| If you are like most beginning writers, you have | | | | nonstop work per day. More is fine if you wish, |
| sought out all the "how to write fiction" books and | | | | but remember that you will need to be writing |
| articles you can get your hands on, devoured | | | | something for the whole time. So it is probably |
| them, and placed them on your shelf. Then | | | | best to limit yourself to just a few hours. Longer |
| instead of getting down to the business of writing, | | | | time invite breaks for surfing online and checking |
| you search out more and more how-to | | | | email. |
| references. Case in point, you are reading this | | | | One thing -- before beginning, type out a general |
| article, aren't you? | | | | outline of your book. It doesn't have to be |
| Knowledge is power, but at some point you must | | | | extremely detailed. |
| stop accumulating knowledge and information, and | | | | So at your appointed time, every single day, you |
| simply move on to working on your craft and | | | | sit down and begin writing. Allow yourself to make |
| getting that book written. After all, if you keep | | | | typos, type nonsense if you must, or skip around |
| learning, your dream of writing fiction will remain | | | | to different areas of your book. But whatever |
| just that - a pipe dream. And we do not want | | | | you do, you will type 10 pages. Do not get up until |
| that to happen. Think of all the books in your | | | | you have finished. |
| head that are just waiting for a chance to get out | | | | If that sounds silly (typing nonsense), you will be |
| and be heard. | | | | pleasantly surprised when you stop at the end of |
| Actually, now is a great time to be a writer. | | | | the morning or evening, whenever you choose to |
| Getting your book published is easier than ever | | | | write, and you see that what you were thinking |
| before. But first you must begin and then | | | | was not going to be very good is actually quite |
| complete your novel, and the best way is to get | | | | good. At that point you can go back and rewrite, |
| it done as fast as possible. So here is how to get | | | | or just save your revisions for after you |
| 10 pages written per day and be ready to type | | | | complete your book. |
| "the end." | | | | In this manner, writing daily on your work of |
| First, decide what time you will be doing your | | | | fiction, you will have a completed rough draft of |
| writing every day. Did I say "every day?" Yes, | | | | your manuscript in only about 35 to 40 days, |
| you will want to write daily on your project. If | | | | depending on how long your book is going to be. |
| not, you will run the risk of letting that one day | | | | That is less than a month and a half! Once |
| evolve into two, then three, and so on. At that | | | | finished, the rewriting is a simple matter and goes |
| point you will start to lose interest in your story | | | | very quickly. |
| and begin to think about the next project. Let us | | | | One other thing -- pick a quiet and relatively |
| not allow that to happen, and you will do that by | | | | uncluttered spot for your daily writing. This helps |
| working diligently on a daily basis. | | | | immensely. It is difficult to get your best work |
| But no need to slave away for 8 hours a day. | | | | done in a chaotic environment. |
| Simply allot yourself two to three hours of | | | | |