#tuesdaytips – You have to do the prep work.
Turn your idea into a
project
Begin the process of taking the idea and forming it into a
project.
Write a vision for the project. (What do you plan to do with it after you
write it? What do you want the book,
article, text, etc. to do? How do you
want it to help people?)
Determine a time frame for how long you want to work on
it. (Do not say next week, that is not
realistic unless you are in a cabin all by yourself with no phone, internet, or
connection to the outside world. I think
a reasonable length would be 2 months.
Depending on your schedule, it could be 1 month.)
Get a vision board for your project. (Put things that inspire your project, colors
that inspire you, people, places, words, etc. that can help with the writing of
your project.) This will be an ongoing
thing as you go through your project.
Time frame: 1-2 weeks
Schedule your writing
time
Figure out the best time for you to write. (Morning before work, during lunch time,
after work when I first get home, after everyone goes to bed, etc.)
This is vital because finding the best time that your creative juices flow and
your energy to write is optimal will help you want to write on days when you do
not want to write.
Find the best length of time for you to sit still and write,
uninterrupted. Most people can usually
sit and write from 20-40 minutes before the words start running together. There may be moments when you get into a flow
and write for longer. There may be
moments when you have a hard time getting into a flow and write for a shorter
period of time.
To find your ideal time length, start with a 10-minute time
frame and write. Then take a 10-minute
break. Keep doing this and adding
5-minutes each time you do it. Do not go
any higher than 40 minutes. Also, you
can take a 5-day week and do a session each day until you find your ideal time.
Do not feel bad if your ideal time length is only 10
minutes. That is okay. If you are a newbie, then you need to work on
building your writing stamina up. (My
ideal writing time is 30 minutes on average.
I started out writing 15 minutes at a time.)
You need to figure out how many times a day do you want to
write at your ideal
Create a weekly schedule (with date and time) of when you
will write. Get a calendar, date book,
create a calendar, or write out the schedule in some way. It needs to be some tangible that you can see
and look at every day.
This will help you stay on task.
Time Frame: 1-2 Weeks
Now… Just Write!
Once you get all of the above worked out, start to
write. Remember to use your organized
work that you did before to write. It
makes no sense to do all the work you did before this step and not use it.