The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
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
If you can write a book on a deeply covered topic, providing a unique perspective that sheds new light on the subject and helps your audience understand something they were missing, that is very valuable.
Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
positioning is about answering the question readers ask about every book: “Why should I read this book?”
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
The objectives necessitate a certain audience. The audience have their needs that must be met by the book. And the book idea must attract and provide value to the audience, so you’ll reach the objectives you want to achieve.
Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
Many authors have the idea that a valid book must have a new insight that no one has ever considered. That’s ridiculous. Very few books are profoundly original—and the few that are tend not to be that valuable (because true originality demands that the idea be far too esoteric to be useful for most people). A book is valuable if the knowledge withi
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Also, opposition helps you find and galvanize your own audience of people, like Shannon did. If there are loud and angry people on only one side of a debate, it probably means the other side simply does not have a spokesperson. Your book puts you in that role.
Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
Fear: “I’m afraid my book isn’t original enough.” Alternate Expressions of This Fear “I don’t think I have anything new to say.” “Everything I have to say is stuff everyone already knows.” “I’m afraid this has already been said.” “My book won’t be any different from other books on this topic.”
Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
That’s the entire point of a book—to help people find a new way to think about something or do something.