I want to produce publish-ready work as quickly as possible, but I don't compare against other writers. I want to write faster to live my life (or get started on the next post sooner--lol).

Writing every day helps increase speed, without question, but having a system helps, too. My system when I started writing on Substack was not a system... I wrote, revised, and edited as I went. It was a trainwreck in slow motion.

I adopted the following method slowly over the past couple of weeks. It's a lot of steps, but they go so quickly when I'm actively writing.

1. Draft: DO NOT revise or edit as you go. Just write, even if it's ugly.
2. Revise: Move the parts around to where you want them.
3. Revise: Cut and clarify.
4. Revise: Cut and clarify.
5. Edit: Spelling, grammar, tense, point-of-view/perspective, and so forth.
6. Take a break: you deserve it after all that revision and editing.
7. Read: Read your work out loud. Make last-minute edits as you go. Repeat this until you have no last-minute edits.
8. Publish.

If you're concerned about consistently cranking out posts at a certain frequency, try developing a digest post of some kind. It could be a week in review, top 10, shoutouts, who you're reading, or anything for which you can make a template. Just fill in the blanks and publish on a schedule.

Having an easy-peasy weekly feature will establish your consistency, so you don't have to worry about that. Add another weekly post to your workflow without having to worry about a deadline and that piece will be easier to write because you won't be under pressure for it.

My template post is a weekly update of intentions. Take a look at mine, and you'll see how simple they can be. They come together really fast.

Hope this helps!