By Brendan O’Meara
There’s a difference between writing and typing. Writing is artful and can be a bit stifling.
Typing is mechanical. Fingers moving over a keyboard.
Instead of writing, why not try typing? Why not sit in your chair, set a timer for 20 minutes, and see what comes out of those fingers. You might type 1,000 words if you don’t stop. And those words will be free and they will be bad, but they will be something.
And something is better than nothing.
For example, the other day I worked on this children’s sports book for 30 minutes straight and didn’t stop. That was a significant amount of volume. Most it is garbage, but I’m good with garbage. It was liberating to sit there and not think, just type, and let the writing come later.
