It is hard to write a book. Moreover, it is a long
procedure. If you are a student, you may use a service to
buy essay online to spend all
your time only on writing the book of your dreams. But what if you have a job, children, a dog and a
couple of hobbies? How to combine all of these things with writing the book?
This article will give you some pieces of advice to find the answer!
Setting a goal
First of all you should know why you
want to write the book. Moreover, you have to choose a topic for it. If you are
a busy person, then it should mean that you have quite a big life experience
and, therefore, it may be easy for you to choose a topic of your interest
(probably based on the things you saw, tried or simply like).
Make an outline
Divide your work into some parts. It
should have at least a beginning, a main part and a conclusion. It is
recommended to break the main body into a couple of separated parts. It is
important to have the outline because it can help you to have a full story and
you will know what and when to write.
Set the deadlines
Even if you are busy, you need to
save some time for writing your book. However, without setting the deadlines,
you may finish it after 50, 60 years or even never. Therefore, make some notes
about when you have to finish each part of the book and reward or kind of
punish yourself depending on whether the deadlines are or are not met.
Fight your laziness
Many people think that they are
busy, however, in reality they are not. Sometimes it just seems hard for them
to sit on a chair and type. But the only way to have your book written is to
actually write it. Therefore, start doing it by dedicating at least a couple of
hours per day for writing.
Put your gadgets
aside
Busy people are everywhere with
their phones. However, writing a book means that you have to concentrate only
on a story and get your mind of the busy life. Thus, leave all your gadgets at
home and go to the place, where you can relax and focus only on writing. Being
free of distractions is a key to have a successfully written book.
Check your work
& Ask for help
You need to have somebody, who can
check your work for an overall style and the grammar mistakes from time to
time. This person also has to be your supporter in times when you want to give
up and stop writing. Furthermore, while writing you may use a Scrivener tool that can be used to organize your work and to
proceed all the words written as well.
Take a break
Live a couple of weeks in the
residences such as MacDowell,
Yaddo, Blue Mountain Center, Headlands. There you will live among some other
writers and everything will be on schedule. Therefore, you can relax and your
time will be systematized by others. Even busy people need to have a rest!
Verbal editing
It is recommended to read your book
out loud. In addition, you may propose your family, coworkers or friends to
listen you. Be critical to yourself and if you feel that some parts of the book
have to be deleted, then do not be afraid to remove them.
Last steps: Cover
& Title
If you are not a designer, you may
ask somebody with the cover. Additionally, you can use the services such as 99designs.com, elance.com, BookBaby.com to save your precious time.
Do not forget about a title. Usually
writers know what the title of their book will be at the very beginning of
their work. It has to be eye catching, appealing and appropriate to the topic
of your book.
All in all, if you are a super-busy person you can
still write the book. If you want to save time, there are quite a lot of
services that can do the writing work instead of you. Moreover, you can hire
somebody to write it and after the only thing you will have to do is to
advertise it. The 9 steps above are created to help you and guide you in
writing a best seller. Good luck!
Jeremy Raynolds is a blogger and freelance writer whose lifestyle credo is “Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
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