3 Tips on Writing Fast

(and well)

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I wrote my book in 6 weeks.

142 pages.

Here is my simple recipe to writing fast:

1/ ✍️ Outline, outline & outline

Build a very, very detailed outline.

You need to know exactly what you’re going to say at every step before doing any writing.

2/ 🚀 Ship

Don’t overthink the copy.

Just write it like you would explain it to someone else.

The copy will shape up naturally.

The first draft is always awful anyway.

I published my 7th draft.

As you write, ideas get clearer.

No matter how detailed your initial outline, you will have to re-write it over and over.

3/ 🌈 No inspiration

You don’t need inspiration.

At least you don’t need it all the time.

Seth Godin says that being a writer is no different from being a plumber, you show up and you write.

There is no need for inspiration, it’s like any other job.

I am not that extreme but that advice really helped me get through the initial…