Dr Nicole Janz, Founder of Fire & Feather

The Write Habit Planner is on sale 40% at Amazon this week! ★ The only productivity planner for writers! ★ Do you struggle to find the time to write? Do you have a backlog of projects left unfinished? Enter The Write Habit - an all-in-one planner for writers to help you beat procrastination. With this undated planner & workbook for writers you will get: ✓ Annual and quarterly milestone overview – plan all your writing goals for 12 months ✓ 12x undated monthly spreads to work in productive 30-day sprints ✓ 52x undated weekly spreads to prioritise, time block, & track your writing every single day ✓ 10x writing roadmap pages with action steps, timeline, writing habits and backup plans for your big projects Plus, you'll get Dr Nicole Janz's top self-coaching tools at the back of the planner: ✓ 12 Ways out of Block ✓ Flow Ritual ★ WAIT, there's more: You’ll get exclusive access to a FREE online course (QR code in the planner)! ★ The Write Habit Planner by Dr Nicole Janz will help you master the art of productive planning for any writer. thewritehabitplanner.com #amwriting #writingcommunity #BackToSchool2024

Being able to stay present in your writing is probably the most important part of your success. Want to learn HOW? Download my FREE Flow Ritual here: buff.ly/3WObn0e

Get at Least 10% More Writing Time, Even If Your Schedule Looks Full • How a client of mine submitted 2 articles he'd been procrastinating on since April • 3 Steps he used to MAKE more time to write Tomorrow, I'll show over 2800 people how to become a time-detective and publish faster. If you want to join us, subscribe here: tinyurl.com/joinwritehabit

Yesterday, an academic writer I work with got their book proposal accepted with a top publisher! What she struggled with and how I helped her: - Accountability to download a proposal template and "just start filling it in" (after years of just thinking about doing that) - Turning matter-of-fact language into words that sell (academics struggle with that) - Encouragement when the first publisher passed on the book within a few days - Help with holding her nerve when the next publisher kept saying they'd reply with an answer and took 3x the time they said (that's normal) - CELEBRATING when the email came: "We're pleased to ...." I'm open for academic and non-fiction authors to help them get their books under contract (and write it). DM me here or schedule a consult at nicolejanz.com

Of you are on a tight timeline to get an article, book or grant done before Xmas: There's a 30% discount on my flagship program 90-Day Writing Accelerator that expires August 10 (this Saturday!). The program is intensive with weekly coaching and daily accountability - it will help you get that thing done and create a consistent writing habit. Check out the discount here: thewritehabitplanner.com/90-… And now... back to writing :)

My clients struggle with saying “no” to make space for writing. Here’s a great distinction to make that easier: 😱 A low-quality “no” comes with guilt, discomfort, resentment, and is often unclear. It begs the other person to approve your boundary. It’s negatively charged and awful for everyone involved. The time freed up for writing is infected with that energy. ✨But a high-quality “no” is different. It’s said (or emailed) ay, kindly, with confidence. You do not try to control the other person’s reaction; you accept that protecting your time is important and it’s your job as a writer to guard your focus time. You will write in flow after a high-quality “no”. Eckhart Tolle (bestselling author) describes it perfectly in “A New Earth”. Say “no” firmly, clearly, without negativity. Do you set boundaries around your writing? How?

*Bad writing coach warning* I have a lot of hesitant clients who worked with ineffective writing coaches before. BAD WAY to coach writers: If you have a meeting with your client and then - forget about your client because you have other stuff on - don’t email them with an action plan and deadlines after the meeting - don’t have your client’s deadlines in your own calendar - don’t nudge them - only nudge once, but don’t follow up when a client stays silent …. you’re not helping them to *get their projects over the finish line.* You’re just taking their money. My clients after 90 days of working with me: - books get finished - publisher contracts signed - articles get submitted GOOD WAY: I hold them accountable with authority and expertise. I do care and follow up, daily if needed. Their book or article feels like my “baby”, too. I have limited places on my 1-1 and 90-Day Writing Accelerator because of that - so clients get my full attention over a longer period (until the project is done). WHAT TO AVOID: Don’t hire a writing coach by the hour. Or for one-off meetings. Or if they have dozens of clients. Check if past clients rave about the regular *attention* they got.

Completely true! Sometimes these quick fixes are all it takes. How to diagnose your writers block if it’s deeper and Cole’s tips don’t work: writingcooperative.com/how-t…

The worst thing you can do when you're stuck as a writer is... Start a new project. 😱 Why? After the dopamine hit fades, you won't finish that one either. Tomorrow, I'll show over 2820 people how to MASTER FINISHING a project ... with 3 subconscious hacks. If you want to join us, subscribe here: tinyurl.com/joinwritehabit

In East Germany we never had bananas. Perhaps 1x/year and you'd know because we were all queueing outside the supermarkets (called "Konsum") often without knowing what special thing from the "West" was in store. You'd literally go and stand in the queue hoping for (in my case) bananas. The other thing was Ketchup.

Today is a happy day: All my books were SOLD OUT at my recent live events! So, I ordered another batch - opening the package felt like the first time I held my planner in my hands. The cat agrees. Check it out here: thewritehabitplanner.com

Some days I feel a little more spiritual than others. What do I get from a little woo-woo? ✨ I realign with myself and remember that my needs count. ✨ I remember where to put my energy (and where to set boundaries). ✨ I feel connected to something bigger than myself, grounded, less alone. As a former academic I ignored that side of me. I burned out, left my job, and paid a high price in relationships and health. A little woo-woo and mindfulness can go a long way. Does this resonate?

Just read @Nicolascole77's "10 Lessons Selling $10M of Digital Products" newsletter today. And realised I make 3 fundamental mistakes in my writing coaching business. 1) Passive income / book fallacy Unlike what I had thought, my book (The Write Habit Planner) is not self-selling. I constantly have to market it and drive traffic to my Amazon page (amazon.com/Write-Habit-Undat…) I did not know that when I published it. The unexpected POSITIVE: 🚀 the book has brought more writers into my coaching programs 2) Membership mistake Just like Cole says, my writer's community is not bringing me easy revenue. In fact, it's my lowest-revenue program even though it involves 2 weekly live writing sessions & monthly workshop. There are 15 workshops in the membership library that are high-value, getting dusty. The unexpected POSITIVE: 🚀 people from this member ship group regularly book into my high-ticket 90-Day Accelerator program 3) Pricing and selling errors My 90-Day Accelerator does not sell out each cohort. Reading Cole's newsletter, it might be because the landing page contains features: weekly live meetings, accountability, community, trainings... (see tinyurl.com/90-day-waitlist) Instead, I should lead with: - 100s of books and articles published - an experience that removes your blocks - a new system to plan and execute your writing effortlessly FOREVER after the course The unexpected POSITIVE: 🚀 When I speak to writers in application calls (if they ever get there), my conversion rate is at least 50% Building a writing coaching business is a lot of trial and error. P.S. Read Cole's newsletter here: open.substack.com/pub/artand… And here are my resources: The Write Habit Planner: thewritehabitplanner.com The Write Habit 90-Day Course: tinyurl.com/90-day-waitlist

You can enjoy writing your paper. Have a boost of motivation to start writing, and then to finish it. And most importantly, happy with what you've done 🥰 That's the goal in our online academic retreats! 🎉 Click 👇🏼 to know more about it #AcademicTwitter #AcWri #ECRchat #NewPI

Katherine as always you're spot on! Here's what happened to me: Severe Burnout -> Left grinding job and built my coaching business Profound Loneliness -> Left relationship and reconnect to my true self and purpose in the world Low self-worth -> Started creative writing and built a whole business around it helping others Those are the hardest things I've encountered in my life. And the best things.