Publishing Basics: 10 Steps To Writing Your Book

1. Publishing Basics: 10 Steps to Writing Your Your Book Book

2. Whether you’re a professional, a Whether you’re a professional, a blogger, a consultant, a homemaker, blogger, a consultant, a homemaker, or anything else or anything else

3. Whether you’re a professional, a Whether you’re a professional, a blogger, a consultant, a homemaker, blogger, a consultant, a homemaker, or anything else or anything else — — you should write a book..

4. Being a Being a PUBLISHED AUTHOR gives you… gives you…

5. name name recognition recognition authority authority credibility credibility Being a Being a PUBLISHED AUTHOR gives you… gives you… broader broader skill set skill set additional additional income income confidence confidence

6. Get started right away in telling your story, Get started right away in telling your story, sharing your expertise, or teaching a skill. sharing your expertise, or teaching a skill. Here are ten steps to writing your book:

7. Determine your goal. Think about the end goal of the book Think about the end goal of the book you want to write and how it will serve you want to write and how it will serve you and your readers. you and your readers.

8. Define your topic. Think about exactly what you’re Think about exactly what you’re trying to communicate or teach trying to communicate or teach with this book. with this book. “Inch wide, mile deep.” “Inch wide, mile deep.”

9. Create an outline. Begin outlining the chapters Begin outlining the chapters and/or sections of your book. and/or sections of your book. Try to think from the end of the Try to think from the end of the book first. book first.

10. Determine how you will write. Write using something that allows Write using something that allows you to easily edit and make changes you to easily edit and make changes without wasting a lot of time. without wasting a lot of time.

11. Set up a writing schedule and daily goals. You can’t write only when you feel You can’t write only when you feel inspired or motivated. inspired or motivated. You must create a daily (or 5 day a You must create a daily (or 5 day a week) writing habit. week) writing habit.

12. Create the environment. Find a spot in your home that you feel Find a spot in your home that you feel is conducive to writing. is conducive to writing. Decide exactly what you need in Decide exactly what you need in advance so you’re prepared every day advance so you’re prepared every day when you sit down to write. when you sit down to write.

13. Write, don’t critique. Try not to constantly review and Try not to constantly review and critique your work. Just write. critique your work. Just write. You can always go back through the You can always go back through the book many times to re book many times to re- -write and edit if you don’t like something. if you don’t like something. write and edit

14. Rewrite and polish. Once you finish the book, set it aside Once you finish the book, set it aside for a few days or a couple of weeks. for a few days or a couple of weeks. Then go back and read over the entire Then go back and read over the entire book again, correcting mistakes, and book again, correcting mistakes, and tightening it up. tightening it up.

15. Find a professional editor. You don’t want a book full of You don’t want a book full of inconsistencies, grammatical errors, inconsistencies, grammatical errors, and misspellings. and misspellings. The editor checks facts and verifies The editor checks facts and verifies headings, statistics, data in graphs, headings, statistics, data in graphs, and footnote entries. and footnote entries.

16. Publish it! You don’t want your book to languish in You don’t want your book to languish in the documents folder of your computer. the documents folder of your computer. Get it out there so others can read it, and Get it out there so others can read it, and you can have the satisfaction of having you can have the satisfaction of having your first published book under your belt. your first published book under your belt.

17. Everyone has to be a beginner in the Everyone has to be a beginner in the beginning, but the more you write, the beginning, but the more you write, the more of an expert you’ll become. more of an expert you’ll become.

18. With every book you write and With every book you write and publish, you’ll learn more and become publish, you’ll learn more and become A Better Writer. .

19. Want to turn your idea into a Want to turn your idea into a BEST-SELLING BOOK

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