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Sneak peek: HTTS Ultra bonus (partial)

How To Think Sideways is all about digging in, tipping everything you thought you knew about writing on its side, learning techniques that will make your writing FLY.

It takes time, but you get amazing results.

When you’re sitting in the MIDDLE of a writing problem, what you really want is a quick fix to get you over THIS hurdle, right now.

So…

You told me where things were going wrong—what your writing problems were.

Now take a look at what that turned into…

I recognized your problems as I read through them. At one time or another, I’ve hit them. If you write long enough, you will.

I didn’t have time to live with them or suffer through them, though, because if I didn’t write, we didn’t eat. So I fixed them. And I was willing to try some pretty strange shit to do it.

Now Iโ€™m going to show YOU what worked.

Here are just a few of the high-speed, maximum-intensity workshops youโ€™ll be getting in HTTS Ultraโ€”crunchy little morsels you can plug into your worst writing problems instantlyโ€”no theory, no fluff, just the fix you need whenever you need it:

  • Get Beyond The Blinking Cursorโ€จ
    Get wordsโ€”good wordsโ€”on the page in just minutes, without anxiety, without dread, without second-guessing yourself, without struggling for the ONE perfect word, or sentence, or paragraph your mind insists you must have.โ€จ
  • โ€œBut Iโ€™ll Never Be Shakespeareโ€ฆโ€
    โ€จStall out because you compare yourself to writers you arenโ€™t and never will be? Hereโ€™s a quick and dirty solution to stop THAT little problem dead in its tracks.
  • Defenestrate The Dwindling, Superfluous Self-Aggrandizement Of Perambulating Verbosity
    โ€จDescription dragging your story through frozen molasses? This quickie will pitch the blather out the window in a hurry.โ€จ
  • โ€œI Canโ€™t Make Myself Write.โ€โ€จ
    If this is your problem, I have a fix. I call this one the โ€œIce Waterโ€ exercise. Itโ€™s a shocker.โ€จ
  • Cure Hummingbird Brain
    โ€จWrite, delete, backup, fidgetโ€ฆ New ideaโ€”โ€œHey, thatโ€™s cool,โ€โ€”new character magically appearsโ€ฆ โ€œSQUIRREL!โ€โ€”glass of water, check the emailโ€ฆ โ€จSound familiar? This frikkinโ€™ defines me. Hereโ€™s how I fight itโ€”and winโ€”every damn day.โ€จ
  • Fix Day-Week-Month Stalls
    โ€จYouโ€™re moving along at a steady page, getting your daily word countโ€ฆuntil you hit a story problem. And you stop to figure it outโ€ฆonly the quick stop turns into a dayโ€ฆa week, a monthโ€ฆ This one is an EASY fix.โ€จ
  • Conquer Wild Bob, The Plot Destroyerโ€จSo you have this out-of-control character, and he insists that your story is going to go HIS way, in spite of the fact that HIS way bears no resemblance to the story you want to write. You have some new alternatives to get him to toe the line. He wonโ€™t like them. But you will.โ€จ
  • Create Lightning Conflict for Every Situation
    โ€จStruggling with what conflict is, how it works, or how to get it into your story now? I once plotted an entire novel using JUST this trick. (Deadlines, again, and howling desperation).
  • Break the Perfectionist Freezeโ€จ
    Canโ€™t write anything because it doesnโ€™t turn out perfect the first time through? Yeah. I remember that. You may have to repeat this exercise, but youโ€™ll get wonderful first-draft words when youโ€™re done.โ€จ

And many more…

But not today. ๐Ÿ˜€ The rest will wait until the launch.

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70 responses to “Sneak peek: HTTS Ultra bonus (partial)”

  1. Jennette Marie Powell Avatar

    I am looking soooooo forward to this! Thanks a TON, Holly!

  2. MIchelle Avatar

    Thank you thank you THANK YOU Holly! Conflict and distraction, major roadblocks. So much looking forward to this.

  3. Aimee Avatar
    Aimee

    Oh, thank you, Holly! I cant wait. Now if I can just give myself permission to write…

  4. Paul Toth Avatar
    Paul Toth

    Thanks Holly, great to find tools to teach an old dog new tricks!

  5. Shawna Avatar

    Looking forward to it!

  6. Kim Avatar
    Kim

    Hallelujah I can’t wait!
    โ€œI Canโ€™t Make Myself Write.โ€โ€จ Hummingbird Brain ….. โ€œSQUIRREL!โ€ This frikkinโ€™ defines me.
    This is literally what I was doing when I was reading this email from you. I was running away from my writing by all my distractions.
    Yay!!!! Holly!

  7. Ellen Avatar
    Ellen

    Boy I sure need the ones you mentioned.

  8. Wendy (estuary) Avatar
    Wendy (estuary)

    CAN’T wait!!

  9. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Holly you did it again!!! You never fail to amaze us with the great ideas you have to help writers. Looking forward to these coming out

  10. elizabeth Avatar
    elizabeth

    I know that’s a partial list, but that list hits both my major road blocks (momentum and ‘ooh, shiny’) in just about the exact way I think of them! The ‘hummingbird brain cure’ alone would be worth its weight in gold for me! ๐Ÿ˜€

  11. barry Avatar
    barry

    OK, im in. When?

  12. Barbara Avatar
    Barbara

    This sounds very helpful!

    I’m always struggling with โ€œI Canโ€™t Make Myself Write.โ€, an issue thatis flanked by “Perfectionist Freeze” and “SQUIRREL” (well, toddler, baby, housework, squirrel, toddler, e-mail, …) ๐Ÿ™‚

    I’m looking forward to the new lessons and very grateful for you being such a creative and inspiring teacher!

  13. kittyb78 Avatar

    That is awesome! ๐Ÿ™‚

  14. Tracy R Avatar

    I’m so excited, I can hardly wait for HTTS Ultra to come out. Sitting on the edge of my seat waiting.

  15. Claudette Avatar

    This looks terrific, Holly. Can hardly wait until we see the whole production number. Rehearsals WOW us now.

  16. Kathrine Roid Avatar

    I think you just gave every writer their birthday presents for all time early. Holly, these are fantastic!

  17. Lynda Miller Avatar
    Lynda Miller

    I am so looking forward to reading all!

  18. Heather Avatar
    Heather

    Well, that was a nice tease, but it wasn’t a sneak peek. I didn’t learn anything about your solutions – only that you have some.

    1. Kathrine Roid Avatar

      Sneak peak, noun. The opportunity to see something before it is officially available.

      Whether that “something” is the entire thing, the first chapter, the table of contents, the dedication, or the pterodactyl illustration that will be randomly dispersed throughout the final product, if you are seeing it before it is officially available, it is a sneak peak.

  19. Lisa Sperry Avatar
    Lisa Sperry

    SNOOPY DANCE!!!!!!!!!!!

    I know it will be great. Can’t hardly wait. I’m all a quiver.

    Regards,
    Lisa

  20. wednesday Avatar
    wednesday

    want want want want yesssssss

  21. Jessica@ Avatar
    Jessica@

    Feels like Christmas all over again! This sounds amazing. Can’t wait for these new goodies to go live.

    Thank you!

  22. E.K. Carmel Avatar

    Holly, this looks awesome! Can’t wait!

  23. Engrid Avatar
    Engrid

    Standing O….Applause! Applause! Squirrel! (LOL)

  24. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Sounds awesome! I can’t wait – thank you so much, Holly!

  25. Danzier Avatar
    Danzier

    Oooooohhhhh….

    *salutes*
    Holly, you always go above and beyond with your teaching. I was secretly worried you’d pick a topic for this that I wouldn’t get anything from. I should’ve known better. This looks fantastic. It’s a whole Snap-On tool truck! ๐Ÿ˜€ Thank you sooo much.

  26. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    Fan-freakin-tastic! Thanks Holly! Can’t wait!

  27. Judy corduan Avatar
    Judy corduan

    Yeah! I learned a new word today. And other great things to look forward to.

  28. Kelly G in ATX Avatar
    Kelly G in ATX

    Squee! I’m really excited about this!

  29. PapaBear Avatar

    Great product Holly. I can see how this would be so helpful in the midst of the writing. Looking forward to it’s release.

  30. Joy Daniels Avatar

    WOW! And I love this: “Defenestrate The Dwindling, Superfluous Self-Aggrandizement Of Perambulating Verbosity” ๐Ÿ™‚

  31. Christa Avatar
    Christa

    So excited! ๐Ÿ™‚

  32. Elizabeth Avatar

    *like* Looking forward to this one’s emergence. Yay!

  33. Nessa Avatar

    So looking forward to all of them! (And I love that you said “shit” in your post.)

  34. Mysti Holt Avatar
    Mysti Holt

    Thank you so much. I am so excited for this new launch!

  35. Pat Williams Avatar
    Pat Williams

    You are such a brilliant writer, teacher and communicator – all the skills, talents and capacities, plus you’ve been there. I’m a non-fiction speculative ideas-y type writer, but everything you say seems to apply there too.
    I’m in the UK. WHAT’s the cost of joining the class.
    Thanks. Very grateful.
    Pat

  36. TimothyH Avatar
    TimothyH

    Yes! I can’t believe how many of my own writing problems I recognize in this list. Thank you, Holly!

    Can’t wait!

  37. Rebecca Avatar

    Oh wow. That hits several issues I have! Discipline, Squirrel, & Bob the Destroyer, especially. I hope you plan on selling this one separate from the HTTS course too, because I am sure you’d sell a bunch of copies!

  38. JenS Avatar
    JenS

    I’m so excited! You’ve nailed all the struggles I’ve had, and I can’t wait to find out the quick and dirty fixes. :-). Thanks, Holly!

  39. Ashley Avatar
    Ashley

    Wow!! This sounds fabulous Holly!

  40. Starr Avatar

    I see myself in the list above… see me here..! thats the hummingbird thing… and me not writing ๐Ÿ™‚

    Looking forward to this one.

  41. Patricia Avatar
    Patricia

    So excited for this. Thank you so much Holly!

  42. Becky Burkheart Avatar

    Sounds awesome!!!

  43. Elisa Avatar
    Elisa

    Looks and sounds fantastic. Am stalling right now and don’t now how to get out of this trap, might just be that I wait for your help…

  44. Ryan Neely Avatar

    Awesome! I’m excited to get started…again.

  45. Jen of Hens Avatar
    Jen of Hens

    Oh look – a SQUIRREL!!!!

    Yep, it looks great. Can’t wait to participate.

    must check email….

  46. Rebecca Anne Avatar
    Rebecca Anne

    Hi Holly just read through what you are putting in the Ultra course and you have knocked the ball out of the park with the wonderful extras you are adding.

  47. Rachael E Stephen Avatar
    Rachael E Stephen

    These all look so great! Super excited for them, and very appreciative of all your hard work, thanks Holly.

  48. Felicia Fredlund Avatar

    Awesome! Plug and play. Very cool stuff Holly.

    I especially look forward to the “Create Lightning Conflict for Every Situation”. ๐Ÿ™‚

  49. Esther Avatar
    Esther

    It’s look very exciting. Thank you, Holly!

  50. Stephen B. Bagley Avatar

    This is going to be awesome!

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