Books are about Writing - Even Illustrated Books need Writing


As a first time Author then it may come as quite a shock just how much writing you are going to have to do to fill just one book. Think in terms of ‘tens of thousands of words’ and even in terms of ‘hundreds of thousands of words’. Even illustrated books will still need to be written so don’t think you can get away with any sloppy writing; that old adage ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’ doesn’t apply and you’d do better thinking that ‘a picture is a good way of illustrating a thousand words.

Given that you are going to have to type a lot of words, all of them your own words - don’t even think of copying someone else’s published work, don’t go there! - you’ll need to get into writing regularly.
Some people almost freeze when they realise that what they are typing will be published and read by others, each key stroke requiring Herculean effort, words being forced out by mental pressure. If this is you then try to train yourself out of this nervousness by writing lots of words so that the process of building up the words needed to complete your Instant-Books Edition becomes a smooth flowing process.

If you are a slow at the keyboard you might try other ways of getting your thoughts into a typed form.
Dragon Naturally Speaking software which allows you to dictate into a word processing programme without even touching the keys; at about £70 this programme might help you.
Perhaps you are better at longhand writing than keyboarding, in which case you might have to find a typist to turn your longhand into a word processing file. Another approach could be to dictate your words into a recorder and then use an audiotypist to produce your word processing file. Perhaps you’re more creative, and relaxed, in longhand and then type up your corrected longhand draft.
Choose the method that best suits you because however you get there good writing is what defines a good book.

Keep your Writing Organised
Nobody is going to simply sit down and type an entire book in one sitting, so structure your work and keep it organised. Divide your book up into its chapters as its basic structure, put in the topics that make up each chapter and when you have this Chapter/Topic structure to your liking then start writing the topics. Topics added together make Chapters, and Chapters added together make your Instant-Books Edition.
By breaking down the big task of ‘Writing a book’ into its components of Topics and Chapters you have manageable writing tasks and see your writing build into your book as you progress.
Organise your word processor files in the same structure, and use the same names, to avoid possible confusion.

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