I started with 300 words a day

Hi Reader,

I was coaching a client the other day.

She wants to publish a book.

Nice goal.

Transitioning from writer or creator to author can help you make an impact, gain credibility with clients, and sell more products and services.

The problem?

9 out of 10 people say they want to write a book, but far fewer people make this personal goal a reality.

Here’s what I told her:

I was part of that 9 out of 10 for far too long.

I wanted to write a book ever since I read The BFG by Roald Dahl when I was 14.

I wanted to become an author, but I needed to take steps toward realizing my dream.

I also wanted to get paid to write.

Then, my first son was born.

Becoming a Dad taught me a few painful lessons about turning up and doing the work.

(I wrote a book all about that a few years later.)

You see.

A doctor doesn’t say, ‘I don’t feel like operating today.’”

A carpenter doesn’t say, ‘I’m not feeling working on this table today’.”

Writing a book and running a creator business is similar. It’s fun, but it’s also work.

Don’t let anyone peddling nonsense about woo-woo creativity striking tell you otherwise.

So, I forced myself to turn up at my writing desk and write 300 words for my manuscript every morning.

When work or life intervened, that meant writing my 300 words late at night instead of levelling up on Call of Duty.

Still big into gamification, I recorded my daily word count in a spreadsheet and the time I spent revising.

On other days, it was a challenge.

I tried to beat my word count every week.

300 words a day equals 2100+ words a week.

That’s 8000 words a month.

That’s 50,000+ words in six months.

That’s a draft for an entire book.

Somedays I went well past 300 words.

My first book could have been better, but reaching The END taught me a valuable lesson.

The years accumulate much faster than any words I can put on the page.

So, I may as well keep turning up.

Playing the game of words helped me write book number one. And then book number 2 and 3.

And it helped me start a creator business.

I write on social, daily emails, and sometimes book chapters for an hour or two every morning.

I spend the afternoons coaching clients.

I work full-time on my business.

But it all started with 300 words a day.

Write on,

Bryan Collins

PS If you want help starting your writing business, reply to this email with “300”.

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