{"id":14357,"date":"2022-12-26T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T16:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghostblogwriters.com\/?p=14357"},"modified":"2022-12-19T10:56:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T16:56:41","slug":"how-to-finish-a-book-manuscript-in-90-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghostblogwriters.com\/how-to-finish-a-book-manuscript-in-90-days\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Finish a Book Manuscript in 90 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14358\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14358\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14358 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostblogwriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/finish-book-manuscript-90-days-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"How to Finish a Book Manuscript in 90 Days\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostblogwriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/finish-book-manuscript-90-days-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghostblogwriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/finish-book-manuscript-90-days-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ghostblogwriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/finish-book-manuscript-90-days.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@bramnaus?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Bram Naus<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/writing?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The process of writing a book is often thought to be lengthy, difficult, and complicated.<\/p>\n<p>Many aspiring authors have high hopes of one day writing a book that will impact many. The problem is, they never quite get around to publishing their first.<\/p>\n<p>But what if you could finish an entire manuscript in 90 days? Not only is it possible, but it\u2019s also been done. Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n<h2>Break Down the Project into Smaller Chunks<\/h2>\n<p>How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. It\u2019s a crude clich\u00e9, but as it applies to developing your first (or next) manuscript, it\u2019s a key concept.<\/p>\n<p>A book is generally in the 40,000- to 80,000-word range. 80,000 is usually getting a little long in the tooth unless the subject matter calls for it. You can have a perfectly respectful book at 40,000+ words.<\/p>\n<p>So, let\u2019s say you want to write 40,000 words in the next 90 days. Simple math shows you\u2019d only need to write approximately 444 words per day to end up with a 40,000-word manuscript, 90 days from now.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it will mean writing daily. But 400 to 500 words is a very manageable amount. Once you get used to it, it should only take you about 30 minutes to an hour, even if it\u2019s research intensive.<\/p>\n<h2>Plan Your Project<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cSit at your desk and stare at a blank screen\u201d said only the most inexperienced writers ever.<\/p>\n<p>We want to write a coherent, high-quality book. That being the case, we at least need to know what we\u2019re going to be writing about.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s a table of contents or an outline, you need to develop your ideas in advance. Gather all your journal entries, notes, and references before even beginning the project.<\/p>\n<p>If it\u2019s going to be a non-fiction book, then simply research the most frequently asked questions in your niche or industry and make each of them a chapter heading. You can get your outline done just like that.<\/p>\n<h2>Blog the Entire Book<\/h2>\n<p>Sometimes even the best entrepreneurs, executives, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostblogwriters.com\/what-most-leaders-miss-about-leadership\/\">leaders<\/a> suffer from lack of accountability. Of course, they know well that the best accountability money can buy still isn\u2019t going to do the work of writing a book for them.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re much better off making the commitment to writing a book and sharing your work publicly. It\u2019s okay if the sections or chapters are rough drafts at this point. Go ahead and publish them on your blog anyway. This will help you stick to your schedule.<\/p>\n<h2>Final Thoughts<\/h2>\n<p>If all goes according to plan, you\u2019ll have a book manuscript 90 days from the moment you begin. And don\u2019t forget \u2013 you can edit before you publish!<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it will take some discipline, but nowhere near the discipline required to gradually gather relevant data and information, hunt and peck at the book every now and then and try to remember what you were writing about two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Plan your work and work your plan. Make writing a daily discipline, and to hold yourself accountable, publish your work to your blog.<\/p>\n<p>Your first book may not do what you hope it will, but that\u2019s okay. You can apply everything you learned from your first to make a better second book!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The process of writing a book is often thought to be lengthy, difficult, and complicated. Many aspiring authors have high hopes of one day writing a book that will impact many. The problem is, they never quite get around to publishing their first. 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