10 Effective Productivity Tips for Writers


	10 Effective Productivity Tips for Writers

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/44adcd79-ebfb-4a84-bc9f-624c71c76941/50BF886F-5A7D-4EAE-A4E2-25C2FE22C8D5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/writing-tips/" href="http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/writing-tips/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.pickthebrain.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/writing-tips/"><H1 class="title">10 Effective Productivity Tips for Writers</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/writing-tips/"><EM>“Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.”</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/writing-tips/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pickthebrain.com/img/01D16DA6-1BE4-422C-8FB2-CDAE760CFABD" alt="Pen and red ink" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/writing-tips/"><P>Perhaps this is a sentiment that all writers can share to some extent. However, writing doesn’t have to be a tortuous experience akin to banging your head against a wall. Frustration rarely helps our writing; good writing is perfectly compatible with efficient and reasonably quick writing. If you would like to become a fast and efficient writer, the following are 10 suggestions that have the potential to dramatically increase your productivity.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/writing-tips/"><H2>Clear Mind</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/writing-tips/"><H2>Start Somewhere</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/writing-tips/"><H2>Accumulate Ideas</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/writing-tips/"><UL>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">A good title</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">7 key points / paragraphs.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">I know the subject relatively well.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Write from Experience / Knowledge</LI>
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