The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
When I say small and niche, I mean literally ask yourself, “Who makes up the smallest group of people that my book is specifically designed to reach and influence?”
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
It’s an awful feeling to know I had these books in me and never got to them, only because I was afraid to write them.
Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
The Three-Step Editing Method We recommend a three-step editing process: Make-It-Right Edit: Make sure everything is in there, in the right order, and it all makes sense. Line-by-Line Edit: Go deep into the chapters, paragraphs, and sentences to make sure it says exactly what you want. Read-Aloud Edit: Read the manuscript out loud—preferably to a p
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Another thing we explained to Deb is the saying that “art is never done, it’s only abandoned.” The point is that being perfect is literally impossible. All you can do is the very best job you can right now, and then put it out to help your audience, and you’re done.
Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
For now, distill the book idea into 200 words or, better yet, less. If you can’t do it in 200 words, you don’t actually know what your book is about, who it’s for, or why they will care.
Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
the #1 thing that separates those who finish their books from those who do not is having the proper expectations going in.
Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
What is book positioning? Simply stated, book positioning is the place your book occupies in the mind of your reader, and how that reader perceives your book as fulfilling their needs.
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
Books can get stuck here in various ways: The author will try to put everything they know into the book, and this causes the book to bloat and become unmanageable. The author won’t stick to a subject and will jump around to different ideas. The author’s perfectionism becomes an excuse to delay or avoid actually working on the book. The author edits
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