What’s Your Best System?

When writers talk about their systems, they’re usually referring to their writing system—Story Grid, Story Magic, Three-Act Structure, Save the Cat, and so forth. But I’m talking about productivity systems. Pantser or Plotter, the systems work. Here are three I’ve used and have come back to several times.

Book in a Week (BIAW): Thanks to April Kihlstrom, the author who popularized this system. I took a workshop with April over 15 years ago, and it was a real gift. In this system, you carve out ...