I like to break my books up into the smallest possible units. “Writing Tools” set the standard: 50 chapters at about 1,000 words per chapter. (Total: 50,000-plus words.) Let’s do the math again: 200 ...

"At one point, I remember putting it, 'Well, we're co-writing songs. What if we co-wrote a book?' And he was like, 'Yeah, man.'" Hayes says he couldn't help himself. As someone who'd followed his ...