Happy New Year!
If one of your New Years resolutions or goals is to finally write a book, we’ve got some good news for you: it may not be as hard as you think! Start with an outline and then set a schedule to get it done.
Typical nonfiction book manuscripts average between 50,000 words (for a shorter book) to 80,000 words (for a much longer book). If you want to write a 50,000 word manuscript, here are some goals to consider setting for yourself:
1000 words per DAY x 50 days
500 words per day x 100 days
250 words per day x 200 days
5000 words per WEEK x 10 weeks
2500 words per week x 20 weeks
1000 words per week x 50 weeks
(500 words = one typed page)
You can do this!
Get up earlier, stay up later, skip your lunch hour–do whatever it takes to achieve your dream of writing a book!
Projected Word Count: ________________
Number of Words You Plan to Write Per Week: ___________________
Number of Weeks to Completion: _______________
If you like this blog post, you’ll love our Author Toolkit with templates, worksheets and checklists for writing nonfiction. Check it out!
Hi ..Stephanie
I am a new member and newbie writer
I have question..How to develop list in outline into paragraph? I can create outline succsessfully but difficult to develop it into paragraphs. on your tips above you said 500 words daily.How to achieve that ?
Regards
Rochmad