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If you have a book you want to write -- and many creative people do -- most often the biggest barrier to completing it is not a lack of ideas or even a lack of craft. It's a perceived lack of time. Writing is an exercise in discipline. The Keystrokes Book Plan Workshop addresses that issue by teaching a writing discipline that works. Specifically, over the course of two sessions, it will teach you how to:

• organize your writing and your life around each other
• envision your book in a way that will support your motivation over time
• develop a week by week plan that allows you to measure and reinforce your progress
• find your own work habits and tools for maintaining a pace of writing
• create and follow a book plan that suits your style and life constraints
• revise your plan and still maintain commitment

Many published authors have day jobs, families, or social and economic obligations that take up most of their time. They're busy people. And yet they find time to write, to make their work good, and to get it published. This workshop is right for you if you know you want to write a book (whether fiction or nonfiction), you have a busy life, and you're looking for a practical way to make it work.

Here is a related article by Michael Gilbert:

• How to Write a Book in One Year

"This is the real gift of your course - giving people who write their lives back."

"My expectations were exceeded; I wasn't expecting to create a bookplan in quantifiable terms."

"1) The panelists were published writers in various genres who offered actual experience/advice. 2) There was a very good handout and homework. 3) There was a practicum that caused each person to leave with a plan."

"This experience exceeded my expectations. I have far more to work with than I originally hoped. I believe in my ability to succeed."

"I had convinced myself I could not [write a book]. Now I think I can."

This workshop will be taught by Michael C. Gilbert, the author of "How to Write a Book in One Year", the Editor of Nonprofit Online News, and the Founding President of the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network.

He is also author and editor to all of the publications we offer here, including: Communication Centered Technology Planning and The Guide to Nonprofit Email, and he also authored The Campaign Cookbook. He is the Publisher and Editor of Nonprofit Online News, which he started in 1997 as a means to keep himself and his colleagues informed and which has since become a premier newsletter of the field. For more information about Mr. Gilbert, please see his bio.

Our pre-packaged online seminar here consists of two 90 minute sessions.

Live Online Seminars: These are presented at a scheduled date & time, broadcast live, and include live Q&A time with the instructor. Live online seminars presented by The Gilbert Center are open registration seminars, which means that anyone can attend. Please see our calendar for upcoming events. You can also read technical requirements and other basic facts for this seminar delivery option. (Please note that our calendar of live seminars only goes out a couple of months and not all topics will show up there.)

On-Demand Online Seminars: On-demand means you can attend at a time that is most convenient for your schedule. It consists of the recordings of the most recent live presentation, and comes packaged with a 30 minute phone consultation with the instructor so you can ask questions about the seminar materials and how they can best be put to use in your particular situation. You can also read technical requirements and other basic facts for this seminar delivery option. The catalog of seminars available on-demand is listed down the right-hand side of that same page, and also the calendar page. (Please note that not all topics are available yet for on-demand viewing. See the On-Demand Info page for a complete list of current options.)

Private In-House Sessions: If you have a group of people to whom you would like to offer training, please consider our private, in-house seminars. Which means you can hire us to present this and any of the seminars listed on this site, as well as custom sessions, for your group privately; online or in person at your location. Please contact us for more information if you're interested.

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