How to write consistently, painlessly, and without writer's block
The more of these you do, the more successful your writing session will be. I've marked the most important ones with a ★ star.
- ★ Write in the morning.
- ★ Close your eyes while you type
- Do not edit
- Do not reference your research
- Have your research done the day before you sit down to write.
- ★ Write into 750words.com
- Leave the 750words.com tab open even after you finish for the day
- Make it fullscreen so you're less easily distracted
- Disconnect your internet, or write on a plane, or outside (even if it's cold: this gives you a natural deadline).
- Write about whatever you feel like; once that's poured out, you can move on to whatever "productive" writing you wanted to do. This is also known as writing out the "noise."
This list of tips is built from experience and Josh Seiden's article, How to Write.
When you're ready to start editing, these writing tools will come in handy.
These are also great for people who aren't native english speakers.
- ★
polishmywriting.comis my favorite, despite its looks. (defunct) - ★ hemingwayapp.com is great for simplifying sentences. If you're doing sales writing, get it under grade 8 to increase conversion.
- ★ grammarly.com very popular
- alexjs.com/#demo
- labs.foxtype.com/politeness
- paperrater.com/free_paper_grader
Sincerely,
David Trejo
