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Building Sustainable Writing Practices with Lee Kofman
Welcome
Introduction
Meet Your Teacher: Lee Kofman (3:54)
Part One: Understanding Your Creative Process
Part One Introduction
Staying with the Difficulty
Exercise: Get it Off Your Chest
Reading: Find Your Subject
Why Do You Write?
Reading: Margaret Atwood
Why I Write (4:44)
Exercise: Why Do You Write?
Making Friends With the Unknown
Exercise: Pairing Writing with Other Activities
Drafting Versus Redrafting
Exercise: What Kind of a Writer Are You?
Video of Geoff Dyer
Part Two: Establishing Sustainable Routines
Part Two Introduction
How I Didn't Prioritise My Writing (6:22)
Taming the Lion
Flexible Discipline and My Writing Routine (6:24)
Exercise: Practicing Flexible Discipline
Reading: Reflecting on Your Writing Process
Exercise: Tracking Your Eight Weeks
An Optional Tool: Habit Tracker
Exercise: Establishing Rewards System
Getting into the Zone
Reading: Rituals of Preparation
Exercise: Rituals
Divide and Conquer
Exercise: Divide and Conquer
Part Three: Nurturing and Safeguarding Your Creativity
Part Three Introduction
Writing as Problem Solving
Exercise: Create Your Own Mantra
Writing With Your Body
Exercise: Your Body, Your Muse
Physical Environment
My Study (5:33)
Exercise: Finding Your Writing Space/s
Social Environment
Exercise: Experimenting with Your Social Environment
Resource: Conversations with Friends Podcast
Inspiration (11:25)
Additional Ideas for Inspiration
Reading: 'Thoughts on a Writer's Journal'
Summary: Creating Sustainable Writing Habits
Outro (1:44)
Feedback
Thank You
Exercise: Pairing Writing with Other Activities
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