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by RunRaeRun Editing
Revise a personal essay around its turn: the moment you, or your understanding, changed. About 1¼ hours.
by KettlebellKat Editing
From a full memory card to a finished set of edited picks in about 1¾ hours. Cull fast and edit slowly. Don't edit anything until you've finished culling.
by CoreCommander Editing
Outline what you actually wrote, not what you meant to, to find structural problems fast. About 50 minutes.
by IronOx Creative Exploration
Collect writing you admire, work out why it works, and borrow the technique. About 45 minutes.
by IronOx Deep Drafting
Turn research notes into an outline and the first two sections of a long article. About 1¾ hours.
by TurboMarmot Editing
Stephen King's rule: second draft = first draft minus 10%. Four quick passes, about 45 minutes.
by BurpeeBandit Creative Exploration
Find the strongest title and thumbnail pairing before you film anything. About 35 minutes.
by BurpeeBandit Deep Drafting
Script and film five short videos in one sitting, about 1¼ hours. Batching saves hours of setup and gets you past the cringe faster.
by BurpeeBandit Deep Drafting
Script a 10-minute video, from hook to call to action, in about 1½ hours. Write for the ear: short sentences, plain words, and say it out loud as you go.
by PixelBadger Deep Drafting
From a topic to a complete first draft of a technical post in about 2 hours. Write the code samples first: they're the spine of the post, and the prose hangs off them.
by CoreCommander Editing
Fix the big shape of a long piece before touching a single sentence. About 1¾ hours.
by IronOx Editing
Edit yesterday's draft with fresh eyes and get it out the door. About 40 minutes.
by CosmicPickle Creative Exploration
Answer one question about your world and follow its consequences. About 1 hour. Good worldbuilding isn't facts, it's ripple effects.
by DiscoLlama Editing
Climb through a poem one layer at a time, from cutting to line breaks. About 1 hour.
by DiscoLlama Creative Exploration
Julia Cameron's practice from The Artist's Way: three pages of longhand stream-of-consciousness, first thing every morning. It isn't writing. It's clearing the pipes so that writing can happen later.