5 Day Ebook Writing Update - Day 3 Part 1
By MICHAEL LOW
Published: October 8, 2009
GOLD COAST, Australia, Oct. 8 --While working on my ebook this morning I hit upon a point that sparked an idea for a new ebook. So instead of writing one ebook fast, I'm now writing two, in rapid succession.
More on this later. For now I'm putting most of my focus today into the writing of the first ebook. And it's coming along well.
So far I haven't written a full chapter as I had so many ideas to write down I just went ahead and wrote a lot of content for the first three chapters. So, although I don't have two full chapters written yet ( I really need 4 written by the end of today) I do have a lot of content in draft form. It just means I'll need to put in a big day today and spend a few hours tomorrow devoted entirely to editing.
One of the biggest challenges I'm facing is focus. I think this is because when you set yourself a big challenge, like writing an ebook in 5 days, part of your brain doesn't believe you can do it, and so, to avoid looking silly in case you fail to complete your goal, your brain starts looking for an escape hatch - an excuse for why you can't finish the task.
You need to fight against the temptation to give into the excuses. You need to refocus your mind on the task at hand and keep moving forward. Interestingly, as you press forward, you learn stuff that makes the work easier. This of course, wouldn't happen if you just gave up or changed the goal.
And so, I've leaned a few tricks to rapid ebook creation in the last two days. Things that will help me write a lot of ebooks at a rapid pace in the future. In fact, while spending some time planning this morning, I used some of the secrets I've learned to come up with topics for 4 new ebooks and a complete blue print for one of them. Cool, huh?
What about you? How's your ebook writing coming along? Or are you just reading this with interest but not taking any action? If you're not taking action, what's your excuse?
Published: October 8, 2009
GOLD COAST, Australia, Oct. 8 --While working on my ebook this morning I hit upon a point that sparked an idea for a new ebook. So instead of writing one ebook fast, I'm now writing two, in rapid succession.
More on this later. For now I'm putting most of my focus today into the writing of the first ebook. And it's coming along well.
So far I haven't written a full chapter as I had so many ideas to write down I just went ahead and wrote a lot of content for the first three chapters. So, although I don't have two full chapters written yet ( I really need 4 written by the end of today) I do have a lot of content in draft form. It just means I'll need to put in a big day today and spend a few hours tomorrow devoted entirely to editing.
One of the biggest challenges I'm facing is focus. I think this is because when you set yourself a big challenge, like writing an ebook in 5 days, part of your brain doesn't believe you can do it, and so, to avoid looking silly in case you fail to complete your goal, your brain starts looking for an escape hatch - an excuse for why you can't finish the task.
You need to fight against the temptation to give into the excuses. You need to refocus your mind on the task at hand and keep moving forward. Interestingly, as you press forward, you learn stuff that makes the work easier. This of course, wouldn't happen if you just gave up or changed the goal.
And so, I've leaned a few tricks to rapid ebook creation in the last two days. Things that will help me write a lot of ebooks at a rapid pace in the future. In fact, while spending some time planning this morning, I used some of the secrets I've learned to come up with topics for 4 new ebooks and a complete blue print for one of them. Cool, huh?
What about you? How's your ebook writing coming along? Or are you just reading this with interest but not taking any action? If you're not taking action, what's your excuse?
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