A Spanish speaker shares two tactics that made them a confident English writer. Ed Latimore's 500-word daily rule killed perfectionism through sheer volume. Then they use stretch goals: want to write one email, aim for ten instead. The inflated target tricks you into actually writing.
The way I learned how to write, because my first language is Spanish, was from Ed Latimore. He said, every day wake up, 500 words, even if they suck. So it's kind of my thing. So I started writing 500 words, even if they suck. I think the best thing I got from that is not being afraid of writing bad stuff. It made me okay with writing not quality stuff, because often my best writing comes after I tell myself this is probably gonna suck. So that's the first one. Second tip is When I'm feeling it, I stretch it out. So if I'm like, I want to write an email, like, I sometimes I'd be like, okay, something hit, you know, we all have those random moments of inspiration. I'd start writing and I'd be like, okay, I'm going to write 10 emails. Do I write 10 emails? No, I write like 1.5, maybe 2. But because I set myself the goal to write 10, I write 2. You know, it's like you stretch, you cheat your mind in order to go forward.
