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  20K a Day

  How to Launch More Books and Make More Money by Writing Faster, Better, and Smarter

  Jonathan Green

  Dragon God Books

  Copyright © 2017 by Dragon God, Inc.

  All rights reserved.

  Simultaneously published in United States of America, the UK, India, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Japan, Spain, and Brazil.

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any other electronic or mechanical means – except in the case of brief quotations embedded in articles or reviews –without written permission from its author.

  20K a Day has provided the most accurate information possible. Many of the techniques used in this book are from personal experiences. The author shall not be held liable for any damages resulting from use of this book.

  To my children Ares and Venus

  Contents

  FREE GIFT

  I. Welcome to the 20K Revolution

  1. Lighting Up the Bat Signal

  2. Write Fast, Get Paid

  3. The Busy Writer

  4. Average Joe

  5. First Impressions

  6. Three Fears

  7. Shattering My Comfort Zone

  8. Pushing Boundaries

  9. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay

  10. Transcription Secret

  11. What You Will Learn

  12. Additional Content

  13. Who Am I?

  II. What’s This Book About?

  14. Hitting Big Numbers

  15. This Book Has Homework?

  16. Action Steps

  III. The First Dictation

  17. The Sport of Writing

  18. A Little Caveat

  19. CRITICAL LESSON - The Two Types of Errors

  20. Random Errors

  21. Research Kills Writer's Block

  22. Weird Kid or Visionary?

  23. Scaffolding

  24. Action Steps

  IV. My Writing History

  25. How I Sprint

  26. Starting this Book

  V. First Step to Writing Faster

  27. Why should I learn to write faster?

  28. The Real Goal

  29. The Gift of Life

  30. Quantity is a Quality of its Own

  31. Fast and Slow Income Streams

  32. Keep Getting Better

  33. If this is your first book...you have to write

  34. Zoning Out Distractions

  35. Short Goals

  36. Man on the Moon

  37. The Doldrums

  38. The Editors Curse

  39. Action Steps

  VI. The 20K a Day Tracking System

  40. You MUST track your progress

  41. The Harsh Truths of Tracking Your Progress

  42. Explore with an Open Mind

  43. How To Track Your Progress

  44. Word Count Math

  45. Best Time of the Day to Write

  46. A Little Gift

  47. Track the Writing Experience

  48. Tracking Tools

  49. Go Public

  50. What Data Should You Track?

  51. Marathon Writers

  52. Pomodoro Blocks

  53. Stamina

  54. Words Per Day

  55. Endurance

  56. Spirit

  57. Writing Fast is not Writing Badly

  58. External Variables

  59. You are the Driver

  60. Action Steps

  VII. The Art of Research

  61. Know Your Audience

  62. Don't Invent the Wheel

  63. Give the People Bread and Circuses

  64. Adapt to the Unexpected

  65. Build the Scaffolding

  66. Be Your Best Customer

  67. Outresearch the Competition

  68. How Long is a Book?

  69. Let's Get Cracking!

  70. Action Steps

  VIII. Four Thousand Words Per Hour

  71. Know What You’re Writing

  72. Writing Rhythm

  73. The Great Dictation Experiment

  74. Dictate the Pain Away

  75. Casual Writing

  76. Action Steps

  IX. Writing a Killer Outline

  77. Plan to Succeed

  78. Outline the First Layer

  79. A Delicious Layer Cake

  80. The Lay of the Land

  81. Emotional Journey

  82. The Flaw

  83. Every Story has a Rhythm

  84. Good Beginnings

  85. Why People Hate the Main Character

  86. Creating a Deep Outline

  87. The Rough Draft

  88. Catching Problems Early

  89. Little Things Add Up

  90. Hitting a Wall

  91. Action Steps

  X. The Zone

  92. The Runner's High

  93. Declutter Your Mind

  94. Finish Your Chores

  95. People are Distracting

  96. Train Your Friends

  97. Ritual

  98. Double Your Speed

  99. “Write drunk, edit sober.”

  100. Skills and Talents

  101. Put Your Sneakers On

  102. The First Sprint

  103. Writing Blocks

  104. Life is Full of Surprises

  105. STOP

  106. Results

  107. Words Per Hour

  108. Action Steps

  XI. The Art of Experimentation

  109. Trained to Distract Ourselves

  110. Email is so Distracting

  111. The Skill of Focus

  112. The Great Pomodoro Experiment

  113. You are a Snowflake

  114. Hold the Breaks

  115. Broken Rhythm

  116. Action Steps

  XII. Advice is Worth the Price

  117. I am a Writer

  118. Background Check

  119. Keyboard Jockeys

  120. Successful Writers

  121. Choose Your Destination

  122. Multiple Paths up the Same Mountain

  123. Unsolicited Advice is Garbage

  124. Protecting Your Success

  125. Remember the Forest

  126. Luck is Never a Factor

  127. Master One System

  128. Action Steps

  XIII. Increase Your Speed

  129. Write Faster

  130. Learn to Type

  131. Control your Computer

  132. Go off the Grid

  133. Unhelpful Friends

  134. Unexpected Surprises

  135. Action Steps

  XIV. Exercises

  136. Time to Sweat

  137. A Note About Tracking

  138. Typing Drills

  139. Small Sprints

  140. Chain Your Sprints

  141. Big Sprints

  142. Transcription Loop

  143. Blind Writing

  144. Action Steps

  XV. Speed Training

  145. Create a Plan

  146. Use a Calendar

  147. Be Firm with Yourself

  148. Training Versus Working

  149. Get Paid to Learn

  150. Action Steps

  XVI. The 20K Habit

  151. The Two Failures

  152. Blame the Universe

  153. There is No Cure

  154. Stop Blaming Talent

  155. Systemic Failures are Easy to Fix

  156. Isolate the Problem

  157. The Little Genius

  158. The Writing Habi
t

  159. The Sudoku Mom Gun Test

  160. The Power of Ritual

  161. Design Your Ritual

  162. My Dating Ritual

  163. Build Your Ritual

  164. Action Steps

  XVII. Breaking Bad

  165. Stop and Go Systems

  166. Brain Macros

  167. Stopping Addiction

  168. Infrastructure

  169. Focus Tools

  170. Unconscious Habits

  171. The Power of Motivation

  172. Life Gets in the Way

  173. Action Steps

  XVIII. Setting Goals

  174. The Right Way

  175. Break Goals into Days

  176. Tiny Goals and Multiple Projects

  177. Ritual

  178. Infrastructure

  179. Achievable

  180. Action Steps

  XIX. Energy

  181. The Lost World

  182. Living Abroad

  183. Creative Flow

  184. Poisoning the Well

  185. Affecting Your Emotions

  186. Lonely Danger

  187. Music Creates the Mood

  188. Marathon Man

  189. The Yin and the Yang

  190. Action Steps

  XX. The Power of Positive Reinforcement

  191. Feel Good

  192. Christmas Eve

  193. Writing Addiction

  194. Bar Example

  195. The Act of Trying

  196. Peer Pressure

  197. Think Positive

  198. Action Steps

  XXI. Refill Your Creative Energy

  199. Flipping the Extrovert Switch

  200. I am Introverted

  201. Activation Energy

  202. Oversight

  203. Find Your Path

  204. My Mix

  205. Two Books

  206. Sprints and Marathons

  207. Everything Zen

  208. Be Yourself

  209. Action Steps

  XXII. Dictate Your Book

  210. A Tale of Two Dragons

  211. Living in the Future

  212. Two Paths

  213. Dictation Delays

  214. The Mouth is Faster than the Hand

  215. Health

  216. The Remote Office

  217. Unique Challenges

  218. Distraction-Free Writing

  219. The Oral Tradition

  220. Action Steps

  XXIII. Will Dictation Work for Me?

  221. I Sound Strange

  222. Phone Apps

  223. Experimentation

  224. The 20K Setup

  225. The Good with the Bad

  226. Action Steps

  XXIV. Transitioning into Dictation

  227. Baby Steps

  228. Change is for the Weak

  229. Growing Pains

  230. Dictation is Optional

  231. Frustrations

  232. Action Steps

  XXV. Jumping into Dictation

  233. Start Small

  234. Create Your Own Workflow

  235. Test Your Workflow Phases

  236. Add a Cleanup Phase

  237. Get the Equipment

  238. Prep Your Work

  239. Find Your Voice

  240. Dragon Tips

  241. Action Steps

  XXVI. Go Mobile

  242. Smartphone Dictation

  243. Sound Good - Posture

  244. Indoors

  245. Move Your Body

  246. Perfect Location

  247. System Crash

  248. Technical Trauma

  249. Backups

  250. Microphones

  251. Smartphones

  252. Video Cameras

  253. The Right Gear

  254. Be Fastidious

  255. Be Organized

  256. Prep Your Gear

  257. Headphones

  258. Break a Sweat

  259. Dictation is One Piece

  260. Action Steps

  XXVII. Editing Without Tearing Your Hair Out

  261. Content is King

  262. The Kiss of Death Review

  263. Types of Editing

  264. The Cleanup Phase

  265. Editors Galore

  266. The Line Editor

  267. Copy Editor

  268. Proofreader

  269. Do I Really Need all these Editors?

  270. Cost Control

  271. Watch the Clock

  272. Action Steps

  XXVIII. Editing Stage One - First Edit

  273. Handle it Yourself

  274. Time is Ticking Away

  275. Feel

  276. Loops and Promises

  277. Action Steps

  XXIX. Editing Stage Two - Grammarly

  278. The First Tool

  279. Action Steps

  XXX. Editing Stage Three - Big Picture

  280. Consistency

  281. Maintain the Flow

  282. Bootstrap Editing

  283. Find and Replace

  284. One Character at a Time

  285. Action Steps

  XXXI. Editing Stage Four - Line Edit

  286. Get Reading

  287. Zoom in on the Trees

  288. Get Close

  289. Action Steps

  XXXII. Editing Stage Five - The First Rewrite

  290. Good to Great

  291. Editing with an Ax

  292. The Cutting Room Floor

  293. It's Not Murder

  294. Action Steps

  XXXIII. Editing Stage Six - Proofread Your Book

  295. Reader Experience

  296. Kettle of Fish

  297. First Kindle Proof

  298. Final Kindle Proof

  299. CreateSpace Edit

  300. Action Steps

  XXXIV. Beta Readers

  301. Your Loyal Army

  302. Advance Review Copies

  303. Give 'em Time