Choose a topic you already know well. You won't have time to do much research and should already have the majority of the book in your head or at least at your fingertips. Writing is hard work and it's unlikely you'll be able to produce more than 4 type-written pages day after day, especially if you spend hours on research.
Clear your life of other distractions. You probably have a day job that you can't quit just yet, but for the next 100 days put off everything else you can. Don't plan a vacation or a party or spring-cleaning. You don't want to lose your momentum once you get started. Make an outline. Decide on chapter titles and a logical sequence of information. It's more efficient to think this through ahead of time than to go back and re-write later. Decide how long your book will be, then divide the task into 80 smaller units. This gives you a little leeway, and also time for one day off per week. At 3-4 pages a day, you can produce a book of 240 to 320 pages. Don't plan to write a 500 page textbook in this limited amount of time. It simply will not work.
What Kind of Book are You Writing? Most new authors start on their book writing and publishing adventure by reading a book and getting inspired. They don't think about the kind of book they're writing, or who would want to read it.There are basically two kinds of books: truth and lies, otherwise known as nonfiction and fiction (novels). Some hundred thousand books are published in English each year, both nonfiction and novels. You must know what kind of book you're writing before you start.
Plan for a weekly day off. Why are you writing, anyway? Surely not just for the sake of it. You want to improve the life of your family or share something with the world. Don't forget to connect with the people that matter to you or they may begin to resent your writing. Realize that writing the book is only the beginning. Getting it published will take at least as much time as the first draft of your manuscript, likely more. Don't let this discourage you. Just keep at it, a little at a time.
I've written 27 books which have been published by traditional publishers, plus I have written five books which I have published myself. Not one of these books has taken me more than two weeks to write. And, even though one of them is 12 years old, it still continues to sell well in seven different countries in five languages and is one of the most borrowed books in libraries (according to my PLR statistics). So, even though it only took two weeks to write, it can't be that bad!
How do I know this will work? Because I did it myself. The original version of 101 Ways to Save Money on Healthcare was written in 100 days and on the market another 100 days later. I must have done a reasonably decent job at writing because a major publisher found the book and contracted with me for a re-release. I hope this works equally well for you.
Clear your life of other distractions. You probably have a day job that you can't quit just yet, but for the next 100 days put off everything else you can. Don't plan a vacation or a party or spring-cleaning. You don't want to lose your momentum once you get started. Make an outline. Decide on chapter titles and a logical sequence of information. It's more efficient to think this through ahead of time than to go back and re-write later. Decide how long your book will be, then divide the task into 80 smaller units. This gives you a little leeway, and also time for one day off per week. At 3-4 pages a day, you can produce a book of 240 to 320 pages. Don't plan to write a 500 page textbook in this limited amount of time. It simply will not work.
What Kind of Book are You Writing? Most new authors start on their book writing and publishing adventure by reading a book and getting inspired. They don't think about the kind of book they're writing, or who would want to read it.There are basically two kinds of books: truth and lies, otherwise known as nonfiction and fiction (novels). Some hundred thousand books are published in English each year, both nonfiction and novels. You must know what kind of book you're writing before you start.
Plan for a weekly day off. Why are you writing, anyway? Surely not just for the sake of it. You want to improve the life of your family or share something with the world. Don't forget to connect with the people that matter to you or they may begin to resent your writing. Realize that writing the book is only the beginning. Getting it published will take at least as much time as the first draft of your manuscript, likely more. Don't let this discourage you. Just keep at it, a little at a time.
I've written 27 books which have been published by traditional publishers, plus I have written five books which I have published myself. Not one of these books has taken me more than two weeks to write. And, even though one of them is 12 years old, it still continues to sell well in seven different countries in five languages and is one of the most borrowed books in libraries (according to my PLR statistics). So, even though it only took two weeks to write, it can't be that bad!
How do I know this will work? Because I did it myself. The original version of 101 Ways to Save Money on Healthcare was written in 100 days and on the market another 100 days later. I must have done a reasonably decent job at writing because a major publisher found the book and contracted with me for a re-release. I hope this works equally well for you.
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