The Secrets of
Business and Marketing Wizardry Newsletter
Volume 13, Issue 7, Date 7/11/2009
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THE SECRETS OF MARKETING AND BUSINESS WIZARDRY
Volume 13 issue 7 July 2009
Publisher Joe Trevison MBA CPA
Editor Jim Trevison, BA in English
Volume 13 issue 7 July 2009
How To Write A Book In Six Days
1.Day One
· Pull out a sheet of paper
· Make a list of everything you might ever want to write a book about.
· I mean everything! Any ideas no matter how silly, should be jotted down.
· Now review you list. What ideas seem more attractive to you than others.?
· What excites you the most?
· Circle titles/ideas that seem most magnetic to you.
· Next, scan your list of ideas
· Can you combine the circled ideas into one book idea? If not that’s fine.
· Does one idea seem more appealing to you than another?
· Try to pick the one idea you really want to write about. Trust you intuition on this one.
· Now, create a focusing statement to guide your thinking about this project.
· Consider what you want this book to be. Create an outcome or intention for your book. See how easy this is?
2. Day Two
· By Now, thoughts and ideas will be occurring to you. You may member facts, statistics, quotes, insights, whatever might end up in your book. Write them down!
· You don’t have to do any writing, just jot down key ideas so you mind can work on them.
· You might also get a sense of direction for your book, If so, just jot it down!
· If you feel the urge to write the table of contents, do so!
· If nothing is coming, try to imagine what the back cover will look like. Let your mind go.
3. Day Three
· Whether you feel ready to write today or not you will write.
· Here’s the secret in writing your first draft: don’t revise, don’t stop don’t look back!
· Don’t judge your work!
· Keep your hand moving!
4.Day Three though Five:
· Keep the momentum up. Continue with your writing sessions. Write nonstop!
· Break up your day and write in 20-minutes segments. Just keep writing.
· Again, don’t stop to edit or fret. This is still the first draft.
· It’s supposed to be rough or uneven. But chances are it’s not as rough or uneven as you think!
· By the end of the fifth day, your first draft will be completed
· Accept what you have accomplished!
5. Day Six
· Now you can edit your book
· First, organize the book. Move sections around so everything makes sense
· Trust your gut.
· Second, throw away anything that isn’t the book, If any material doesn’t help you achieve your goal, drop it.
· Third, go though and tighten what you wrote. If you were wordy, cut some words. If you seemed to use certain words a lot, try to change some of their occurrences.
· Fourth, consider erasing your entire opening page and closing pages. They are usually, but not always, weak areas.
· Fifth, try to break your book into small sub sections. Readable chapters are split into readable small sections,. with their own headings.
· When you finished all this, make six copies and have six people review them.
· Invite their feedback.
· Now, edit again until you’re happy with the product.
· There you have it, you planned, wrote, and completed a book in six days
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