The single most useful piece of writing advice I have gathered from reading books, blog posts and articles on the subject is: use bum glue. To be specific, that means glue yourself to your seat and stay there. You can fiddle about with fancy word processing software, gimmicky grammar tools, and writing websites, but in the end, it’s just you and your willpower.
I don’t mean to say that you can force words out of your brain from sheer force of will. What I mean is that once you sit down and commit to sitting there for a specified period of time, you will eventually put fingers to keyboard (or pen to paper) and get work done. Maybe you need a cup of your caffeinated beverage of choice to activate your mind. Maybe you need an arrangement of cushions and footstools to get comfortable enough for the words to flow. Once your writing environment is in place, all that is left is to stop messing with it and just write.
I spent a long time in this space where I would just read about writing and not actually write. Sure, I picked up on the finer points of putting together a manuscript, but the writing process itself was quite neglected. The fact of the matter is that you learn by doing. You can choose to spend all your life making one piece of art or spend your time making different things and improving along the way.
Most things worth knowing are simple. It is when our natural resistance to making effort comes into play that things get complicated. You can choose either to “keep it simple, stupid” or make life unnecessarily tangled for yourself. It’s your choice.
Iqra Writes 
Nice article ..Comfortable environment is necessary to write a good piece..Sitting on a lawn,after fajr prayer is the Best thing to soothen the mind …
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Definitely need that bum glue! 🙂
It’s important to have a comfortable place and feel settled!
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This is all so true. I have also been stuck in that space of thinking and reading about writing but not actually doing. I noticed that as I’ve written more and more, I’ve improved and more ideas come to mind. This is great!
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To make someone comfortable doing something it requires a strong intention. The result is satisfactory because there is good intention in it.
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Completely agree with you. It all depends on our willpower and the purpose for which we want to write for. Dealt and still dealing with that want to writing but not actually writing. Great information!
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That’s so right! Bum glue – agreed! And yeah, that’s so true, we have two choices either to keep it simple and stupid or make life tangled! It was a nice read! Thank you.
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It’s really important to have a calm mind and silence around me when I’m writing. Otherwise the flow of thoughts just vanish.
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Thats a point I constantly reminds myself. In everything from writing to cleaning.I even wrote recently based on this point. Action begets action.
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I need a clear space or my mind feels completely cluttered. Caffeine helps too! I like having a timer so that I feel pressed to get moving and utilise time efficiently!
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Very true. I have no shortage of content to write in my mind. The issue is that I’m unable to find time to glue myself to the seat when i think of writing
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Yeah, the secret to getting it done is getting started.
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