10 things NOT to do when writing

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1. Check YouTube

2. Get into a Wikipedia rabbit hole

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4. editing yourself too much

5. get paralyzed by your 10 open Word files

6. obsess about the result

7. think about how much of a bad writer you are

8. think about how much of a good writer you are

9. check your email

10. tell everyone what you're writing

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DrFritzS @DrFritzS

Just keep your head down and write! ;)

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JamesAltucher @JamesAltucher

All good suggestions

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lovingkindnesscomedy @lovingkindnesscomedy

Thank you James!

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Skwiglez @Skwiglez

Ok so part of my current writing requires me to get into the wiki rabbit hole. I LOVE IT! But I can only write in small chunks because of it :)

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DogLifeUnleashed @DogLifeUnleashed

NotePD list writing has really helped me with not editing myself too much. For some reason I've allowed myself here to write the list, sometimes with paragraphs of explanation to a numbered list item and without editing, I publish. When I go back and read it later, I often find myself saying, wow, that was pretty good. Taking the constant editing myself out of the practice has been so great for actually getting some quality + quantity writing done.

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lovingkindnesscomedy @lovingkindnesscomedy

Absolutely! I like to have a mix of lists that look like rough drafts and lists that are more elaborate. The main purpose remains to practice my idea muscle and to train myself to reject perfectionism.

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