Writing a book: 4 Tips For Newbies
Tips / / December 19, 2019
If you are going to write a book, but do not know which side to approach this case, 4 Tips For Beginners by Deborah Bowie (a specialist in the organization of working time and space) can help you get the ball rolling point.
These tips can be useful for your first speech or seminar.
So, usually the biggest problem is to start. And when you start, you realize that the real problem is how a huge amount of information and obscure terms to compress without missing anything major, and apply in an easy and understandable to a wide audience a.
On one of trainings Business Coach Deborah gave her a task - to write a book in 90 days. He gave advice to write 50 minutes a day 5 days a week.
Further, it has allocated 4 rules, following which you will be able to make the first move.
1. Tell others skilled in the art of sovem intention to write a book. You even can not imagine how much you can get valuable advice.
2. Start with the tasks that you can perform. In fact, besides just writing the book itself, you have to arrange it, choose the font, the cover design, to find a publisher, and so forth. Many problem in the start lies in the fact that they are afraid to go into all this, and often do not know how all of this work (the choice of the editor and the publisher - not an easy task). But it is not all that difficult. Look at the design of book covers similar topics, check out the authors of these books are published in any publishing house. Gradually emerges in your mind an image of your books and all this will no longer seem so complicated.
3. Write in small blocks. Dan Poynter - guru samoizdatelstva first gave the idea of writing a blog a separate post so long, until you have enough material for a book. Of course, good immediately write an entire chapter. But it is quite difficult, so you can start with a few paragraphs. A design of these sections in the form of entries in a blog gives you the opportunity to assess how it will be interesting to your audience.
4. Ask other people who are already engaged in samozidatelstvom, to share with you useful contacts. Someone will give the phone number of your editor, someone will tell you at what publishing is best to seek help or to find an illustrator.
As you can see, writing a book - it's a very complicated process, and it can not be a project only one person. Do not hesitate to seek advice, because the more experienced writers you gather around you, the more chance of success.
And, lastly, in the words of one of my favorite characters in the film "The route №60": "To wish come true, you need something someone heard about it" (translation is not literal, but the point is valid). Go for it!