How to Write Fast Under Pressure
Philip Vassallo
Language: English
Pages: 195
ISBN: 0814414850
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Anyone who regularly deals with work-related writing deadlines knows the kind of paralysis that can take over when there's too much to accomplish and not enough time to compose a clear sentence. This book contains an easy, efficient, and confidence-building process for keeping up and being productive, even under tight time constraints and concentration-sapping obstacles. The book contains an immediately usable approach based on the mnemonic DASH, standing for the four critical components most needed for writers working under pressure: - Direction--hit the ground running with a sense of urgency and purpose - Acceleration--write on the fly with a 'beat-the-clock' mindset and an attitude that prizes volume over perfection - Strength--hold fast in the midst of chaos by employing a sensible quality controlling system and creating an environment conducive to writing - Health--assume a proactive stance by prioritizing work and preventing emergencies to minimize future pressures Filled with helpful tools and time-saving techniques, this indispensable guide reveals how anyone can break through writer's block and write faster and better.
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back the reins. Sometimes she cautions you about using too much passive voice, but now she wants the exact passive style that you’ve tried so hard to avoid. What’s going on here? Such a situation can create confusion or, worse, shake your confidence and cause you to run behind schedule. Writing collaboratively can lead to heaps of trouble, as well. Say your manager has assigned you to write the introduction and conclusion of a lengthy report, and he has pegged two of your teammates to write the
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writing ritual. Make writing a lifelong activity. Consider writing something you will always need to do both inside and outside work: in your formative years to write admissions essays for college and graduate school, during maternity leave to request that the insurance company reverse its decision on a non-covered medical procedure, in retirement to inquire about pension checks, at any time to write your travel agent or airline about a travel experience, and so on. This point means that you can
anyone else would place on him, anyway. Caitlin is a fantastically fast writer, alternately rhythmic and sporadic, not enamored of writing but unafraid of it, accepting it for what it is and tackling it head on. As different from one another as they are, Harry, Santi, and Caitlin have something in common: They get the job done and on deadline. There are many ways to write in a heartbeat. Each of these people would subscribe to entirely different practices that are uncovered in these pages. If you