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to spur you on. Don't try to tackle this problem on your own. It won't work.

After dealing with the above problems, you may reach the point where you feel you have maximized your writing time. You can do more. Start to make use of the time that you can't set aside for writing. There are many ways to piggy-back writing onto the other things that you do during your day. You can be looking for writing ideas all throughout the day - while you are working, while you are driving, while you are cooking dinner, while you are spending a penny. You can also piggy-back information-gathering by writing about things related to your job or your family life. Again, much of the process of writing doesn't take place while sitting in front of the computer. Make full use of your time.

Once you have tackled time, you are ready to take on the problem of speed.

*Difficulties in the Writing Process*

Jack Hart, in his book "A Writer's Coach" makes the observation that difficulties writers experience with a certain step in the writing process usually result from problems in the previous step of the process. For example, if you find it difficult to write your first draft, it is often because you haven't done a good job of refining the topic you want to write about. When you aren't clear about what you want to say, writing a good first draft is nearly impossible. When you encounter difficulties, your writing speed naturally slows down. Therefore, to speed up the writing process, we need to take a closer look at the step involved.

- Coming up with an idea: The best way to come up with ideas for writing is to learn to ask questions. All writing is answering some (often unstated) question. The key is to train yourself to quickly identify these questions. How would I explain how to do {blank} to someone else? Why is/did ? What would happen if ? When you clearly identify the question you are trying to answer, you will save time when gathering the information necessary to support your chosen topic.

- Gathering information: The key to gathering information is to know what information you need and where to find it. This step is often recursive, because you don't always know what information you need until you start to learn more about your topic. Again, questions are the key. Find the information that you need to answer the questions brought about by your topic. Once you clearly understand what information you need you need to know, you can go to your potential sources (the internet, books, experts,

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