Stop Killing Your
Book Dream With Lack of Focus!
Instead focus, write and complete your book this year.
Do you fear your dream of writing a book is doomed to die inside
you? May I be honest? It may, if you don't focus and get it done.
With the right focus and knowledge, you can easily write your significant
message into a book.
Read this article and fuel the flame of your book dream again.
This time dream a bigger dream. Dream after writing your book, you
receive life long income that grows each month. You become a highly
visible expert in your field. You gain added respect of your colleagues
and peers because of your book. You receive increased income leveraged
from higher fees charged. Your clients gladly pay them with book
author as one of your titles.
Are you ready to revive your dream yet? Here are a few tips to
help make all your book dreams come true:
1. Choose your book topic with care.
I recommend a subject you have passion for. I won't lie to you
and say your book will write itself if you choose well. But it will
make it a lot easier. You know, "Your book, your baby."
Your book project becomes your brain child in a way. Make sure it's
a topic you could enjoy now and for at least the next 3 years.
2. Write your book and keep your soul.
No, you don't have to sell your soul anymore to write a saleable
book. Use the cumulative effect of doing a little bit at a time.
Even so, unless you want it to take years to write, you must schedule
writing time each week. For example, you could write 2 pages a day
and have a short book in weeks.
3. Think solutions to your book readers' problems.
Your audience is looking for solutions to their problems. They
are looking to you for encouragement to overcome their challenges.
Mine your background, your files, and your speeches for the gold
called your knowledge. Use speedy book writing techniques and finish
your book faster to sell sooner.
4. Focus with a book intention plan.
Write a book writing and marketing plan. Educate yourself about
book writing. Enroll or get resources like ecourses, books and Teleseminars.
Invest in your book project. Use professional help with getting
your cover design, book layout. Remember, book covers sell more
books than any other element. Give your book the selling chance
it deserves.
5. Write your book's vision statement.
Write it down and make it plain. Write when you'll complete it.
Name specific outcomes you get after completing your book. For instance,
envision yourself watching your bank balance grow from book sales.
Write, "I see myself with increased income and more clients."
Anyway you get the idea; create your vision statement including
see, hear and feel.
6. Be patient with yourself on the book journey.
Set realistic expectations. If you think an hour here or a couple
there will get your book done, rethink your commitment. Plan to
fit at least 8-14 hours into your schedule to get your book done
and out to the world. It may mean getting up in the wee hours of
the morning or burning the midnight oil. Either way, know consistency
will drive you and your book to a successful completion.
7. Go the extra mile to a successful book.
Persistent writers become successful authors. Don't give up. Take
your dream out of the back seat. Bring your plans to the front.
When you do what it takes to author your book, you can reap the
rewards – expert status, increased fees, respect for your
know how, fame that grows and many more opportunities that manifest.
Don't put it off any more. Take your dream off the shelf. If you
wait, you can be this time next year without making your dream of
writing a successful book come true. You have the knowledge and
the solution. Now write it down. Your audience is waiting. Focus,
use the tips above and write a book that sells well. Make it different.
Make it count. Make it yours.
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© Earma Brown, 13 year author and book coach
helps small business owners and writers who want to write their
best book now! Author of “Write
Your Best Book Now”, she mentors other writers and business
professionals through her monthly ezine “iScribe” at
How to Write
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