When it comes to “hard work,” people think about jobs where they break a sweat — things like picking farm crops, digging ditches, mining, or dangerous work such as underwater welding or driving all sorts of heavy and possibly dangerous equipment. In practical terms, though, most people consider writing difficult work. If you ask the …
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As the old saying goes: “If you fail to plan, you’re planning to fail.” This piece of advice applies across the board — from sports to road trips to school, and yes, it applies to writing. It doesn’t matter if you are trying to put together a blog post, an article, a chapter in a …
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In addition to being an avid reader, excellent writers practice a lot. It seems that they never miss an opportunity to write. Whether they have some downtime, or they’re waiting for somebody, you can spot them easily. How? You can tell a serious writer when they have a notepad out and are scribbling away. You …
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For today’s writing drill, we’re going to talk about fiction dictation writing. As you probably already know, writing fiction is quite different from working from an outline writing nonfiction. There’s a lot more free play involved in writing this type of material. You basically are just tapping into your own personal creativity and, possibly, your …
Using an online counter or on-screen countdown timer, quickly talk about the ideas going through your mind. Give yourself 1 minute to speak. Use the tips I’ve shared on clear thinking, mental discipline, and focus as you work on saying as many complete sentences as possible within one minute’s time. Don’t expect overnight success. Just …
Dictaphone Writing Drill: 1 Minute speed dictation Read More »
The Importance of the Writing Process The amount of words you can type at any given time depends on how fast you can write. This should be obvious. But how fast you write depends on the process by which you write. To produce a certain number of words, you have to follow a certain writing …
I used to think that dictation writing or dictablogging is just an extension of my usual writing processes. But after sticking with this method of content production for several years, I realized that it’s just a more targeted form of verbal improvisation. As you know, improvisation is usually associated with improv acting and stand-up comedy. …
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Has this ever happened to you? You say something that you think is pretty awesome, and you realize that you made a mistake. Maybe you got confused reading your outline, or you’re simply trying to speed through the dictation process. Whatever the case may be, you know that what you just said is wrong. Usually, …
Self-Editing While Dictation Blogging Does Not Have to Be Confusing Read More »
Dictablogging or dictaphone writing can help a lot of writers explode their productivity. Personally, I went from struggling with 3,000 words per day to nailing 20,000 words every single day. In fact, my personal record is 80,000 words! I’m sure, with the right practice and focus, a lot of people reading this can beat my …
Let me be clear: outlines make or break your dictated content. If you’re using dictation blogging or dictaphone writing to create blog posts, book chapters, short stories, articles, or what have you, you have to have a solid outline. Outlines are crucial because they provide organization. You’re not just shooting off your thoughts and hoping …
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