Writing doesn’t just happen at the computer
Here’s a question for you: where did I write all my best articles?
If you think the answer is ‘at the computer’, you’d be wrong. You probably didn’t say that though because the title of this post rather gives the game away.
Maybe you think I wrote them on my phone or on a laptop on the beach. Again, wrong. Pretty much all of my best writing was done while I was walking somewhere.
Walking gives you time to think and get your ideas in order. When you’re sitting at the computer, you’re constantly tempted to get things down as you think of them. This often means you spend your time thinking about how to word things and how to structure the article.
Those things need doing, but you might not be up to that point yet. Your idea might need a bit of honing. Away from the computer, you can get your ideas in order and when you finally sit down in front of the screen, you’ll find the words flow much more easily.
