Voice includes elements like: The tone, or attitude, you convey toward your reader. (Does it feel condescending, or friendly?) Emotion Rhythm Humor Point of view (are you writing in the intimate first person, or a more distant, formal third person?)

There are likely stories of the lives of others that you’d like to include. Write them down as well. There’s a good chance there are also examples in popular culture or history that come to mind.

When in doubt, view yourself as your target audience. Or rather, yourself of a few years back.

Why? Because readers are selfish. And we say that with the utmost love and respect for them; it’s just a fact.

In addition to thinking through the scenes of your own life, think about what other stories you want to include in your book. Maybe there are stories that illustrate a particular concept or piece of the process exceptionally well.

We zoom in on the moments that we want the reader to remember. In fact, zooming in is a subtle sign to the reader to pay attention,

You’ll also need a large space that you can come back to, like an office wall, dining room table, or extra-large window.

aims to guide the reader through a very specific transformation.

Every hero’s Transformation Tale has three basic parts: their current state (who they are at the beginning of the book), their transformation (who they become by the end of the book), and the in-between (how they get there).