Hello and welcome back to the blog, lovelies. Today we're going to walk through The Hero's Journey. Also called the Monomyth, this plot method was developed by Joseph Campbell, and if you need a refresher, you can visit my post about it The Hero’s Journey – Plot Theory. In general, you can think of the Monomyth …
Master Plot Formula – Plot Theory
Have you ever heard of the Master Plot Formula? Lester Dent was born in the early part of the 1900's and wrote 159 Doc Savage novels using this formula he created to do so. Meant for 6000 word stories divided into four equal parts, Dent's formula can also be expanded to use in full novels. …
Heart Breathings – Case Study
Last week we talked about the cool plotting method that I found by author Sarah Cannon of Heart Breathings. Her entire plotting method can be found over on YouTube, starting with this video. I again want to highly recommend checking her out and subscribing to her channel! Go buy all her books. Leave her comments …
Heart Breathings – Plot Theory
I'm back this week with another plotting method that I just learned and totally love. This one is from author Sarah Cannon of Heart Breathings and her entire plotting method can be found over on YouTube, starting with this video. So I highly recommend checking her out and subscribing to her channel!
Plan Your Hour
Is there a system out there that is better than the Pomodoro Method? I've talked about my love/hate relationship with the Pomodoro technique multiple times on the blog now. I love learning new methods for productivity, and am always looking for another way to hack or otherwise motivate myself into getting work done, yet I find that there are always drawbacks to each system. One weekend, I was thinking about this, and came up with a new system that I hadn't ever heard of before.
Time Blocking Your Month for Success
Okay, so we've talked about time blocking your day and your week for success, but how far can you really time block out and still make it effective? Well, turns out, you can time block a lot of things pretty far out. I set up my calendar for the entire year, but I'm a crazy …
Time Blocking Your Week for Success
Have you ever noticed that you do a lot of the same tasks every day? If you have 10 emails come in at different times, is it more efficient to answer them right away and get them dealt with and out of your inbox the moment they come through, or to gather them and complete …
Time Blocking Your Day for Success
Let's continue our discussion on using our time wisely, and talk a little bit about the Pomodoro Technique because it is an important tool for task management big and small. I've talked about this in a few previous posts, which I will link to below. I have to tell you that the moment I heard …
How to Do LESS but Get MORE Done
What if I told you that 80% of your successes in life came from 20% of your actions? Crazy right? But that's exactly what we're talking about today. What is the Pareto Principle? The Pareto principle is a concept developed by Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto back in 1895 after he noticed that 80% of the …
Is it Important? Is it Urgent? What’s the Difference?
It's great to be given tools to hack your productivity, but if your to-do list is a mile long and you don't know where to begin, you may need to approach your tasks from another perspective. Let's talk about the two ways you can categorize tasks. Is it Important? A task that is defined as …
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