I came across a copy of 7 Easy Steps to Write Your Book: How To Get Your Book Out of Your Head and a Manuscript in Your Hands by author
coach Ann McIndoo, and found her approach to be very helpful for eager but
disorganized or unfocused writers.
Her seven steps boil down to
this:
Step 1: Prepare to Write Your Book
Gather the information, resources,
and materials needed to cook up your book.
Step 2: Create Your Resource
and Chapter Piles
Organize the thoughts,
materials and content.
Step 3: Create Your
Manuscript Grid™
You need to give structure to
your book.
Step 4: Create Your Trigger
Sentences™
List the concepts you want to
expand on.
Step 5: Create Your
Storyboard™
Develop a big picture for
your book.
Step 6: Write or Talk Your
Book
How to get it out of your
head.
Step 7: Prepare Your
Manuscript
Create the book and then
revise, edit and shape it.
Ann tries to simplify the
process of putting a book together and helps the writer break each step down so
that it’s conquerable. For more
information, check out: www.SoYouWantToWrite.com and www.7EasyStepsToWriteYourBook.com.
Here’s a Q&A with the
author.
1.
What are the
biggest obstacles writers must overcome in order to get their book done?
- Knowing
the message you want to convey is at the top of the list.
- Organizing
your thoughts and materials so you know what you want to say.
- Deciding
to write your book and making the time for getting your book out of your
head.
- Sticking
to it!
2.
How does your
seven-step system help them?
- I
have created a unique process that makes it easy for anyone to get their book
done. Using my process you can have your book out of your head and a
manuscript in your hands in 9-12 weeks.
- My
process starts with answering 4 basic questions:
- Why are you writing this book?
- What are you going to do with this book? How are
you going to use it?
- Who is your audience?
- Where is your audience?
- I
go on to help the new author to collect their resources, organize their
materials, create the structure of their book and finally, talk their
book, not write their book. Talking produces a much richer tapestry
of content.
- I
have used my process to produce more than 1,200 books for speakers,
coaches, entrepreneurs, business leaders and professionals.
3. How can one get over writer’s block”
- That’s an easy one!
Change your focus!
- First: Refresh.
Drink some water, take a short walk outside, think about something
fun in your life or something you are looking forward to.
- Stop thinking about what or why
you are not writing and think about what you want to say.
- Start with bullet points.
- Talk to someone about your
topic and ask them what they would like to know about it. Ask
questions. Write down the answers.
4.
What do you
enjoy most about working with writers?
- I love working with
authors and writers because they always have a unique message, wisdom,
journey, process or something special to share. Authors and writers
are always coming up with unique ideas and are great to brainstorm
with.
5. What
new challenges do writers face today that didn’t exist a decade ago?
- I
think there are much fewer challenges and many more resources today than
10 years ago.
- I
started So, You Want To Write in 2005 and it was more difficult to get a
book cover, interior layout, editing and publishing services and much more
expensive. Now we have dozens of resources for branding, social media,
publishing, marketing and promotion. I think it’s much easier,
faster and cheaper to write your book today, especially if I’m your
Author’s Coach!
- That’s
a great question!
- Writing
comes naturally to me, the words just come out. But it isn’t the
same for everyone. Many of my authors know what they want to say but
when it comes to writing it down, they get stuck. So I created my
“Writer’s Power Tools” - How to write “on demand”. I have put my
Writer’s Power Tools in an ebook that shows you how to create your own and
trigger them to help you get ready to write. [The ebook is attached]
7. Where do you see the future of the
book industry heading?
- Getting
bigger, easier, faster and cheaper to buy books and book related products.
- I
like making my Author clients profitable. You can sell your book for
$20 or your “system” for $200, $500 or more. I create ancillary
products like workbooks and coaching programs for authors so they can sell
their “system” and be profitable.
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