Is this you? “I want to write a book someday too. I just don’t know how to start writing.”
Writing a book can be overwhelming. Especially when you think of it like that.
Like a whole book. The fully finished product. Paperback printing. Beautiful cover. Well formatted. Well edited.
“I could never write like that,” I bet you’re thinking.
But in reality, we never start there.
Don’t even think about the finish product. The cover. The paper.
Just choose one day to sit down and write.
One word. Ten words. A sentence.
Doesn’t matter where it will go in the book, or if it will go in the book at all.
Just put a ten minutes timer on your phone now and sit down and write for those ten minutes.
That’s your starting point.
Do that every day until then ten minutes works and you see it growing.
If you can make space for more after that, great. Make it fifteen minutes. Twenty.
Work up to the amount you can realistically fit in each day without overwhelming yourself.
But make sure it’s each day. Keep it consistent. That’s why ten minutes is a great starting point.
If ten is hard, make it five.
But that’s your starting point. Just a few minutes on a phone timer each day.
That’s how to start writing.
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