When they first started writing, most people were enthusiastic. After a period of time, it quickly entered a period of exhaustion, and slowly, some people gave up.
It's crucial for writers to keep writing and maintain a consistent stream of high-quality output.
Only in this way can we implement a set of systematic writing methodologies that we have learned and build a stable writing system ability.
01 What is a stable writing system ability?
Writing is the output of thinking about input, and it is a systematic ability.
I think that the ability to have a stable writing system requires a stable input system, a thinking system, and an output system.
For example, develop the Xi of reading and thinking every day, and organize the accumulated writing materials at ordinary times, so that you can output high-quality content stably.
Mr. Peter goes straight to the essence, and he believes that the core of a stable writing system ability is four words: stable output.
For example, write 500 words a day, write 1000 words a day, and write every day is a stable output.
If you can write 1,000 words a day, 100,000 words in 100 days, 360,000 words in a year, and 1.08 million words in three years, you have laid a solid foundation for writing.
At the end of December 2023, during the 10-day Devil Writing Training Camp, Mr. Peter asked us to write 1,000 words a day.
This is the first time I have consistently output a long essay of at least 1,000 words every day for 10 consecutive days.
There is a principle of stable output, which is the principle of continuous daily life.
Able to continue to write high-quality content every day, output stably every day, and the ability of the natural writing system is very stable.
In Mr. Huashan's company, there is a device of "water drops and stones wearing".
The power of the water drop is insignificant, but it is single-minded and persistent, and over time, it can drip through the stone.
Day by day, water drops wear stones, Huashan teacher emphasized the establishment of continuous work day by day.
In the book "Long-termism", Peter also mentioned that "the next day will continue to work", and he is also practicing this concept.
In 2018~2020, for 3 whole years, Mr. Peter wrote a long article every day and wrote more than 1,000 articles.
The power of his work is immense, and in 2021, he published his best-selling book, Lifelong Writing.
The sun arches and dies, and the merit is not donated.
In 2022, I dismantled a long article on new media almost every day, and more than 300 articles a year.
Because I often disassemble new media long articles, I have a deeper understanding of the framework structure of articles, which has laid a solid foundation for my current writing.
The work of continuous work every day comes from constantly doing one thing every day.
At the beginning of 2024, I am also updating 1,000 words a day, and I believe that the power accumulated over time, as long as you keep writing down, you will gain a lot.
As long as I can output 1,000 words a day, it will naturally force me to input a lot and think deeply, and my writing system ability will become more and more stable.
02 How to build a stable writing system?
So, how do you build a stable writing system?
Peter shared 3 key points:
001 finds the target object
To improve the ability of the writing system, in terms of methodology, it is necessary to find your benchmark object to benchmark.
What is the benchmark?
The biggest difference between people is the difference in standards.
Just like writing every day, some people change 500 words a day, some people change 1,000 words a day, and some people change 2,000 words a day.
Everyone has different requirements for the number of words, and the requirements for quality are also different.
Different standards determine different levels and different results.
In the field of writing, some teachers practice it particularly well. My benchmark is Mr. Peter.
The first thing I have to do is to write a longer essay every day.
Close to the standard of the benchmarking object, the ultimate benchmarking, you can have a big improvement in the ability of the writing system.
002 Writing at a fixed time
To improve the ability of the writing system, in terms of strategy, it is necessary to write regularly and at a fixed time every day.
Writing at a fixed time is to fix your writing time.
At this point in time, unless there is something particularly important, the general time cannot be disturbed and affected.
This fixed writing time point is generally 1~2 hours. The time is too short, and there is no way to concentrate on thinking and output.
Mr. Peter's daily public account is fixed, and the fixed writing time point is 9:00~11:00 a.m. every day.
Mr. Huashan has to work, and his fixed writing time every day is 5:00~7:00 in the morning.
Every morning from 6:40 to 7:40, I type in reading, and the fixed writing time is 19:00-22:00 every evening.
Write at a fixed time, and you will have a stable output.
003 makes writing the most important thing to do
To improve the ability of the writing system, strategically, writing should be the most important thing to do.
Only by paying attention to it strategically and putting it in an extremely important position will we be willing to spend time and energy.
For Mr. Peter, the time in the morning is precious, but he is willing to spend 2 hours in the morning writing articles on the official account.
This shows that he has taken writing as an extremely important thing and has risen to a new level of strategy.
Think about it, where do you place your writing?
Outside of work, I put writing in a very important position. I want to write well and force myself to grow through writing, and I am willing to spend time on writing.
If you just want to write a little bit every day, develop a writing Xi and develop your thinking skills.
Then you certainly won't spend a lot of time and effort doing it.
If you don't pay enough attention to writing, it's hard to write particularly good results.
Write at the end:
The core of stable writing system capability is stable output. Stable output, there is a daily continuous principle.
To build a stable writing system, you need to do three things:
In terms of methodology, it is necessary to find the benchmarking object;
In terms of strategy, it is necessary to write at a fixed time and at a fixed time;
Strategically, write as the most important thing to do.
By building a stable writing system, improving writing efficiency, and improving the quality of writing, you can continue to benefit from writing.
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