How To Create Your Book Writing Schedule

How To Write Your Book On Time, Without Stress

Hello, this is Rachel Henke, bestselling author of The Living Fearlessly, Transformative Book Coach & Ghostwriter at Become A Published Author.

Today I’ve got a quick post for you on how to get your book written on time, without stress.

If your book is ready to pour out of you; I’ve had books like that where I just know exactly what I’m gonna write and I can’t wait to sit down and just get it done.

If that’s the space you’re in, you may rely less on a schedule because you’re feeling this inner spark, this wonderful, natural motivation and fuel; and you’re just ready to pour it on.

But if like most entrepreneurs, your hours of the day are already filled with competing activities, and you’re just very busy. You want to write a book, but you don’t how to fit it in. Then I have a format that I use with my clients that I think is really, really helpful; and you can adapt it, to suit your life and your commitments.

But what will it be for you?

What I do with my book coaching clients is I encourage them to aim for one chapter a week. I feel this is really doable. One chapter a week means that if you have, for example, 10 chapters in your book; within 10 weeks you have a first draft.

A first draft is all you need because then you’ve got something tangible to work with, right? It doesn’t have to be perfect on a first draft; it’s not the goal with a first draft. But you’ve got the book. You’ve got the bones of the book.

I wrote The Living Fearlessly Guide to Stress-Free Productivity like this. I wrote Living Fearlessly in the same way. And it’s really doable, as long as you’re committed to making time to write your own book.

If on the other hand, you prefer not to invest the time to write a whole book by yourself, then check out my done-for-you Ghostwriting service.

It’s like if you think about writing a blog or an article; you’ve just got to focus on one step at a time, one chapter per week.

This gives you a basic writing schedule. 

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