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By: Matt Hill’s thoughts on how to trick yourself | Wish I Could Speak Whale

Tue, 18 May 2010 23:47:30 +0000

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By: Tips for writing… « The Words of a Girl From California Who Goes to England To Write

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:14:52 +0000

[...] Tips for writing… Don’t recall how I found this, but it’s been sitting in my inbox as a reminder for a couple of weeks now. So, I decided to not be lazy anymore. Here’s the link: http://www.matthewhillswebsite.co.uk/2010/01/nine-ways-to-trick-yourself-into-writing/ [...]

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:05:41 +0000

First time here and I love you! Your basic and humor-filled suggestions just may work for me. Oh, and I find it so gratifying to find typos in copy that’s been poured over and approved by numerous committees.

By: Jon Paul

Jon Paul — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:31:09 +0000

Matt,

Nice post. I’ve included it in my Friday Link Love roundup.

http://skymeetsground.blogspot.com/2010/02/friday-link-love-string-theory.html

Thanks for sharing.

By: Tamara

Tamara — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:47:34 +0000

You’re very funny. I love your advice though. My head is ready to explode with everything going on but I’ve been told to WRITE in my journal it’s been helping me for years. Where do I sign up to get more tips & advice from you. I sort of collect them & use what’s best for me.

By: Robert C Hargreaves

Robert C Hargreaves — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:10:50 +0000

Never did like typewriters and I sure don’t like computers. My mind flows effortlessly through a ball poin pen and balks at a keyboard. Anybody else out there like that?

By: ganymeder

ganymeder — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:21:41 +0000

I like this, except I would suggest Open Office instead of MS Notepad. Google Notepad is cool too, but I don’t really use it.

Another sneaky way to get some ideas down when inspiration strikes is to have a notepad AND voice recorder on your phone. When I have time, I can jot down on the notepad if its not convenient to talk, or I can speak my idea into my phone really quickly without becoming too distracted if I’m supposed to be doing something else. It’s quick and easy. Then later, I can gather all my different notes and put them all in my handy dandy moleskine.

By: Matt Hill

Matt Hill — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:52:24 +0000

–Meryl

How-do — thanks for the comment. I wasn’t really expecting folks to come from so far and wide.

If I’m properly stuck I’ll sometimes just write ‘FILL THIS CRAP IN LATER’ and run the highlighter tool over it. Seems to help. I’ve a habit of only writing bits I want to write, and remembering that actually if there are bits you DON’T want to write, then no bugger’s going to want to read them. Godspeed! as nobody really says anymore.

By: Meryl K Evans

Meryl K Evans — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:02:07 +0000

I laughed. I cried. I blew my top. Fantastic entry with lots of tips that work. Right now I am dealing with eye strain and I am trying to muddle through by writing as much as I can without looking at the screen. It’s tricky because i need to read the screen for research, quotes and other info. So I try to write what I know and remember and fill in the rest later.

By: Matt Hill

Matt Hill — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:20:52 +0000

Thanks, Anna — glad you liked it!