How fast can you come up with a written piece? If we were talking about just writing for the heck of it, the amount of time you spend will probably depend on how much time is available and how interested you are in the subject matter. If you were writing and getting paid for it, however, how fast you write will probably depend on how much you are getting paid to do the writing, as well as the editorial requirements and standards of the person who or publication which hired you.
Take for instance a 3-paragraph thing for your blog. It will probably take you about 10 minutes to write that. A 500-word article might take about 30 minutes while one hour will probably be sufficient to come up with a 1,000-word article.
The important thing is to come up with a pattern that works. For example, for the three-paragraph, 10 minute blog entry, the first paragraph can serve as your introduction. You can start by asking a question or by introducing your topic. You can even give an anecdote or re-tell a personal story related to your topic.
The second paragraph will then have you expound on the topic. What are the different aspects to the topic? How will it benefit you or your readers? What are your opinions or views on this topic?
The third or concluding paragraph serves as a wrap up or a summary of everything you have said so far. You can give your readers a useful link to another website which talks about the same topic or you can get your reader to think about the topic further by posing yet another question related to it.
And there you go — your 10 minute, 3 paragraph, paid for blog entry. If there is such a thing as speed reading, you can also do speed writing. The more articles you can write in a specified amount of time, the higher the chances for earning.
As anyone who has tried writing regularly though has found out, writing, of course, is never really just the act of putting things down on paper or typing it out on the computer as you blog. Ideas for writing actually brew in your mind, sometimes for hours — even for days. You mull your thoughts and opinions over, organize them in your head, choose to write down your main points after doing research, and voila — you actually have something to write about.
So, it isn’t just about speed writing. You need to do some thinking too and once I’ve stumbled upon some tips for “speed thinking” or “speed idea generation,” I’ll share them here too.
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