#writing faster

[the960writers]

How to Write Faster: 6 Tips to get Ready for NANOWRIMO

Emily Tamayo Maher

[caitlynlynch]

Non-Fiction Fridays Book Review: 2k to 10k by Rachel Aaron

Full title: 2,000 to 10,000: How to Write Faster, Write Better, and Write More of What You Love.

Universal purchase link here.

Rachel Aaron is a professional full-time author of fantasy and science fiction. A few years ago, she did some analysis and self-examination of her writing habits and techniques and managed to successfully apply some theories to take her writing from 2,000 words a day to 10,000 words a day.

Rachel first published most of the information in this book as a series of blog posts, and honestly, if all you’re interested in is the ‘how she did it’ bit of the 2k to 10k, you might as well read the original blog post here or indeed just the 10% sample of this book, free on Amazon. I won’t give it away here, but it’s a method which is both blindingly simple and not at all obvious unless you’ve done some ruthless self-examination, as Rachel has. I already track my writing time, which is one-third of her method, but applying the other two-thirds is something I hope to see tangible results from over time.

However, increasing your word count isn’t all that’s covered in this book. Rachel also goes into plot structure, character development, outlining, problem solving and effective editing methods. There are some really useful nuggets in here - in fact, one of the questions she posed “Ask yourself, what do your characters want most?” helped unblock me on one of my current works in progress, which alone was worth the price of the book, to me.

I have to say, though, I’m not a big fan of paying for what you can get on the internet (legally!) for free, and though the blurb states there is new information in the book which wasn’t in the blog posts, after looking them over I didn’t really see anything significant. While I found the book useful, there isn’t anything ground-breaking and new in it, and I’d have to suggest you take a look through the blog posts first. If you find Rachel’s method helps you, maybe you could thank her by purchasing the book for your library and leaving a good review!

I’m going to give it four stars; while I definitely added a few notes to the journal I keep writing tips and tricks I’ve gathered in, I doubt I’ll be back to refer to this one on a regular basis.

[optomstudies]

Hey I'm truly obsessed with your tips these are so helpful....!! Thnku so much for these amazing tips..!! Have you something to improve writing speed bc I take alot of time to write...!! Plz tell me

Hey! I’ve actually written about handwriting here:

Improving Your Handwriting

Tips for Writing Faster

More Handwriting Tips ✍️

Hope that helps! ^__^

[the960writers]

How to Write Faster in 2021 [13 Easy Tips]

Trying to knock out a 60,000-word novel? Or just a 1,000-word blog post? These tips for how to write faster will help you stay focused to reach your goals.

By Dave Chesson:

What are the best tips for how to write faster? Below, I’ve compiled the 13 best tips and tricks to help you write faster (and better):

Schedule undisturbed writing time

Get in the “write” meditation mindset

Choose the right music or noise blocking

Remain consistent

Write the first line

Use the Pomodoro Technique

Turn off the red squiggly line

Know your genre

Outline your story

Experiment with dictation software

Silence your inner editor

Insert placeholder text

Reward yourself

In today’s self-publishing landscape, authors who publish more frequently get more visibility. However, you don’t have to write a bajillion words an hour to be a successful author. There are plenty of authors who write a book a year (or fewer) and do just fine. It all depends on your personal goals. [...]

[optomstudies]

do you have any tips for writing faster in exams? for english essays i'm always struggling to write out everything that i want to in 40 minutes. thank you sm!!

hey there!! Yes I do! I remember a lot of people were struggling to get good marks just because their analysis wasn’t long enough in English. I would usually write between 1000 to 1100 words in 40 minutes because I optimised how I went about answering the module essays. 

I’ve answered an ask about how to write essays for HSC English Advanced here. 

Study up on the quotes that you want to use for your analysis and what you want to say about the techniques used and what they imply. A lot of time is spent by people just trying to remember what to write, and it’s so hard get out 1000+ words in 40 minutes otherwise. 

I would personally advise memorising your essay and just changing the topic sentences to suit the questions you get asked. I would just practice writing introductions and topic sentences, but my main analysis stayed consistent. 

As for physically writing faster, a lot of people have a really cramped hand posture that they use to write neatly. Neatness is great, but not if it’s slowing you down. All your handwriting needs to be is legible. 

As a guide, you should be able to write around 1200+ words high school essay level words just copying for 40 minutes, or 25-30 words per minute. 

If you’re writing less than 1000 words and you’re literally just copying an essay down, then you should focus on writing faster, because remember you need time in the exam to think about your essay structure and what you’re going to write. 

I’ve written a post about Improving Your Handwriting so you can also correct your hand posture to reduce hand strain and hence write more in 2 hours. 

Hope that helps!! ^__^

[the960writers]

How to Write Fast, Publish Slowly, and Focus on Author Marketing

How to Write Fast, Publish Slowly, and Focus on Author Marketing

July 10, 2017 by Joanna Penn In today's show, I talk to Rachel Aaron about how to write more words faster, edit and publish carefully, and how to decide which marketing strategies will work for your books. [...] Show Notes

Rachel's journey from traditionally published author to indie

Why writing fast doesn't have to be a measure of quality

Building up stamina to write for several hours at a time

Why Rachel believes pre-writing is so important

Writing tips on creating a story arc over a series of books and writing compelling characters

What has worked for Rachel when marketing her fiction, and what hasn't worked

Working with a spouse successfully

You can find Rachel Aaron at RachelAaron.net and on Twitter @Rachel_Aaron

OMG! My two favorite indie authors in one podcast!! Squeee!!

[the960writers]

How I Went From Writing 2,000 Words a Day to 10,000 Words a Day

[...] So, once and for all, here's the story of how I went from writing 500 words an hour to over 1500, and (hopefully) how you can too: A quick note: There are many fine, successful writers out there who equate writing quickly with being a hack. I firmly disagree. My methods remove the dross, the time spent tooling around lost in your daily writing, not the time spent making plot decisions or word choices. This is not a choice between ruminating on art or churning out the novels for gross commercialism (though I happen to like commercial novels), it's about not wasting your time for whatever sort of novels you want to write. Drastically increasing your words per day is actually pretty easy, all it takes is a shift in perspective and the ability to be honest with yourself (which is the hardest part). Because I'm a giant nerd, I ended up creating a metric, a triangle with three core requirements: Knowledge, Time, and Enthusiasm. Any one of these can noticeably boost your daily output, but all three together can turn you into a word machine. I never start writing these days unless I can hit all three. [...]

[the960writers]

by Ruth Harris

[...] Before we get into (sane) ways to increase your speed, it’s important to understand why you aren’t writing as productively as you’d like to.

1) Are you really slow or are you yourself putting the brakes on? [...]

2) Do you allow the perfect to become the enemy of the good? [...]

3) ID your working style: steady, spurt, sprint. [...]