The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
fears often partly originate from a subconscious reaction to a poor plan, or a lack of a plan (this is also where procrastination comes from).
Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
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
The fear of judgment is crippling to many authors, and prevents them from either writing their book, or from writing the book that they really want to write, or telling the stories they want to tell in their book. Here’s the simple fact about books: if no one at all disagrees with what you are saying, then you aren’t saying anything worth putting
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Even if you feel you don’t have a brand-new perspective on the subject, if you have a unique voice and perspective around key concepts, tailored for your audience, and can curate old ideas in a new way, you will help them see old concepts in a way that finally clicks for them.
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
The key here is to focus on your reader and how to best help them. If you’re crystal clear about what reader your book will serve, and how they will be served, then the ideal book idea to reach that audience should emerge. Once you have that, it’s easy to see if other ideas fit or not, and then finalize your book idea.
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
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
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