Stop Typing Book
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- Do you have tons of great ideas that die when you sit down to type?
- Does it feel like your laptop is mocking your attempts to finish your book?
- Did you know your digital text doesn’t have to start that way?
In this unorthodox ebook, author Jennifer Mack explains how to get back to the basics of writing by bypassing the thing that you didn’t even know was in your way: your keyboard! When you put down the keyboard and pick up a pen, you’re taking the first step towards unlocking your natural creativity. You’ll find the words flow freely in way they never had before. The very nature of writing by hand forces you to keep moving forward. There’s no copy and paste or a delete key. To keep writing you have to keep writing. If you’re the type of writer who can’t get past the text on the screen, this book is for you. In it, you’ll learn how handwriting can free you to write that first draft faster than you ever thought. The problem with handwriting is that its main benefit is also why most authors don’t use it. Writing a book by hand is a lot of work. Having to re-write it by hand is enough to demoralize even the most staunch handwriting supporter. That’s why this book is different. It includes a step-by-step guide that show you how to use the building blocks of manuscript production. These building blocks will guide you towards a finished first draft that’s built on solid planning that minimizes re-writing and emphasizes speedy production. So Stop Typing and Start Writing, you’ll get your book done faster.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
1. Why Go Analog?
2. Process Overview
3. Planning Your Project
4. Organization
5. Manuscript Production
6. Editing The Manuscript
7. Going Digital
8. Protecting Your Paper
9. Pens & Pencils
10. Paper
11. The Traveling Writer
12. Links & Downloads
Afterword
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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Bonus downloads:
The page guide in both Letter and A4 sizes can be downloaded here:
List of links found in the book:
All the links from the book are gathered here for easy reference.
Chapter 1 Links:
- Harvard Health Letter: Blue light has a dark side
- The New Yorker: How Facebook Makes Us Unhappy
- LifeHacker: How Advertising Manipulates Your Choices and Spending Habits
Chapter 2 links:
- Wikipedia: Ballpoint pen
- Wikipedia: Gel pen
- The Week: 4 benefits of writing by hand
- Journalist’s Resource: The pen is mightier than the keyboard: Advantages of longhand over laptop note taking
Chapter 3 links:
Chapter 4 links:
Chapter 5 links:
- Reporter’s card image (full-size)
- Amazon: Pilot G2 Retractable Premium Gel Ink Roller Ball Pens, Extra Fine Point, 5-Pack
- Amazon: Oxford Ruled Index Cards, 4\” x 6\“, White, 10 Packs of 100
- Kindle book: Story Engineering by Larry Brooks
- Kindle book: How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method
- Kindle book: Write Your Novel From The Middle: A New Approach for Plotters, Pantsers and Everyone in Between
- Kindle book: Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need
Chapter 6 links:
Chapter 7 links:
- Writer’s Digest: Why Take the Time to Read Your Work Out Loud?
- Nuance.com: Dragon Professional Individual for Mac
- Nuance.com: Dragon Professional Individual for PC
Jennifer Mack: Writing with the AlphaSmart Neo2
Wikipedia: AlphaSmart Neo
Wikipedia: Touch Typing
Amazon: Logitech ClearChat Comfort/USB Headset H390, Noise Cancelling Microphone, Headphones for Computer
Chapter 8 links:
- Scanner setup image (full-size)
- Scanbot.io: The Mobile PDF Scanner for iOS & Android
- Dropbox.com: Cloud file storage
- Google Drive: Cloud file storage
- Amazon: HP LaserJet Pro M125nw All-in-One Wireless Laser Printer
- Amazon: Doxie Go Wi-Fi
Chapter 9 links:
- Amazon: Pentel Twist-Erase III Automatic Pencil
- Amazon: uni-ball KuruToga 0.7mm Mechanical Pencil Starter Set
- Amazon: Pilot G2 Retractable Premium Gel Ink Roller Ball Pens, Extra Fine Point, 5-Pack, Assorted Colors
- Amazon: Pilot G2 Retractable Premium Gel Ink Roller Ball Pens, Fine Point, Blue Ink, Dozen Box
- Amazon: Pilot MR Metropolitan Collection, medium point
- Amazon: Pilot MR Animal Print Collection, medium point
- Amazon: Pilot MR Retro Pop Collection, medium point
- Amazon: TWSBI ECO Fountain Pen Black F Nib
- Amazon: Lamy Safari Fountain Pen - Charcoal - Fine
- Amazon: TWSBI Vac Mini Fountain Pen nib F
- Amazon: Pilot Fountain Pen Custom Heritage 91, FM
- Amazon: Pilot Fountain Pen Custom Heritage 92, FM
- Jet Pens: Platinum Pigment Blue Ink, 60 mL
- Amazon: Pilot Blue-Black Ink, 350 mL
- Amazon: Pilot Red Ink, 350 mL
- Amazon: Pilot G2 Retractable Premium Gel Ink Roller Ball Pens, Ultra Fine Point, Red Ink, Dozen Box
- Amazon: Pilot G2 Retractable Premium Gel Ink Roller Ball Pens, Extra Fine Point, Red Ink, Dozen Box
- Amazon: Pilot Fountain Pen with Ergo Grip, Extra Fine Nib
- Amazon: Platinum Fountain Pen, Preppy, Extra Fine Nib, Red
Chapter 10 links:
- Amazon: HP #112400 Paper LaserJet Poly Wrap , 24Lb, 8.5x11
- Amazon: Hammermill Paper, Fore MP, 24Lb, 8.5 x 11, 3HD
- Amazon: Staples Sustainable Earth Sugarcane Based Multipurpose Paper
- Amazon: Sustainable Earth by Staples Wirebound Notebook, 1 Subject, 8-1⁄2” x 11”
- Amazon: Black n’ Red Twin Wire Poly Cover Notebook, 11 x 8-1⁄2 Inches, Black
- Amazon: Black n’ Red Notebook, Twin Wire , Poly Cover, 8-1⁄4 x 5-7⁄8 Inches, Black
Chapter 11 links:
- Amazon: Visconti Universal Travelling Inkwell
- Amazon: Twsbi Vac20A Ink Bottle
- Amazon: iDream365 Hard Protective EVA Carrying Case
- Amazon: iDream365 Small Size EVA Carrying Case
- Amazon: Pocket Protector, for Pen Leaks, Clear
- Amazon: Midori Spiral Notebook - A5
- Amazon: Black n\’ Red Notebook, Twin Wire , Poly Cover, 8-1⁄4 x 5-7⁄8 Inches, Black
- Amazon: Reporters Notebook, 70 Sheets, 4x8, 12 Notebooks