Say it out loud.
Dictation can help quiet the inner critic. A clunky first sentence still gives you something to work with.
The Unstuck Studio
The next sentence
starts here.
A blank page is a lot to ask of yourself.
Try one small exercise. Let the words be rough.
What’s in your way?
Find your
starting point.
01 / Eight boxes. Eight minutes.
Make a little room
for messy ideas.
One minute in each box. A sentence, a phrase, a fragment. There’s no wrong way to fill the page.
8:00
Ready when you are
Then find one line worth following.
You don’t need eight brilliant ideas. Pick one fragment that has some life in it and write the next sentence.
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From the article
Change the way you start.
Keep moving.
A short sprint separates getting words down from making them better. This studio never deletes your work when you pause.
Keep your voice.
Let a question prompt your thinking. You supply the ideas and the words. Edit after you have something to edit.
Exercises adapted from Jeremy’s article; optional prompts are added for this companion. Prefer paper? Fold a blank sheet in half three times for eight boxes.