by Steve Spillman | Aug 10, 2022 | blog, How to write a book in 30 days |
Is this your year? Is this the year you will become a published author? That’s what I want for you. This year (at least until we’re done) I’m going to begin at the beginning of the writer’s process and take you through to a finished book with...
by Steve Spillman | Jan 19, 2015 | blog, How to write a book in 30 days |
First, let’s clear the air of a little terminology. As the reader opens your book’s front cover, she may need to flip through several pages of introductory ‘stuff’ before coming to page one, chapter one. All of this ‘stuff’ is called ‘front matter,’ which, I guess, is...
by Steve Spillman | Oct 28, 2014 | blog, How to write a book in 30 days, Writing |
Your book doesn’t end at the end of your last chapter of content. You’ve got all the pieces, your theme, your big idea, all of your supporting chapters. You’ve laid them all out in logical sequence and you’ve come to the end – your book is complete … almost. Now...
by Steve Spillman | Jun 2, 2014 | blog, How to write a book in 30 days |
If you’ve been writing your book through the steps in this series, ‘How to Write a Book in 30 Days’, the chapters in your manuscript should be fleshed out and researched, each one of them complete in expressing its own complete sub-idea within the ‘big...
by Steve Spillman | Apr 30, 2014 | blog, How to write a book in 30 days |
A critical step in learning how to write a book is in writing a book readers enjoy reading. Let’s talk about write-craft … that is, the craft of writing. Writing, like any other occupation or art, is a craft; it is learned. You’re likely to get better at it the more...
by Steve Spillman | Apr 17, 2014 | blog, How to write a book in 30 days |
Let’s talk about research. What it is and what it isn’t. When to do it, when not to do it, when to stop doing it, and when credit should be given. We can also mention where proper research material used to live and where it lives today. What is research? “The...
by Steve Spillman | Apr 10, 2014 | blog, How to write a book in 30 days |
Now that you’ve identified your perfect reader and you’ve determined the benefit you’re offering your reader, it’s time to nail down the main idea and theme of your book. Although ‘idea’ and ‘theme’ sound like much the same thing, they have some subtle and important...
by Steve Spillman | Apr 1, 2014 | blog, How to write a book in 30 days |
What value are you offering the reader? In my last post, you learned how to name your reader – the ideal person or persons (not a vague concept of ‘audience’) you will be writing to and for. As an example, I identified my two ideal readers for ‘How...
by Steve Spillman | Mar 16, 2014 | blog, How to write a book in 30 days |
Who is my reader? This is the most important and most unasked question that presents itself to any author. Have you really considered who is going to be reading your book once you’ve finished it? When you get down to it most of us write for ourselves. We write because...
