Writing a Book
Are you thinking of writing a book but can’t find the time? Here is a quick tip that seems to work for everyone.
You are waiting for a time in your life when you have all day to write, and deep in your heart you KNOW that’s not likely to EVER happen. But you can find one hour, can’t you? Not an hour a day, but I’m suggesting you write one hour a week. You select the time, and mark it on your calendar, put it on your “to do” list. Actually set a kitchen timer for that one hour. Try to make it the same time every week.
My friend, Dottie, in California would get up at 4:30 in the morning to squeeze in her hour of writing. That didn’t work for me because I’m useless at that hour, so my extra hour was at ten at night. Many people simply give up one hour of TV, and eventually, they have an entire book.
You don’t know how many hours writing your book will take, but by the end of the year you will have about 50 hours worth of your manuscript complete. If it’s not finished, that should at least be a pretty good start.
The first hour or two writing a book might be spent simply getting ready. Deciding what to write and how to write it, outlining, gathering information, that type of thing.
When I started on my first book, I set the timer and wrote for one hour per week for 4 weeks. By the fourth week, I was so enthusiastic about it, I never had to set the timer again, and never had to “push” myself again. I MADE the time to write.
And isn’t that a lesson you’ve already learned? You don’t put off doing a WHOLE project, you simply put off getting started.
Don’t let yourself be overwhelmed by the idea of writing a whole book. Just set a goal each week for one hour. You will be amazed at what you will accomplish.