Sometimes, no matter how much we like to get things done, things just do not work out. And one of those is writing. We can get tired and cannot finish a single article. We are sometimes being overwhelmed and consumed. To be a productive writer, you must create a productive process, which will help you not lose your interest in writing. However, finding the best writing process for you does not happen overnight, but once achieved, you will be happy by the outcome. It is worthy to be searched for. You need to try different activities to be able to find the best one. 

Productive writing process: Tips

The following are the tips you should consider in your routine. Read and try! 

1. Find different materials. 

Since you are searching, do not settle for just one material. Collect and gather as many as you can. This will help you a lot. No matter what you are writing, you should always expose yourself to a material. The material could be a book, a movie, or whether anything you are browsing on the internet. You could find information and inspiration in different materials. You might come across a topic that will ignite something within you and will push you to write. Try reading about the authors you like. Read their pieces. You will be surprised how things and your style of writing improves afterwards. You might be inspired to write like them. You might learn vocabularies from the new materials you are reading. Do not stick to what comforts you. Go out for a while, and explore writing. 

2. Try journaling. 

Journaling is not just about writing what your day has been. Sometimes journaling could also be about what you think about. In your spare time, try doing freewriting. Allow your thoughts to just flow. And later on, try to elaborate it more. Freewriting can be about 5 minutes or even shorter than that. Keep a pen and paper with you, or the notes in your phone would do. Write down ideas and simple thoughts that come across them, so you have something to back you up when writer's block strikes. 

Personally, I am into journaling for quite long. I already have lots of collections about my personal thoughts written in a notebook. I read them once in a while, and I became happy to see how much I changed in terms of writing, and how I see the world before. Imagine, I do have journals as early as 12 years old. That was 9 years long. And each notebook is a reminder that since then I never stopped writing. You should try too! It feels really amazing! 

3. Invest time in reading books about writing. 

Reading and writing are two things that cannot be separated. As a matter of fact, we learn to write when we are reading. We encounter new vocabularies that can be beneficial when it is our time to write. And come to think of the day you decided to write, many of us would tell that it is because of a book we have read, which eventually pushes us to write. And since, we cannot be perfect in terms of writing, it is best to read about it. Consider this as when doctors want to know how to treat patients, of course they will read something about it. This will be the same to engineers and other professions. In order to be good to something, you have to learn about it. In writing, there are many books in the market that can help you be motivated and be a successful writer. There are many authors who wrote books to share their tips on how they were able to achieve their places right now. Make it a habit of keeping a book about writing, it will help you in dire times. You might as well listen to podcasts or attend seminars that will help you get through writing. Do not limit yourself to what you just know, it takes a brave leap to reach mountains. 

4. Choosing a writing location is helpful. 

One of the reasons why writers can write productively is location. Whenever we feel distracted, we tend to step out to writing. It is important to know what area you can think of and write the best. This can be anywhere -on your room, in front of a window, or on coffee shops. You have to decide where. Having to know where you enjoy writing can be very helpful to you, especially in times when you need to do articles with tight deadlines. 

I, myself, have a specific place to write. I usually write in the corner of my room. A place where I can be completely alone and free to think of anything. I feel like when I am in that place, all I have to do is to write. We need a kind of place that will push us to write. 

5. Give yourself a limit and a writing time. 

Even how much we love writing, we cannot write all day. It is draining and really time-consuming. Also, we all have things to do in our life other than writing. It will be helpful if you will set a writing time for yourself. Give yourself a limit to until when you will write so that you still have time to do other activities. We need to release the momentum of writing sometimes in order to not feel it as an obligation. It is needed to help yourself love writing even more by setting limits for it and for yourself as well. 

6. Do not skip the prewriting process. 

Never jump to writing the piece without doing the prewriting process. You have to do your homework before writing. Whenever you are given a task to write, you have to make sure that you have researched about it before creating your first draft. This will help your thoughts to flow clearly and will make your article as clearly as possible. As for instance, you will not write your thesis if you were not able to research about the topic and make a strong research statement. It is good to make an outline so you will know what to add and not to add and what to state and not to state. Overflowing information that is not really relatable to the main topic is disappointing to readers. Do not just add whatever you like to write. Whatever you will write must be backed up with reasons and purpose. And you can do that in doing the prewriting process. You should be well-prepared then write. 

These 6 easy to follow tips will surely make you write productively. These tips did work on my part, I hope you will try these as well. We all need some help to get through in writing. Having to know what we can do to be a productive writer will lead us to not develop writer’s block. I once felt the writer’s block, and it is so depressing especially that I am an aspiring writer for the media industry.

Let us talk about writing routines. What do you do to keep up on writing? I’ll appreciate answers!