Not Later. Write Now

Learn to concentrate and write amidst distractions. Overcome procrastination and develop effective writing strategies with Susan Bachner's comprehensive course.

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Brief Summary

This course, taught by Susan Bachner, helps writers learn how to concentrate and write effectively, even amidst distractions. You’ll discover practical strategies to avoid procrastination, enhance focus, and find your most compelling writing ideas.

Key Points

  • Strategies to stop procrastination
  • Techniques to concentrate in noisy environments
  • Concentration exercises for writers
  • Finding and focusing on your best writing idea
  • Creating a personalized writing schedule

Learning Outcomes

  • Improve your concentration skills in challenging environments
  • Eliminate procrastination and stay committed to your writing
  • Create a tailored writing schedule that works for you
  • Develop concentration exercises to enhance your writing practice
  • Learn to tap into your enthusiasm for writing projects

About This Course

How to Concentrate and Write, Even When Everything Around You Won't Shut Up

 

NOT LATER, WRITE NOW! : HOW TO CONCENTRATE AND WRITE, EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING AROUND YOU WON’T SHUT UP

Developed and Taught By Susan Bachner

 

 It’s a common 21ST century complaint. You’re dying to start writing your novel, your screenplay, your “Tribute to Condiments Around the World” blog.  But you can’t. When you’re at work, you have to be at work. When you’re at home; there are roommates, spouses, relatives. They’re talking, walking around,  watching TV, breathing too loud. 

You’ve tried sitting in Starbucks but there are people talking, doors opening and closing, and loud coffee machines whirring.You try to listen to music to drown out the world. But that just distracts you, too.

And wherever you are, there are always people texting you, emailing you, face booking you, calling you. How can you avoid them? So you find yourself putting off your writing for yet another day.

Yes, there are places that charge you money to rent a little cubicle where everyone agrees to be quiet, but that’s expensive. Plus you’re taking the time to travel someplace else, when you have a perfectly good desk waiting for you at home. It seems like nothing works and time is slipping away while your work remains unwritten.

There is an answer: NOT LATER, WRITE NOW!: HOW TO CONCENTRATE AND WRITE, EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING AROUND YOU WON’T SHUT UP.


You'll learn strategies to : 

*  Stop procrastination before it starts
 

* Concentrate in all kinds of circumstances, even bad ones

* Learn concentration exercises specifically for writing

* Stop sabotaging yourself, wasting time bouncing around  different project ideas, and find that one idea you're "into"

* Capitalize on your own enthusiasm 

* Make the best use of your free time and physical energy

* Create a custom schedule for writing that will make it easy to stick to. 

Susan Bachner knows the secrets to concentrating and writing in not ideal conditions, and has the results to show for it. She has previously helped private clients learn to concentrate better and fulfill their writing dreams, and is now is opening these possibilities up to even more writers with this class. 

A former Senior Editor at McGraw Hill (where she once had to concentrate on her work while a nearby  coworker continually slurped coffee for hours on end ), published author, and screenwriter with representation in Hollywood, she has put together strategies for developing an inner world of peace and concentration anywhere and anytime.

When watching the lessons, please have handy a notebook to take notes in, and if possible a small datebook  ( even if you usually keep track of your schedule in your phone or computer, it will be good to have a physical datebook to write in for the purpose of forming your writing schedule.) 


Looking forward to helping you get on the road to writing what you want, whenever you want. 

NOT LATER, WRITE NOW!     

  • By the end of the course, you will learn how to concentrate better, eliminate procrastination, and focus on the one writing project you are most enthusiastic about.

  • In this course you will learn specific techniques and strategies to block out common distractions, have more writing discipline, and harvest your mental and phsyical energy to your best advantage for writing.

Instructor

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Susan Bachner

As a professional writer, my livelihood depends on being able to concentrate and write, no matter what the circumstances. I figured out the secrets to stomping out procrastination before it starts, concentrating anywhere, and writing what you love to write, and I'm excited to share them in my course: Not Later. Write Now! As a C.U.N.Y. Adjunct Lecturer, I learned...

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Rory L.
5.0
5 years ago

Simple and concise, not preachy. I can use this advice. Thanks. Now maybe I can finish that book I've started.

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Anne W.
4.0
8 years ago

Good informatiom

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Andrew D.
5.0
9 years ago

Susan is not only clear and precise in her delivery, she keeps her lessons concise and in easily digested chunks. To me, a big reason to take this course is its focus on external factors of writing, like the minutiae of schedules and balanced meals.

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Bonnie F.
5.0
10 years ago

some great rid-bits wrapped in other great rid-bits, the notes outweighed the time investment. wonderful!!

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Rita
5.0
11 years ago

Sue Bachner gives some really useful tips on how to block out distractions and get back to writing.
I highly recommend her writing webinar.

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Leslie V. A.
4.0
11 years ago

Thank you, Susan, for a great course!
You actually had me at your intro about wanting to concentrate when the rest of the world just wouldn't shut up - exactly how i often feel when i want to get some work done.
I like the specific practical tips and short assignments you give, often with a bit of a theoretical explanation behind them so you really understand why this will be helpful.

Already tried the 2 minute blockout, and it works :) Many other tips that i will be using from now on. Also nice to have the info presented both as text as well as by your personal voice.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!

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Susan K. J.
5.0
11 years ago

I have really enjoyed this course. The instructor presents the material in a concise and easy to understand format.

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