{"id":262,"date":"2016-03-21T09:32:07","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T09:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/refiction.com\/?p=262"},"modified":"2022-05-30T15:41:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T15:41:25","slug":"10-ways-to-increase-your-fiction-writing-productivity10-ways-to-increase-your-fiction-writing-productivity","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/refiction.com\/articles\/10-ways-to-increase-your-fiction-writing-productivity10-ways-to-increase-your-fiction-writing-productivity","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways to Increase Your Fiction Writing Productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"
Let\u2019s admit it: for most novelists, finding\u00a0time to write<\/a>\u00a0is a real hassle. We usually can\u2019t afford to quit our day job in favor of writing. Our writing time becomes precious, and there\u2019s little we can do to change that.<\/p>\n But we can make the most of what we have. Here are 10 tips to show you how.<\/p>\n Ready to make the most of your writing time? Go try it now! And share your own productivity ideas in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","categories":[24],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/refiction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/refiction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/refiction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refiction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/refiction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refiction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\nWrite at the top of the page where the scene takes place, who\u2019s in it, and what\u2019s the purpose of the scene. (While you\u2019re at it, choose the most interesting answers to these questions.) This will help you stick to the point and complete the scene faster.<\/li>\n
\nPrepare a list of questions to brainstorm (such as a scene\u2019s locale, a story twist, a new character), and brainstorm them separately from your writing project. Let ideas flow freely, record everything that comes to mind, and don\u2019t bother with censorship\u2014that will come later. When you divide your time between brainstorming and writing, each process becomes more efficient and takes less time.<\/li>\n
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\nIn a bar scene, Todd looks at Mary and smiles.
\nTodd: You look pretty.
\nMary: You look like a jerk.
\nTodd is insulted, circles the table and confronts her.
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\nThat\u2019s actually pure Telling instead of Showing. Now, you\u2019ve probably heard before that you should Show, not Tell. But Telling is so much faster to write! You can draft your entire scene in Telling mode at a fraction of the time it will take you to Show it. Then, when you\u2019re done Telling and have a complete scene, go over it again and replace every sentence with a vivid, immediate description that Shows.<\/li>\n