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HOW TO WRITE A BOOK
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MARCH 21, 2008
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ou have the ability, right now, to write and publish a book on a subject that is important to you. Like riding a bicycle, learning how to write a
九七式手榴弹book is a skill that you can master with practice and repetition.
According to USA Today, 82% of adults dream of writing a book someday, either to express a heart-felt concern about a subject, or to earn a living, and even become successful.
Many books are written by people who are not particularly good at writing. Instead, they hire a “writer-for-hire” who interviews them, takes notes on their ideas and insights, and then works it into a book which they go on to publish under their own name.
Many of the best lling books on the New York Times lists were not written by the person who name appears on the cover. They were written by other writers.
There are more than 200,000 books published each year and yours can be one of them.
The key to writing a book is to “Just Write!” Writing is one thing that you can- not get wor at by doing it.
Albert Hubbard, one of the most prolific writers in American history was once asked the key to successful writing. He replied, “The only way to learn to write is to write and write and write and write, and write and write and write.”
My own story might be instructive. I did not graduate from high school, and I failed high school English. I fantasized about writing a book for many years before I decided to “Just write!”
豚鸟In 1981, I began giving talks and minars to ever larger groups. To speak ef- fectively, I had to do hundreds of hours of rearch, and read hundreds of books over the years. To keep current, I read dozens of magazines and thousands of articles. I’d read many of them veral times.
When I developed my one-to-three day minars, I would structure the materi- als so that the min
ar started strong, in the first ssion, and then developed progressively, step-by-step through to the last ssion, where it ended on a strong, positive note.
When I began to write books, I ud the same structure. I learned later that this is a powerful formula for successful books. Start with a strong chapter that gives a lot of value and benefits to the reader, develop the subject throughout the book, and end with a strong chapter that summarizes and emphasizes the main points. It is a simple formula, but it works, over and over.
Today, I write four or five books each year and am published by ven different publishers in the U.S., as well as dozens of publishers in 37 languages and 53 countries. I have sold millions of books on a wide variety of subjects.
George Bernard Shaw, who became the most famous “Man of letters” in England, winning countless awards and becoming extremely wealthy, started writing at the age of twenty. But he did not ll his first work until he was 42. For twenty-two years, he kept his job and slaved away in the evenings. When he finally began lling his works, he went on to become famous world-wide.
Harold Robbins wrote for many years before his book, “The Carpet Baggers” became a best ller, and then triggered best lling status among all his previ- ous books.
There are twenty steps that I have identified that anyone can follow to become an author, and then a published author.义乌购官网登录
1. Start with a message, idea, or story that you really want to share with other
people. This must be something for which you have a passion, something that you believe in.
One of the best definitions of a writer is; “A person who cannot not write.”
2. You must be an expert on your subject. You must know ten words for every
word you write. Or the reader will know that you are talking off the top of your head.
If you want to write on success, you must already be successful. If you write on money, you must already be rich. If you write on relationships, you must be happily married.
3. Define your target market before you begin writing. Exactly who are you
地区英语writing this book for?
What is the age range of the prospective reader?
What is the x of your ideal reader?
What is the income and position of your reader?
What is the level of education of your reader?
What is his/her level of family formation?
What are the hopes, fears and dreams of your reader? What are the desires and motivations of your reader? What are the interests and concerns of your reader? What are the problems that your reader has that your book will solve? What are the frustrations that your book will take away?
For you to write a book proposal for a literary agent or for a publisher, you will have to be able to answer the questions. Otherwi, no one will consider publishing your book.
引人入胜造句Make sure that your market is large enough. I only write books that I feel have at least one million potential book buyers.
When you write a book proposal, you will be asked to describe the type of person who will buy the book, and the number of tho people that exist in the current market.
