A Practical Guide For Writing More In Less Time (I Followed This Strategy To 10X My Output)

How I’m able to hit “publish” every day.

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I used to take around a week to craft the “perfect” article.

After more than a year of consistently publishing online, I figured out the biggest mistake I make — doing everything all at once. This means writing, researching, and editing all at the same time. I go from one tab to another, add a new idea to an existing section, edit a typo and forget what I was thinking, etc.

Luckily, I discovered how to block tasks:

Research

I do my research throughout the day.

Everything I consume is part of my idea generation process so I have to be intentional about what I read, listen to, or surround myself with.

I keep a list of ideas (that I turn into headlines later) on my iPhone.

Outline

Before I sleep at night, I try to pick one idea that I’ll work on the next morning.

Then, as fast as I could, I’ll write down a crappy headline and the main ideas (based on my research or my own perspective).

This way, I already know how the piece “flows” and I know where all the related…