180. Action Steps
XIX. Energy
181. The Lost World
182. Living Abroad
183. Creative Flow
184. Poisoning the Well
185. Affecting Your Emotions
186. Lonely Danger
187. Music Creates the Mood
188. Marathon Man
189. The Yin and the Yang
190. Action Steps
XX. The Power of Positive Reinforcement
191. Feel Good
192. Christmas Eve
193. Writing Addiction
194. Bar Example
195. The Act of Trying
196. Peer Pressure
197. Think Positive
198. Action Steps
XXI. Refill Your Creative Energy
199. Flipping the Extrovert Switch
200. I am Introverted
201. Activation Energy
202. Oversight
203. Find Your Path
204. My Mix
205. Two Books
206. Sprints and Marathons
207. Everything Zen
208. Be Yourself
209. Action Steps
XXII. Dictate Your Book
210. A Tale of Two Dragons
211. Living in the Future
212. Two Paths
213. Dictation Delays
214. The Mouth is Faster than the Hand
215. Health
216. The Remote Office
217. Unique Challenges
218. Distraction-Free Writing
219. The Oral Tradition
220. Action Steps
XXIII. Will Dictation Work for Me?
221. I Sound Strange
222. Phone Apps
223. Experimentation
224. The 20K Setup
225. The Good with the Bad
226. Action Steps
XXIV. Transitioning into Dictation
227. Baby Steps
228. Change is for the Weak
229. Growing Pains
230. Dictation is Optional
231. Frustrations
232. Action Steps
XXV. Jumping into Dictation
233. Start Small
234. Create Your Own Workflow
235. Test Your Workflow Phases
236. Add a Cleanup Phase
237. Get the Equipment
238. Prep Your Work
239. Find Your Voice
240. Dragon Tips
241. Action Steps
XXVI. Go Mobile
242. Smartphone Dictation
243. Sound Good - Posture
244. Indoors
245. Move Your Body
246. Perfect Location
247. System Crash
248. Technical Trauma
249. Backups
250. Microphones
251. Smartphones
252. Video Cameras
253. The Right Gear
254. Be Fastidious
255. Be Organized
256. Prep Your Gear
257. Headphones
258. Break a Sweat
259. Dictation is One Piece
260. Action Steps
XXVII. Editing Without Tearing Your Hair Out
261. Content is King
262. The Kiss of Death Review
263. Types of Editing
264. The Cleanup Phase
265. Editors Galore
266. The Line Editor
267. Copy Editor
268. Proofreader
269. Do I Really Need all these Editors?
270. Cost Control
271. Watch the Clock
272. Action Steps
XXVIII. Editing Stage One - First Edit
273. Handle it Yourself
274. Time is Ticking Away
275. Feel
276. Loops and Promises
277. Action Steps
XXIX. Editing Stage Two - Grammarly
278. The First Tool
279. Action Steps
XXX. Editing Stage Three - Big Picture
280. Consistency
281. Maintain the Flow
282. Bootstrap Editing
283. Find and Replace
284. One Character at a Time
285. Action Steps
XXXI. Editing Stage Four - Line Edit
286. Get Reading
287. Zoom in on the Trees
288. Get Close
289. Action Steps
XXXII. Editing Stage Five - The First Rewrite
290. Good to Great
291. Editing with an Ax
292. The Cutting Room Floor
293. It's Not Murder
294. Action Steps
XXXIII. Editing Stage Six - Proofread Your Book
295. Reader Experience
296. Kettle of Fish
297. First Kindle Proof
298. Final Kindle Proof
299. CreateSpace Edit
300. Action Steps
XXXIV. Beta Readers
301. Your Loyal Army
302. Advance Review Copies
303. Give 'em Time