1. Do you really want to write a book???
Over the years as a #BlackBookPublisher, I ran into three types if authors. Ones who were born to be authors but something in life slowed their publishing dream away. They usually have a massive home library, several completed or half started books on their laptops. Second, are the one with author dreams but, fear and doubt have them stuck in pursuing this dream. Despite how the dream keeps annoying them by constantly popping up in some form or fashion. The last wanna be writer talks a big game about desiring to write but makes absolutely NO effort to make their boisterous words come true.
SUGGESTION: Only present your book idea to your friends and family when you are over 100% ready to do that thing. You're committed to spending hours, weeks, months, sometimes years to finish that first or next manuscript. You're dedicated to your book’s outline. You're financially ready to hire an editor, book coach, or purchase my book, Becoming a FEARless Author. Writing a book doesn't take much but, writing a good book requires commitment, dedication, and a little to a lot of money.
2. Timing is everything
When do you want to release your book? When are you capable of writing a book. Writing a book is just like dating a new person. You start with a little writing here, a chapter there. Somewhere around the third month you know your book is good and commit to writing more regularly until you see the light at the end of the tunnel. The light at the end of your story shows those last chapters so clearly and you slide right into the last sentence.
SUGGESTION: Do you have time to do all of that? If you are serious about publishing your book you must find time in your busy schedule to commit to it. Forty-five minutes a day writing will make a tremendous difference to not writing at all. Look around your weekly schedule and try to find a day that you can commit one to two hours to writing your book. If you can't find a day, look for gaps or spots in your weekly schedule where you can write for 30-45 minutes three times or more a week. If you are UBER busy, try one or two things. Commit to writing 45 minutes once a week OR write your book next year. It's OK to saying this but, as 2024 begin including your book in your new year’s resolution and stick to it!
3. You just might have to sacrifice something
If you are serious about publishing your book, you just might have to sacrifice something. No, not a kid or a sheep! You're gonna have to sacrifice something on your schedule. For instance, streaming series and sports on television are my Achilles heel. When I got serious about writing my books and DreamWriterInk! Publishing, I had to sacrifice about 80% of my TV time. This may sound minor to your personal schedule but, what's blocking your writing time? What habit or hobby can you sacrifice to finish your book? Which appointments can you move around to allow time to write for 45 minutes a dew time a week?
SUGGESTION: Be real and true to yourself and create a writing schedule.
4. Make it a regular activity
Planning is a necessity with any large project. Writing a book will always be a big project because it consists of several steps. I suggest making this a regular activity. What activity do you practice daily? Think and plan your writing just like that. Write a paragraph on Sunday, two more on Wednesday, etc. Find those gaps in your schedule and dedicate writing to those free times.
SUGGESTION: Make writing a hobby. Write consecutively for 21 days and it will become a regular activity in your busy schedule.
5. Keep Writing
Lastly, KEEP WRITING!! If writing a book has been one of your life goals or your purpose writing one page a month is placing closers to be published. Set smal goals like a page a month or a page a week. This is your book, you're the boss and you set a schedule that works best for you. It doesn't matter if it takes a year or longer. Don't quit. Write until you type the last sentence.
SUGGESTION: DON’T STOP WRITING!! I can never state this too much!! Promise yourself to write one page a week. Start small. Find spaces in your schedule. Forty-five to sixty minutes a week will push you closer to that last page.
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