My 5 best tips if you want to write your own books superfast (and enjoy every second of the process) (Thread)

Oscar Lagrosen
2 min readMay 8, 2022

I’ve written and self-published two books in one month

Here are my 5 best tips if you want to write your own books superfast (and enjoy every second of the process):

1/ Master the start

Yes, it’s easy to tell your friends that you will write.

But when you see the blank page, it becomes embarrassing

How to solve it?

Open a note & jot down every single thought you have about the book. No holds bar

Organize to outline later 👇

2/ Outline as early as possible

Writing is 1000x easier if you know sort of what you are going to say in each chapter

Before you even think about sentences, make sure you got

  • Chapters
  • Subchapters
  • Main points
  • Sources

Strive for good enough to just plunge in

3/ Research by bingeing

What do I mean by that?

Consume videos, articles, books as something fun, not as a chore.

Strive to research as much as possible from your phone, so you can be flexible

And listen a lot

I’ve written more about it here: https://thetotalliving.com/2022/04/how-i-listen-to-a-lot-of-audiobooks-very-fast-and-take-notes/

4/ Enjoy the writing session in itself

Schedule 1–2 hours every day & show up, regardless of how much you get done or how tired you are

Play some good music & relax if you feel stuck

Stare at the screen & write down your nervous self-talk

Writer’s block will be gone

5/ Change the structure a lot

Often it happens last minute

New information cause you to revise the entire book. Let it

Never be locked in on one particular outline

Bonus/ Finalization takes time

After doing the fun stuff of writing, you need to

  • Edit multiple times
  • Get a front cover
  • Adjust the layout
  • Convert to files
  • Upload to Gumroad & Kindle

Be prepared to spend longer time than expected

TL;DR

  • Master the start by just free-form writing
  • Outline as early as possible
  • Research by bingeing
  • Enjoy the writing session in itself
  • Change the structure a lot

Hoping to see your first book soon 👌

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