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Writing Books: A Resource that will Teach You How to Take What You Know and Write Books That People Will BuyNot convinced? Think for a moment about your life. What is your special skill, hobby or area of expertise? Are you a housewife, who runs her own home day care business? You could starting writing books about getting started in the child care field. Are you a fireman? You could create a book that gives ten little-known tips for fireproofing a home. Are you a teacher? You could write about your personal methods of igniting the fire of the "student within." The possibilities are endless. Everybody has a book in them. Because every person has an interest or specialty. Further everyone can write. If you can talk, you can start writing books. Most books are written at a sixth grade level because that's the lowest common denominator -- the level at which average people read. This means that your book doesn't have to have big words or complex sentences. You do not have to wax poetic. If your friends can understand you, you can write a book. Writing is easy once you get started. Once you've written your first book, ideas for the next and the next will pop up spontaneously. Writing books is contagious because once you start, one idea leads to another.I have written two books (and have at least five ideas for followups), a slew of articles and am starting my third book. Before I read this book that I'm about to recommend to you, I had written nothing. That's right: NO-thing!This is the book that got me started writing books. It's a resource that is written for anyone--novice or professional--who wants to start writing books, making audio or video tapes or offering teleseminars. Even though you'll find many helpful resources on this web site, I wanted Written by Monique Harris and Ken Evoy, Make Your Knowledge Sell!, tells you exactly how to take what's inside your brain and convert it into a book that people will buy whether that book is on starting a catering business or the challenges of taking care of aging parents. Monique and Ken are two established authors, who have successfully sold thousands of books online. Make Your Knowledge Sell! was the book I used as an inspirational guide to write my first book. It gives clear instructions that are easy to follow, even if you've never written anything before. The book gives you idea-generating exercises that will help you brainstorm a topic for your book and checks to ensure that people will actually buy your book once it's been written. Make Your Knowledge Sell! tells you how to outline, so you'll have a map to follow while writing books. It gives you guidelines for choosing a title, which will compel people to buy your book. Additionally, Make Your Knowledge Sell! covers all facets of information product production, including how to make audio and video tapes and how to put together a teleseminar. So if you don't feel comfortable writing books, you can learn how to create an audio tape product or a CD-ROM. |
