6 Tips You Need to Write Your Book Quickly

If you organize your book before you start writing you’ll find you can write (almost) effortlessly. At PageMaster Publication Services we are here to help. Here are 6 tips to get you started.

1. Brainstorm everything you want to say about a topic. Take 15 minutes of uninterrupted time and don’t criticize or edit your list. Ask your friends for suggestions. Search the web for ideas for the topic. Write down all the thoughts you want to get across. Organize the quotations you want to include.
2. Decide on the length of your book. How many chapters do you want? Ten pages is a reasonable length for most genres of books but it will change based on your genre so check that out. With about 320 words on both a double-spaced manuscript format (Times New Roman 12pt, 1” surrounding border) and in a published book, it means chapters are about 3200 words long. Divide the number of pages you have as a goal by 10. That’s how many chapters you need.
3. Look over the key topics you’ve brainstormed. Group similar ones together and then order them in a logical sequence. What are the key points you need to get across? Those are your chapter headings.
4. Outline the chapters. Think of eighteen topics you want to cover under your chapter headings and write them down in any order. Many of these you will have already brainstormed. Go through the list and get rid of the three most boring. This makes your writing tighter. Then arrange the fifteen remaining topics into the most logical order.
5. Turn each of those topics into a question your reader would like to be answered. Use who, what, when, where, why and how – ask yourself: WHO will be doing this, WHAT will they do, WHERE will they do it, WHEN will they do it, HOW will they do it, and WHY?
6. Choose the question that makes the most sense to you. Use the words you used your in the questions to make sure the book remains focused on the interests of the readers. Then go through and write three words or phrases that answer the questions. They should be as specific as possible, but don’t spend a lot of time agonizing. Write down the words that pop into your head. Do this for each chapter and then all that is left is for you to write your book.

I’ll show you how to write any book in a month in a future post. For now do you have any questions about organizing your book? Contact us today.

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