
Saved by Stew Fortier and
How James Clear is Writing His Next Book
Saved by Stew Fortier and
you can always fall back on the four steps of CODE: Keep what resonates (Capture) Save for actionability (Organize) Find the essence (Distill) Show your work (Express)
If I get to the end of the exercise and I like the headline in its final form, I’ll go and write the piece. And if I went through the steps and felt like I didn’t end up with something powerful enough, I’ll start back at the beginning.
Clarify why you want to write your non-fiction book and what you’d like to achieve with it. Spend 30-60 minutes establishing the controlling idea for your non-fiction book. Rather than trying to perfect this idea and procrastinating for weeks, adjust your controlling idea while you write. Finding