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February 8, 2011 By Richard

20 Minutes of Writing/Day = 330 Page Book in 3 Months – Hello Motivation!

 

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Start today – I want to read your book!

Have you ever had the urge to write a book?

That deep desire to entertain, express yourself, teach something, or just prove to yourself you can do it?

Worried that you can’t do it or don’t have the time?

Yeah – if not, then you are a MUCH bigger and better person than I am!  In which case I would kindly ask that we be friends so you can whip me into shape! :)

The following realization about time related to writing really hit home with me.  See if does for you, too. My example here is for a book… hint, hint on future projects!

 

In Writing, The Importance of Commitment:

ASSUMPTIONS:

  • Let’s assume you can type 60 words per minute or so.
  • That would be roughly 320 words per page.
  • Let’s choose to set a goal of 10 pages per chapter.
  • Let’s also choose 33 chapters to flesh out a full book.


RESULTS:

  • Your book will be 330 pages long.
  • Which is about 105,600 words total.
  • This whole book would take about 1,760 minutes to write.
  • That’s 29 hours.
  • Which is 88 individual 20 minute chunks of writing or roughly 4 pages per sitting.


REFLECTION:

  • So if I only did 1, 5-minute-chunk per day (a single page), I’d have a full book done in less than a year.
  • Or: 3 months to a new book @ 20 minutes of writing per day. (my ideal choice or maybe twice this on ambitious days)
  • But if I was feeling REALLY gung-ho:  30 days to a new book @ 1 hour per day.

FINAL WORD:

My only question for me (and you!) is… why the heck haven’t I (you!) started??!??!?!?

Filed Under: Self Help

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