Writing FAST - Jeff Bollow 2012

Riding the wave in 5 easy steps
Ride your wave to the end
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You’ve got the tools, and you’re in the right frame of mind. It’s time to turn your plan into words. Here are the five easy steps to get your words on the page with lightning speed.

1. Determine your checkpoint.

Be clear on where you’re going, or you’ll slip off the rails mid-stream. Your Focus Plan has small, bite-sized chunks for you. Don’t worry about anything but this chunk. Fix the checkpoint — the goal — in your mind, and then:

2. Jump on the wave.

Use Talktation and keep your BIN handy, and blast as fast as you can towards that checkpoint. Remember: Don’t steer it. Let it pour out of you. Make sure you:

3. Don’t think.

When you think, you judge. When you judge, you criticize. And when all you’re trying to do is get words on the page, criticism is a complete waste of time. We’ll do that later. For now, let go and leap in! Then:

4. Find your speed zone.

Remember, it’s not a race with anyone. There’s only you. You have an optimal speed (which will change over time). Find it, plug into it, and ride it. And, then:

5. Enjoy.

There’s nothing better than tapping into your own creative energy and letting it carry you through your work. If you don’t enjoy writing, you won’t do it. When you enjoy it, you’ll stop controlling it, and let it pour out of you.

Use these simple steps to apply your Focus Plan. Take your writing all the way through each of the chunks to the finish line. It’s not difficult. But you must “let go.”

You’ll resist at first. Especially as you struggle to kill the Critic. He’s a particularly ornery bugger. But he’ll fade away when you put all your attention on making your idea clear.

Oh. And don’t forget to smile. We can hear it.