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How to Write a Book in ONE Month or Less!
Hello,
Have you ever wanted to write a book, but thought you either didn’t know enough about anything interesting … or you just didn’t have the time?
Unless you’ve already written a book, I’d be willing to bet one, or both, of the above excuses is the ‘reason’ you offer. Did I win? 
Assuming you really do know enough about something to write a book, if you really believed in yourself and created the time, I’m going to give you a simple formula for getting it done in record time — like in a month or maybe even less.
OK, here goes:
1. Choose a title: Make it something that makes you smile, laugh or feel professionally satisfied with it.
2. Write an outline: This will include all the important points you want to cover in your book. (No more than 7 to 9 chapters. And then jot down the main points (3 – 5) to cover in each chapter (sub-topics).
Here’s a Sample Title:
How I Wrote a Book in 10 Days … and How YOU Can Do it Too!
Chapter 1: Why Writing a Book Will Establish You as an Expert.
1. You believe in yourself enough to just do it.
2. People will perceive you as someone who knows what they’re talking about.
3. People will actually SEE you out there, writing about something you care about.
4. Experts usually have a lot to say and aren’t afraid to say it.
5. Authors are revered just a little.
Chapter 2: Why Writing a Book Will Rescue You from the Clutches of Depression
(Write down all your sub-topics to cover in this and each succeeding chapter.)
TIME BUDGET: You have ONE day to accomplish all of the above.
Next Day (day 2): To write or speak the FIRST chapter … that is the question?
Since I’m a professional writer already, I’ll just write, but for ‘experts’ who aren’t actually writers, you can record yourself. Just talk about each part of your outline.
Talk it or write it … but get the FIRST chapter done in ONE day!
Next Day (day 3): Time for Chapter Two … No time to waste. Just DO IT!
On and on, until you’ve spent 7 – 10 days TOTAL on your book.
This is the first part. Good job! (Spend about one hour on each chapter, and you should get about 20 pages, when transcribed, for a total of about 140 – 180 pages.)
Introduction: Once you’ve finished recording all of the chapters, now you’ll have a very good idea of what your book is all about, right? So, now you can record your introduction.
GET IT TRANSCRIBED:
Now it’s time to send your audio files out to be transcribed for you. This now becomes your first draft.
GIVE IT TO A PROFESSIONAL WRITER/EDITOR:
Now, you can give your rough draft to a writer to do the final polishing on your new book. Voila! You’ve now written a book in less than a month! So, you can now decide if you want to self-publish or to find an agent to get it published for you. (Self-publishing is a LOT faster.)
So, just do it. Go write that book. You know you have one inside you. Just do it!
Tell me about your dreams of writing your book, by posting a comment?
Here’s to the writer in everyone,
Carolyn Permentier
