How to write a novel in 3 days

Written by Barry

Step 1. Make sure it’s a novel aimed at 5-9 year olds, and as such is only 13,000 words long.

Step 2. Write at an average pace of 4,333 words per day.

Step 3. There is no step 3. That’s it.

Simple, eh? Seriously, it is. I’ve just done it. Twice.

Thanks to my lightning fast fingers I have managed to write two books for Egmont in a grand total of six days. There was a break in between while I rewrote INVISIBLE FIENDS book 2, but when I total up my time spent working solely on the Egmont books, it’s six days.

So I wrote them fast, but did I write them well? That’s the big question, and one I can’t answer until I hear back from my editor at Egmont. I think they’re pretty good, but then I’m not the one editing them. We will see, but in the meantime let us rejoice in my newly discovered ability to write two books in under a week.

And now I’m going to sleep for several days. When I awake, I shall talk about a range of varied and interesting things. But for now, I set off on a journey to the Land of Nod.

Toodle-pip.