| I'm a journalist. Perhaps more accurately I'm a | | | | years ago. They will be able to churn out a |
| jobbing hack. I've written for business-to-business | | | | chapter very quickly and in fact might even have |
| publications, national newspapers and magazines. I | | | | the information written up already. Twelve people |
| have also been involved in book publishing and | | | | submitting one chapter each in a couple of weeks |
| online publishing. | | | | means that you will have your book completed |
| The main problem I have experienced is how to | | | | very fast. |
| get my writing done quickly so I can finish it and | | | | 3) Break down your ideas into sections. I use |
| move on to the next thing. | | | | mind maps a lot to help clarify the main theme, |
| At the moment I am working on a book on press | | | | main ideas and then details. Rudyard Kipling's six |
| releases with a fellow journalist and a | | | | honest serving men works well here - the why, |
| photographer. We are planning 2 Ebooks and a | | | | where, how, what, when, who. Try to answer all |
| range of bonuses and other resources. And we | | | | these in each chapter. |
| plan to have it done and dusted in a few weeks. | | | | 4) Use early in the morning or late at night for a |
| How? Well here are some tips to consider if you | | | | fast burst of writing if you are working full-time. I |
| are planning to write a book fast. | | | | know one poet who wrote while on the tube on |
| 1) Consider teaming up with experts or with | | | | the back of an envelope. Use all those dead |
| friends, colleagues etc. My journalist friend and | | | | 15-minute chunks of time. |
| myself are using our various skills and tapping into | | | | 5) Copy romantic novelist Barbara Cartland's idea |
| the photographic skills of a colleague. | | | | and speak into a dicataphone or a computer. We |
| 2) If you are not very good at writing but have | | | | can normally speak much faster than we can talk. |
| the expertise and knowledge try for writers. I did | | | | Get a good voice recognition software package. |
| this with an online ebook on astrology a few | | | | |