I’m a prolific writer.
Want proof?
I wrote my book about how to be a prolific writer – I Wrote This On A Monday – in one day. That’s over 10,000 words in one day – a day filled with travel, chores, distractions, fatigue and the usual distractions of life.
Okay, 10,000 words isn’t much. That doesn’t make me Tolkien or anything.
No, it would take three whole weeks of writing like that to create The Fellowship of the Ring.
I stand by my productivity. It’s how I’m able to write so many emails and create so many new products – and how I was able to do this years before ChatGPT showed up.
But that just means I know how to write well. It doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll learn how to do the same.
Fair enough. Let’s here from others about it then:
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“Before reading the book I felt like I was forcing myself to write. After trying just a few of the practices Will shares in the book, I immediately noticed I was enjoying writing much more, so much so that I found myself looking for more reasons to write so I could practice! It was a big change in a short time, and I can’t wait to explore the writing world this opens up for me. I highly recommend this to anyone who would benefit from being able to write easier, clearer and actually enjoy it.”
– Simon Kelly
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“William Batten’s direct, simple to follow guidance has given me the tools to unblock my creativity. For a long time it has been so hard to start various writing projects – I now have a method to make daily writing a joy.”
– Matthew Green
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“I read this book in one sitting as I was in the headspace to troubleshoot one of my particularly annoying habits of sabotaging my creative output by editing it before it is finished, as I have been working on launching a training for over a year and I am sick of the project, the process, and the cranky, irritated, overly sensitive part of myself that keeps conflating my work with my identity.
“Finding William’s book was like looking up and noticing that a friend is offering a hand.
“It’s short, and to the point, but also full of stories and metaphors that will work in the back of your mind even after you’re finished reading. If you, like me, got your idea of the writer’s life from narcissistic 20-somethings alive during the 1950s, you could probably benefit from an update, and this book shows you how to do that in a way that most resonates with you. It’s not writing that’s the hard part, it’s the getting lined up with yourself, and this book will show you how that’s not so hard at all.
“Thanks, William.”
– Marian Spurgeon
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“This book was very valuable to me as writing is an integral part of my life and livelihood, but it’s not something I ever got taught how to do well.
“Yes I learned grammar etc, but the inner strategies of how to THINK of writing, how to approach it, and how to enjoy it were all left entirely to luck.
“I especially enjoyed the fact that the book itself is proof of the concepts it is encouraging, like a case study and an instructional walkthrough rolled into one.
“After finishing reading it, now when I think of email campaigns or training modules I need to write, the old feeling of burden and overwhelm has shifted into curiosity and excitement to apply what I learned here.”
– Jonam Tullio Ross
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All such kind words.
Accurate words, too.
If you’d like to sing my praises and create like you never have, then read I Wrote This On A Monday: