Welcome, everyone to day 14 of the 28-day writing challenge. I want to tell you about a new combination technique that I actually started using today, and I like it very much.
You know we have been talking about doing things in five-minute writing segments. Well, I have discovered that with the dictation many times you can get as many words in a three-minute dictation segment as you can in a five-minute typing segment.
Typing vs Talking
When you are typing, there is a different process that goes on. Sometimes when you’re typing, you feel like you do better. Your brain sorts through words and by the time you get to typing a word, you come up with something a little bit more refined than you do by just speaking off the top of your head.
I sometimes feel like typing works better for me in a five-minute writing segment than to be speaking in a three-minute writing segment.
However, today I experimented with something that I like even better. So how it works is I have a question, you know, from the blueprint. I have the three trigger words that can trigger the answer to those questions. That’s not the new part of the techniques that I use.
How I Did It
To implement the new technique, I did something that is a combination of both. Basically, I set the timer for one minute and I type for that one minute. Then when the timer goes off, I set it for three minutes. Then I hit CTRL+D on my computer and that activates the dictation program, and then I begin to dictate. I have found that works very well for me.
Starting off typing kicks a different way of doing things and it sorts through and does a little bit of that self-editing before I start, then I’m on a roll. I’ve found that when I then do the three minutes of dictation, it seems to flow better. It seems to be a little easier getting started on each of the writing segments.
So doing it this way, these are four-minute writing segments and I have enjoyed it very much.
Not Quite Caught Up Yet
I mentioned yesterday that I might be able to get through chapter 16 done today. Well unless I do some more before midnight, I’m not going to finish that. But I did do chapter 14 and I got about two-thirds of the way through chapter 15 as of the video. I may finish chapter 15 before the night is over with, I don’t know.
This weekend is the opportunity for catching up. I’m going to put forth a real concerted effort to have chapter 16 completed by tomorrow at the very latest. I also want to be able to paste in those earlier seven chapters that already have the content for. I’m very confident that I will have the entire rough draft of the book tomorrow.
So that will be catch-up day after day 14 of the 28-day writing challenge. I like that because it’s going to allow me to spend about 10 days doing what I would normally do after having the rough draft done as far as doing editing.
So after next week, I’ll give you the opportunity to be a part of my launch team. We’ll talk more about that when it comes up.
But anyway, there is the new technique: you set the timer for one minute and type, and then set the timer for three minutes and do the dictation.. I found that that works very well and I like it very much for being able to get a rough draft done.
I hope you have a good day and until next time, remember, YOU CAN WRITE A BOOK!