Don’t Think, Write

To truly write with your soul, you have to erase all distractions, you have to focus on your writing. But this is not enough because, well, some thoughts about writing are distractions too. Focus isn’t enough, you have to beat that side of you who wants to revise every sentence before it writes it down, you have to best that phase of yourself who comes up too often with new ideas to explore. You have to outsmart yourself. And the only way to do so is to write without giving any opportunities to all those sides of you who will distract you from your central plot or slow you down. Remember, there is always time for revision afterwards. There is always time for digression, for idle meanderings, but that time is not when you are laying down words. Here are some tips for writing without thinking:

If you like to plan before you write, then stick to that every time. Once you start writing you have to stop planning, and if you think youm left something out, you can always edit your work at the end.

If you are not much of  a planner then just go with the flow, stick pen to paper and go along. You’ll be surprised how great some unplanned texts can be.

You don’t have to use everything you wrote. Sometimes you’ll get a fantastic text with some paragraphs that show as evident intruders, delete them and move on.

If you get any thoughts of a spinoff, don’t abandon your original story, stick to it and save the other idea for later. If you think they could contrast well, then you can always merge them later. Don’t digress.

Don’t worry too much about grammar and spelling. That is what revision is for (once you are done).

I hope you find something in here to your use, cheers.