The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
The reader absolutely does want to hear your story…but only the parts that are relevant to why they are reading your book.
Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
Be as vulnerable as you need to be to write the most impactful story for the reader.
Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
At least one person, and probably many more, want to learn what your book will teach them. You have an obligation to yourself and to your audience to stop editing and put the book out. Give your knowledge to them, even if it’s not perfect. They want and need it.
Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
People read books in order to get expert knowledge that will help them solve a specific problem they have. No one reads books to get a firehose of unconnected information.
Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
If you want to get feedback, there is a right way to ask, and you should only ask specific people. Those specific people should generally be a person from one of these three groups: People who are experienced writers/editors People who are experts in your specific field People who are in the exact audience you want your book to reach
Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
Your book should have enough of your story to help the reader get what they want out of the book, but nothing more.
Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
Most authors try to combine everything they know into one book because they think they don’t have enough information for one book. They’re insecure about the book and try to compensate by cramming it with everything possible.
Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
As much as possible, your book should encase your teachings and knowledge in stories. Those can be your stories, or they can be stories of other people. Either one works.
Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
“Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity.” —Nietzsche