- Writing a Book in a Week requires 2 Factors :
- A Clear Plan.
- And 2-3 hours per day.
Summary – Write a Book in a week in 4 steps
- Create a Character Group you want to Follow.
- Define why you want to Follow them.
- Define their End.
- Plan your Story.
- Create at least 3 Organizations
- 3 to 6 Environments
- 10 different Stories/Chapters
How to write a 100+ pages book in a week?
- How many pages can you hope to Write in a week?
- If you’re already writing 1-2 pages every day you can write a 30-60 pages in a month.
- 1-2 pages a day would give you a 7-14 pages short story in a week.
- In order to get a 100 pages book you’d need to write 14 pages every day.
- Can you do it?
- Can you write 100 pages in a Week?
- You can.
- It’s just difficult.
- You’ll need a project you’re more passionate about than usual.
- If you find 1 it will become Enjoyable.
- And that’s why it’s the best way to progress.
- A project that’s both Challenging & Enjoyable.
- Why would you do it?
- To become better.
- And become better faster.
- Working with a firm time limit is the best way to progress.
- Just as having high expectations.
- 100 pages in a week may be the best way to improve faster.
How long will it take, on a daily basis?
- Can you write 14 pages a day in an Hour?
- Maybe not.
- Even if you’re experienced.
- Trying 14 pages per hour as a beginner is probably not possible.
- Except if you do not care too much about Result.
- What would be a more appropriate amount of time?
- Can you write 14 pages a day in 3-4 Hours?
- That’s highly likely.
- If you’re experienced you can do it in as little as 2-3 hours.
- If you can already write up to 10 pages in that amount of time that’s only a matter of months.
- Set it as a your new target.
- And in half a year you should be able to produce that result consistently.
- How should I get Started?
- If you can’t produce that amount of pages start with a lower objective.
- Can you write 4-5 pages a day?
- Can you make a story out of these 4-5 pages?
- Writing a short Story every day is one of the best ways to get you started.
- You productivity will peak after a year if you write a page the 1st month.
- And gradually ascend to up to 10 pages at the end of the year.
- It’s all about enjoying the Process.
You can find more on how to write Really short stories here.
Summarize the most Important Chapters
- Summarize
- Summarize the Whole Story in 1 sentence.
- Summarize the End in 1 sentence.
- Summarize the Introduction in 1 sentence.
- Summarize the 3 Main Crisis in 1 sentence each.
- Resolution
- How does it End?
- Where does it End?
- Which Issue occurs?
- Who is involved?
- How can the Issue be solved?
- Can it be Solved?
- How does the Story end for each Character?
- Which New Event occurs?
- Which New Environment is Discovered?
- Which New Character is Introduced?
- Introduction
- Where does the Story Begin?
- What is the Atmosphere?
- Who are the People?
- Where do they Live?
- How do they Live?
- What are their Issues?
- How do they manage them?
- Which Event occurs?
- How is the 1st Environment of the Story?
- Which Character is Introduced?
- Escalation
- How does it Escalate?
- Where does it Happen?
- Which Issue occurs?
- Who is involved?
- How can the Issue be solved?
- What should it lead to?
- What does it lead to?
- Which New Event occurs?
- Which New Environment is Discovered?
- Which New Character is Introduced?
- Crisis
- Which Crisis should the Characters Face?
- Where does it Happen?
- Why does it Happen?
- How does it Happen?
- Which Issue occurs?
- Who is involved?
- How can the Issue be solved?
- What should it lead to?
- What does it lead to?
- Which New Event occurs?
- Which New Environment is Discovered?
- Which New Character is Introduced?
If you want to know how to summarize a Book in 1 Page
The Outline
- What do you need?
- You need a Group of Characters.
- You need a Setting.
- And you need a Theme.
- How many Characters do you need?
- 3 to 6 would be enough.
- Which Kind of Characters do you need?
- You’ll need 3 Functions:
- Protagonists.
- Antagonist.
- Supports.
- You’ll need 4 Roles:
- Rivals.
- Enticers.
- Advisors.
- Protectors.
Each of these Roles & Functions is developed in our Article on Archetypes.
- Attachment
- Define why you’re attached to these Characters.
- It will be easier to induce attachment between the Characters & the Public if you make use of Archetypes.
- You can use a Class system.
- As well as a Species system.
- It may make the writing easier.
- Anything that makes your Characters more Memorable is Beneficial.
- How many Environments/Settings?
- 3 to 6 would be ideal.
- Even though, the whole story can unfold in a Single location.
- Which kind of Settings do you need?
- You will need 5 kind of locations:
- a Resting place,
- a Gathering place,
- a Confrontation place,
- an Aftermath place &
- a Separation place.
- Generally you will find settings like:
- A Café/a Restaurant/a Park
- A House/Apartment/Basement
- A Grand place/Main square/City Center/Agora
- A Hostile setting, Urban or Natural
- A Welcoming setting, Urban or Natural
- Any Room can serve any of these Purposes.
- Therefore, a Single Room can have multiple uses.
- Experiment to find out what suits you the most.
- How many Chapters?
- 10 to 12.
- So that you can track the advancement of the Character easily.
- Your main Theme will unfold within these 10-12 Chapters.
- You’ll generally develop it through 3-4 sub-Themes.
- If you want to make the writing clearer develop each of these sub-Theme through a singular Character.
The Timeline
- Day 1
- Write the Story’s Plan.
- A 10 Chapter’s Story will make the Writing & Reading easier.
- Keep the Chapters short, 7-10 pages.
- Design 2 – 3 Characters.
- It would be even better if you’d Draw them.
- Write Chapter 1.
- Make it shorter than others.
- This allows you to finish it faster.
- And fasten the Story pace since the beggining.
- Day 2
- Write Chapter 2 & 3.
- Finish Chapter 1 if you haven’t.
- Day 3
- Write Chapter 4 & 5.
- Design 1 additional Character.
- It will probably an Antagonist.
- Day 4
- Write Chapter 6.
- Chapter 6 is the Central Crisis of your Story.
- You want to spend more time on it.
- Do the 1st editing.
- Focus on Consistency issues.
- Day 5
- Write Chapter 7 & 8.
- Design 1 last Character.
- If you need it.
- It could be the true Antagonist.
- Or another Support.
- Day 6
- Write Chapter 9.
- Same remarks as for Chapter 6.
- So the 2nd editing.
- Focus on Coherence issues.
- Day 7
- Write Chapter 10
- Do your 3rd editing.
- Focus on Orthograph, Grammar & Semantic issues.