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Writing Help You Should Use Your Calendar To Improve Your Writin
Many of my students shrug their shoulders at the beginning of the semester when I tell them that time is their best friend. Just like my students, too many writers struggle with their writing because they treat time as a four letter word. However time is not the enemy if you learn to use it wisely. Time can be a tremendous help when you write if you plan ahead. Making a wise use of your time is a three-step process.
First, allow yourself enough time to live with the idea you plan to write about. Do not write. Give yourself permission to jot down notes but it is wisest to simply make these hard copy (or handwritten) notes. You want to give your muse, your subconscious mind, your brain, or whatever part of you that does your heavy lifting when it comes to writing, time to work. During this time just go about your normal life and work on other tasks, writing and otherwise. There is no need to schedule time to simply think about your future writing task. It is going on whether or not you pay attention to it. However every day you can give yourself for this process will save you much time, energy, and agony later on. Trust me. I have been there and I know whereof I speak.
Second, once you have given your brain some time to work out your rough draft (or at least the bones of it) then it is time to start writing. However before you start writing you should work out a schedule for yourself. Set goals and limitations and then stick to them. Perhaps you will write for a set amount of time or you might rather set a certain page count for your goal. Some days it will be a struggle to meet your goal and other days it will be almost painful to stop when you have met your quota, but over time your brain and writing muscles will become accustomed to the goal and the writing will come easier and faster.
Third, and this is where you need to pull out your calendar, you need to plan your schedule so you have plenty of time for that initial period of thought, a workable writing schedule, and time for drafts as well as time for breaks between drafts. Writing and revising through multiple drafts is one of the essentials to improving your writing product but if you do not allow sufficient time between those drafts then you might as well not bother with drafts at all. You need to give your brain time to rest and you need to allow yourself some distance from the initial creation.
Time is a writer's best friend but only if you plan ahead sufficiently to allow time to live with your writing idea, plan a workable schedule, and give yourself time off between drafts. Pulling out your calendar and planning out a writing schedule can be the single biggest step you take to improve your writing.
BONUS : Writing In Exchange For Bread On The Table
Some people say that I have it all I disagree. I constantly have to struggle with this love-hate relationship I have with writing. I love reading, thats for sure. And I love to write .about myself as and when I want to. But when I am required to write about something like .say .how to change the black oil in a car or how to pick the right motherboard for your computer .I have to literally drag myself to the computer and prompt my fingers to move.
This is the relationship I have with writing. Its because I make a living out of churning out articles after articles sometimes completing up to 30 articles a day face to face with a deadly deadline .it is not such a heavenly life after all.
Its ironic that I spent a large part of my life looking for the right thing to do. Something that excites me and challenges me. Something that I WANT to do instead of being FORCED TO do. I hate being forced into doing something but this is sometimes called the REAL WORLD. Even when you love doing something and you start having people telling you HOW to write your articles, or books, it begins to lose its initial appeal.
And yet, despite turning into a drudgery of kind, I continue to write. Writing is what I do best. Because my husband would turn to me in the dead of night, awakened by some kind of swearing and the tap-tap-tap of my keyboard, he shakes his head and says, Gosh, youre still writing? Why?
I hiss back. Because I am paid to do this. Because I LOVE this. Its my job. Its my life. This is what I am being paid to do, you moron!
With a chuckle, knowing me, he turns his back on me and goes back to sleep. Smart ass!
While over the years, many other opportunities came a-knocking on my door and I wondered if I would do better if I did something else. Oh, I would still write but I will write my own stuff. My own novel. My own articles. My own blog. Whatever my own diary. But no one else will ever get the chance to tell me how to write the things I write NEVER!!!
And yet, surprisingly, I turn my back on those opportunities because I know I love to write. Like I said. I write for a living and secretly love it. If I started selling insurance or doing real estate, it would be like so superficial. So temporary. But when I write I write well and I do it quickly, fast and very efficiently. And I sometimes feel proud of myself although my fingers and eyes were throbbing like an earthquake waiting to happen.
Writing is a passion. If you have a passion for writing, youll start writing passionately and whatever comes out is a masterpiece in its own right. Every single article that Ive ever written, I am proud of them. I treat them like my little babies. Ive lost count of the number of babies I have today but all those articles that I have written, they are a part of me.
And I have learnt how to write efficiently and quickly without sounding like a train running out of steam. Get going, get going, get going. Come on, go on with it, write, write, write. And then after youve completed the article, go back and dissect them and inject some botox into them. If you stick around the first few sentences and try to get it perfect right from the start, youll never complete the article.
And with this secret (which is not a really a secret to begin with), I am now making my life as a writer.
Do I still love writing after spending the last 7 years writing on topics that are completely dry and arid to me? Well .I love to hate it and sometimes I hate to love it.
I believe I will continue writing until I am lying on my deathbed .breathing my last few breaths .I can imagine myself saying, Honey, get me my keyboard I want to be buried with it.
Once a writer, always a writer.
Evidence: I took a total of 3 mins 22 seconds to write this whole article.
Some people say that I have it all I disagree. I constantly have to struggle with this love-hate relationship I have with writing. I love reading, thats for sure. And I love to write .about myself as and when I want to. But when I am required to write about something like .say .how to change the black oil in a car or how to pick the right motherboard for your computer .I have to literally drag myself to the computer and prompt my fingers to move.
This is the relationship I have with writing. Its because I make a living out of churning out articles after articles sometimes completing up to 30 articles a day face to face with a deadly deadline .it is not such a heavenly life after all.
Its ironic that I spent a large part of my life looking for the right thing to do. Something that excites me and challenges me. Something that I WANT to do instead of being FORCED TO do. I hate being forced into doing something but this is sometimes called the REAL WORLD. Even when you love doing something and you start having people telling you HOW to write your articles, or books, it begins to lose its initial appeal.
And yet, despite turning into a drudgery of kind, I continue to write. Writing is what I do best. Because my husband would turn to me in the dead of night, awakened by some kind of swearing and the tap-tap-tap of my keyboard, he shakes his head and says, Gosh, youre still writing? Why?
I hiss back. Because I am paid to do this. Because I LOVE this. Its my job. Its my life. This is what I am being paid to do, you moron!
With a chuckle, knowing me, he turns his back on me and goes back to sleep. Smart ass!
While over the years, many other opportunities came a-knocking on my door and I wondered if I would do better if I did something else. Oh, I would still write but I will write my own stuff. My own novel. My own articles. My own blog. Whatever my own diary. But no one else will ever get the chance to tell me how to write the things I write NEVER!!!
And yet, surprisingly, I turn my back on those opportunities because I know I love to write. Like I said. I write for a living and secretly love it. If I started selling insurance or doing real estate, it would be like so superficial. So temporary. But when I write I write well and I do it quickly, fast and very efficiently. And I sometimes feel proud of myself although my fingers and eyes were throbbing like an earthquake waiting to happen.
Writing is a passion. If you have a passion for writing, youll start writing passionately and whatever comes out is a masterpiece in its own right. Every single article that Ive ever written, I am proud of them. I treat them like my little babies. Ive lost count of the number of babies I have today but all those articles that I have written, they are a part of me.
And I have learnt how to write efficiently and quickly without sounding like a train running out of steam. Get going, get going, get going. Come on, go on with it, write, write, write. And then after youve completed the article, go back and dissect them and inject some botox into them. If you stick around the first few sentences and try to get it perfect right from the start, youll never complete the article.
And with this secret (which is not a really a secret to begin with), I am now making my life as a writer.
Do I still love writing after spending the last 7 years writing on topics that are completely dry and arid to me? Well .I love to hate it and sometimes I hate to love it.
I believe I will continue writing until I am lying on my deathbed .breathing my last few breaths .I can imagine myself saying, Honey, get me my keyboard I want to be buried with it.
Once a writer, always a writer.
Evidence: I took a total of 3 mins 22 seconds to write this whole article.
