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You are different from most people who “would like to write a book someday.” You decided to read this article, which refers to “your book” in the title. This means you have an actual book in mind that you want to write. This puts you into a very small, and very elite, percentage of would-be authors.

For whatever reason, you haven’t done it. Let me guess: you don’t have time. There are many other possible reasons, including getting discouraged by other people, feeling your book isn’t good enough, or even getting started and then stopping because it wasn’t turning out as well as you wanted it to. The easiest reason to fall back on, though, is you don’t have time.

Guess what? You do have time. You can find 15 minutes a week to write your book. At that rate, it will take a while, but you do have the time. What you might not have is the organization you will need. Without organization, your 15 minutes will be spent going over what you have already done, instead of adding to it.

Here is your organization:

In your first 15 minutes, write down what your book is about, well enough so that someone else can get a solid understanding of what to expect when they pick up your book. This short description should be as close to cast in concrete as you can make it, because you will use it from here on out to keep yourself on track.

The following week, in your next 15 minutes, write down the chapter titles, and maybe a sentence or two about each one. This may take two or three 15-minute sessions, but do as much of it as you can in the first one. This outline doesn’t have to be quite so solid, but it will be invaluable as you continue your sessions. Maybe down the road you will add, delete, or combine chapters, but that is for later. For now, just list the chapters as best you can.

Next session: Outline the main points you want to make in chapter one, or the characters you want to introduce if it is fiction. No detail, but enough information to guide you in the actual writing so you don’t have to re-think it in future sessions.

Each session for a while: write about each point in order, or each character. This is the actual writing part. This is where you might start slogging, fall down, and lose hope, if you fall into The Re-writing Trap. Oh, it is a sneaky trap. You write something, don’t like it, think it could be better, and re-write it. Blam, there go three of your fifteen minutes, and there goes your book.

Do Not Re-write While Writing! Even if you know you messed up a sentence or spelled a word wrong or could come up with something better, Do Not Stop! Get your thoughts down on paper about that one point or whatever small goal you have set yourself for that session. You can and will be re-writing the whole thing later anyway. Plus, by the time you finish, your re-writing will be very different from what it would be at the beginning. When you re-write after the book is done, you will be re-writing a cohesive whole, to make it all work together, rather than re-writing bits and pieces that you will later have to re-write again anyway.

The fact is that the first draft of your book will not be great, but it will be complete. Well done! Take a week off if you want. Then start reading, with a pad of sticky notes at your side. Print out your book and read it straight through, 15 minutes a week, and stick notes on it wherever you see something that needs changing.

When that is done, go through and handle one sticky note per week.

Repeat as necessary.

You will finish your book. Whether it is good, bad, or indifferent, it will be done. Chances are very good that it will still need an editor’s experienced touch, or even another more experienced writer’s flair with words, before it is publishable, but it will be done.

The only way to find out for sure is to decide when you will next have 15 minutes you can call your own, and get started. It’s about time, after all.


- Ajay R (articlesubmit.net)

Until you go to write a non-fiction book you may take for granted the title of a book.  Creating a book title that captures the imagination of the buyer is critical.  Book titles and book covers are the first impression, and must catch the eye of the purchaser. 

Book titles must tell the buyer exactly what the book is about  and what the benefits of the product will be to them, and how it will solve their problem.  Creating book titles is not a quick and easy job.  In fact, a great deal of time should be taken over choosing the right words to immediately and accurately catch the attention of the buyer.

Learning how to write a book title is a very important part of completing your writing project.  You may have the best information in the world inside the cover, but if you do not learn how to write the title of a book correctly, all the work you have put into creating a great product will mean nothing because it will not capture the buyers attention.

You must know exactly who will be buying your book, so that you can directly target them with the title of your book. 

People buy books because they have a need that they want fulfilled, and they are looking for a book that will solve their problem for them.  So when you are going to create book titles you need to understand the problem and tell them in the title how the book is going to solve their problem.

The book title and the cover design can make or break your sale.  When you create a book title you need to keep it short and relevant.

If you feel that you need to explain more about your book on the cover you can use subtitles.  Sub-titles should be very succinct and to the point.  By doing this, the buyer will know exactly what they are buying and will not be lead astray by a long wishy, washy title that could conjure up another irrelevant idea in their head.

Samples of book titles could be:

“15 Important Tips To Help You Buy The Right Fishing Tackle”

“25 Best Ever Tips For A Better Fishing Catch”

As opposed to:

“Great Fishing Tips Just For You”

“Catch More Fish.  We Tell You How”

The first two titles say how they will solve the problem and also give the benefits, whilst the second two titles just try and create hype.

Several words that should not be used in book titles are ‘work’ and ‘train’.  These two particular words conjure up the thought of more hard graft.  Who needs it?  Instead, use words like ‘activity’ and ‘boot camp’, or other suitable words that create a more positive impression.

Another point to take on board when learning how to write a title of a book, is not to name the problem you are solving in the title.  Such as, ‘Stop Procrastinating’, instead use ‘Learn How To Get More Done In Less Time’.

When creating a book title understand what the focus of the book is and try to use that in the title.

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- James Malinchak

For instance, let’s say you write a book. It is about, let’s say, ninety-nine percent original fiction and sixty-five percent original characters, with about thirty-five percent already established characters. What would that be called?
I didn’t say I wanted to publish it, did I? Or that I even wrote one. I just wanted to know.
- AlistairF

The book is going to have something called phases where the characters will die the it will start over with some stuff changed anyway the main character writes in a journal with her mind and doesn’t read it till the 7th day well what she writes transfers over each phase anyway
1. is this a good idea for a book
2. what other books are written in diary format
3.how should i write it when she dies
- Blake

i need a good book, historical fiction, that would be easy write a book report about? pleaz help!
- Kimberly B

I have to write a book report on a Historical Fiction novel, and I am really into Japan. Could give me the name of a Historical Fiction novel on Japan that can be read in about a week? I wanted to read James Clavell’s Shogun, but it’s way too long…
- anime_obsessed_alchemist

i have some ideas, but when i think of the novel itself.. it sounds like a book that ive read. how can i come up with ideas that are my own, and not stollen? And also, if i have a idea.. i keep thinking “oh this will be better”… or..” no i might as well stay with this” does anybody have any tips? me and my grandpa want to write a book and hopefully get it published.
- Samanthalovesbirds

In November I am taking part in the nanowrimo challenge to write a book/novel in 1 month

i need a plot for this and i was wondering if you guys could help me

someone i know said that a book must follow at least one of these plots

1. Conflict
2. Mystery
3. Lack - (Something missing)

I want a plot that incorporates all of these

preferably something romance related

please make your answer in the format

Start -
Middle -
End -

Thanks so much guys and i cant wait to see your answers

Bye x
i was ot aware that this was cheating in the contest…..i didnt even know nanowrimo was a contest

sorrrryyyy =)

please still help
- Sam C

I am trying to write a book, a paperback novel average length maybe 250-300 pages. I’m guessing it would be around 10-12 words per line.
I really have no idea on how to set it up, I just have the story and thats it. What is the best way to do this, The problem I’m having is knowing where to end and begin chapters. I dont have MSWord, I only have notepad, is there a small program you could recommend?
thanks electric blue
- standrkm

I am wanting to write a book I have ideas and i can get started but i usually get stuck and I don’t have alot of time to brainstorm for i am a mother of three small children…any ideas ?
- lilmomma