as well as the ones in the hundreds, and books over 300 pages sell the least (that length is a big investment of time). As a rule of thumb, you can assume about 250 words per printed page, so 100-199 pages is 25k-50k words. DON’T USE JARGON Make sure your voice is accessible, and not full of needless jargon. If you find yourself wanting to use jargon, go back to your ideal reader and ask yourself, “Will they understand this? Is this neces- sary to effectively communicate with them?” Now, if your audience likes jargon and wants to hear that in a book addressed to them, then use it. Just make sure it’s appropriate to your audience. TYPING VS. WRITING BY HAND This is not going to be the right choice for everyone, but it is a valid choice you can absolutely make: instead of typing your vomit draft out, you can write it out by hand. For some people, this works really, really well. It provides these benefits: • Stops them from going back and editing, because that process is now so difficult. • Makes it easier for them to get in the flow and just surrender to the writing process. • For some people, the handwriting is a cleaner cognitive con- nection to the ideas than typing. This is NOT true for all people, but definitely for some. This author sums up the benefits to her well: 146 · ThE SCriBE METhOD