The 5 Minute Antidote to Writing More, Writing Faster, And Writing Better.

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How much can you write in 5 minutes?

You probably think, “not much.”

But if you’ve ever done a speed writing exercise, you’ll know that you can easily write 2/3 pages in 5 minutes.

Doing speed writing exercises is easy. You just use 3 random words (easy to find online from a random word generator page), set a timer for 5 minutes, and start writing. You can write whatever you want but those 3 words must be included in your opening paragraph.

These exercises are fun to do and a simple antidote on days when you don’t feel like writing because they help get you into the writing “zone” quickly, in just 5 minutes (unsurprisingly).

So if you can write 2/3 page in 5 minutes, you should be able to write 8 to 10 pages in an hour (1 hour ÷ 5 minutes = 12 x 2/3page = 8) depending on your own personal typing/writing speed.

Once you know how much you can write in an hour, imagine how much you can write in a week. And that’s if you’re only writing for one hour a day.

This is the power of not procrastinating.

It’s sitting down and writing without giving yourself excuses to stop.

And all it takes is 5 minutes to write 2/3 of a page.

When the 5 minutes is up, you won’t want to stop.