The Problem with the ‘Hell-For-Leather’ Writing Movement

As of late, it’s fashionable to write hell for leather. In fact, there’s a hot cottage industry in the writing culture. But is it good for the writing community? Or detrimental?

For lack of better terms, let’s call this trend the “The Hell-For-Leather Writing Movement.� Or HFLWM.

You see HFLWM in titles like “How to Write Fast,� “Write an Article in 20 Minutes,� and “How Fast Can You Write?�

Growing content demands and aggressive editorial schedules shove this thinking into our faces. But it gets empirical with 5 Personal Writing Metrics Every Content Marketer Should Track by Nate Baker at Raven.

And it also gets personal.

In this 7-minute episode of Rough Draft, Demian Farnworth discusses:

• If tracking your writing could make you write faster
• Why it’s a bad idea to compare writing to walking
• A more reasonable stretch goal than “writing faster”
• When writing faster is appropriate
• The perfect metaphor that describes how a serious writer revises
• And more!

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