How can you write so much?
Writing is a skill it takes time and patience and effort to develop. And the more you do it the easier it becomes.
Your ability to write is just like a muscle. When you first start out you feel weak and flabby. But the more you work that muscle the easier it becomes.
If you have never written anything outside of a school assignment then you’re writing muscle is going to be very weak.
So use it or lose it.
There are a couple things that I have discovered that also help with the writing process.
Use voice recognition software
I use Dragon Speak voice dictation software. I think I paid $50 for a couple years ago on Amazon. It allows me to type at between 40 and 70 words a minute, depending on the content.
Learn more
The more you know about a subject the easier it will be to write about some aspect of it. If you’re having trouble coming up with ideas then perhaps you need to learn more about the subject.
Keep notes
When I come across some good idea I write it down. Sometimes I have great ideas when I’m in the shower and sometimes I come across great ideas when reading other people’s blogs. When I sit down to write an article I look through my notes.
Bookmark stuff
In addition to keeping notes I like to bookmark anything that has interesting information about a particular subject.
I have hundreds of bookmarks on all sorts of topics and this makes it easy to find information I need when I’m writing.
Unfortunately in the past when my computer died, my bookmarks were gone.
I have since discovered by bookmarking utility for Firefox that essentially backs up my bookmarks and allows me to access them on any computer I want.
You can get that utility here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2410
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I don't even notice the time fly when i write, I take few hours every day and i practice free writing.
For some of us the difficult part is consistently finding time to write and develop that skill.
Hey Nick, top work brother.
Did Dragon Speak really help then? I sometimes use my answer machine on my mobile to quickly record ideas, but I never thought about using that system to write content.
Is it accurate?
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Thank you.
Dragon speak works quite well for me. I can type almost as fast as I could talk. And it's actually very accurate as long as you're not using some specialized vocabulary. It is that kind of depends on how clearly you speak as well.
I use it to respond to comments on my blog, including this one! It makes responding to comments so much faster.
Dragon Speak sounds interesting! I had not fathomed such a software even in my imagination! I got to get my hands on that!
For some of us the difficult part is consistently finding time to write and develop that skill.
Quite right. You've got to take the time to develop the skill.