Today, I started writing a small report/ebook in an area I’m interested in. It concerns a topic of great interest, and I came up with it on the fly, thinking that it was probably something I could write the fastest out of all the other ideas I have. I spent a few hours doing a bit of research to complement my existing knowledge, and I made a brief topic outline.

So far, I’ve written about 2000 words and I’m still in section #1, sitting at page 5. When I was discussing the ideal size of a small report like this with my husband, he suggested 15-20 pages. Hmm… evidently I’m a bit more long-winded than I thought. I could break it up into smaller chunks… but I don’t think that would suit the topic.

Either way, if I can write 2-4k on this each day, it should be done fairly quickly, and I think it will be a good product. It’ll take a day or so to edit, format, and include images – and get a website up to sell & market it on – but I think it will be helpful to those who need the information.

That’s something that drives me a bit nuts about the internet… yes, there are piles of information out there, but more often than not, you need to visit 10-20 websites to get all the information you need… especially with a topic where you need to be very thorough. What I like to do is read as much as I can about a topic, let it mull about in my brain, and then condense it all into one place. I’ll include opposing viewpoints, the various suggestions from all my sources, and then indicate what I believe to be the most logical solution.

It’s my hope that writing small reports or ebooks like this will be genuinely helpful to those who are looking for the information… because as long as I can continue to find topics that I know something about and that I have a passion for, I really don’t mind writing non-fiction material. As much as I’d love to sit around and write stories all day, the truth of the matter is that it isn’t really affordable right now… and to succeed in this business, you need to branch out and be flexible.

Hopefully I can keep that writing fire burning and maintain the necessary level of productivity…

Tags: ebooks, non-fiction, small report