Awareness is the key aspect that
often goes missing when we start writing an article. If it is a professional
piece of work, we tend to include the routine nuisances of the content, context
and the jargons. This too is somewhat easy as we learn the way to get around as
we face the challenges on a day-to-day basis. But when it comes to personal
write-ups then the problem starts as we loose the grip. The awareness of the
context falls and we tend to deviate from the topic. One of the effective ways to check this
problem is to turn on a timer and set it up for 5 minutes and begin writing.
Once we start writing with such a limitation then our mind works well and
remains aware throughout the writing process.
Five minutes of writing also
helps us to stay focused as it is easier for us to stay focused for a shorter
duration of time in one go without putting too much exertion or restraints on
the mind. In face when we keep the focus of 5 minutes then it also becomes easy
for us to take time out from our busy professional or personal routine to do
the write-up. Short duration of the
focus makes it easy applicable and we can plan for a series of such focused
writing when we work on a complex project which requires high degree of
attention. It also works when we write
on a fun theme as the focus helps us deliver the best.
Contrary to the common observation, the limitation does no harm to the quality or creativity of the writeup. Since we know that we have limited time and to write something on a topic, this is the block that I have planned, it starts a preparatory exercises in the head and sets the motion going. Ideas start flowing in and you really do not have to work hard to bring the beautiful things on paper. It is a fact that what you inscribe on paper is nothing but all that is on your mind. The 5 minutes limitation only accelerates the process and allows all the relative ideas to drop on paper.
The beauty of 5 minutes writing
is that you do not require much of editing, because most of the time, the
editing is required when we write something which is out of context and which
we do often. But when the writing is relevant and does justice to the theme
then the scope of editing gets limited only in the areas of grammatical
mistakes, misplacing of punctuation.
Such type of editing does not require too much time. Say for example if
you write 500 words in 10 minutes then you would require just 5 minutes to do
the editing. It is because you do not write anything irrelevant in a limited
timeframe.
This rule of 5 minutes writing
has done wonders for me and could definitely do the same to you as well!
