Write 50,000 Words a Month, Every Month

It’s now December (Yikes! Already?). Last month was November and as all writers know, it was also NaNoWriMo, a month when thousands all over the world take up the challenge to write a 50,000-word novel in a month.

And of those thousands, some make it and some don’t. But of those who make it, it does prove that it’s possible to write 50,000 words a month.

But what if you could write 50,000 words every month? I don’t mean that you should write a novel every 30 days, but what if the 50,000 words a month meant all your writing including articles, blog posts, emails, freelance submissions and all the other writing you do every month, including book writing?

Can you imagine how great it would be and how much money you could earn from your writing if you could write fifty thousands words a month, every month?

And while that may seem like a daunting amount, when you break it down, it’s only 1,667 words a day, which is only one article or short story.

Keeping up a writing schedule like this can have a huge increase in your income. 

And if you’re thinking that writing this much every month is too much, let me tell you that the really successful writers produce much more than this every month, usually double or triple this amount. Writing over 100k words every month might sound like a lot of work, but these writers don’t find it hard at all. In fact they love what they do which is probably why they’re so prolific.

So if you love to write, take the 50K a month challenge and see the difference it makes. 

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Why Willpower Won’t Help You Write

We’ve all heard of the word Willpower and we’re told that if you can’t achieve something, or can’t get enough writing done, it’s because you don’t have enough willpower.

But what is willpower?

Many believe that it’s some kind of separate entity. It’s something you can invoke to help you. All you have to do is believe in it enough and it will magically appear and you can latch onto it and become a writing marvel.

Some people believe that having will power is not to help you to do something, but it’s a way to help you restrain from doing bad habits like over-eating, gambling, smoking, and excessive alcohol consumption, rather than helping you engage in new habits.

If you want to write more and write better what you need is determination, not willpower. This is what drives people to do what needs to be done, despite emotional and physical opposition.

Determination gives you a can-do attitude to stick with something and see it through to the end.
And you already have determination within you. It’s not an outside thing, separate from yourself. It’s already yours. You just have to use it.

And to be honest, if you love to write, then you really don’t need much determination. You only need to be in the right determined mindset to sit down and start writing, because as we all know, starting is the hardest thing.

But once you sit down and start writing, the rest is easy.

So don’t think you need willpower to write.

Just have the determination to sit in your writing chair for an hour or two every day.

The writer in you will take it from there.

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Proof That You CAN Write a Book a Month

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There are so many disbelievers when it comes to the subject of writing a book in just a month. But it’s no surprise that those who say it can’t be done have never even tried, or they’ve given it a half-hearted attempt and quit.

Writing a book a month isn’t easy, but it’s not hard either. For those who want to do it, it’s not hard at all.

But let’s look at the math to see how do-able it actually is.

Say you wanted to write a 30,000-word novel. To do it in a month (30 days) you’d have to write at least 1,000 words a day, and that’s only about 3-4 pages.

Does that seem hard? No. 

Does that seem impossible? Absolutely not.

The mindset of writing a book is like the mindset of a marathon runner. To do either you need determination to see it through to the end.

Marathon runners are always determined. They train hard and when the day comes, they’re in the right mindset to do it.

Would-be authors on the other hand, aren’t determined and so they don’t train and don’t try.

But this month is November, which means there are millions of writers all over the world taking part in NaNoWriMo, the challenge to write a 50,000-word book in a month.

The determined ones succeed. The rest don’t.

What more proof do you need?

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Wanna Know How To Get an Idea and Write a Book?

Whenever I'm talking (in person or on social media) to other writers, they often tell me that they think that writing a book is too hard, so they don't even start. And that's sad because writing (and finishing) a book manuscript not only gives you an enormous sense of personal achievement, but it's also a great way to earn passive income from writing, if you publish it.

I sometimes think that the reason they think it's hard, and why they never begin, is because they don't know where to start. I mean, how do you come up with an idea for a whole book?

The answer is that you don't. All you need is an idea and then you grow it from there. It doesn't need to be a big idea either, just the germ of one.

If you want to write fiction, it's best to stick to the genres you like to read. This is for several reasons including that you already know what these stories need to contain because you've already read so many of them, and also because writing has to be fun so you need to write what interests and entertains you.

Then you just need an idea of what you want to write about. For instance (and I'm making this up on the fly as I'm writing), say you like reading romance novels, so you want to write a romance book. 

But what would make a great story?

How about if it was about a guy who was really shy and a woman who liked him, but because he was so shy she thought he only liked her as a friend because she mistook his shyness for disinterest. 

And then how about if someone else, another woman, comes into the picture and she's really domineering and talks the shy guy into dating her, and at the same time, another guy asks the first woman out and she goes but only because she thinks the shy guy isn't interested in a romantic relationship with her. Or the second woman can be already known to the first woman and it's someone she already dislikes.

Now you can expand this even further and have a huge rivalry and hatred between the two woman and it spills over into their relationships with the guys and it all climaxes in a physical altercation between the two women.

And then the backlash from that could be that the first woman ends up being arrested and the other trashes her belongings while she's gone, and eventually the shy guy steps in to put a stop to it all and that's when the first woman realises that he really does care about her and they end up together after all.

I know that you're thinking that it's not the greatest of plots, but it's a quick idea I just came up with (feel free to use it if you want to though) and it can be played around with and changed until it's a fantastic story with a few crisis and subplots that all culminates in the girl finally getting her man. Tada! A happily ever after if I ever heard one. Although all romance books end that way.

But can you see how easily, in just a few minutes, I went from the idea or writing a romance novel to coming up with characters, crisis and plot? It wasn't the best but if I'd had more time I would do better.

So don't give up on writing a book. Think about what you want to write and then come up with an idea that you can flesh out until it's a useable story with a great plot. Or for nonfiction, think of a subject you want to write about, one that holds a lot of interest for you or that you know a lot about, and then expand that idea into topics you'd want to cover in your book.

And you can read more about how to go from idea, to outline to blueprint to finished manuscript in my latest article at https://ruthiswriting.com/articles/2021/write-a-book.html.

It's called, 'This is How to Write a Book.'

Enjoy

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