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According to the New York Times, over 81% of Americans felt they had a book in them.
Want to write a book? Want to write YOUR life story? A family member's? Someone else you know? Want to write a book about something you know a lot about (career, hobby, lifestyle etc)?
My new book, "How To Write Your Nonfiction Book" is a guide for the beginning nonfiction book writer. This book deals with: the book idea, title, research, work habits and overcoming obstacles. This how-to book shows you how to get started ... and how to get finished. And it's easy to read and easy to understand!
Available in paperback, on amazon. $6.99
Introduction
So you want to write a book? That sounds like a good idea, a great idea, a worthy goal, a dream. Or a fantasy. Thinking about writing a book, dreaming about it – and doing it – are very different. Thinking about it is like singing in the shower. Writing it and putting it out for the world to see is like singing on stage, in front of an audience.
Beginning writers can have stage fright. Feelings of unworthiness, and/or suffer from a lack of experience or know-how. It can be overwhelming. These are normal feelings. Lousy but normal. Feelings which can stop you from writing your book. Don’t let them. Write your book!
The purpose of this book – and all my books - is to motivate, stimulate and educate. That also applies to writing your nonfiction book.
Which nonfiction category does your book fall into? Common genres include:
Biography/autobiography – narrative of a person's life; a true story about a real person
Essay – a short literary composition that reflects the author's outlook or point
Owner's manual (also Instruction manual, User's guide) – an instructional book or booklet that is supplied with consumer products such as vehicles, home appliances, firearms, toys and computer peripherals
Journalism – reporting on news and current events
Memoir – factual story that focuses on a significant relationship between the writer and a person, place, or object; reads like a short novel
Narrative nonfiction/personal narrative – factual information about a significant event presented in a format which tells a story
Reference book
Self-help book
Textbook – authoritative and detailed factual description of a topic.
Subjects
There are also many subjects covered by nonfiction books. Which subject(s) does YOUR book deal with?
Architecture
Art
Biography
Body, Mind & Spirit
Business & Economics
Computers
Cooking
Crafts & Hobbies
Education
Family & Relationships
Games
Gardening
Health
History
House
Humor
Languages
Law
Literary
Math
Medical
Music
Nature
Performing Arts
Pets
Philosophy
Photography
Poetry
Political Science
Psychology
Reference
Religion
Science
Self-help
Social Science
Sports
Technology
Transportation
Travel
True Crime
Lots of people are not good at writing. In fact, lots of people are truly lousy at writing. What do you do if you want to write a book but can’t write well? How do you write a book on a computer if you are computer illiterate? Write it anyway. You can use other ways to tell your story. Write it on paper, using a pen or pencil. Dictate it if you are more comfortable speaking rather than writing. When you’re done find someone to transcribe your words onto a computer (onto paper). Or find a co-author or someone and TELL your story and have THEM write it down.
Lots of authors do not write well. It may seem easier to write a book if a writer can actually write, but don’t let that stop you from doing your book!
Lots of people can’t do math either. It doesn’t mean they are stupid, it just means their brains are just not wired to do math. Same with writing. Some of the smartest and most successful people on the planet couldn’t write a proper sentence or were dyslexic. If they had to write something they found someone to write it for them. Including books.
As for me, I was always good in English. Since I was 10 years old I enjoyed reading books, lots of books. That’s how I learned how to write. By reading. I also learned to write from Ernest Hemingway. What? Ernest Hemingway? Really? No, not from him personally. From reading his great books. He wrote simply, clearly and strongly. And when asked the secret of his fabulous writing style he said, “Use only enough words to tell the story – and no more”. I have followed his advice in all of my many nonfiction books.
Yes, I can write and I’m somewhat computer literate. But I can’t type. I hunt and peck on my laptop keyboard with my two index fingers. Sometimes with just one finger. I’m slow as hell and I make a LOT of mistakes. But I get the job done. So can you!
I've written 22 books. Here's something I learned about writing a book: you write a book one word at a time. Put several words together and you can make a sentence. Several sentences make a paragraph. Paragraphs make up a page. Pages make up a chapter. And chapters make up a book. It’s a process. A manageable process, when you break it down into small, manageable steps. Words. Words become sentences, become paragraphs, becomes chapters - becomes a book. Anyone can write (or say) one or more words at a time. Yes, even you!
in paperback: $6.99
Write your book. A book is a living legacy. YOU can have a living legacy - a legacy for your friends, your family, for society, for yourself. Books are forever.
Write your book. Get started. This book can help you do that!
