The Worst Ways Writers Waste Time (and What to Do Instead)

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No matter how much you love creating stories, writing is a hard, introspective, and mind-consuming task. Everyone, from hobby writers to professionally published authors, struggles with time management, but it can feel particularly devastating when you realize your progress on your novel is at a standstill because you keep getting sidetracked. To help you identify and deal with some common time wasting habits, in this video I go over the worst ways I see writers spending their writing time and how to productively circumvent them.
 
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THE WORST WAYS TO SPEND YOUR WRITING TIME: 
02:19 – Mocking up book covers
05:45 – Obsessively proofreading
08:39 – Doomscrolling #WritingCommunity posts
11:26 – Chasing shiny new story ideas
13:59 – Getting feedback from the wrong sources
 
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My name is Alyssa Matesic, and I’m a professional book editor with nearly a decade of book publishing and editorial experience. Throughout my career, I’ve held editorial roles across both sides of the publishing industry: Big Five publishing houses and literary agencies. The goal of this channel is to help writers throughout the book writing journey—whether you're working on your manuscript or you're looking for publishing advice.
 
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