Showing posts with label Writing Quickly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Writing Quickly. Show all posts

Tuesday 10 January 2023

The 5 Minute Antidote to Writing More, Writing Faster, And Writing Better.

Woman writing more, writing faster
Photo by Daria Nepriakhina on Unsplash

How much can you write in 5 minutes?

You probably think, “not much.”

But if you’ve ever done a speed writing exercise, you’ll know that you can easily write 2/3 pages in 5 minutes.

Doing speed writing exercises is easy. You just use 3 random words (easy to find online from a random word generator page), set a timer for 5 minutes, and start writing. You can write whatever you want but those 3 words must be included in your opening paragraph.

These exercises are fun to do and a simple antidote on days when you don’t feel like writing because they help get you into the writing “zone” quickly, in just 5 minutes (unsurprisingly).

So if you can write 2/3 page in 5 minutes, you should be able to write 8 to 10 pages in an hour (1 hour ÷ 5 minutes = 12 x 2/3page = 8) depending on your own personal typing/writing speed.

Once you know how much you can write in an hour, imagine how much you can write in a week. And that’s if you’re only writing for one hour a day.

This is the power of not procrastinating.

It’s sitting down and writing without giving yourself excuses to stop.

And all it takes is 5 minutes to write 2/3 of a page.

When the 5 minutes is up, you won’t want to stop.
















Thursday 1 September 2022

Why Aren't I Writing? And What I'm Doing About It

Woman lying in leaves instead of writing
Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash
At the beginning of this year, 2022, I stated that I was going to write and publish a book a month.

I was all hyped and ready back in December 2021, sure that I could fulfill my mission. I had it all planned so what could go wrong?

Life, is what could go wrong.

It's not that I haven't written any books. I've written and published 4 books so far with another almost finished.

My writing plan began to unravel early when, at the beginning of the year, without knowing it was even going to happen, I moved home. 

I originally had no intention of moving, but then property prices skyrocketed, and we stumbled upon a better place to live. So we took advantage of the price increases, put our place on the market, sold it in 3 weeks, and moved. And as we all know, moving can suck your life away in the time spent to organise it all, do the actual move, and then settle into our new place and find our way around the new neighbourhood.

Also a few family issues came up that I had to deal with.

But that's still no excuse for not getting my writing done. I keep telling myself that if I had to go out to work (which I'm SO GRATEFUL that I don't have to) I wouldn't be using all these things as an excuse not to go to work. I'd deal with them and still get to work on time every day.

The problem with working at home, is that I'm at home, so I constantly get distracted. But again, that's no excuse not to get my writing done.

Another thing that happened is that I downloaded a fascinating eBook called "Writing into the Dark: How to Write a Novel without an Outline," by one of my favourite authors on writing, Dean Wesley Smith. https://amzn.to/3EKs1Vl.

I usually always write with an extensive outline, but after reading his book I decided to try writing without one. DWS said that all you need is to know before you start writing, is what genre you're writing in, and have a character and a setting in mind, and then start writing.

I began with one short story and then moved on to do more. At first it felt really strange to not have an outline and to not know what I was going to write until I wrote it.

But do you know what? It's fun. I've been writing quite a few short horror stories with no outline and no idea of what's going to happen in the story until I start writing. Not only is it fun, but it also makes me write fast because I can't afford to stop writing in case I lose the flow of ideas.

I'm not sure if I'd write a whole novel this way, but it sure is fun doing it with short stories. It also taught me that horror stories are my favourite to write. 

Who knows where this will lead me, but I'm having a ball doing it. I should have known that I'd enjoy it because I always love doing those 5-minute writing exercises, where you're given 3 words and you write for 5 minutes without stopping AND use those 3 words in the opening paragraph.

If you want to try it yourself, download your own copy of "Writing into the Dark" and give it a go.

But I digress. I was talking about why I haven't written as many books as I planned to.

The good news is that I'm planning to get back on track. No, I'm GOING to get back on track. I have a new plan and I'm going to work it.

At the same time, I'll still be uploading articles to my website and posts to this blog, and sending out my monthly writing newsletter, which will be hitting my subscribers' inboxes next week. So, if you're not a subscriber, now would be the perfect time to sign up, plus you'll receive a free eBook to help you write more and earn more.

On another positive note, my latest book, "How To Have More Money Now, Even If You’re Struggling To Pay The Rent" is already selling well. Read more about it and grab yourself a copy at https://ruthiswriting.com/books/hthmm.html.

And you should see another book from me soon.

Here's hoping you're getting plenty of your own writing done.


How to Have More Money Now




Writing Into The Dark by Dean Wesley Smith. Click to read more

















Monday 8 August 2022

How to Write 10,000 Words a Day

 
Hands typing on a keyboard writing a book fast
Photo by Kaitlyn Baker on Unsplash

A few weeks ago I was reading an article about how it’s possible to write a million words a years, and I thought, “That’s crazy.”

But it turns out it’s not as crazy say you think. Not only is it quite sane, it’s also quite do-able.

The author also said that we all write at the same pace, which is around 1,000 words/hour, which is only 16.6666 words per minute.

I pondered this, did a little math, and worked out that one million words divided by 365 days is 2,739 words a day. So if you wrote 2,739 words a day for a whole year, you’d have written 1,000,000 words.

Hmmm. It doesn’t seem too unreasonable when you look at it like that.

So then I went back to the 1,000 words/hour. To write a million words at that speed, you’d have to write for 1,000 hours (1,000 x 1,000 = 1,000,000).

This means that if you wrote 1,000 wph for 2 hours a day, that’s 2,000 words a day which isn’t far off the 2,739 words a day needed to write a million words a year. In fact, 2,000 words a day is 730,000 words a year.

But what if you upped the ante and wrote 10,000 words a day? Even working a 5 day week you could achieve 50,000 words a week. That’s a whole book written in a week.

But is it possible to write 10,000 words a day?

According to the book, “2k to 10k: Writing Faster, Writing Better, and Writing More of What You Love” By Rachel Aaron (https://amzn.to/3ruC0bd) it’s more than possible.

At 1,000 word/hour you’d have to write for 10 hours a day. That’s a lot of hours.

But look at it a different way.

If you’ve ever tried speed writing you’ll know that it’s possible to write ¾ of a page in 5 minutes. Speed writing is where you’re given a writing prompt, or 3 words, you set a timer for 5 minutes and start writing. If you’ve never done it, you should. It’s really eye-opening to see just how much you’re capable for writing in such a short time.

Speed writing proves that it’s easily possible to write ¾ of a page in 5 minutes. So assuming a full page of writing is 300 words (it’s usually more), this means that you can write 2,700 words in an hour (¾ of a page in 5 minutes  x 12 lots of 5 minutes = 1 hour).

If you write like this for 5 hours a day, even if you drop the speed down to 2,000 words an hour, that’s still 10,000 words a day.

But the real question is whether or not it’s possible to write at this fast pace.

It is if you’re prepared. This means having a complete outline for your book so that you know exactly what you’ll be covering in each chapter.

Having a detailed outline leaves you free to write without stopping, just like speed writing. 

An outline means you don’t need thinking time, just writing time.

I work this way with all my books. Lately I’ve begun using shorter outlines, and while it’s possible to write a book this way, it slows me down because it means I need to have time to think while I’m writing.

But with a detailed outline, I can sit down and start writing straight away. Even if it’s been a day or two since I last wrote, I can look at my outline and see exactly where I finished and where I need to go.

Outlines make the writing process so much easier and faster.

And it only takes 2 to 3 days to go from idea to outline to detailed outline, and then you’re ready to start writing.

And even if you want to slow it down to just 10,000 words a week, you can still get your book finished in a month.

I wrote about this in the 4th book of my Monthly Challenge Writing Series, “The One Month Author: How to Write a Book Faster & Better.”

A simple step-by-step manual that leads you through finding an idea for a book, creating an outline, and turning it into a finished manuscript - in just one month.

Check it out now at:































Wednesday 27 April 2022

Here’s How To Do 12 Months of Non-Stop Writing

Beach in Townsville North QLD
Back in early 2020, my husband Dean and I went on a road trip up North to tropical Townsville. We took a few days to drive up there, stopping overnight here and there and sleeping in the back of the car (we had a utility truck with a fixed canopy over the tray with a fitted mattress inside).

I thought I’d have trouble sleeping during the trip because I often wake up in the early hours of the morning at stupid o’clock and can’t get back to sleep. So I thought it would be worse sleeping in the car at roadside truck stops.

But it turned out to be the opposite. I slept than I had in years. I had no trouble falling asleep in the car and slept straight though til morning every single night. Dean would say, “Didn’t you hear that bus-load of people pull up and use the toilets last night?” And “There were so many trucks pulling out at 4am and I couldn’t believe you were sleeping through it all.” He was disturbed by sounds every night while I slept like a baby.

We talked about it when we got home and I decided that the reason I slept so well was simply because of decision fatigue. Every day was spent making one decision after another, after another, all day long. Where are we going to stay tonight? How are we going to shower? What are we going to eat/ How far do we have to go? Where are we? Where are we going tomorrow? How much fuel to do we have? When can we stop and have a break?

At home there isn’t many decision to make because I’m organised so it’s not tiring. I know what I’m going to be doing each day. Everything is planned. Even if something unexpected comes up, it’s easy to re-organise everything.

Having a plan makes every day so much simpler. I have a plan and I work my plan.

And I’ve set up a 12 month writing plan for you in my book, The 12 Month Writing Challenge.

So there are no decisions you need to make, except how soon are you going to start?




Monday 17 January 2022

Writing a Million Words a Year

I was reading a story recently about a writer, who already had two traditionally published novels, when she had a baby. She also had a full-time job. He husband, in his infinite wisdom, decided that writing, working, and family obligations were too much for her, so for the time being he said she should stop writing, and instead spend her time at home spending time with him and their new daughter.

Stop writing? What a dangerous thing to say to a writer.

Fast forward a year later, and she tells him that she's just had her latest book accepted by her publisher.

It turns out, she'd been using her lunch hour at work to write her novel.

Her husband was furious and accused her of being unfaithful. They had a huge fight about it and she was upset because he still wasn't speaking to her.

I thought, wow. This woman has a full-time job and is clearly a good mother and wife, yet her husband is angry at what she does at lunch time at work.

Writing during lunch at work is also how J K Rowling wrote her second Harry Potter book. Her first one was written when she was an unemployed single parent (which she hated) so she got a job once her first book was published and started her second. She wrote so much at work that one of her female colleagues eventually asked her if she was having an affair because she always turned down 'lunch with the girls'.

What all this goes to demonstrate is how easy it is to write a book if your determined to do so. And the important word here is DETERMINED. Just one hour a day helped these writers produce best-selling novels.

This year I plan to have my best writing year ever and write a book a month. So far I'm on track. I'm actually ahead of schedule.

I'm also currently reading a book about pulp fiction writers who used to be only paid by word count so they had to write a lot in order to earn a living.

They used average a million words a year. Some even wrote one and a half million words a year.

So I worked it out (with the help of my trusty calculator). 

To write a million words a year, if you wrote for 5 days a week, you'd need to write 3,800 words a day. 

Even if you only wrote during your lunch hour on week days, at 1,000 words an hour, you could still write 261,000 words a year (261 working days a  year).

So if you want to up your game (and it's certainly got my interest) to a million words a year, you need to write 3,800 words a day, 5 days a week.

Or if you want to write every day, it's a mere 2,700 words a day.

How about it?

What's your average daily word count?

If you don't know, try writing as much as you can in one week, and then divide it by 7. 

That will give you your daily average.

Then try and beat it every week.

Start today.


Tuesday 23 November 2021

Proof That You CAN Write a Book a Month

Photo by Thom Milkovic on Unsplash

There are so many disbelievers when it comes to the subject of writing a book in just a month. But it’s no surprise that those who say it can’t be done have never even tried, or they’ve given it a half-hearted attempt and quit.

Writing a book a month isn’t easy, but it’s not hard either. For those who want to do it, it’s not hard at all.


But let’s look at the math to see how do-able it actually is.


Say you wanted to write a 30,000-word novel. To do it in a month (30 days) you’d have to write at least 1,000 words a day, and that’s only about 3-4 pages.


Does that seem hard? No. 


Does that seem impossible? Absolutely not.


The mindset of writing a book is like the mindset of a marathon runner. To do either you need determination to see it through to the end.


Marathon runners are always determined. They train hard and when the day comes, they’re in the right mindset to do it.


Would-be authors on the other hand, aren’t determined and so they don’t train and don’t try.


But this month is November, which means there are millions of writers all over the world taking part in NaNoWriMo, the challenge to write a 50,000-word book in a month.


The determined ones succeed. The rest don’t.


What more proof do you need?




The One Month Author

How to Write a Book Faster & Better

https://ruthiswriting.com/books/MCWS4.html




Monday 11 October 2021

50,000 Words A Month. A Life-Changing Amount of Writing

 Every November, writers all over the world take part in NaNoWriMo, which stands for National Novel Writing Month.

NaNoWriMo is all about writing a 50,000-word, first draft manuscript for a novel, and doing it in a month.

This challenge came about because most people never write that much in a month. In fact, most people never write nearly that much, which is why it's a challenge.

But it got me thinking. What if all writers aimed to write 50,000 words every month? Not just novel writing, but a compilation of all their writing - stories, articles, tips, letters, ebooks, blog posts, plus everything else that's written and published or submitted in a month?

Can you imagine how much that would change your life if you did it? Even if you missed the 50,000-word mark, what if you wrote 30,000 words every month?

Wouldn't that be amazing?

This is what my Monthly Challenge Writing Series ebooks are all about.

The latest one, 'Fast & Profitable Article Writing' is currently available for the introductory price of only 99 cents.

And that small investment will guide you through writing more articles in a month than you ever thought possible.

Are you up for the challenge or are you happy where you are and have no interest in doing and achieving more?

Don't wait for November.

Download your own copy, start writing now, and commit to seeing it through for the next 30 days.


Fast & Profitable Article Writing





















Monday 16 August 2021

How to Earn $30 an Hour Writing Short Articles

Quick Cash Freelance Writing

 Freelance writing is one of the fastest ways to earn money from your writing, and if you're good and can consistently produce short articles, then there's no reason why you can't grow your online writing income to whatever you want, and you can start at the bottom by earning just $30 an hour.

To earn money writing short online articles means articles that are around 300 to 500 words, and people willing to pay for such short articles aren't looking for literary great writing. They just want lots of articles and they want them fast. I write about how to do this in my book, How to Write an Article in 15 Minutes or Less. https://ruthiswriting.com/books/15.html.

A short article is usually just one idea expanded and explained, which is straightforward and simple to do. And you're usually given the subject to write about so it's easy to do, and fast. 

So even if you start out small at $10 an article, if you can write 3 short articles in an hour, that's $30 an hour. And as you write more articles, the experience you gain will quickly help you write faster and earn more.

The first thing to do is to find writing markets. You need to go out and find people who are looking for someone like you to write articles for them.

And this is what I show you in my latest Monthly Challenge Writing Series ebook, Quick Cash Writing Challenge.

Plus I also show you websites where you can sign up for free and start writing articles straight away with no experience required.

And for the rest of this month, Quick Cash Freelance Writing is only 99 cents. That's right. For less than a dollar you can download it and start writing today. But be quick.

Click the link below to find out more.

https://ruthiswriting.com/books/MCWS1.html


Thursday 24 June 2021

This is What You Must Know To Write More and Earn More

I wrote a blog post last week about a great little ebook I bought called Writing a Book a Week: How to Write Quick Books Under the Self-Publishing Model. I wrote about this ebook because it was such a short and yet information-packed little book, and I have to say that I really prefer books like this, that get straight to the point and aren't full of useless "filler" content.

I found some of the information really useful because it contained information about a few things that I hadn't thought about before, even though I've been writing and publishing books for years.

This ebook was so short that it took me less than an hour to read. So I read it twice.

Then I decided I wanted to delve even deeper into it, so I sat and typed it out and then printed it (but only for my own reference). I do this sometimes if a book is small and I want to look at it deeper because I need to do this on paper. I find it hard to study a document on screen.

And this ebook was less than 10,000 words because I didn't need all the prelim pages or the TOC. I just wanted a copy of the chapters.

I feel I should add here that I'm a fast typist so I had the ebook typed and printed in just a couple of hours.

Once I'd finished I went through my printed copy, highlighting and making notes all over it. It was a fascinating exercise.

But this is what you have to do if you're a writer. You have to study your craft and find out everything you need to know.

To come as far as I have, it's taken me years to learn all about building websites, SEO, marketing, publishing, time management, and much more. I even had to learn exactly which type of computer I needed and all the software I needed to be able to work faster and easier. I even hire others to do some of the work for me.

But this is what it takes to be a successful writer. It's not all about the actual writing. It's also about learning, absorbing and buying/hiring anything I need, including website-building software and (sometimes) freelancers.

If I don't spend time doing these things then I can't do my work. 

So if there's something you need to move your writing career along, don't be hesitant about buying it or studying it.

I always find that no matter how much I learn and how much I know, there's always more to know and learn because things change all the time.

Just don't sell yourself short.

Writing a Book a Week: 
How to Write Quick Books Under the Self-Publishing Model.











Tuesday 15 June 2021

Writing a Book a Week: How to Write Quick Books Under the Self-Publishing Model.

 Like most writers, I like to read.

I read both fiction and non-fiction, but mostly non-fiction because I like to learn. Learning has always been one of my favourite things in life. I'm a life-long learner.

Recently I was reading a book about Anxiety, how it affected the author's life, and how she overcame it. It was fascinating.

And even more recently, I bought and downloaded a Kindle book by Alex Foster, called, "Writing a Book a Week." And it too was fascinating.

It's only a short ebook and I read it in under an hour, which is probably why it only cost 99 cents.

But although it was short, it was a great read and I learned a lot. It was full of golden nuggets of advice.

And I'm not the only one who liked it. It has hundreds of great reviews on Amazon.

I actually read it 3 times and now I'm about to read it again and take notes.

I know that you're probably wondering why I'm talking about someone else's book about how to write a book in a week when I've written a book of my own on that very subject. And it's because my book is all about writing non-fiction ebooks, while Alex Foster's book is about writing fiction as well.

One of the interesting things he said is that in order to write in many different genres and on different subjects, it's important to use pseudonyms for all your different book categories so that readers can find more of your books on the subject they like, and it also makes you look more of an expert if each of your pen names is only associated with one subject. 

This author really makes the whole book writing process fast and doable and the no-fluff way it's written gets you straight into the subject of writing books quickly and makes you feel inspired and motivated.

It even deals with where to get ideas from and what to do with them.

I reckon that if you read this short ebook, you won't be disappointed.

But you will be dying to start writing and self-publishing a book a week.


Friday 4 June 2021

Here’s How Easy It Is to Write an eBook a Week

Sometimes I don’t feel inspired to write, even though it’s the way I earn my living.

I sit down and start writing but I still don’t feel in the mood and I feel unmotivated to keep going. For whatever reason, I just can’t write. The ideas just aren’t flowing as easily as they usually do.

But even on days like this, I keep going and eventually I get into the flow and then I can keep going for hours.

I’ve always found that on days when I don’t feel like writing, but I have a big project to work on, like a book or an ebook, I get out one of my writing courses (and I’ve bought quite a few over the years). I like courses that are step-by-step because they always help me to start writing and to keep going. 

It’s so easy because I just read, follow the instruction and bam. My writing is done. It’s so much easier than writing from scratch.

And that’s why I wrote all my books the same way so that you just read it, follow the instructions and bam. Your writing is done.

It works the same way with my 7 Day eBook Writing and Publishing System, which is still a popular book because it makes it easy to follow the step-by-step instructions to get an ebook written and published and make sales in a week.

It just doesn’t get any easier than that.

Click the link below to find out more about exactly what you’re going to get and how easy it is.


7 Day eBook Writing & Publishing System
How to Write and Publish an ebook and Start Getting Sales in Just One Week
















Thursday 27 May 2021

A Foolproof Time Management Technique to Get More Writing Done

Working from home is never easy because there are too many distractions and without deadlines, or a boss looming over you to make sure you’re working, it’s too easy to not work, or worse - to not even sit down and start.

But I found a simple time management technique that makes sure that no only do I sit down and get my writing done, but I get even more done.

It works like this -

When I used to have a full-time job, I had 8 hours a day to get my work done. And it didn’t matter how quickly I finished it each day, I still had to stay there for the full 8 hours. And so if I finished my work early, I’d use the rest of my time to get other jobs done like cleaning equipment, tidying up and organising files.

For a few years, I also worked as a domestic cleaner, cleaning other people’s homes and I used to charge for 4 hours of work. At first, when I took on a new house, it would take me the whole 4 hours to clean, but once I got familiar with each house, I’d find that I had 20 or 30 minutes to spare, so I’d use that time to do extra jobs like cleaning windows or scrubbing out bins.

And this same technique can be applied to working at home as a writer.

When I first started writing, I’d sit down to write with a plan of what I was going to be working on. Then I’d do my writing, stand up and think I was done for the day.

But then I realised that I used to get more work done at my previous jobs if I had a set time to work instead of a set agenda of tasks. 

So I applied this time-blocking technique to my writing and so instead of only planning what I was going to write, I’d plan how long I was going to write for, that way, once I got my writing done, I could do other tasks like clearing my inbox, responding to emails, website work, researching, or writing one more quick article (in only 15 minutes as per my fast article writing system).

So see if it works for you too. Instead of sitting down to write, time-block an amount of time to write every day, and then stick to it no matter what. And if you finish early, you can do other writing-related tasks that you’ve been putting off. Or you can sort through all your digital files or do a computer backup.

Or write an article in 15 minutes or less.
 


Tuesday 1 September 2020

Write Articles 7 Different Ways For Easier, Faster, Better Results

There's no doubt about it, using the right keywords can yield better search engine results.

But finding the correct keywords takes time, and in the online world, time really is money, so the less time you spend searching for the best SEO keywords, the better it will be for you because then you can spend more time writing SEO articles.

But what if I told you that there's a way you can spend less time looking for the right keywords AND less time writing articles too? Would you be interested? Well, it's really easy, if you know how.

Read this complete article at:
https://ezinearticles.com/?Write-Articles-7-Different-Ways-For-Easier,-Faster,-Better-Results&id=10344934

Monday 16 December 2019

How Much Can You Write in 2 Hours a Day?

Being a writer means spending time alone to get your writing done. But it doesn't have to be a lot of time.

Just 2 hours a day can yield over 10,000 words written a week or a full-time income from writing.

2 hours is plenty of time to write, but it takes good organisation.

If you sit down and have no idea what to write about, then your time will be wasted and before you know it, your 2 hours is up and you've got nothing done.

But if you already know what you're going to do, then it can be 2 hours of extremely productive time every day, which is 10 hours a week, assuming you work 5 days out of 7.

You may not think that 2 hours is long enough, but if you're not writing much at all at the moment, then 2 hours a day is a huge improvement in output.

Not only that, but if 2 hours is more time than you're writing now then it's a huge improvement and it's much better than not writing at all.

But you need to make sure that it's distraction-free time and that means no texting, no surfing online, and definitely no anti-social media. Only allow it to be 2 hours of writing, editing, proofing, uploading, publishing.

And the best part is that when you get into a regular habit of sitting down and writing every day, you may even find yourself working longer without even realising it.

And once it becomes a daily habit to work for 2 hours a day, it will be fun because you won't be resisting it anymore and it will literally change your life.

As the great motivational guru, Mike Littman used to say, 'People form habits, and habits form futures."

So know what you want your future to be, and then get into the habit of sitting down for 2 hours every day to make your future writing dreams into a daily reality.

And now that we're so close to the New Year, there is no better time to plan out and start working on your writing dreams.


https://ruthiswriting.com/make-money.html

Friday 1 November 2019

What to Write When You Don’t Know What To Write

Sometimes it’s too easy for me to sit down and not know what to write, or, more aptly, not feel like doing any writing.

So rather than sit there and trying to force myself there’s something else I do.

And I’m not the only one with this problem of not always feeling like writing. It happens to others too, even those with popular blogs or authors who’ve written several books. We all have days when we just don’t want to write.

So what I do is I use this time for marketing. And there a few different ways I do it, and all for free.

Sometimes I use anti-social media to put up links to things on my sites or to talk about my books or post inspirational quotes.

I also still use EzineArticles.com for getting more visitors to my sites because it works.

Naturally, it doesn’t work as well as it did when Google used to include my marketing articles in search results, but it’s still a popular site and I get plenty of free traffic from there.

And these are just a couple of things that I do

So don’t ever sit there and say you have nothing to do, because there is no such thing as too much marketing, especially when you can write articles.

And you may find, like I do, that once I start working, it makes me want to stay there and write more.

If you can’t think of anything else, write a few short Ezine Articles and upload them to the directory.

It’s quick and easy to do, especially if you can write an article in 15 minutes or less.



https://ruthiswriting.com/books/15.html

Wednesday 28 August 2019

Debunking the Myths of Writing Fast or Slow

I've just finished reading (and making copious notes) from the book written by Steven Manning called "How to Write a Book on Anything In 14 Days or Less." I'd like to give you a link to this book so that you can read it for yourself, but it seems to be out of print.

Anyway, it got me thinking about fast writing compared to slow writing and how some authors seem to think that writing a book slowly and taking maybe a year or two to write it, means that their book will be better than someone else who wrote their book in a couple of days or even weeks.

Reading Steven Mannings book showed that writing quickly AND writing well is possible because it has 5-minute writing exercises in it. And when I did the exercises, I was surprised at how well I can write with so little time to write and practically no time to think. Yet my brain kicked into gear each time and I was really pleased with how well I did.

I then looked up what author Dean Wesley Smith had to say about it because he is currently one of the MOST prolific writers I know. He knocks out a novel every single month plus several short stories, copious blog posts, holds writing workshops and runs his own publishing company. He is a rock star when it comes to writing and publishing.

And according to Dean, he says that he is not a fast writer and the only reason his writing output is so high is because he spends a lot of time writing every day.

He even broke down his writing speed like this:

He can easily write 250 words in 15 minutes. So that means that if he only wrote for 15 minutes a day, he could write a 90,000-word novel in a year.

So if he wrote for 30 minutes a day he could write 2 novels a year and if he wrote for an hour, 4 novels a year... and so forth.

As it is, he writes 12 novels a year and does all his other writing besides. Most months he writes over 100,000 words including his short stories, blog posts, and emails.

Which means that with his speed of 1,000 words an hour, he must be writing over 3,300 words a day which is around 3 hours a day.

And he says (and I totally agree) that writing fast doesn't mean writing badly and writing slowly doesn't mean writing well.

This is because every writer is different and we each have different amounts of time each day when we can sit and write. Plus every project is different. Sometimes it's possible to knock out a book in just a week or two and other times it can take months.

There is also state-of-mind to consider. Sometimes, if I'm tired or ill and I don't feel like writing, I tend to think that my writing will be suffering. But later, when I'm feeling better, I'll check my work and find out that it didn't make any difference. The only difference was that it probably took me longer than usual to write, but the quality of my work is still the same.

Dean Wesley Smith also says, and he is completely correct, that writing too slowly can hurt your writing because that is when the critical part of the brain takes over and tries to stop you from writing. Writing quickly with only the creative brain is better than slowing down and letting your inner critic in.

And because there is no need to wait for a traditional publisher to publish your book, it frees you up to write as many books as you want to in a year and publish them all.

Read more about this at Dean Wesley Smith's 'Writing In Public' series.
https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/killing-the-top-ten-sacred-cows-of-publishing-2/

Learn how to write any book in 28 days or less.
https://ruthiswriting.com/links/writequickly.html






Wednesday 6 February 2019

The One and Only Secret to Making Money Writing eBooks

When I first ever thought about writing an ebook, I thought it would take months to do.

First I had to have a great idea. Then I needed to outline it, write it, edit it, proofread it, get a cover and publish it.

Sounds like a lot, doesn't it?

But first of all what I didn't realise is that the publishing part is easy and an ebook takes less than 5 minutes to publish.

And as to the outlining and writing, well... that depends on several different factors like how long your ebook is, how focused you are and how fast you can write.

If there's one thing that is THE most important when it comes to writing any book, it's how motivated you are which also influences how fast you can write.

And one thing that I've learned, is that the more I write, the faster I get.

That's because anything is easier and faster the more you do it, and eventually, you develop your own routines and ways of writing.

There are many authors who've found that they can write an ebook in as little as 3 days.

Sylvester Stalone wrote the script for Rocky in 3 days, and best selling author Stuart Wilde wrote most of his books in 2 or 3 days.

And you can download my free ebook "How to Write a Book in 6 Days" to learn more.
http://ruthiswriting.com/free-ebooks.html 

Friday 1 February 2019

Can You Write An Ebook in 3 Days?

There are many people who want to know how fast an ebook can be written.

And can it be written in as little as 3 days?

Well, anything is possible.

But if you write an ebook so quickly, will it be a quality book?

Well, first of all, to write an ebook in just a few days, you have to have a strong motivation to do it and have an outline ready so that you can sit down and start writing straight away and not get distracted.

I find that when I'm inspired and highly motivated, it's hard NOT to write all day.

And when I'm writing all day, it's easy to write 2,000 words an hour or more when I'm in full writing flow which means I can accomplish 20,000 to 30,000 words easily.

Not all ebooks are equal in length or quality, but if you're a good writer, have a detailed outline, a solid system of writing, and the focus to work without distraction, then there's no reason why your ebooks won't be valuable.

Some ebooks are only short at around 10,000 to 15,000 words and only take 30 minutes to read.

But if it's content that people want and love to read then you'll make sales no matter how short your ebook is or how quickly you wrote it.

I know of at least one writer who wrote a best selling ebook in just one day!

And there's no reason why you can't do it too.


7 Day Ebook
Writing and Publishing System
How to write and publish an ebook and start getting sales in just one week


Thursday 31 January 2019

Is It Possible to Write an Ebook in Only 6 Days?

So you wanna write a book.

Not only do you want to write a book, but you want to write it quickly.

But is it possible to write a book in only 6 days?

Well they say that anything is possible, and there are other authors who have written not just books, but prize-winning books in less than one week.

Famous entrepreneur Dan Kennedy once wrote a book in only 3 days. Best-selling author Stuart Wilde wrote most of his books in only 2 or 3 days.

Dr Joe Vitale wrote his best-selling book "Turbocharge Your Writing" in only one day. 

Sylvester Stallone wrote the script for "Rocky" in just 3 days. 

And William Saroyan wrote his Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Time of Your Life" in only 6 days.

So you see not only is it possible to write a book in only 6 days, if you're really motivated you could finish it in much less time.

And if your book is good, the income from it can be phenomenal.

When Dr Joe Vitale first published his e-book, "Hypnotic Writing", he sold 100 copies of this $29.95 book in only one hour. Three months later he'd earned a massive $45,000 from this one book alone.

Top copywriter, David Garfinkel, published an e-book called "Killer Copy Tactics" that brought in $35,000 in only 2 months.

So as you can see, not only is it possible to write a book in 6 days, it can also have great income potential.


—>This was an excerpt from my free ebook, “How To Write A Book in 6 Days." 


Download your own free PDF copy at https://www.cheritonhousepublishing.com/free-ebooks.html



Thursday 17 January 2019

Why You’re Not Writing

Do you wake up every day inspired to write but time gets away from you and you end up doing hardly anything at all?

Do you want to write more every day but never seem to have the time?

Well, it’s probably because you don’t understand the importance of time.

Even more than that, you probably don’t understand how to efficiently use the time you have every day.

This is why I often talk about how useful it is to work in Pomodoros because they get you working quickly with better focus and no wasted time.

And if you’re like me, once you start writing, it’s easy to keep going.

Pomodoros also help because they keep you focused. And two hours of focused work is better than a whole day of distractions.

If you want to know where your time goes every day, you can time-map your days to see how you’re REALLY spending your time.

A time map will also show you how everything that you want to accomplish won’t fit into one day, which is why you’re often defeated when time gets away from you.

I’m always guilty of trying to cram too much into my days and then I get frustrated which leads to distraction and procrastination.

That’s why I love using writing systems like my 7 Day Ebook Writing and Publishing System which has clear steps to follow so that by the time you’ve worked your way through the book, your manuscript is written AND published.