OnyxTowers: The Fastest Way To Write A Book

Question: I want to enter the writing contest, and I have the story in my head.
BUT, it's all scrambled word soup.

My ADHD and anxiety are preventing me from straightening out my thoughts.
So what can I do?

Answer: WORKSHEETS!

Writing guides - worksheets for writers

Instead of having writer's block, I have the opposite problem:

Too much information swimming around in my noodle head.

It can get overwhelming to arrange it into any kind of order. That scrambling gets worse with stress and anxiety. I actually had to walk away from my computer screen and go do house chores, simply because recent family stresses wore me thin, and I couldn't think. At the end of the day, I was so scrambled in my head, I couldn't even follow a simple, half-hour TV show. My mind was in 6 places at once.

Yes, I had the contest deadline in mind. Always there, nagging at the back of my mind...

I tried to type my story into a WordPad document on my computer. Now it looks like a really long, long-ass document with no ending in sight. Where does it end? I have no idea. You have to hit 'Print Preview' to actually see it as individual pages. Mess, mess, mess.

Now I'm the type of person that is 100% visual. I need to actually SEE the story before me. Meaning, laid out in front of me, either in index cards, print out, or whatever. Seeing it on screen frustrates me. It has to be something tangible, and easily manipulated. Hmm.

So I thought to go to the internet, and see what comes up when I type in the words What is the fastest way to write a book? I was disappointed with the search results.

Almost all clickbait bullshit. No real answers.

Dammit! None of this is helping!

Ah, so what's a desperate writer going to do then?

I thought to myself, Well, why the hell aren't there study guides/materials for people to get started on their writings? I mean, outside of schoolbooks. After all, the hardest part of writing, even essays and reports, is getting over the initial hump of getting started! Right? Right!

I am so GENIUS, I should get a shirt made that says that. I don't know why other's haven't thought to do this before!

Read on.

How To Write A Book Fast

And so it begins.

I made four, yes 4 different worksheets to choose from!

Why, you may ask?

Because everyone is different. Getting started isn't a one size fits all.

Some people are right brained. Some are left brained. Whatever. Everybody uses different ways to get shit done.

Which is why I thought of these 4 ways to get started.

How To Write A Book Fast Using Worksheets

Some people have characters pop into their head first.
Some people have scenarios all laid out in their mind.
Some blurt out the chapter titles before structuring an entire story first.
Some have detailed backstories about their protagonists and foes.

Boy, have I got your back!

Worksheets I created to write a book fast

I came up with these worksheets as alternative methods to try to get my story laid out quickly.

So I laid them out so you can print out at about letter size (I believe 9" x 12" are it's dimensions) or just set your printer to Best Fit To Page setting.

Click on each image for the larger version, then save to your computer:

How To Write A Book Fast By Characters

How To Write A Book Fast By Character Notes

How To Write A Book Fast By Chapters

How To Write A Book Fast By Scenes

And what kind of writer would I be if I didn't even try to use my own worksheets?

I designed them, and I definitely used them! Behold!

Another method to try:

Use your voice recording app on your tablet or phone!
Simply record yourself saying your story.

Start with "My first book: Dragon's Lair: The Wizard's Chamber, Book One...Chapter 1, Eagles Nest on Mount Faerie. Chapter 2, Vannendouche, the Apprentice,...."

And so on, and so on.
You can send this audio file to your computer, hear it out, then type it out.

Or, hire somebody! Send the audio files to a transcriber you can find on

So, a couple of ~~things~~ self discoveries...

Personally I gravitated the most towards the By Scenes worksheet. So much that I printed out a second sheet.

The 2nd worksheet I used was the By Characters worksheet. I guess I had already visualized the job occupations before even assigning genders, ages, culture and what not. My story uses a lot of medical terms, so I have written down 'Pathologist', 'Medical Examiner' etc.

I had some chapter titles in my head, really good ones too, so I created the By Chapters worksheet. Although, once I was done tweaking the work specs, I had already forgotten the titles I wanted to use. *sigh

The Character Notes worksheet I created to supplement additional details to the By Characters worksheet, simply because it doesn't have enough space to write out more. I haven't gotten around to filling in more info yet

Enjoy the worksheets. God speed, all you monster creators! I will add these later on to the Freebies section as well. Stay tuned for more updates on my progress.