Write a Book

[rachel83az]

A 45k book is a very different beast than a 10-minute speech. It's going to need substantial editing to be anywhere near readable and I'm not sure that anyone would be able to sustain talking at 125wpm for 6 hours in an entire day.

[LevelUP]

A 45k book is a very different beast than a 10-minute speech. It's going to need substantial editing to be anywhere near readable and I'm not sure that anyone would be able to sustain talking at 125wpm for 6 hours in an entire day.

Agree, editing is required, so technically you have the major draft done in the day.  

The software automatically removes the Ums and Ahs.  As humans we do this when speaking to each other so they know not to interrupt us as we have another thought coming out soon, it's a tough habit to break during a speech!

I made an outline of ideas to talk about, a few facts/points, I wanted to stress, and then spoke for 10 min.  I didn't see any issues scaling this to hours as long as I had an outline that broke everything done into small enough parts. 

The average human says 20,000 words in a day, so 40,000 is not a big stretch.  Keep in mind, there is no need to speak loud so your voice can last longer than say it would if you were doing a speech to a crowd.

[amilitab4k9]

A picture book for children? I'm pretty sure that pretty much nobody can sit down and write a novel in a single day.

No, a real book around 150 pages.

Why can't I write a book in one day?

I wrote a book in a week last year. I put in 20 hours. But it was shorter and hardly required any research. https://www.amazon.com/Redeeming-Coronav...374&sr=8-3

[LevelUP]

A picture book for children? I'm pretty sure that pretty much nobody can sit down and write a novel in a single day.

No, a real book around 150 pages.

Why can't I write a book in one day?

I wrote a book in a week last year. I put in 20 hours. But it was shorter and hardly required any research. https://www.amazon.com/Redeeming-Coronav...374&sr=8-3

That's an excellent book.  The book talked about how to use the Covid crisis to your advantage to better your life which should provide value to people that read it.  "Suffering builds perseverance and character."  Very true!

You can write a GREAT book that takes only 1-2 hrs to read.  Most of my writing experience is with writing blog posts.  If I can get more efficient with doing blog posts, then I will be ready to write a book.  Though my goal this year is to produce a book no matter what.