Recently I wrote about How to Steal 5 Minutes in a Day to Write. If you manage to find some moments here and there throughout your day, what can you actually do in those 5 minutes? Here are some suggestions for you to maximize the limited time you have to write. Be sure to follow the sequence below, so that you will be able to accomplish something substantial, and not have different tasks which are not related and amount to very little result at the end of the day.
1) Brainstorm
The first five minutes you can find should be spent on brainstorming for article ideas. If you can generate a few ideas from just five minutes of brainstorming, you will find that you have something to write for the rest of the week. It's easy to brainstorm for 8 to 10 article topics in just 5 minutes. Make sure you jot them down in your notebook. If a great title comes to you, write it down quickly as well.
2) Point
When you can find the next five minutes in a day, you should select one topic from your list of article ideas. Focus on just one and brainstorm 5 to 10 points relevant to the topic. Later on, you can merge points together and eliminate irrelevant ones. Just try to get those points down as quickly as you can.
3) Introduction
In the next five minutes, you should start writing your article introduction. If you find it hard to start on the introduction, you may want to skip this step and move on to the next step instead, and come back to it later.
4) Short Paragraphs
Check out those points you have in Step 2 and write short paragraphs for each one of them. You may need a few five-minute slots for these. Do the same for the conclusion as well.
5) Title
Then you just need to think of a catchy title for your article and you are done.
Last of all, when you do have the time to sit down and type everything out, you may need to rephrase your sentences, organize your points or elaborate your paragraphs further. But you already have something to work on. It's better than nothing. And if you have several five-minute moments in a day, it can be developed into something substantial. If not, you can still write an article, but it just takes a little longer. Whatever it is, keep on writing!
