The Benefits of Writing Multiple Articles a Day on Days You Can't Write (My Case)

Lowering your own hurdles

Just write down what comes to mind casually. Use about 5% of your total effort. Then, you'll naturally start to feel like, 'That last one wasn't quite enough,' and the desire to write more will emerge.

You start to see which articles get read

In terms of timing, the article written first has an advantage. So, simply put, the first article written is usually read more. However, the fact that the next article gets more 'likes' allows you to analyze whether it was the title or the content that was better.

Having said that, I haven't analyzed anything at all. I just look at my own note and think, 'Huh, this one is more popular? Surprising!!' (laughs)

You can post without trying too hard

You might think, 'But you're trying hard by posting multiple times a day!' However, it's completely different from carefully crafting one article a day, without mistakes, and packing in everything you think. The moment you think of something, it's like a LINE message—'I'm thinking this right now.' Without spending much time, you realize, 'This is fine as it is,' or 'This kind of thing is okay too,' and you have many realizations.

Of course, articles you've poured your heart into are better. But articles written casually aren't bad either. It's like, casual, or moderate, or just 'to some extent'?

I think it's better to write casually and frequently rather than drifting away from writing because you feel you have to write properly.

I believe I am growing steadily, even if it's just a little bit

I think growth is faster if you write one solid article every day, but by lightly uploading multiple articles a day, the barrier to writing becomes lower, and I think you can write more and more, pop, pop, pop.

I also write about the feeling of not being able to write. It's practice for picking things up and putting them into words. People who can climb a mountain every day are truly amazing, but I want to write with the feeling of brushing my teeth every day, so maybe the theme is 'keeping writing close to you'.

I want to reach a point where writing is as natural as anything else, and it's impossible to live apart from writing anymore—because there's no day you don't brush your teeth, right? There's no day you don't eat, right? Writing is the same as that.

Climbing a mountain and brushing your teeth are on different levels, aren't they (laughs). Let's make it climbing a mountain and taking a walk. A 5-minute walk every day. Even though it's 5 minutes, the scenery you see changes a little bit every day, like walking slowly today or trying to run the whole time today.

I hope that by starting with 'a 5-minute walk seems doable,' and then thinking, 'maybe I'll try 10 minutes next,' if I keep it up, I'll have built up the stamina to climb Mt. Fuji before I know it.

This was my recommendation to try writing multiple times a day on purpose when you can't write. You won't know what form suits you until you try, so it definitely won't fit everyone.

I hope that by reading 'this is how Kyotano writes' on days you can't write, you'll think, 'Oh, the hurdle can be this low,' and 'I'll try writing more.'

Let's enjoy writing together. That's all. Let's take it slow. They say 'Neither writing nor note will run away' (a phrase that saved me when Ringo Natsuyama said it). I'm currently enjoying my own pace.