Getting started and staying on task:
how to make your writing a success

Writing is all about getting started and staying on the task. For most writers, either one or the other is a huge challenge. At times even both. The ability to get your writing process started and stay on track is the focus of this course.
This online seminar runs over two mornings and will equip you with tools and hacks to both get started and stay on track with your writing project.
 
Day 1 STARTING OUT (9:15am – 1pm)
Do you also have sometimes the thought when writing: 'I wish I had started earlier with this?' That regret is very common. 
The first day is all about tools that help you to overcome writing barriers and to get your writing projects moving (again). If you tend to put things off longer than you wish, you will find helpful impulses on how to create an inspiring workflow.
Let’s get started, gain momentum, is our focus on the first day. We will use these dynamics immediately to write and move forward with a text project of yours.
Feel free to schedule more time in the afternoon to continue working on your text project.
 
Day 2: STICKING AT IT (9:15am – 1pm)
Having postponed writing for too long, we write in intense sprints, racing towards a deadline, and then become completely exhausted. High productivity in writing however, stems from sustained and steady practice.
On the second day, we will look at how you can keep going without losing the plot again and again and without exhausting yourself. We will look at how you can leave the productivity pitfalls of the academic world behind and create a feasible writing routine that works for you. Productivity methods like the ones we use throughout the day may sound exhausting, but they are exactly the opposite: they allow you to accomplish more in less time and thus give you more time to switch off and recharge your batteries.
All these methods are not theories, but techniques. This means that only when we apply them do they make a difference. That is why we will practice and implement them together. You may bring a specific writing project (even a dormant one) and use these tools to push it to a higher level.
 
Literature:
Scherübl I. / Günther K.: Der Schreibimpulsfächer. Inspirationen für das Selbstcoaching beim Schreiben
Günther, K: Selbstcoaching in der Wissenschaft. Wie das Schreiben gelingt