Today we dive into the final topic in this series on book writing advice with what is arguably the most important question of all – “How can you make writing your book easier so you can get it done and publish it?”

My answers are below. But before we begin, I’d like you to reframe “writing a book” as “writing down words”, because at the end of the day, that is all we’re doing here. We’ll approach our book with a general idea of how long it needs to be, and focus on getting to that word count number that lets us say, “Yay! It’s done!”.

But how long will that take? Well, the basic structure of a book can, for most people, be completed in about 45 minutes a day, in two or three months. But for most of us it’s not quite as simple as sitting down at 11, writing for a while, and getting up again at 11:45.

For most of us, we could use a few strategies to make it doable, possible, and 100% non-intimidating.

Let’s talk about 3 things you can do to make “writing your book” not much of a big deal at all.

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Today, we’re talking about how long your book needs to be.

The short answer is “not nearly as long as you might imagine”, and the longer answer involves math and industry trends.

Shall we discuss?

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