You know the feeling you get when you go to bed without brushing your teeth? I’m not talking about that slimy-mouth feeling the following morning, but the feeling that you’ve forgotten something, like your day isn’t complete. This feeling can be so powerful that it gets you back out of bed. Habits are like that; regardless of what it is, you can’t wrap up the day without doing it.

Now imagine the same feeling about your writing: your day doesn’t feel complete without it. Even on your busiest days, you make the time to write a little. Otherwise, you just don’t feel good about the day. When you want to write a book, finding the time is often the most difficult challenge. I know, because although I write for a living, I still have trouble fitting my writing in. Work, kids, vacuuming, and everything else get in the way. But no matter how exhausted I am, I at least make time to write in my journal for a few minutes before turning off the light. Making writing a habit means you find a way to squeeze it in, no matter how busy you are.

When you make writing a habit, you not only find the time to write and get more done, but writing also gets easier. The words come more naturally, and you spend less time staring at the dreaded blank screen. The following simple steps can help you write more often and get better results.

1. Commit to Your Writing
When it comes to time, no one ever has enough to accomplish everything they would like. And, honestly, you’ll never have time to write your book unless you make it a top priority. There’s a difference between things we’d like to do, and things we must do. If you MUST write your book, then you’ll find the time to make it happen. If it’s something you’d LIKE to do someday, then someday may never come.

2. Write Every Day
Developing a habit means doing something regularly. Therefore you should do your best to find time to write every day. It doesn’t have to be a long period of time, even fifteen minutes will do if that’s all you can spare. The key is to practice as often as possible!

3. Write Small Pieces
Books are written one sentence at a time, so don’t fall into the trap of only sitting down to write when you have several hours at a time to devote to your work. Even if you only have time to put down a paragraph, that’s progress.

4. Don’t Stress About Writing
When you over-think your writing projects, they can seem bigger and more important . . . and much more intimidating than they really should be. Just sit down and write; don’t make a big deal out of it. Put your words on paper, and understand you’ll have time to clean them up later.

5. Be Accountable
Sometimes, despite all our efforts, even the writers with the best intentions need outside accountability to accomplish their goals. I know I do—I always have to find someone to keep me on track and make sure I do what I say I’m going to do. Whether you take a class or hire a coach or enlist the help of a firm and supportive friend, give yourself the structure you need to accomplish your goals.

Anyone who wants to write can do it, especially if you commit to your project and take steps to develop the writing habit. It doesn’t require hours of time every day—even jotting a few paragraphs in your journal every night will help get you hooked. And when you do, your skills will improve, and you’ll get all those projects on your writing to-do list done.

Comments? How do you build your writing habit?

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Whether you’re working on a book or your next blog post, writing is a practice. It’s not about being good or bad—it’s about constantly seeking ways to improve, no matter where you are with your skills. Every time you write, it gets a little easier. But at the same time, diligent writers collect skills and tricks they can use to make their writing stronger and more compelling.

Here are five of the simplest and most powerful writing tips you can add to your collection.

1. Make it Reader Friendly
Writing is about making a connection, and you have to communicate with your readers. That means positioning your message in a way that is most meaningful and compelling to your readers—not to you or your friend or anyone else. How do your readers need to hear what you have to say? What’s going to strike their favorite chords? Even if you are not the world’s greatest writer, making your writing reader friendly will greatly improve the effectiveness and readability of your work.

2. Use Active Verbs
One of the biggest mistakes people make when writing is using the passive voice, or passive verbs. This complicates their sentences and makes them hard to understand, which is definitely not reader friendly. Look for ways to rewrite sentences that use passive to-be verbs, like “is,” “was,” and “were.” They can’t always be reworked, but oftentimes they should be. Active verbs will make your writing more engaging and clear.

3. Be Concise
Saying what you mean in as few words as possible is another key to improving your writing. After you get your message down, go through your writing and take out every unnecessary word. Kill your darlings, in other words. If a word, sentence, or phrase does not serve to illustrate your point, take it out or replace it with words that work.

4. Write Toward Your Goal
If you want your writing to have meaning, you need to have a clear goal or message for what you write. Always decide exactly what you want to accomplish with your writing and make sure every word helps reach this goal. Be direct; tell your readers what you want them to do. If readers have to guess, they will either stop reading or miss your point.

5. Break Up Big Projects
If you have a particularly large writing project, break it up into smaller segments. For example, don’t sit down and say to yourself, “I’m going to work on a chapter of my book on management.” Instead, be more specific and tell yourself, “I’m going to write an introduction to chapter three.” Working on a smaller scale will keep you motivated, prevent you from getting lost, and give you a sense of accomplishment every time you finish a part of the project. And it will prevent you from feeling discouraged because the entire project is not complete yet.

Improve Your Writing Today
No writer ever gets to the point where they can stop improving their craft. And even if you think you’re a good writer, you should always look for new tools to add to your writing tool box. Successful writing depends on many factors, including organization, simplicity, and conciseness. If you follow these five tips, your writing will improve and your message will be clear in whatever you write, every time you write.

Comments? When was the last time you made an effort to improve your writing skills? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

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What’s the point of writing a book? Publishing it. In the end, that’s what we’re all after because writing is about sharing our ideas and knowledge. However, although publication is the ultimate goal, focusing too heavily on that—particularly when your book idea isn’t fully formed, let alone written—can prevent you from ever getting it done.

I was on the phone with someone this morning who had an idea for a book but wasn’t sure how to proceed. She had an idea, but hadn’t written a word. So what was her most pressing question? How do I get it published? Whoa, Nelly! If you haven’t written a book, getting published is a long way off.

When people ask me about things like the ins and outs of publishing, how much it costs to hire an editor, and how to find an agent, before they’ve written a word in many cases, they’re putting the cart before the horse. (And they often get frustrated when I tell them, “It depends. You need to write the book first.”)

How you publish, how much you spend on editing, how you find an agent, and a number of other publishing considerations all depend on the book you write. So you have to write it first. And you have to ask yourself: If the cost of hiring an editor seems outside your budget right now, it that going to stop you from writing your book? Are you going to stop wanting to write the book you have inside you because it costs a couple thousand dollars to self-publish? And if some aspect of finding an agent seems difficult or time consuming, are you going to forget about the book altogether? I don’t mean to be harsh, but if your answer is yes, then the book probably isn’t that important to you in the first place and, honestly, you’d probably never finish it anyway.

Really, what does it matter? If you’re meant to write this book, if this story is burning inside you, and if you can’t sleep at night thinking about getting it out, then don’t waste your time worrying about how to get it published—WRITE! Get the book out of you, and worry about publishing later.

Figuring out the writing part is more than enough to keep you busy for the next few months, and it’s the most important factor that will affect publishing. For example, if your book isn’t outstanding, agents aren’t going to be interested. And if it’s not well-written, editing will cost you a fortune.

If you want to write a book, the most important step you can take right now is writing. Write the absolute best book you can, and then start looking at your options. Don’t get me wrong, it’s never a bad idea to understand your options. But don’t let that keep you from doing the writing, because without a strong, compelling book manuscript, you won’t have to worry about it.

Have you been putting the cart before the horse? If you’ve been focusing too much mental energy on what you’re going to do with your book when it’s done, and you haven’t done much writing, my “Get Your Book Out Boot Camp” will help you get clear on your book idea, help you plan a powerful and compelling book, and get you writing. Contact me at melinda@writerssherpa.com for more information and to register for the next session.

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As writers, we tend to think about writing and what it takes to write a book. But what about reading a book? Although it doesn’t take near as long as the writing part, it still takes a while. When you ask someone to read your book, you’re asking them to set aside other things they could be doing—reading something else, hanging out with their kids, or whatever—and spend ten or so hours with you and your thoughts. That’s a pretty serious request. And as a writer, you have to keep in mind the fact that if you don’t take your writing and your book seriously, no one else will either.

So do you really take your writing and your book seriously? Are you really committed to writing a great book?

I was recently listening to a teleseminar with a life coach who was talking about the importance of taking what you do seriously and investing in your skills. For coaches and consultants and other service professionals, this is of utmost importance. How can you ask your prospective clients to invest in themselves through your services if you’re not willing to do the same for yourself? How can you expect anyone to take you seriously?

This coach used American Idol as an example. When a contestant who has invested in voice training walks onto the stage and sings, the judges take them seriously. But when the amateurs—those who sing in the shower every night and think they have what it takes—walk on stage, they get eliminated. Only the serious ones get through. If you want to be a great dancer, you invest in dance lessons. If you want to be a great actor, you invest in training. And if you want to write a great book, you should invest in the training you need to make that happen. Doing anything less is amateurish and unprofessional.

If you find yourself saying, “Oh, I can write this on my own,” or, “I need to get clients before I can spend any money on my book,” then think about what you’re really doing. If you know writing your book will attract more clients to you and establish your expertise and make you a known authority in your field, and you’re not willing to invest in making that book as outstanding and strong as it can possibly be, then how can you expect anyone to invest their time reading it? How can you expect anyone to take it seriously?

As someone who invests in herself on a continued basis, I know how scary it can feel. Heck, I invested in a master’s degree because I wanted to be a better writer. I knew I could never reach the level of skill I wanted without it, and I’m worth it! I take what I do seriously. Plus, how could I ever ask anyone to invest in one of my programs (which are WAY less expensive than that!) if I wasn’t willing to do the same for myself. I am always taking different classes and working with coaches who can help me get better at what I do. And every time I spend money to learn a new skill or develop my abilities, I make back that investment tenfold.

When someone tells me they can’t afford to take this class or work with that person, even though they know it will make them more successful, I have to wonder just how serious they are. I want to ask, “Aren’t you worth it?” The decision has to come from within you. But you also have to understand that every decision you make either places a limit on your success, or it takes you to the next higher level. And you readers will know the difference.

So, what have you done to take your book seriously today? Share a comment.

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When you think about writing your book, what’s your motivation? What’s compelling you to do it? Why is it important to you? These are questions I ask people all the time, and for many of them, the responses are pretty similar. They usually start with something like, “It will help me grow my business,” or, “It will establish my expertise,” or, “It will help me reach new audiences of potential clients.”

These are all by-product benefits of writing a book, and after working closely with numerous aspiring authors, I’ve come to realize these reasons are like layer one. These are the safe reasons because we all want to make more money. We all want that, and so it’s okay to share. These reasons allow us to confidently tell ourselves, “It’s just a book.” Because we all want to take our business and professional lives to that next level of success, right? That’s just smart.

But underneath these reasons, deeper inside, is a much more powerful and personal motivation for writing a book. This reason makes the book more than just a book. And it makes writing the book and putting it out there for the world to see much riskier.

So what is it? Your story.

What is REALLY compelling you to write a book? If you’re like my clients, you’ve experienced something that you believe is worth sharing. Whether it’s about overcoming a problem, finding your passion, recovering from something in your past, or whatever path led you to where you are today—you know that if people hear your story, their lives will be better. They will understand what you now see so clearly, only they won’t have to suffer the way you did to figure it all out. They won’t feel alone. They won’t have to struggle. And they will be able to use your success to make their lives better.

When I’m talking to a client or any other aspiring author—and we get past those safe, first layer reasons for writing a book—they often share with me that if they can help just one person with their book, then the whole thing is worth it. They want to get their story out, and that’s why the book is so important to them.

But, looking at this deeper motivation ups the stakes significantly. Why? Because it’s not JUST a book anymore. It’s not just a way to build your business and make more money. It’s your story—an extension of yourself that you are sending into the world with the hopes that other people will find it as meaningful as you do. And that’s so much riskier! It means putting a piece of yourself on the line. Now writing a book doesn’t seem so easy, and this is where many would-be authors get stuck.

You have all these ideas inside your head and all these connections that feel so strong. And writing about these experiences may feel easy—almost like the material is just pouring out of you. But when it comes out, it’s in pieces. It doesn’t connect the way you want it to in your mind. And so you become frustrated and confused and uncertain about everything you know in your heart to be true.

When your book is more than just a book, more than just a way to grow your business, and more than just a way to establish expertise, everything becomes more complicated and hard to figure out. But it doesn’t have to be. The key is to think about your story in a way that makes it applicable and powerful to others. Once you figure that out, it’s easy to see how all the pieces fit together, and the book practically writes itself.

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About the Author: Melinda Copp helps aspiring nonfiction, self-help, and business authors get their story out of their head and onto the page in the most compelling and meaningful way. Her Jumpstart Your Book E-course will show you where to start.

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So you’ve taken the plunge and started writing a book? Congratulations on taking the first step. But now you have to find ways to keep yourself motivated to keep going. If you’re like most people that are trying to write a book, you started off strong and very excited and motivated to write—you couldn’t wait to sit down and start plugging away. You finished the outline and maybe even got through the first chapter without a problem. Then life happened.

Work got busy or maybe your family needed you. Maybe you just needed a vacation and your book went into a file on the computer that you haven’t looked at in weeks. It happens to thousands of writers—after the initial motivation wanes, finding time to write gets more and more difficult. But if you don’t want your book to become just used space on your hard drive, you need to stop procrastinating and get motivated to write that book.

If you’re looking for time to write, consider the following strategies.

1. Finding versus Making Time
If you wait until extra time falls into your lap to start writing, your book will never get done. You have to make time to write; otherwise you’ll always have something else to do. You make time to go to the gym don’t you? Writing requires the same kind of commitment and if you want to reach your writing goals, making time to write your book is just as important as making time to exercise.

2. Put Writing on Your Schedule
One of the best ways to get yourself back on track when it comes to writing is to schedule a specific writing time. It doesn’t have to be every day, but on most days, try to set aside a specific time for your writing appointment. And then make sure you show up!

3. Get Away from Distractions
When your writing time comes, try to eliminate as many distractions as possible. Go someplace private and close the door, or head to your favorite coffee shop if that helps your creativity flow. Just make sure you commit to working on the book for that time–period. Don’t let work or any other interruptions take that time away from you.

4. Give Yourself a Deadline
Another way that you can keep yourself motivated to work on your book is to set realistic deadlines for yourself. If you plan that in three months you want to be finishing your first draft, then you can write that deadline down on the calendar and look at it when you’re writing. Knowing your have a deadline for a specific goal will help motivate you to keep going.

5. Chart Your Progress
Now, writing a date on the calendar and telling yourself that you need to hit that deadline is easy—it’s not always so easy to do it. A great tool that you can use to make blowing off your deadline more difficult is to keep track of your progress. For example, write on one line of your daily calendar: “Worked on my book today.” Each day that you work on the book, take a red pen and put a big X next to it. If you didn’t work on the book, you don’t get an X. Keeping your chain of Xs going is often enough of a visual cue to keep writers going.

Making Your Writing a Priority
Books are written one word at a time, and every little bit of time you spend on your book means progress toward your goal. When you use these tips for making writing a priority, your writing skills and habits will improve, and your book will get done!

Comments? What do you do to make writing a priority?

About the Author: Melinda Copp helps aspiring self-help, business, and nonfiction authors write compelling books that they’re proud to share with the world. Get your book started with a free copy of her Jumpstart Your Book E-course when you sign up for her weekly e-zine.

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If you’re a coach, service professional, or consultant dedicated to making positive change in the world, then writing a book can do big things for your career. But that’s not really what it’s all about. Many of my clients have said, “If my book can help just help one person avoid this problem, I will have accomplished my mission.” It’s not just about growing your business, and it’s not even really about spreading your message to bigger audiences. Writing a book is about helping others and making positive change, and it’s one of the most powerful ways to achieve that.

Think about it: What was the most influential book you’ve ever read? It probably doesn’t take you long to remember the title, does it? You’ve probably read it several times and shared it with all your friends and colleagues.

Now, try to think about the most influential article you ever read. Or the most influential blog post. This is a little harder. Even though these written pieces got the writer’s message into the world, they didn’t last long enough to make a real difference. Because books are more permanent, longer in length, and allow the writer the space to delve deep into a topic, they make a greater impact on the world. They stick with us for longer, which makes writing one pretty scary—even when the world desperately needs the information you can provide.

Not only is writing a book a huge, often overwhelming project, it’s also an extension of yourself, in a way, that’s sent out into the world to represent you and your ideas. And that, like any big step in your professional or personal life, can be frightening. You’re on the verge of something big, and although you know it will be good for you, you’re scared to jump.

You want your book to be really good. You want it to be well written; you want it to represent you in a positive way—because people are going to read it, and it’s going to stick with them for a lot longer than anything else you’ve ever written. This is why I’m such a proponent of quality, versus speed or just getting the book done so you can add the word “author” to your bio. The difference between a great book and a mediocre book is that a great book is always getting passed around and talked about. It is memorable (in a good way), and therefore has an opportunity to make that big positive change you want it to make. A poorly written book, or even a mediocre book, is easily forgotten.

If you’re not 100 percent confident in your book ideas, your writing skills, and your ability to put everything together in a book, then you’ll be too scared to take the leap and write the book. And if you do get it done, it will probably sit on your computer for months, or even years, before anyone ever reads it. Why? Because something inside you isn’t ready to do what it takes to get the book out there. And that, I believe, is a huge tragedy.

So if this sounds familiar, what can you do? How can you make that jump and get your book written, so it can start doing all the wonderful things you and your readers?

First, understand that everything it takes to put together a great book can be learned. You don’t have to do it on your own. You’ve probably worked with a coach or taken classes for other aspects of your business because you were dedicated and committed to being successful. And writing your best book will take the same level of commitment.

And second, realize that people—the readers you want to help—are struggling with a problem that you can solve. Regardless of what mindset issues you’re tangling with around writing your book, remember, the world is waiting. And as someone who has dedicated their life to serving others, it’s your responsibility to jump.

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About the Author: Melinda Copp helps aspiring self-help, business, and nonfiction authors write compelling books that they’re proud to share with the world. Get your book started with a free copy of her Jumpstart Your Book E-course when you sign up for her weekly e-zine.

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You’ve probably heard all this before: writing a book is one of the most powerful marketing tools available to coaches, consultants, speakers, and professionals. It can establish or enhance your brand and unique positioning.  It can attract a steady stream of those ideal high-paying clients we all love. And it can elevate everything you’re already doing to a higher level of success.

But not all books work as well as they could. Why? Because everyone has a book and most of them aren’t very good. There—I said it. If you really want your book to grow your business, then it has to be better, more engaging, and more authentic than the other titles. It has to be an extension of you and your business that represents your expertise in the marketplace and pulls ideal clients right to you. Otherwise it’s just another book.

How can you ensure your book works? Consider the following tips.

1. Write Your Book Well
You know me—I’m a writer and I don’t like poorly written books. Although having the word “author” in your bio always adds a certain amount of expertise, mediocre books don’t work as well as great ones do. They don’t attract ideal prospects; they don’t communicate the author’s expertise; they don’t get passed around and talked about; and they don’t get much media attention.

If you really want your book to work for your business, then it has to be good. And I don’t mean the sentences have to be grammatically correct—they do, but that’s a given. Anyone can do that. Your book has to be written in a way that appeals to your audience, keeps them engaged, and makes them want more from you. Books have more longevity than a blog post or an e-zine article. In those mediums you can get away with the “good is good enough” approach. But your book is a big investment that should work for you for years. You can’t afford regrets!

2. Design Your Content to Attract Ideal Clients and Prospects
A book is a powerful way to attract clients and prospects to your business. It can establish you as THE expert on a particular topic, introduce you and the solutions you provide to readers who may have never found you any other way, and allow you to reach audiences in numbers limited only by the number of books you can print.

But simply writing any book won’t necessarily bring the right people and clients to you. You have to know who you want to attract, and then design your book—from the title, to the content, to the back cover copy—to appeal directly to those people. And your authentic voice has to shine through, because that’s the only way to attract the ideal, high-paying clients and opportunities to your business.

3. Leverage Your Book
Once your BEST book is written and published, it’s time to make it work. You have to get it out there and into as many ideal readers’ hands as possible with launch events, speaking engagements, virtual book tours, media releases, interviews, and anything else you can do to spread the word. The great thing about a book is that, when it’s new, it can be inherently newsworthy, which means a lot of attention for you and your business as well.

Mention your book at every opportunity, work the concepts into your introductory level talks, design your marketing messages around it, and share your book with prospects and leads. If you’ve designed your book to fit strategically within your business, you can start to see results almost immediately, with new people signing up for your coaching programs and buying your higher-priced products and packages.

Your Business-Building Book
Nothing says “expert” like a book, and these days, anyone can pull together enough content to fill a hundred pages. But a well-written book designed to strategically attract ideal clients to your business allows more than just the ability to add the word “author” to your bio. You can send a great book into the world confidently knowing it will represent you, position you, brand you, and grow your business.

Comments? How do you make your book work for you?

About the Author: Melinda Copp helps aspiring self-help, business, and nonfiction authors write compelling books that they’re proud to share with the world. Get your book started with a free copy of her Jumpstart Your Book E-course when you sign up for her weekly e-zine.

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If self-publishing elevates your expert status, getting a New York publishing contract makes you an instant guru, right up there with Martha Beck, Tony Robbins, and Wayne Dyer. Every writer dreams of attracting a lucrative contract from a major publishing company. Although not all the preconceptions about this publishing avenue are correct, particularly when you’re writing to grow your business and attract clients, it can mean big, exciting things for you and your mission.

So how do you do it? Is it even possible? Yes, it is. But you have to rise above everyone else and prove you have what it takes to write and sell a profitable book. If you want to improve your chances of winning that big book contract, consider the following secrets to getting editors’ and agents’ attention.

1. Write Your Absolute BEST Book
Although this may seem obvious, you might be surprised at how many writers send off manuscripts that look just like every other self-help or business book. But when agents and editors are swamped with manuscripts, you may only have one shot to make a professional impression. If you want to be taken seriously, then you need to do everything you can to make sure your book is the best it can absolutely be. It must reflect your authentic voice; it must be compelling; and it must capture and hold the reader’s attention.

2. Build a Platform
You can’t come from out of nowhere if you want a publisher to risk thousands of dollars buying your book. You need to establish a record of experience and expertise. For self-help, business, and how-to authors, you must promote yourself and your ideas through speaking engagements, publishing articles, and publicity. Other ways to build a platform include selling 5,000 or more self-published books, building a big list of clients and qualified prospects, and writing a blog that gets thousands of visitors. A platform lets editors and agents know that people like you and you’ll probably be able to sell a lot of books.

3. Make Connections
If you don’t live in the city, then making connections in New York can seem impossible. It’s not; and knowing someone in the business (or with connections in the business) can be the break you need to stand out and sell your book to a major publisher. What can you do to make connections? Attend writing conferences and publishing events; network with other writers; and tell everyone you meet that you’re a writer. You never know when a friend of a friend will work in the publishing world.

Your Path to Commercial Publication
The New York publishing route isn’t advisable for everyone—it depends on your situation, your topic, and your goals. And it takes a lot of work to sell your book to a major publisher. For some, the odds are just too discouraging. But if that’s a goal on your horizon, start looking for opportunities that will help you improve your writing skills, create an outstanding book, build your platform, and establish connections to pave your path to publication. Remember, you can accomplish anything you set your mind to, you just have to be willing to do what it takes. And everyone starts somewhere!

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About the Author: Melinda Copp helps aspiring self-help, business, and nonfiction authors write compelling books that they’re proud to share with the world. Get a free copy of her Jumpstart Your Book E-course when you sign up for her weekly e-zine.

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When you want to write a book, figuring out where to start is one of the most problematic obstacles. When I talk to aspiring authors, this is one of the most common challenges that comes up. And it can hold back even the most motivated people.

You know writing your book will be good for you—it will attract more ideal clients to you, it will make your business more visible, it will allow you to make more money, and it will get your message out to much bigger audiences. You want to write the book and you have lots of ideas, but when you sit down to do it, you just can’t seem to get anything done.

Why is it such a struggle when the desire is there? Because writing a book is such a big project that if you sit down thinking, “I’m going to write my book,” you’ll end up overwhelmed. You won’t see an easy entry point. It’s like trying to see individual trees in a vast and dense forest—the task seems so big that it’s hard to see it for its smaller pieces. But forests aren’t just one big thing; they’re a collection of many smaller things all working together.

Books are the same way. They’re not just a big idea written out; they’re many smaller ideas compiled and arranged so they communicate something larger. Books are created sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph, page by page, and chapter by chapter. When you understand this, the idea of writing a book is more manageable. Just like you’d have to plant a forest one tree at a time, you can’t write a book by sitting down to write a book—you have to break it down into smaller pieces and write them one at a time.

So where do you start? Once you understand that a book is several smaller pieces put together, you just need to figure out what your smaller pieces are. What stories are you going to use? What strategies are you going to teach? What examples are you going to give? Then when you sit down to write, you work on one of those small assignments.

You’re not writing an entire book; you’re writing an example of how your readers can apply your first strategy, or you’re writing about the importance of the third step in your system, or whatever your assignment is for that day. Only after you break the bigger task down can you truly grasp where to start and what it will take to get it done.

When you approach writing a book as many small pieces, the task is no longer overwhelming. You can sit down to write with a sense of purpose and a manageable task to complete. Then you can come back and do the same thing the next day. And before you know it, you’re no longer thinking about writing your book—it’s actually done.

Are you ready to break your book project down into manageable pieces? Great! Now you may be wondering the quickest way to do that. If that’s the case, I recommend looking at The Summit Book Writing System and my upcoming 6-part LIVE training program. I will outline how to break your book into manageable pieces, how to organize them all in a way that flows, and how to write each piece quickly and easily. It’s a step-by-step process, which makes it SO easy to get your BEST book done and out into the world where it can start working for you. You can get all the details at www.SummitBookWritingSystem.com. Why struggle when you can follow a system that already works?

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