Unlock the Secret Techniques Top Writers Use to Double Their Speed Without Sacrificing Quality
Just Start Writing
Yes, you want to produce your best work possible. Yes, the first draft of a sentence or paragraph will rarely be the best one. Don’t worry about it; just write. Write in over-simplistic or colloquial language, write with bad grammar and worse style. If you’re going to quote a fact or study but don’t have the details to hand, jot down the gist of it and leave it unreferenced for now.
Too many writers edit extensively from the second they start writing when their first concern should be simply committing their ideas to paper. Not only is this a great motivational tool (having a completed first draft, no matter how poorly written, makes us feel that most of the work is behind us) it also allows you to see the structure of the piece. You can then cut out the points that aren’t working and reverse the order of certain ideas without having wasted any time carefully crafting them into perfect sentences. Editing a completed document also means you can fully concentrate on improving the style of your sentences, without having to worry about creating the substance.
