We’re continuing on with our writing tips, and you’re continuing on with creating your content. For today’s topic, we’re going to talk about how to speed up your writing. Check out these tips…
Write First, Edit Later
Writing is more of a creative task, while editing tends to be more intellectual. As such, if you try to do both of these tasks at the same time, you’re only going to slow yourself down.
Here’s what to do instead: write first without editing any of it. Don’t worry about sentence structure, typos or anything else. Just get your ideas down on paper and let yourself be as creative as possible (especially with regards to creating your unique angle or sharing a story).
Once you have your first draft complete, THEN you can go back and edit to your heart’s content. Now your brain is going to switch gears and think about things like grammar and spelling, which kicks it out of creative mode. (Later in this guide we’ll talk more about proofing and polishing to create a great end result, so stay tuned.)
Here’s the next idea for writing faster…
Use Technology
Another way to speed up your writing is to use technology. There are two ways technology can help:
Method #1: Cut out distractions with technology. If you have troubles focusing on your writing because you get distracted by sites like social media, there are plenty of apps that can help. For example, GetColdTurkey.com will lock you out of all the sites that distract you, so you can’t access them while working.
Method #2: Speed up writing with technology. Most people can write faster than they can talk. If that’s the case with you too, then you may consider using a speech-to-text solution such as Dragon Naturally Speaking (or any other number of competitors now available on the market). These apps and software solutions have greatly improved over the last few years, so they don’t even require as much training as they did in the past.
Hire a Freelancer
The fastest way to create content is to outsource this task to a competent freelance writer. This frees up your time to work on other parts of your membership site (such as marketing it). Or, if you choose, it gives you more time away from work that you can spend with your family and friends or enjoying your hobbies.
TODAY’S TASK: Your task today is to continue working on your main content for the first month of your membership site. If you’re following the timeline I suggested, then you’d create another 1/8 of your content.
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