Simple Question: Do YOU want to write for a living? "LESSON DESCRIPTION: Discover how to avoid—-or fix—-the procrastination, writer's block, perfectionism, and excuses that keep most people from writing successfully." In the first lesson of this course, you will: Discover the four very common thinking patterns that prevent most people who want to write from ever succeeding—-and you will identify which patterns plague you, and why. Clear out the deadwood in your thinking and you'll be thrilled with the power of everything that deadwood has been choking and stifling. Learn and use the fix for each of the four problem thought patterns—-and watch your writing take off.Discover one technique for connecting your conscious and subconscious minds and teaching them to work together to give you the best stories you've ever come up with—-this is where you start building a career based on stories that matter to you.Learn how to find and identify the writing opportunities you've been tripping over and missing until now—-you'll be floored by how fun this is, and blown away by how quickly you start getting results.The public version of the course consists of these 29 individual lessons, and downloadable, printable worksheets included in the purchase price, and available from simple-to-type links at the back of each lesson. Each lesson is taught in sequence, and builds on techniques taught in previous lessons. ""TO AVOID CONFUSION AND FRUSTRATION, DO THE LESSONS IN ORDER."" STUDENTS SAY: "Fantasy writer and teacher extraordinaire Holly Lisle (no relation!) earns my undying thanks for her online courses on writing and editing, without which this book might still be languishing in revision Hell." —From the Acknowledgements in "THE ALCHEMIST OF SOULS", by Anne Lyle "My newest novel (revised with some of the methods I learned in this course) got contracted by the very best Fantasy-agent in Germany." — Katharina Gerlach, Germany "I've been a professional journalist for 20 years... I was hoping to silence the editor. (And) I realized I'd written 5,000 words without going back to check spelling, etc." — Max Howard "It is by far more detailed than I could have ever hoped. It's not just a collection of tips and tricks; it's a complex, complete system for getting that damn book done and done right. It's changed my whole approach to writing but in a way that feels natural, like, 'why didn't I think of doing it this way before?'" — K.T. Appleby Each of the 29 lessons teaches one or more essential sideways-thinking skills that will allow you to write better fiction, find markets for your work, revise intelligently (and just once per book), sell what you write, and make every book you write better than the last. It includes both commercial publishing and self-publishing tracks: I have many years of experience in both. HOW TO THINK SIDEWAYS: Career Survival School for Writers is not "how to write a book." It is "How to write books you love for the rest of your life in ANY genres you wish to pursue, get paid for doing it, hit deadlines, crush writer's block, NEVER run out of ideas, and build a career telling stories you're proud of to people who love what you do." The course is written exclusively for people who want to learn how to make a living from their writing, and my system is built around learning how to THINK sideways, and how to apply sideways-thinking skills to your writing—-and while you will write, revise, and submit (or publish) a novel or novella as your course project, if you are unwilling to learn new ways of thinking, you will not benefit from the course. —-Holly Lisle