Writing a Blog Post in 10 Minutes - the practicalities

 


Ten minutes is longer than you think, but all the non-writing bits of composing a blog post take longer than you think to. And my 10 minute blog post concept is that you finish the whole thing and have it scheduled to appear within 10 minutes. As soon as you let yourself drift over the end point you are already into mission creep.

The clock is ticking and you have to use your time well.

So come up with the title first. Then decide when to set release it. Sort out any keywords. Pick an illustration. Use Pexels. There is no time to look at other options. Pick something from the first page you find.

Then with the time you have left you just write. But make edits and corrections as you go along. You can't go back and change things later. 

There's only one concession. If the bell goes during the last sentence, you can finish that and only that sentence. Phew.

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