Comments on: Writing: The Anti-GTD http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/writing-the-anti-gtd/ If you're reading this, you're not writing. Obvious but true. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:59:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Dustin http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/writing-the-anti-gtd/#comment-566 Dustin Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:37:34 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/writing-the-anti-gtd/#comment-566 I only kinda agree. I'm pretty sure that GTD can't be directly applied to writing itself -- but who needs it? You know how to write, right? When you start writing, do you really need Next Actions? It's all the *other* stuff writers have to do that needs a good GTD'ing, especially since most writers are, well, kinda like you,m Jamie -- they hate all the business-y stuff that they became writers to avoid. Yet ww have to send proposals to clients, market ourselves and our work, network and affiliate, do accounts receivable and accounts payable -- we wear far more hats than the average corporate office worker. And we're mostly not good at all that stuff, which means we put it off and screw it up when we aren't putting it off. Having a system in place to handle all the *non-writing* stuff that writers do just makes good sense to me. It may not be GTD, but something. I only kinda agree. I’m pretty sure that GTD can’t be directly applied to writing itself — but who needs it? You know how to write, right? When you start writing, do you really need Next Actions?

It’s all the *other* stuff writers have to do that needs a good GTD’ing, especially since most writers are, well, kinda like you,m Jamie — they hate all the business-y stuff that they became writers to avoid. Yet ww have to send proposals to clients, market ourselves and our work, network and affiliate, do accounts receivable and accounts payable — we wear far more hats than the average corporate office worker.

And we’re mostly not good at all that stuff, which means we put it off and screw it up when we aren’t putting it off. Having a system in place to handle all the *non-writing* stuff that writers do just makes good sense to me. It may not be GTD, but something.

]]> By: Jason Rehmus http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/writing-the-anti-gtd/#comment-560 Jason Rehmus Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:57:28 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/writing-the-anti-gtd/#comment-560 You're really onto something here. But I say let GTD thrive. That way other people can get the work done for us. @joel: I'll join you for that cigar. Jason Rehmus's last blog post..<a href="http://longstride.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/a-vacation-on-a-train-amtrak-usa-rail-pass/" rel="nofollow">A Vacation on a Train: Amtrak USA Rail Pass</a> You’re really onto something here. But I say let GTD thrive. That way other people can get the work done for us.

@joel: I’ll join you for that cigar.

Jason Rehmus’s last blog post..A Vacation on a Train: Amtrak USA Rail Pass

]]> By: Joel Falconer http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/writing-the-anti-gtd/#comment-559 Joel Falconer Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:20:05 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/writing-the-anti-gtd/#comment-559 Heck, I would pay for a long, interrupted think with a cigarette. Cigar would do better, I'm sick of plain old cigarettes. Joel Falconer's last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JoelFalconerCom/~3/322910896/" rel="nofollow">Digital Task Lists are the Harbingers of Doom</a> Heck, I would pay for a long, interrupted think with a cigarette. Cigar would do better, I’m sick of plain old cigarettes.

Joel Falconer’s last blog post..Digital Task Lists are the Harbingers of Doom

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