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On paper · $39
The method, small enough to tape to the machine.
You do not have a motivation problem. You have an unbounded project. This file exists to bound it until it fits a season of your actual life.
A 2002 Jenkins Group survey, reported by NPR, found 81% of Americans felt they had a book in them. Desire is not rare. Finished files are.
The Blueprint is a short HTML file you print (File → Print → Save as PDF) and fill in ink if you can. Ink is harder to ghost. Fiction, memoir, and the expert book each get a track. Ten chapter jobs. A quota you can hit sick. A publish path that is not a vanity press.
Inside
- How to pick the book you can finish — not the cathedral
- A weekday quota that survives a bad week
- A spine: one job per chapter
- What to pay for (edit, cover, format) and what is a costume
- A launch that is a calendar, not a personality
If you want the same method as a workspace instead of paper, that’s Author Studio. Studio includes this file.