Tired of taking hours to write because you’re trapped in research?

I had this problem. Here’s how I write fast

This sound familar? Writing one chapter takes hours because you get stuck checking names, looking up distances, and resisting thread traps on X/Twitter.

Eventually, you get unsure you’ll live to see your book published.

I used to wonder the same thing, but not anymore. I write fast, and I wanna share what I learned so you don’t get bogged down in research.

Add TK

These two letters saved my butt too many times. Instead of jumping over to Google or pickin’ up my phone to look up a name, location, or how-to that’d make me clear my browser’s history, I put TK in my manuscript.

What you can do:

  • Instead of stopping your writing flow, pause and add TK.
  • During editing, look for all the TKs and replace ’em.

Do sprints

I learned this simple trick during Nanowrimo, where you’re challenged to write a 50,000-word novel in a month. Sounds wild, but it’s very doable.

10 minutes, 1,000 words. GO!

I learned to… let it suck. Let myself suck. Greatness and order don’t matter here. They’ll…

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