I aim to write a 50k word book in about three months. A project like divides roughly into three phases each taking about a month. The split between them isn’t exact, but this isn’t too far out.
- Month One — we complete the outline and do the bulk of the research. By the end of the month (if not a little sooner) we will have most of the chapters blocked out. This means we will have a detailed bullet point structure that is heavily fleshed out with notes and links.
- Month Two — we do the writing proper so that by the month end we have all chapters 75-80% complete.
- Month Three — is all about rewriting, tweaking and final proofing.
The process is the same for longer books, but obviously with more time spent on each phase.
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