Writing a book

I have had an idea for a book brewing in my head for a while now and I have actually made a start!! I have around 6,000 words so far, but the problem is I'm a novice. I always imagined the first book I would write would be a biography of our life in 'full time ministry' as we call it.That would be easier to write as it would come from straight from my thoughts. That isn't the subject matter at all, although what I am writing about is taken from my experiences of church a lot. I have no idea how to structure a book or indeed how many chapters it should have and how long an average book is. At least I've made a start so you never know, but there is still a bit of research to be done. I have found so far that some of what I have written in pretty cynical - but I guess that is partly what I am are far as some things are in church.I hope it doesn't come across too negative though. Anyway I will probably write more on this post when I have researched 'How to Write a book' online and looked through any youtube clips I might find. I hope I don't look back on this post in years to come and say oh dear it never came to anything - but then again I have already crystalised a lot of my own thoughts whilst writing so I guess it will never be wasted.

http://scottberkun.com/2007/how-to-write-a-book-the-short-honest-truth/

Well this looks interesting :)