I've talked on this blog before about the magic of 15 minutes. Use your 15 minutes. Write as much as you can in the time you've got and if you have to get up to clean house or make dinner be thinking about what you're going to do during your next sprint. If you're working on a paid project that is going to require research, streamline your research. Write down the questions you really need to know before you start your research. Answer those questions and close your browser before you get sucked down the rabbit hole of research. Open your document and write. Practicing writing every day is another way to improve your speed. (The more you write the easier it will become; you'll increase both quantity and quality).
True, and true. Learning this as I go - I'm not too bad about closing down the browser on research. It's shutting out the rest of the distractions that bother me.
ReplyDeleteI write reasonably quickly once I get started. I just need to speed up the getting started part!
ReplyDeleteI can write quickly, but I do find myself going off target and wasting lots of time when researching online. I love your advice of having specific things written down and closing the window once you find them
ReplyDeleteDebbie
I get distracted so easily by the internet that I broke down and bought myself an Alphasmart Neo. It's amazing how much my productivity level went up!
ReplyDeleteCarol at My Writing Journal