I have published more than 270 articles in this blog now and I
still have difficulties getting started, despite the fact that
I may have a particular topic that I want to write about, or
that I have already made a decision to start writing. I just
find other things that I could be spending my time on and this
makes me procrastinate and delay starting. However, once I get
started, I am more likely to follow through and finish writing
the article, as I have gained some momentum and want to go
further and finish it. A friend of mine has informed me about
a tool that I have used to get started for writing a few
articles that I have already published here called
TheMostDangerousWritingApp.
As the name suggests, it really is scary, as it will ask you
to keep writing without having any delays in between the words
or keystrokes that you type, or your text that you have
written until that time will get deleted. You can either set a
timer like typing for 5 minutes or a number of words that you
want to write and keep writing.
Whenever I have a basic idea about the things that I want to
write, I simply use this tool, set a 3-5 minute timer and
write as much as I can and do not care whether something that
I wrote is something that I have already written about in a
previous paragraph. I do not want to lose momentum and lose
have my text written until that point erased.
These sentences are not meant to be published without any
edition, but they can simply serve as a starting foundation.
Once I am done with the timer or the goal for the number of
words that I have decided to write, I start editing the
article in Google Docs, making a few changes here and there,
deleting things that are not that much needed and also writing
new things that I think would make the article better.
Yes, it is possible for you to cheat and simply type random
characters without any type of care or consideration, but at
least you get started. I would recommend trying your best to
write something that is relevant to that topic, or simply
write at least words of your current thoughts. You could even
try to write a sentence twice so that you do not lose momentum
and also decrease the chances of having your article deleted
by the app.
If you struggle to start to write something and you have been
putting it off for a long time now, I would recommend you to
give this
tool
a try.