Writing a Book

Have you ever gotten stuck writing a book? You can’t come up with new ideas and you keep losing the motivation to write at all?

Well, you’re not the only one we all have heard the statistics that 81% people want to become writers, but only 1% of them actually do. And about 3% of the aspiring writers finish writing their first book and 20% of them get it published.

Most people assume that writing happens in one go, but the truth is that you start by writing a word, a sentence and then a paragraph. It’s a complete process where each step happens over time in bits and pieces and if you’re lucky, you get a chapter written.

Let’s take a look at the three phases of writing a book:

Starting writing:

The first step obviously is to start writing, but before that, you must first decide what you are going to write about and how you will write it.

Staying motivated:

Know that you will get distracted or overwhelmed and might not want to continue writing, plan ahead to face and overcome if such a situation occurs.

Finishing writing:

You can’t become a writer by just starting a book; you must finish writing what you have started.

·         Decide what you will write about

·         Set a goal �" I will write 300 words a day

·         Make a schedule and set a time �" I will work on my book at 5 pm

·         Dedicate a specific place for writing away from all distractions

Author's Note

Source: Writing A Book