How Effortlessly I Kick-Start My Day’s Writing

Summary

The author describes a personal, uncomplicated morning routine that kick-starts their daily writing process, emphasizing the spontaneous nature of their stream-of-consciousness writing style and the importance of consistency in writing.

Abstract

The article "How Effortlessly I Kick-Start My Day’s Writing" delves into the author's simple yet effective morning routine to initiate their daily writing. The process begins with a casual start, involving eating, drinking coffee, and watching the news until a sense of depression sets in. This feeling, combined with a blend of humor and long-accumulated writing ideas, acts as a catalyst for the author's writing. The author likens their method of mixing various elements of news and personal reflections to using a blender, suggesting that the act of writing is both an art and a spontaneous act of creation. After writing, the author moves on to their other job, checking for any new business that came in overnight. The author emphasizes that stories can originate from anywhere and that consistent writing leads to an accumulation of better stories and more attractive statistical graphs.

Opinions

The author believes that the act of writing does not require complex rituals; simplicity is key.
They suggest that effort and the willingness to try are more important than perfection in writing.
The author values the role of humor and current events in sparking writing ideas.
They express a love for their work, indicating a passion for both their writing and their other job-related tasks.
The author advises other writers to focus on the cumulative effect of daily writing, rather than obsessing over immediate results or statistics.

Get out the blender.

I will share a bit of the process with you, although I am about to lose a lot of respect for myself here when I tell you that there really is nothing to it.

You really do get medals here for trying.

Pass/fail only, there are no grades.

I usually grab something to eat and some coffee. I watch a few minutes of news until I start to feel depressed.

Put some stuff in it.

As I have explained earlier, my sense of humor/writing blender has been accumulating ingredients for a long time. Now with a catalyst of a couple of news stories and my writing ideas book, the blender cranks itself to Medium or high.

It’s one of those deals where, if I don’t get the top on it quick enough, I get journalism all over the wall.

Hit the power.

I check and double-check my piece until I can hit “submit.”

All of this can happen before eight-thirty in the morning, so I get to my other job at the computer to see what business has come in over the transom the previous night. That job can take all day and continues until it’s finished as more knocks on the door to come in. I love it!

The Tasty Takeaway

The stories can come from anywhere and everywhere at the same time. It is up to you or me whether we are at the notebook writing them down.

If you write anywhere, but especially here on Medium, and you are, like me, tempted to look at your stats and your numbers, remember the keyword here is “cumulative.”

If you do some every day, the graph looks prettier. The numbers magically add onto themselves.

More importantly, the numbers also start to stand for better and better stories.

How Effortlessly I Kick-Start My Day’s Writing

If you’re a stream-of-consciousness writer, your stories depend on where you wade in.

Get out the blender.

Put some stuff in it.

Hit the power.

The Tasty Takeaway