Read Lovely Books
Blaze through your shitty first draft and become a prolific writer
“Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts
What I’ve learned to do when I sit down to work on a shitty first draft
— Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
The conditioning from school and our internal impulses work against this
English drafts can take about 30 minutes more because it’s not my first language
But the quality of the draft suffered, and I wasted more time editing
For example, during research you are in exploratory mode, your brain is asking questions, accumulating knowledge, and
Focusing on one phase at a time optimizes your effort, like batching similar tasks
Explicitly block time for each step on your calendar, for the best results
If you are in an energetic mood, you will write more quickly and most importantly your writing
Miss Excel teaches Microsoft Excel through short videos on TikTok
Then I run to my computer and I make those ideas because essentially social media content is
Besides choosing the right topic I increase my enthusiasm by:
Visual notifications are also disabled: the light never flashes, and the screen never wakes up
I don’t think Steven King’s phone constantly bugs him while he’s drafting his next
Inspiring quotes hung on the wall can provide the right motivation
The right tool makes writing pleasant, fast and doesn’t steal the scene
Write a couple of articles with each one, then draw your conclusions
So, take a little longer to ensure your outline shows you what to include
A comprehensive outline for a 1000–1500 word article takes me about 15 minutes
When I moved to digital writing I noticed a terrible habit: my fingers were constantly jumping to
It was also wasteful: in your editing, you will change words, cut out entire sentences, and rearrange
Many corrections you make while drafting will simply get deleted
Sometimes I can’t find the right word or feel that a sentence is weak, or need
Today you can just use the free dictation feature on your phone’s keyboard and get almost
You will need to get used to the speed of the recognition and learn some special commands (
5 hours, you can save a lot of time by implementing just some of these tips
And if you need an accountability buddy, hire me as a coach here!