“To create a piece that takes two minutes to read, writers put hundred more minutes to bring it.”
When you sit down to write something, even the tiniest things can distract you to the most. Even your latest doormat’s price. But as a writer- let me rephrase that again. To be a successful writer, you should get used to productive writing,
Productive writing is something which can build up your writing skills and bring success to you. Because, what people generally think is- writing is just putting up words together, which is actually not. Unless you are really productive, you can’t produce add more and more pieces to your portfolio/project or whatever.
@Pascal Maramis
So, how to develop productive writing in you, so as to create tons of content in no time? Personally, I was a lazy guy who wrote most of the posts lying flat on my bed. Now, with a little change in me, I am able to write at least 3-4 articles a day (I work only in nights 
).
Save Ideas
If you are hit with a new post idea, put it down on a paper so that you don’t miss it. Trust me, you should do this. Because, the number of awesome ideas that I’ve lost are countless.
Writers generally carry a pocket notepad or gadget apps everywhere and so do we.
If your brain goes dumb, my post how to get blog post ideas can help you.
Eliminate Distractions
The term productivity itself tells you to focus on work, not on Facebook. You see, Facebook and YouTube are considered to be the biggest distractions for web writers and so bloggers.
The best thing you can do is, turn off your internet access and start writing. Use some writing productivity tools like ZenWriter to focus on writing and nothing else. This is really an awesome tool for writers which doesn’t allow any other application to run other than itself. If you want to be good at productive writing, get it first.
Let Flow
While you’re writing something, do not break in between for spelling mistakes or sentence structures. Write completely and then you can proofread the document for mistakes. This breaks your flow of words and doesn’t carry the message with a continuity.
Proofread only after you completely write the article. This helps you save a lot of time and effort. If you keep correcting each of your mistakes immediately after writing them, I’m sure you’ll take hours to bring the final output.
Choose A Place
Environment always shows a great impact on the productivity. Productive writing can only be achieved if you’ve a peaceful environment to work. It can either be in nature or your workroom.
If you’re another work-from-home blogger, always separate your work area from your living area. Because, when you install your computer right next to your bed, you may want to work from your bed and sooner or later, you end up sleeping on the same bed.
Read Write
Whenever you find time, either read or write something. Because, when you read a lot, you are exposed to different writing styles and terminologies. You can really learn a lot by reading.
And when you start writing very often,you can improve your writing skills and you get space to use the things which you learned by reading.
Healthy Diet
To be a successful writer, you should first be healthy. So, always intake healthy and nutritious diet. Because, a happy life comes from healthy, inspiring and balanced work-life.
Music/Silence
@ micl
You might have seen people working in silence and music, as well. You can also find articles which speak for and against, having music while writing something. But this completely depends on you. Personally, I plug in my earphones while I write something (Right now, I’m listening to Gotham’s Reckoning). Though, most of my fellow bloggers write in silence.
If you don’t know what works for you, try!
…and here are few more simple suggestions to boost your productivity-
- If you’re working in a browser, close all the other tabs.
- Use Pomodoro technique
- Turn off the internet, if you work offline.
It’s your turn now.
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Hey, Koundeenya,
These are all excellent tips, most of which I try to follow (but don’t always succeed!) The pomodoro technique is one I’m currently trying to implement more rigorously, because I have a tendency to work non-stop online for hours on end without a break and I know that’s a very bad thing. I now set an alarm on my smartphone and force myself to take a break every 50 minutes – the main trick is not to ignore the alarm! If I’m in the middle of writing something, it’s tempting to think “I’ll just finish this bit” and then, before I know it, another hour’s gone by.
Your first point about saving ideas is crucial – I do now try to write things down as soon as they spring to mind. It’s amazing how quickly things disappear from your memory if you fail to do that.
I find another thing that helps is simply getting away from my writing and doing something completely different between sessions – walking my dogs is a huge help and I’ll often get inspiration in those breaks from the screen.
I like ZenWriter – I also use the full screen option on other word processing programs to reduce distractions and the F11 key has been a revelation!
Great post – thank you!
Sue
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Hi Sue Neal,
Just like you said, doing some refreshing things in between really helps us in relaxation. In my case, I go out with my friends for a ride or keep listening to my favorite playlist, sitting under a tree, Oh, I forgot, I often take a nap too. That really makes me feel fresh.
These days, Pomodoro technique seems to be the best thing to keep me focussed because, YouTube and Facebook have still been the biggest distractions for my writing. I also started using it with 750words.com, which is one of my favorite sites.
Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend.
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These are really some of the best tips. I have my friend who always guides me by saying that do not get distracted. You are the one again focusing on the same thing. Bloggers should really have focus and they should not get distracted especially because of social media. Setting a target will always help people to write much better at least for the sake of tension that gets created.
The best point that I loved in your article is “Let flow”. You have written it very simply and correct to the point a blogger should follow. Thanks for such an informative article and I should now start playing some music,
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That really makes sense to me, I mean your tips. As for me, I always have a small notebook to my ideas, of course I could use Smartphone or other gadget, but when you have a flash of an idea you have no right to be distracted with something other but the idea itself. Coz you have to do a heap of moves to write it down with a help of the Smartphone or a tablet. You see the wallpaper, something else. But with a clean paper you have no other choice than write what you have in the head. By the way, I always write in silence, i can’t even imagine how people can create something with background music, well, if its not dishwashing only))LOL
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I agree with Sue Koundeenya, these are great tips.
I don’t sit down at any certain time and just write my posts and for the most part I don’t write a few ahead of time. Not unless I just have some that I want to crank out but that usually isn’t the case. I also have to have it quiet. I can’t concentrate with a bunch of noise going on, I’m weird in that way.
For the last several years I have done the work 50 minutes on and 10 minute breaks because I can get much more done that way. I don’t let things distract me when I’m working so again that’s not an issue with me either.
But, people just starting out have these issues because they haven’t yet learned what works for them. These tips will be very helpful to them so thank you for sharing them.
~Adrienne
Koundeenya
Another excellent post ….. I really like the “Save Ideas” tip – this is something I MUST do! Most of my ideas admittedly come to me when I am driving so thats not practical, but I am going to endeavour to try and do this more …. The amount of times ive forgotten things which have frustrated me when coming to write a post is ridiculous.
Great job!
Clair
Some great tips here, I should be writing but I got distracted and started reading this so I should take on board tip no 2!
I do both when it comes to music, I often write listening or not listening, usually it is deep chilled out stuff that doesn’t take my mind too far away. It depends on what I am writing and my mood I guess.
It is very important that you have a special dedicated workplace if you work from home otherwise you will be surrounded by distractions and that is not good!
When I write I usually do the whole post as I think of it, let it flow then I go back and do my editing. I will then also think up new stuff and add that then include my images and links. Stopping during the flow to make corrections will cause you to lose your train of thought which for writers is not good.
Reading, yes do plenty of reading, great for learning new styles, words, sentence structure and grammar. Grammar is something I need to keep on top of!
Great post, will share
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Just like everyone said – this surely is a wonderful post!
Oh yes…distractions are the biggest things that block our writing, or they stop our creative juices from flowing. Speaking of which, I don’t use any of these software mentioned, though I know of many more too that do help bloggers and writers. I feel if we are really determined to accomplish something, we really don’t need all of these because you tend to become dependent on them after a while. Or perhaps I feel that ways because I have to do a lot of writing, so don’t really use anything.
However, the only thing that works for me is to have specific work time, separate from all other things. And yes, turning the Internet off is the biggest problem or then you keep tend to checking your account, Twitter, or Facebook. For that, I close all of those and just have the work related pages open. Yes, I take a break every hour and then get back after a few minutes break. Like you like to work at night, which isn’t possible for me, I prefer the morning time when my kid’s are away- so each one to one’s own. But yes, there’s was a time in college when I was a night-bird too because that’s actually the time when there’s no disturbance of any kind at all.
Ideas just flow in when I go for my morning walks, so for me that time’s the most productive when I am really thinking. Or else, when I cook.
Ah…I can never work with music, though I know lots of people who do. 
If it’s light work, music is needed, but the real kind of writing needs my undivided attention. I guess that must be keeping you awake at night.
Thanks for sharing these wonderful post with us.
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Thank you for the comment, Harleena!
These days, I’m avoiding Facebook as much as I can, during work. Ironically, twitter replaced Facebook. Distractions are always around me, I just started ignoring them.
Previously, I used to write while listening to my favorite playlist. But, I find myself involved in singing the song and not writing. So, I have also started writing in silence. That really works! With no disturbances around, I sit alone on my desk and write. But, I get some inspiration from random albums’ lyrics. Some of them are really meaningful while the others are just a piece of useless trash. I love the way, lyricists use words. They rhyme, make sense and carry the meaning too. I just love it.
Thank you for sharing
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