The Art of Writing a Non-Fiction Book: An Easy Guide to Researching, Creating, Editing, and Self-Publishing Your First Book (Become a Writer Today 3)

if it’s a face-to-face meeting. Then, ask them open questions related to your subject matter like: What are you struggling with right now? What would your life be like if...? What have you tried so far that worked/didn’t work? What would it mean to you if...? Can you tell me about a time you...?

Controlling Idea + Ideal Reader = Positioning Statement Here are three typical positioning statement templates for most popular self-help books: My book helps ________________ who ________________ get ________________. My book teaches ________________ how to ________________. My book helps ________________ who ________________ achieve _____________

Next, read at least five popular books in your genre. During your first read-through, enjoy the book in question. Later, go through the books again, studying the front matter, chapter titles and their lengths, the index, the conclusion and so on. Then ask yourself: What’s the most important idea or concept in each book? How does each author present

Spend at least an hour browsing the Amazon categories relevant to your book, and find ones with a sales ranking below 30,000. Typically, these sell at least five copies a day, meaning they earn income for their authors. Study the good and bad book reviews so you can see what readers like and dislike and how you can do better. I’m drawn to the three

Who is my book for? What am I trying to say? Who or what is the subject of my book? What is the point of view of my book? What is the core value underpinning my book? How is my book different to everything else that’s out there?

Clarify why you want to write your non-fiction book and what you’d like to achieve with it. Spend 30-60 minutes establishing the controlling idea for your non-fiction book. Rather than trying to perfect this idea and procrastinating for weeks, adjust your controlling idea while you write. Finding