What I realized while writing his book

There is an opinion, I have at least that in the US one is more or less intelligent and decent man wrote or planned to write your own book. We have the same books or scribbling scribblers with known names in RuNet or representatives MLM / Infobusiness-tusovochki. Only just started coming out of the book of steep fotoblogerov, political and historical experts, culinary guru. All this has a reason and I'm doing for almost a year (with an efficiency → 0), the writing of his book "Doubt"Close to understanding why this is happening.

1. We are afraid of criticism. Even I, assumes the shit flows with regular a la carte, resistant to criticism and simply inadequate negativity, did not show a completed its work to anyone except the two people - his wife and publisher Artem Stepanov. Now it is working on a book corrector and a lot of people publishing house "Mann, Ivanov and Ferber", and even their criticism is not easy to take. Many people are simply not ready to accept criticism of what is written so long and that the data were collected for so many years. Do not be afraid, it's not scary :)

2. We are afraid of the end of the process. The worst thing that pursues new authors - is the idea that it is necessary to finish the book. I think that is why in modern books so much water. The authors write, write, write, complement, supplement... never-ending process. I overcame the fear, simply ignoring the "accepted" the number of pages. I think that readers will appreciate the brevity and concentration.

3. We are too hung up on tools. There is a cool tool unreal "cool poster" as Ulysses. This is an application which helps to write, collect data, to monitor communications inside the books and much more. From my own experience I would say that if you are not the author of "The Battle of Thrones" with multiple interweaving storylines, then you have enough editor like Omm Writer or iA Writer. Microsoft Word or Apple Pages, too, will go.

How to focus on writing the text: minimalist review editors

4. Writing as a charge - or do regularly, or in any way. Wait for inspiration - losers and the coolest self-justification for them. Sam fell into this trap, and a couple of months' waiting for the wind in the sails. " Do you want to write, and you have an idea? Sit down and write! Come up with a plan. For example, 5 pages of text or 500 words, or something else, and just select the time for it. Better in the morning. Or you write, or go tell what you are doing it. Many satisfied mask writer toiling over books. I do not like, and I just decided to come up with the rules. I mastered in a few weeks.

5. All can be reduced. Always. As one steep chief editor: "Write an article, and then remove it from the first paragraph. Well, now the article was better! "Back when I worked as a copywriter and writing lyrics with pay per thousand characters. This time was my honeymoon, with turnovers like "It is not difficult to guess," "From this we can the obvious conclusion, "" quality, shocking and stunning everyone who saw it, the product "... Well, in the same style. The book - it is not thousands. Book - this is the coolest way to convey their ideas to those who entrust their time to you. Do not waste it on a report of water and a large speed. Write a chapter and go over it a couple of days. 10-15% of the letters - it's rubbish, which does not help to bring the message of thought, and prevents conduction of ideas from you through the book to the reader. Cut!

6. Writing - it does not work. Well, not quite. This is a job for people like Marinin and the army of monkeys that scribbling and more new books under the franchise of one author. This is a work in the US, where Amazon can sell hundreds of thousands of copies of the book, if it will be a bestseller. Authors usually rarely earns enough writing, and do not think it's wildly profitable and worth killing to book many months. Writing - is a way of spreading ideas. Do you support the idea? Then write a book! If the idea is not, and you are not willing to write for free, you do not even grasp.

7. The way people are waiting for your book. Write a blog, tell me about it in the process of writing, ask advice, collect mail list. Let the people waiting. It may turn out that your book will be shown along with some hit Pelevin, or on the news about the next revolution or terrorist attack. You just do not hear, and the moment will be missed. Be in the mind of the reader of the future all the time, find him a direct link and inform on the channels of the release of the book when you see fit. If no one is waiting for your product, then no one will buy it on the first day. And exactly no one will buy all subsequent.

8. Think about your ideas carefully. The book - it is not weapons of mass destruction, is a high-precision weapons. If you took aim at someone and get your idea, then your people, and your relationship with him will be very durable. If you need zhahnut the squares, write blogs, Facebook, grimacing in TV in the transmission Malakhov, laugh out loud entertainment on the radio. If you want to influence the minds of the best - write a book.

I hope that this article will be for you the beginning of your book. And I believe that reading my bookYou may want to change your life and write their own, even more interesting, the story!