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Dictate Your Book: How to Write Your Book Faster, Better, and Smarter
- Growth Hacking for Storytellers
- De: Monica Leonelle
- Narrado por: Cindy Piller
- Duración: 1 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 176
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 155
Like many tools that have come before it, dictation is a new and exciting opportunity to write better, faster, and smarter. But many writers still believe it's not for them. Perhaps they've tried it in the past and it hasn't worked. Or perhaps this new technology is confusing, expensive, or frustrating, and that's held them back from taking advantage of it. If you're ready to take the next step and learn a new skill set that will give you a huge advantage over what other authors are doing today, listen to Dictate Your Book and start working through the challenges that are holding you back from reaping the benefits of dictation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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quick and dirty dictation tips
- De Roland Denzel en 01-28-16
- Dictate Your Book: How to Write Your Book Faster, Better, and Smarter
- Growth Hacking for Storytellers
- De: Monica Leonelle
- Narrado por: Cindy Piller
Puts the WOW in "HOW" to. You WILL be dictating...
Revisado: 04-05-16
What did you love best about Dictate Your Book: How to Write Your Book Faster, Better, and Smarter?
Someone said once (I think it was James Altucher) that the best advice is always autobiographical and this book positively oozes with hours and hours spent with a microphone, perfecting a process. There is no pretense in any of it. The advice is NEVER theoretical. It always comes with the feeling it was hard earned...
Who was your favorite character and why?
A strange question for this type of book. As there is only one character... this gives me time for a quick side bar: I read somewhere that if a reviewer mentions the Author of a book by name that you should discount the review...it suggests perhaps that the reviewer knows the author or something. I take issue to that because I think part of the reason that MONICA is so great at this productivity series is that she writes in a style that connects her to the reader...she becomes your bud...your mentor...she's been where you are and there is an ease in which she passes on the information that makes it easy to digest. At the end you feel like you are taking a class with a contemporary.
Have you listened to any of Cindy Piller’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Cindy Piller is amazing as always. She has a voice that pleasing and clear...great breath control and diction. And let me tell you, narrating a book about dictation can't be an easy task. I've now completed the Monica SAGA with this book and feel like Cindy is so good at nailing the tone of Monica's writing and humor that I will more than likely find it odd the next time I hear Monica's real voice.
What insight do you think you’ll apply from Dictate Your Book: How to Write Your Book Faster, Better, and Smarter?
Chapter Four: Dictation Tips and Tricks is really useful. I went from Zero to kinda sorta DOING the thing in a very short time. Check out sections C (commands) and D (Frustrations) for a lot of really simple, sage tips. And honestly, the "Answering to Toby" trick (even I though I'm sad to say I didn't get the Friends reference) is worth the price of the book alone. Seriously...anyone who's ever wanted to throw his/her smartphone across the room because of an auto-correct issue, will LOVE this trick.
Any additional comments?
I was (and still am) a Luddite and if it weren't for that dreaded beast, Carpal Tunnel, I wouldn't even consider dictation regardless of how much EVERY AUTHOR WHO CHURNS OUT A LOT OF WORKS SAYS THEY USE IT. So trust me, I went into this looking for a reason that I couldn't do it. This must be a common refrain because there's an entire chapter dedicated to just that. and I went from "please validate why I shouldn't try" to actually dictating something of substance. It works. It. WORKS. give it a shot.
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The 8-Minute Writing Habit
- Create a Consistent Writing Habit That Works with Your Busy Lifestyle (Growth Hacking for Storytellers)
- De: Monica Leonelle
- Narrado por: Cindy Piller
- Duración: 1 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 184
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 163
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 161
Monica Leonelle digs into the best literature on forming habits and shares the top strategies professional authors are using to make sure they write each and every day. Each tip is easy to implement and will get you writing more in the "in-betweens" - the inactive moments of your life where you are commuting, waiting in line, or otherwise physically stuck with your brain unoccupied!
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4 out of 5 stars
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Building volumes of books...8 minutes at a time!
- De Ohstacy en 03-23-16
- The 8-Minute Writing Habit
- Create a Consistent Writing Habit That Works with Your Busy Lifestyle (Growth Hacking for Storytellers)
- De: Monica Leonelle
- Narrado por: Cindy Piller
SHOULD BE REQUIRED BY LAW FOR ALL WRITER-FOLK
Revisado: 03-18-16
Where does The 8-Minute Writing Habit rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Full disclosure, I listened to this more or less back to back with Write Better Faster and have read the ebook version before. And if I'm pressed....feet to fire, I may have to say that I prefer this one AS AN AUDIOBOOK to Write Better Faster...although you really should get both. Seriously. Get Both. But what makes this work a little better AS AN AUDIOBOOK, is that it's condensed. The runtime is short; like that of a proper podcast. You can easily digest on one long run or a particularly grueling commute. A plane ride from New York to Miami and you're done. Because of this brevity, basically everything that comes at you is pure gold. Yes, I am a fan of Monica's and I think she's one of my favorite "virtual mentors"....one of the best peeps to which I've hitched my prose writing star in this, oh my year of learnin'. Monica is the real deal here folks. The great and beautiful thing about her is that everything she gives you in this book (and in WBF) is a PRACTICAL solution. Even the philosophical stuff she gives (decouple the outcome from the work) is a practical hack for your brain. You're not having to sift through hours of SEE YOURSELF AS A PROFESSIONAL....MANIFEST YOUR DREAMS INTO REALITY (although, I have to admit I love those books too!) but rather, what you're getting is "hey...I'm a professional and I make my living writing...this is not a lottery win....this is an attainable goal and here are a bunch of kick arse solutions to helping you wade through the resistance and get some stuff on paper. The beauty of Monica is that she is so stripped down in her approach and so honest, that I can see a clear trajectory. There is a section in here where she compares being a professional writer with being a Doctor....I'm not going to tell you what she says because you should buy the book...but I can tell you that while I was listening to it in the car on the way to work the other day....once those words were uttered and once my brain pulled them out of the ether and smooshed them in my consciousness...I was so shocked by the revelation...by the enormity of the TRUTH of what she said that I actually, quite literally, screamed OH MY GOD YOU'RE RIGHT...WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THIS BEFORE...luckily I was alone in the car.
And the whole book is filled with stuff like this. PRACTICAL and TRUTHFUL solutions that allow one to write.
I'll go a step further and say...the only negative thing I can say about this book is that the title doesn't quite do it justice. When you read, "the 8 minute writing habit" you think...okay, this book is going to teach me techniques on how to build a consistent daily practice...which is does...BUT because so much of building a daily consistent practice is actually knocking down the blocks that keep you from consistently practicing daily (there I think I've said that in all available combinations) so what you ACTUALLY have in your grubby little hands and ears, is hands down, one of the best inspirational, cracking the codes of what it takes to be a writer books that has ever been. It hits me in a way that Steven Pressfield's The War of Art did...right in the soul....but this does it faster than a train ride from Manhattan to the Jersey Shore (I totally made that statistic up...but seriously...this is a short time commitment for such amazing stuff).
What other book might you compare The 8-Minute Writing Habit to and why?
Like I mentioned before, The War of Art would be a close companion to this one. They both touch on tackling the resistance. This also lives in the same universe as Write Publish Repeat, by the Sterling and Stone guys...as well as their new one, Iterate and Optimize. And don't forget the rest of Monica's excellent Productivity Bundle books.
Which scene was your favorite?
The book has three main sections: getting past the blocks to writing, 9 tips that the pros use and the actual 8X8 challenge. All are excellent but the getting past the blocks section could potentially change your life.
What’s an idea from the book that you will remember?
The aforementioned "being a doctor" comparison was a game changer for me. I don't want to delve into too much detail about the getting past the blocks section but let's just say the whole unit on "decoupling the outcome from the work" really resonated with me.
Any additional comments?
A stellar work. don't hesitate. buy it. listen to it. Follow it. you will improve.
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Write Better, Faster
- How to Triple Your Writing Speed and Write More Every Day (Growth Hacking for Storytellers #1)
- De: Monica Leonelle
- Narrado por: Cindy Piller
- Duración: 9 h
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 51
In 2012, fiction author Monica Leonelle made a life-changing decision to learn to write faster. Through months of trial and error, hundreds of hours of experimentation, and dozens of manuscripts, she tweaked and honed until she could easily write 10,000 words in a day, at speeds over 3,500 words per hour! She shares all her insights, secrets, hacks, and data in this tome dedicated to improving your writing speeds, skyrocketing your monthly word count, and publishing more books.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Info buried in an endless commercial for author
- De Beth T. Irwin en 05-17-17
- Write Better, Faster
- How to Triple Your Writing Speed and Write More Every Day (Growth Hacking for Storytellers #1)
- De: Monica Leonelle
- Narrado por: Cindy Piller
Excellent: A masterclass in productivity
Revisado: 02-12-16
What made the experience of listening to Write Better, Faster the most enjoyable?
I read the print version of W.B.F. at the very beginning of my novel adventure. At the time I was hungry for a process, any process and was blissfully inspired that Monica provided such clear, thorough and above all, seemingly PRACTICAL advise. I loved her "this is what worked for me..." approach; and that she went a step further to "no, seriously THIS IS WHAT I DID" followed by data and details and breakdowns and real world samples. It was an inspiration. The audio version is, dare I say, almost a better experience because, in this era of the podcast (so happy Monica is finally launching her own!) I don't know...somehow HEARING this stuff sinks in in a way that feels more authentic, if you catch my drift? I don't know if I'm saying this right but it almost feels like I'm taking a class and listening to the tips hits my brain in a different way. It's 9 hours of audio and it definitely passes the "long run with headphones" test. The hard copy is a great resource and it's something that I'll return to as a reference, the audio version was a fantastic experience.
What did you like best about this story?
Ironically what I like best is the stuff I initially thought, "I don't know if I'm going to like this"....the unit where Monica shows how she goes from outline to beats to writing using her own book as an example. I thought...no way, this will be way too repetitive and I'll zone out. But once I started listening....it just works. you get the bare bones, then the expanded version and then the final version and after about three full examples, it really crystallizes as...YES this is how the creative brain works. it was very illuminating. painting a picture in your head as to how to really break things out...AND really drives home the point of starting with the skeleton and working through the process until you have cracked the code.
What about Cindy Piller’s performance did you like?
This is one of the better non-fiction audiobooks that I have listened to. Her voice is crisp, pleasant and soothing but not in a put you to sleep kinda way. excellent diction, great breath control (never noticed...probably a testament to the editing as well) and above all, able to get the performance of Monica's humor and delivery in a way that I imagined Monica probably sounds talking about it.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
All of the tips an suggestions in this book are golden.
Any additional comments?
I highly recommend!!!
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