![]() I know this sounds obvious, but most people have a fantasy in their heads about writing that misses the crappy parts.Įmbrace the crappy parts. Expect it to be hard, tiring, confusing, overwhelming, and painful. If it were easy, everyone would be good at it. I wish I had a fun quote here about this, but writing is hard work. Writing Tip #6: Expect writing to be hard. As you can see, it’s all about consistency. That is fast, and you’ll do it with what feels like very little effort and not a lot of time. The best part is that it adds up quickly: By writing just 250 words a day, you can get a 120-page (30,000-word) first draft done in about four months. This is a classic sales technique-lowering the quota to inspire action-that works wonderfully with writing. It will also make you feel good when you surpass it, and entice you to keep writing. A low goal is not intimidating, so it will help you get started. So if you’re writing about 250 words a day, that’s about a page a day. Why 250 words? It’s approximately the number of words per page in a printed book. Doing a mediocre first draft is a great way to get momentum and start moving. This is because one of the biggest obstacles between the desire to write and an actual finished piece is overcoming your own self-doubt. The ONLY goal of the first pass is to get it done. Of course you will go back to it later and edit, but not on the first pass. Write a bad first draft as fast as you can.Īt Scribe, we call this part of the writing process a “ vomit draft.” The point is to not edit or even read anything that you are writing as you do your first draft. Writing Tip #3: Give yourself permission to write a mediocre first draft. ![]() If you stop in the middle of a sentence, then you have a clear place to start and an easy way to create momentum. ![]() This is for people who have trouble picking back up each day. This is a simple tip, and I can’t remember where I learned it, but it has worked for many, many writers: stop each day in the middle of a sentence. Charles Bukowski Writing Tip #2: End each day mid-sentence. ![]() A genius is a man who says a complex thing in a simple way.” “An intellectual is a man who says a simple thing in a complex way. ![]()
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