: How do you 'keep writing whatever happens'? I've heard the same thing from almost every writer whenever I ask a question or read an answer, and that thing is : "Just keep writing. It

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I believe that the best strategy to writing is just to write and not think about what you are writing. To start, I plan my entire essay/book/article out, and gather my sources/evidence/references, and then write a skeleton draft which basically says the main points/ideas in my writing. After that, I just expand off of the skeleton draft, and keep writing based on my plan. I don't think about the writing itself, but the plan, and this keeps me both on track in my writing, and sane, not just staring at a screen (or paper) all of the time, but having something that I can actually keep track of my progress on. So that's the best strategy that has worked for me so far, and I hope that it works for you as well.

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This is going to sound very odd, but I've found it surprisingly effective: Figure out whatever time of day you're most alert and then write at the OPPOSITE end of the day. So, if you're a morning person, stay up and write. If you're a night owl, get up early. Your internal editor goes to sleep, and you just write and write in a kind of half dream state. (This is from the book Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less, Alex Soojung-Kim Pang)
Also, if you're not making progress with your outline, shift to a different approach, or just dive in. The only right writing process is the one that works for you. I'm a big outliner myself, but sometimes you need to do a little discovery writing first, and then go back and outline.
The big key is --if the writing is flowing, let it flow. Don't judge it, and don't expect it to conform to certain rules or processes. Editing is a whole different step, and must come AFTER the writing.

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