{"id":16124,"date":"2017-01-07T17:07:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T01:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=16124"},"modified":"2017-01-07T17:14:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T01:14:43","slug":"15-minutes-can-change-life-beth-barany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/07\/15-minutes-can-change-life-beth-barany\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloggers, 15 Minutes Can Change Your Life by Beth Barany"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this post, learn how much writing you can do in 15 minutes.\"\"<\/p>\n

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Beth here. Hi! It’s 1:35pm and I sit in a warm cafe drinking tea and staring out the window. Okay, I’m not actually staring out the window. I’m writing this blog post and time is running out.<\/p>\n

I’ve set the timer in my head (you can use the timer in your phone or your kitchen timer) and I am writing this post.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/strong> To demonstrate that you too can write a first draft in fifteen minutes.<\/p>\n

Yes, fifteen minutes can change your life. <\/strong>You can go from staring at the blank page to filling it with the minutiae of your life. Or whatever you’d like to say.<\/p>\n

Need ideas? <\/strong>To get you started, I would say, “Start with what you know.”<\/p>\n

This age-old wisdom that writing teachers hand down to their students is useful in any writing situation. And in the case of writing about our businesses and professions in a blog, writing what we know makes great sense.<\/p>\n

Where To Begin<\/h2>\n

So, where to begin?<\/strong> Well, I suggest writing about something your ideal client would find very useful. A tip of the day, for example.<\/p>\n

My tip of the day<\/strong> to you is to set your timer for fifteen minutes and write your blog post.<\/p>\n

Remember, it’s a first draft<\/strong><\/span>, so it doesn’t have to be perfect.<\/p>\n

Messy First Draft<\/h2>\n

In fact, allow yourself to write as messily and as incorrectly as possible.<\/p>\n

In a previous post, I suggested you block off 20-30 minutes. Go ahead and do that if you can.<\/p>\n

I recognize that that amount of time can be daunting for someone not used to writing blog posts, and for someone who may agonize over every email she writes.<\/p>\n

That’s why fifteen minutes is much more doable, IMHO (in my humble opinion).<\/p>\n

Benefits<\/h2>\n

Some benefits<\/strong><\/span> of writing in this short, contained amount of time:<\/p>\n