5 Ways To Find More Time To Write

By Jeff Smith

It doesn't matter if you are considering writing your own book or are knee-deep in the middle of writing your book chances are you struggle to find to write.

After all, there are so many things that can get in our way:

* day job
* young children
* families
* a social life
* unscheduled events
* illness
* tiredness or exhaustion
* low motivation

You know the feeling that sometimes creeps into your psyche, everything in the world seems as if to be conspiring to keep you from writing your book?

Not only is time the issue, isn't the quality of the time you dedicate to writing important too?

For instance, if you have just worked 9-hours of a job that you really don't like, have had a particularly stressful day and know there is still duties waiting for you at home what sort of mental state are you in?

Not exactly the most creative environment for you to write a book is it?

5 TIPS FOR FINDING MORE QUALITY TIME TO WRITE

You may be surprised to hear this, a few years ago I would have been surprised to hear myself say it, but I rarely struggle to find time writing anymore - and yes my life is crazy busy just like yours is likely to be.

A good deal of the reason for overcoming the issue of where to find time to write is due to these 7 techniques you can implement right away.

1. Manic Passion and Objective. When I used to sit down to write for run or just as a hobby I often would not stick to a schedule, would become de-railed or simply wouldn't finish the job. Same thing goes for freelance writing. After taking a few freelance writing projects, it became clear to me that I wasn't motivated by writing for someone else. That's when it struck me, principle number 1 is that you must have an ultimate objective or goal of your writing that you are passionate about.

Isn't it always the case that you do find time for those things that are most meaningful or most enjoyable in your life?

The first thing you need to do to find more time for writing is make sure you motivate yourself by picking a big, important goal or objective to achieve with your writing.

2. Outlining for our crazy brains. Learning to outline your book writing project well can save you weeks and months of wasted effort. The key is to 1) Have an overriding purpose to your book 2) Break down your chapters to each have it's own overriding purpose building toward final purpose of the book and 3) Break your chapter into a series of 8-10 questions that you need to answer on the way to satisfying the chapter's purpose.

When you outline your book to that level of detail using questions as your outline format you can easily jump write into writing when you get a spare 15-minutes in the day because all your mind is really doing is answering questions not trying to overthink what to write next.

3. Understand the 'formula' behind your writing project. If your goal in writing is to produce a non-fiction book that communicates information to your audience then don't feel you need to write 200 pages before you release your book or e-book. One of the most common types of books that sell well today is a 'How To' or informational book - in some cases these sort of books have sold extremely well with as little as 12-pages.

Knowing the formula behind writing successful non-fiction books can save you a ton of work, focus your writing and help you achieve your goal in 1/10th the time. For example you can read "7 Tips on Writing Information e-Books" here to see examples of why short books can work best in the information publishing marketplace.

4. Schedule time when you are freshest. This is very important. I do all of my writing in the morning, before I get sluggish and my mind gets buried in the other activities and stresses of the day. Other people are best in the evening when they can clear away the day and focus entirely on their writing for 30-60 minutes. They key is knowing when you are at your best and making sure you align your writing with that period of the day.

5. Stay consistent with your writing. Have you ever noticed that when you write a little each day it's easier to pick up where you left off the day before, staying in a rhythm? For most people, if you miss more than a day between writing you end up unproductive in the day you return to writing as you have to find the 'groove' last time you left off. When you commit to writing a book, stick with it daily until you are done. If you must miss a day, try not to let that drift into 2-days, 3-days or more as you will lose any momentum you had.

Anyone can find time to write no matter how busy your life is. Keep in mind that a solid 20-minutes of high-energy, focused writing time is better than hours of writing less focused.

Use the tips above to make sure you are motivated to write, following a plan to achieve your goals and setting yourself up to gain maximum productivity out of your day for your writing. When you follow these guides, writing a book will be fun, fast and can be highly profitable for you.

Jeff Smith is the creator of the Ultimate Information Entrepreneur's Success Package, a complete, proven system for turning knowledge, research and experience into highly profitable books, e-books and information-based products that bring you automatically recurring income streams. Having created products and businesses generating several millions of dollars, Jeff is eager to help you do the same. Visit http://www.infoproductcreator.com

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