Distractions cost you more time than you think. A distraction that only lasts 5 minutes costs you more energy and time to get back into the flow.
In addition, your brain wastes unnecessary resources when switching between different tasks.
We've all done it: written and checked WhatsApp or Instagram every now and then.
Leave it.
Award-winning author Nathan el salvador telegram screening Englander sums it up in one sentence:
“Turn off your cell phone.”
Nathan Englander
Skill #7: Murder and Strangle
Every author who has ever dealt with editing – that is, revising a text – has heard this advice:
"Kill your darlings."
This means: cut out everything that does not serve your text – no matter how much you love the passage.
Good authors are therefore merciless with their own texts. No matter how long they have worked on a sentence, a chapter or a character – fillers that eat up the reader's time must die.
I have a simple rule of thumb: when you've finished your text, try to shorten it by at least 10 percent. There's always something to be found.