The smallest part of creating

Andrea Yager, at her blog Baby Steps . . . , has posted what she immodestly, but quite correctly, calls "the best writing tip ever." At the heart of it is this:

Writing should actually be the smallest part of the work of creating COPY. That is also worth repeating.

Writing should be the SMALLEST part of Creating GREAT COPY!!

That's a more dramatic, and probably more effective, way of saying what I said this past Monday:

Efficient, effective writers take better charge of their writing time. Many good writers break their writing process into three main stages--planning, drafting, and revising--with more time spent at the first and third stages than at the second.

I've learned that as few as five minutes in a typical writing hour are enough for drafting--what Andrea calls revising.

Has that worked for you?

(Thanks to Dawud Miracle for the referral.)

 

Comments

[Dawud Miracle]

Hey Kenneth. Is it really the best writing tip? Maybe. I think it's one that's oft forgot.