Removing all the frictions of writing — to become a successful and consistent writer
My workflow which produced 200+ articles per year
There are plenty of frictions. I am not going to address each one by one. I am just going to give you my workflow that eliminated most of the friction in my decades of online writing endeavors.
So here’s the most fearsome one. Staring at a blank page.
I have plenty of tips to avoid getting stuck on a blank page. Among the first ones is never to start from a blank page.
How do you not start from a blank page?
Have an idea pre-populated in your draft page. It may be a “line” or an outline for a specific topic or collection of random points.
How to do that? How do you never run out of ideas? Just record all of your ideas for later use — whenever inspiration strikes.
Have a way to draft an inspiring idea — quickly. It could be a pocket notebook or any app.
When you want to write, pick an idea from the collected list. You don’t have to choose the best idea to write on. Just choose whatever feels good to write at that point in time.
The whole idea is to train our writing muscles (habits) to write consistently. Not to produce the best article by force. (Even if you try, you can’t do that continuously).