How to Find Ideas to Write About Every Day
Writing every day is challenging.
Especially if you don’t have a process for coming up with ideas to write about.
Building a process for finding ideas and a writing routine helps. The best writers have them.
- Stephen King used to write 2,000 words a day
- Margaret Atwood typically writes from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Ernest Hemingway wrote from 6:00 am until sometime after lunch
Remember, your best work as a writer isn’t just determined by talent, it’s determined by how much work you’re willing to put into it.
Are you willing to write every day? Are you willing to write when you don’t feel like it? Are you willing to write through rejection?
You need more than motivation to be a consistent writer. You need commitment, a process that holds you accountable.
How to Build the Perfect Writing Process
The perfect writing process is built on always finding ideas. You need to know where to find ideas to write about.
- 3Ps – Personal. Process. Polarizing. A personal story about your experiments and achievements that can inspire others. A process for achieving a specific result like a how-to story. A polarizing view and explain why you hold to it.
- Historical – What has history taught us? A look at a historical figure, an event, or a past formula or process that shapes the way we think or write. Explain why it matters.
- Scientific – This is a deeper dive into the research. You’re uncovering what studies say and interpreting it. You’re seeing what a collective group might be saying
How to Stick to a Routine
- Cue (your environment triggers your habits)
- Craving (make it attractive to start the habit)
- Response (make it easy to get started)
- Reward (the outcome of your habit)
Embrace the Hard Work
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