15 tips for writing faster
The craft of writing can be a tradeoff between quality and quickness. This infographic has techniques for boosting your daily word count—without getting sloppy.
In any corporate setting, the ability to write well is enormously valuable and can provide relative job security. But the ability to write well quickly—that’s pure gold.
You might be thinking:
I write at the speed I can; how can I write faster?
It takes practice, of course, and requires the ability to translate thought into prose in close to real time. Speed doesn’t come overnight. Revolution is always a process—not an event.
Custom-Writing.org has published a 15-step infographic that outlines rules, tips and techniques to juice your writing speed:
1. Silence your inner editor.
2. Structure is everything.
3. Defeat distractions.
4. Track your words-per-hour.
5. Format at the end.
6. Write what you know.
7. Keep all notes in one place.
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