Develop Book Writing Habits

Write for freedom

When I have a piece of writing in mind, what I have, in fact, is a mental bucket: an attractor for and generator of thought. It’s like a thematic gravity well, a magnet for what would otherwise be a mess of iron filings. I’ll read books differently and listen differently in conversations. In particular, I’ll remember everything better; everything w... See more

Sari Azout • The End of Productivity

Thought generator是一個很好的比喻

隨手記，之後再成文章

One lucrative way to use web video is product creation, as in using web video to create products. There are a number of ways you can do this, from screen recordings that demonstrate software to screen recordings that teach a particular topic to live videos that teach or demonstrate a topic to combinations of both.

Shama Hyder • The Zen of Social Media Marketing: An Easier Way to Build Credibility, Generate Buzz, and Increase Revenue

用Video來產生內容

這的確是很好的策略

而我也有動機再去把Video的byproduct,

例如transcript, slides等等進一步開發

開發後又可以Video一次，形成飛輪

轉成講義，小書，書籍，課程

所以開始養成每天發Video特別重要

如何操作Atomic video?

最少3分鐘，然後拿逐字稿，

然候轉為電子報，用Substack做Documentation.

感覺是一個蠻不錯的工作流程

適合自己有很多話想一直講的主題

Some projects benefit from early action. If you're writing a book, it's easy to spend a lot of time brainstorming titles and dreaming up an outline, but it's better to simply write. The book discovers itself as you go. Yes, you'll need to go back and organize things, but this is easier to do once you have material. The key is to act first and then ... See more

3-2-1: The key to great relationships, the will to achieve, and beauty as a guiding principle

我想寫書有兩種策略：

自然而然，先有內容再組織
先定位好，接著用組織產生內容

前者我可以一直發社群內容，然候聚集起來

後者我可以用AI輔助持續輸出內容，找讀者給feedback，持續迭代

都是寫書的方法，看能不能以一個月一本草稿為目標前進

One executive suggests a discipline — putting down first what you want the reader to do, next the three most important things the reader needs to understand to take that action, then starting to write. When you’re done, he suggests asking

Kenneth Roman • Writing That Works

一件讓讀者要採取的行動

加上三個讀者需要理解的概念

很不錯的寫作策略！

Work backwards from the emotion you're trying to create in the reader. Then let the structure follow.

要以想達成讀者的情緒為起點！

滿有道理，但不知道怎麼做到

feasible. The process starts by writing out the obvious steps a user would normally take to complete the action. Make it detailed. List each physical and mental piece of work that’s required,

Stephen Wendel • Designing for Behavior Change: Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics

要建立feasible的系統，要把內容與步驟很具體的寫出來

如何寫一本書？

我需要穩健的工作流

而一本書其實是為一個具體讀者解決一個具體問題

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