How To Write 1000+ Words Every Day part II

When it comes to publishing articles and releasing books, there is one question you will need to ask yourself. Do you want to be a writer, or do you want to sell books? The two things differ vastly, and you will need to decide early on which you prefer.

I prefer to be a writer. Writing takes time to build an audience—perhaps years. That’s okay because I am here for the long haul. Part of slowly building wealth is creating a long-term audience and brand. I’m all in this camp. 

Selling books is an entirely separate endeavor. In this model, you would write less but spend more time learning Facebook Ads, advertising, design, and marketing. The idea is to make more money than you spend. 

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You’ll also need to build a long email list, and your social media following should be significant as well. There is nothing wrong with this method; it’s just not the direction I want to follow. I love writing and the daily challenge it requires to create content. 

Follow up to article “1000+ Words a Day”. So, how is my writing 1,000+ words every day? Excellent, thanks for asking. I wrote part one of the series five months ago. I have since written 186 articles; 95% of them have been well over 1000+ words. 

My problem is more trying to limit how much I write on even a given day. Remember, every day, I also design my article artwork, create a book with a book cover, write a book description, and upload it to Amazon and my website. You, too, should learn creativity and design. 

I love the purity of writing, but adding design into the mix makes everything “shine” a little brighter. I spend roughly one hour writing my 1000+ words and another hour editing and adding my links.

Then another 2-3 hours creating artwork for articles, book covers, and uploading my books. In total, it is about 4-5 hours from inception to completion. However, when I finish, I have a brand new article and a beautiful custom book.

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My books are assets. Each book I produce is an asset that I can wield how I want. Currently, most of my books are in the Kindle Unlimited program and are exclusive to Amazon. But you should never put all of your books in one basket. 

Three months ago, I started keeping the majority of my book on my website. Over time, I aim to be a huge source of free investing information for everyone. I don’t know how I will monetize this endeavor in the long run, but my books are assets. I can load each book with advertisements to help sustain my lifestyle. 

Back to writing. But you came here to talk about writing, so let’s dive deeper into the art of writing. Remember that as a writer, you are a content creator. This means that your words have to conform to what your audience will consume. You can’t just write what you want to write.

I mean, you can, just don’t expect people to engage with your content. Of course, you can choose your topics, but you need to present your words appealingly to your audience. 

Let’s do an example. I love reading, learning, and engaging in the stock market. In fact, my audience loves when I talk about dividend investing. However, I know my audience doesn’t share the deep love of investing that drives me. At least, they don’t have this passion yet. 

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So instead of diving deep into how to hedge your portfolio, the Federal Reserve, bond markets, commodities, gold, inflation, interest rates, etc. I cover these things very slowly. As much as these things energize me, it is probably too much for my audience to handle.

I look at myself as someone who introduces people to broader topics. The internet is full of people who can take a deep dive into any of the above issues. However, people need to know the ideas before they can research further. 

Your writing. You will need to find what level of depth you want to cover. This is for nonfiction, but fiction, I assume, is similar. I read the book “Mastering Your Mystery” to get some insight into the world of fiction. 

Most people consider 30,000 words as the perfect size fiction and a nonfiction book. Fantastic, that means you can write a book in less than a month. However, if you want to go more in-depth and into a more complex world, you may write 100,000-word books. It’s your prerogative, so decide what motivates you daily. 

Read to succeed. You will have to read every day to keep your creative juices flowing. The book “Limitless” tells us that reading connects our ideas and thoughts in ways no other medium can replicate. Each time I read, I form more concepts to write and create. I have read over 70 books in the 15 months I have been blogging. 

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The list of articles I have to write in the future is much longer than I have written. That is the true power of reading—creating a never-ending stream of content. If you plan to become a serious writer, start reading today. 

Passive voice versus active voice. The hardest part of writing, once you have topics, is removing passive voice from your art. I didn’t go to college, so I don’t know if professors covered this topic in class. 

Start using active voice now and removing passive voice from your language—even speech. I spend much of my time creating ways to avoid passive voice. I can even hear it as people speak to me.

It’s funny; when I watch video game reviews on YouTube, I can tell that the author wrote the script before recording. How? Because they wrote it in passive voice. It is hard for me to read books written in a passive voice because the flow doesn’t move forward in a cohesive stream.

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The book “On Writing Well” tells us that our words should merge together in a lovely flow of poetry. Have you ever read something, and you end up at the bottom of the page to realize that you don’t remember reading the whole page?

That means the author took the time to structure each word and sentence to form a cohesive paragraph and flow. When you use passive voice, it brings the reader out of the experience. Here is an example.

Passive voice: The light was turned off early.

Active voice: John turned the light off early.

Active voice (extended): John turned the light off early after a hard day of work.  

Passive voice doesn’t give the reader ownership of a verb. It removes the “who” from the element of the sentence. The best way to avoid passive voice is to write every day. You will eventually learn to avoid passive sentences every time. 

I used Grammarly to assist me in forming good writing habits. However, remember that it takes 10,000 hours to become great at anything; I write and edit for two hours a day. I have 670 articles times two hours each, leaving me at 1,340 hours of my 10,000 hours until greatness. I still have a long way to go, so don’t be hard on yourself in the early stages. 

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Getting started. The best way to get started is to pick your content niche and start reading books. I recommend writing book reviews of every book that you read. Not only can you use it as a source of affiliate marketing, but it gives you essential credibility early in your writing career. 

The average person doesn’t read much but would like the information these books contain. Reading and writing book reviews also help you form profound ideas that you combine into wholly new content. 

I wrote 100 garbage articles before I began to read and write book reviews. And then, magically, my content started to become much better. Go figure. I recommend you divide your higher-level niche topic into five sub-niches.

For example, if you want to talk about dividends, create sub-topics like income investing, dividend growth investing, living on dividends, and tax strategies. Now, you can dive into each of these topics in-depth and keep new content coming at a fast clip. Watch this:

1. Income investing vs. dividend growth investing
2. Which is better for living on dividends: income or DGI
3. What are some tax strategies to use when living on dividends
4. Which is better for tax purposes: income or DGI
5. How to incorporate DGI, income, and tax strategies to live comfortably on dividends

The list keeps going on and on—never to end. Far too often, I watch content creators who are running out of topics. You also have to show life progression and some personal tidbits. In fiction, your characters need to grow.

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I recently wrote an article titled “From $28/mo to $700/mo in Passive Income in 2 Years.” This article shows my audience that I am talking about passive income and also living the passive income lifestyle. 

My wife and I recently crossed $200,000 in our dividend portfolio, which is a huge accomplishment. Those are things you should write about in your daily journals. People need and want to like, know, and trust you, and sharing is a great way to build long-term bonds with your audience. 

Creating series. Creating a series is one of my favorite things about being a writer. Each time you bring an article into the world, your world changes. You could not release the same article tomorrow as you did today. That’s why writing is such a powerful tool.

For example, I wrote the article “Stock Market Investing 101” about a year ago. I proceeded to read 65 more books after this article and grow my wealth exponentially. I cannot go back and write this article at the same level that I did a year ago. I know too much now. That means that this article will always stand as the height of my knowledge back then.

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When someone asks me how to get started in the stock market, I can refer them to this series of articles. Although the writing is crappy (and in the passive voice), the information still stands. However, I can continue my Stock Market Investing series to show progression. I can add Stock Market Investing 107 to the collection and talk about new relevant information. 

Yes, creating a series ensures you will never run out of content. Look at this article; I have so much more to write about than part one. I have read more, written more, and seen more. I can share my experiences with you, and hopefully, you are growing in your own writing career. 

Conclusion. I’m approaching 2,000 words for this article—I will save my thoughts for part three in the series. If you love writing, write. Writing has changed my life for the better, and I plan on writing until my last days.

I always have a new idea or article forming in my brain. I keep a running list in Google Docs so I can access it from anywhere and anytime. I absolutely love being a writer and the challenge of providing relevant content each day. 

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If you prefer to sell books, that is a wholly different path. You spend roughly 20% of your time writing and the rest running a business. You will learn a lot about marketing, advertising, and social media—excellent skills to acquire.

However, I already have a day job, and I want to do something I enjoy. Over time, I will grow an audience, but there is no rush. I want to have control and freedom of my writing career—something the military didn’t afford me. 

Which path will you take, writer or book publisher? Whichever you choose, get started today. I will be back in six months to give another update on my writing life. You can follow my writing on my Facebook Page and Group. Enjoy and Happy Writing. 

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