It's a bad idea to worry about writing and formatting at the same time, you get distracted. For me, when writing papers and blog posts, it helps to break it down into three steps:
1. First, I write just the ideas I want to convey, in bullet points. I don't worry too much about the exact phrasing of these ideas, or how they flow together. If I want to put a diagram, I just sketch a quick concept idea on a notebook.
2. Next, I go through and turn all the ideas into readable paragraphs. This is easy because I know what I'm going to say, I just have to figure out exactly how I want to say it.
3. In the last step, I worry about formatting, like making sure the fonts are consistent, the size and margins on images, etc. This is a purely mechanical task and it's nice not worrying about it when writing.
1. First, I write just the ideas I want to convey, in bullet points. I don't worry too much about the exact phrasing of these ideas, or how they flow together. If I want to put a diagram, I just sketch a quick concept idea on a notebook.
2. Next, I go through and turn all the ideas into readable paragraphs. This is easy because I know what I'm going to say, I just have to figure out exactly how I want to say it.
3. In the last step, I worry about formatting, like making sure the fonts are consistent, the size and margins on images, etc. This is a purely mechanical task and it's nice not worrying about it when writing.