3 Tips How to Finish Your Book
Some of us write because we love to. Some of us write because we must and some people write just to finish a thing.
It is extremely difficult to finish a book once you’ve started it, but what tools can you use to help you finish and not make it a waste of time? (I should really say, “what mindsets” will help you finish a book?)
Make it a math thing.
Some books are easily mapped out and thus can be “mathed” out.
Here’s an example:
How many words do you need?
60,000
How many can you realistically write a day?
500-1000
Okay, this will take you 120 to 60 days to finish this book before editing. So that is 4 to 2 months.
Now that you have a realistic daily going is no longer a “will I ever finish writing this book?” dreary thing. It’s a, “if I just write 1,000 words today, I will finish this thing soon.”
Writing 500-1,000 words a day is much more manageable than just staring at your book thinking I have to finish this thing!
Don’t write it because you enjoy it.
For some, this advice won’t make any sense. “Don’t write it because I enjoy it?”
I’m not really speaking to the person that has no problems finishing their books. They enjoy writing that much that it’s just fun to finish books.
I’m talking to us mere mortals who do love storytelling but at some point, our book becomes the dark thing that mocks us in our closet.
It becomes the unmentionable creature that lurks in the study.
Don’t even dare ask me how my book is coming along because it’s not. It’s not coming along and even though I’ll love it forever I just might throw it out the window on a rainy day and let bygones be bygones.
I’m speaking to that person.
Don’t write just because you enjoy it, because at some point in the process you probably won’t enjoy it. And when that happens you are likely to stop. But why? Well, because you started out enjoying it and now you don’t enjoy it so what’s the point?
We must change our mindset. Let’s shift the way we think about writing a book.
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Stubbornness is the key to finishing your book.
Be stubborn they say.
Perseverance will help you more to finishing a book than any other trait, along with discipline.
No one who loves writing wants to hear this, but it must be said.
When you go to write a book don’t think about it like some fanciful adventure. Think about it like work and the work is, “I’m going to write some of this thing every day until it’s finished and then I’m going to edit it.
Write a book to finish it.
If you can change the way you think about writing your story, you can finish it. You just have to be stubborn, persevere and finish the darn thing.
Don’t let feelings hold you back.
If you can change the way you motivate yourself to write instead of just writing when it’s fun. Try to enjoy the feeling of finishing what you started.
You will mostly finish many books and in the process, you might just become a successful author.
But it’s okay if you don’t because your goal wasn’t to be a successful author.
It was to finish the book, ergo, you are a successful writer.
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That’s all for the moment.
Hope this helps!
Happy writing!
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