I’ve just turned my manuscript for Freedom Year into my editor. Want to show off my system a little bit.
Everyday I toggle between several documents. I begin early. Right now it is 645. I work for half an hour.
First document are reminders of my purpose, the why of my writing this book. Who it will helps. What I get out of it. The change I want it to make.
Then I have a letter to my higher intelligence. This is a running log where I put the new date on top and journal thoughts and questions to myself through the process. If I don’t know what to do I start here. I also come up with next steps or todos for later.
Near the end I began reading the book out loud. Links to my recordings have a doc.
People who inspire me have a doc (Dolly, Madonna, Banks, Emily Haines, Jewel…). Tracking log has been new and super important. In brief words I write the date and each action I take on the book, if I edited a chapter or made a change etc. It’s very helpful to see my progress. Validating too. I write the new info at the bottom.
Character notes…it’s a memoir but everyone name is changed from real life so it gets confusing to me.
Outline/editing notes was old. It was a list of all the chapters and what they needed done but I’ve gone through all that at this point.
There’s a first manuscript half which is really 235 pages. The second half is really like an epilogue and that’s what I am working on now that the main story is on my editors desk. It will hopefully be a lot shorter lol.
Happy writing! If want to write better and faster on a book or something else, let me know!
