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3 The Inspiration to Creation Coach s Guide to Writing a Nonfiction Book Introduction I m thrilled that you want to write a nonfiction book. That means you have something useful and important to share that might impact your readers lives in a positive and meaningful way. The world needs more people like you! That s why I d like to help you start writing your book. To do so, first answer five important questions: 1. Why am I writing this book? 2. Am I committed to writing this book? 3. What will happen if I don t write this book (to me or to my potential readers)? 4. Can I describe my ideal reader in detail and why he or she would want or need this book? 5. How am I going to make writing this book and helping it succeed a priority in my life? If you struggled with any of these answers to these questions, ask yourself: Is this the right book for you to write and are you the right person to write it at this time? No matter your answer, move on to the first chapter. Discover more about your idea, your readers, and yourself and how to craft a marketable nonfiction book idea and become the type of writer who can help a book succeed. Then come back and try to answer these questions again. And, of course, read the rest of this short e-book! I know if you look deep within you ll discover that the reason why you must write this book your big WHY. And I know you can do this create a marketable book that will get read (sell) and transform people s lives. Start now Achieve More Inspired Results as a nonfiction author,

4 9 Things to Discover Before You Write a Nonfiction Book Inspiration hits. The light bulb goes on. You ve got a passion, and you pursue it. You see a need, and you fill it. There s a question, and you answer it. You have a purpose, and you fulfill it. These all present great reasons to begin writing a nonfiction book. And most writers, when struck by a good idea and the desire to write, simply begin writing. However, an even better reason exists to take a bit of time before you beginning writing to evaluate your idea at least if you want your book to be successful. Evaluate? I can hear you groaning. No one wants to evaluate anything, especially that book idea you are so psyched to write. If you simply want to write the book of your heart and you don t care how many copies you sell, great. Go for it. If you want to write a successful book, meaning one that sells to lots of readers or to a traditional publisher and to lots of readers, however, it behooves you to take the time to consider if your idea is a good one by industry standards rather than just by your own standards. To do this, I suggest you discover nine things about your book idea before you write a word. Literary agents and publishers use these nine indicators to determine the viability of a book idea. Once you have this information, you ll know if your book has a chance of success. 1. Discover What Your Book Will be About and Why Would Someone Would Want to Read (Buy) It You d be amazed at how many writers cannot tell you in 50 words or less, or in 30 seconds or less, what their book is about. They also may not be able to list the benefits their book will provide to readers. Before beginning to write your nonfiction book, hone your topic and its angle. Figure out why someone would want to read your book rather than someone else s book on the same topic. Write a pitch or elevator speech, a short statement that describes the essence of your book, and follow it with some bulleted points the added value readers will take away from its pages. Think of this exercise like writing back cover copy. What might you say or write about your book that would make someone carry it to the register? 2. Discover Who Wants to Read Your Book Make sure you know your average reader that one person you are writing for as well as the size of your book s market. Who wants to read your book, and where do you find them? How many of these people exist in the world? Are there enough of

5 them to justify writing your book? This market research tells you if anyone is out there to read (buy) your book and helps you know for whom who you are writing. 3. Discover Whether Your Book will be Unique and Necessary Make sure the book you plan on adding to the mix is not only unique compared to the other books in your niche or category but also necessary before you add one more title to the staggering number of books in print. Take a good hard look at what other authors have already written and published. Is what you want to write different different enough to make someone purchase your book rather than an established title or a book by an established author? And is there a need for another book on the subject? If no books have been written on the subject, why? Is there a need for even one book on the topic? 4. Discover If You Have Enough Content to Fill a Book Sometimes writers think they have enough material for a book when really they only have enough for an article, or a couple of articles. Or they think they know what content they are going to include in the book, but when they finish the first draft, they discover they produced a manuscript that is scattered, rambling, misses the point, or leaves out essential information. Avoid these problems by mapping out your content first. Actually do a mind mapping exercise, which entails brainstorming while creating a large diagram of all your possible content and then organizing all these ideas into a table of contents or an outline. When you are done with this process you ll know if you have enough content to fill a book, and you ll know what content you plan to include in the pages of that book. 5. Discover How You Would Describe Your Book s Content Bring your book to life with a short synopsis for each chapter. This accomplishes two things. First, when you couple this chapter-by-chapter synopsis with your table of contents, your pitch and list of benefits, you will have the best writing guide possible. Second, when you have finished the synopsis of all your chapters, and you have completed the previous four steps, you will suddenly have a clear picture of your book and feel ready to write your book. Why? Because it will seem real to you. If you can see it and it seems real, if your idea stood up to all the prior steps, it s likely a viable book. 6. Discover How You Will Ensure You and Your Book Succeed Whether you self-publish or land a traditional publishing deal, you will need to promote your book. And promotion does not begin after the book lands in your hands as a finished product. It begins the moment that light bulb goes off in your head. Spend some time considering all the options you have to build awareness for yourself and your book as you begin the writing process as well as after you launch the book.

6 7. Discover Why You Are the Best Person to Write This Book Experts write most nonfiction books. Decide if you are the expert on your topic, how you will become the expert, or if you might need to bring in other experts (maybe a co-author, contributors or experts to interview). Also, does writing this book fulfill a sense of mission for you? If so, you might want to consider how to get that message across in the book and in your promotional efforts. Plus, in this step, it s important to ask yourself if you have what s called an author s platform. Do you have a fan base or a large, loyal following of people who know you in relationship to the topic about which you plan to write? If not, you need to consider how you will begin building that built-in readership for your book. 8. Discover if this is the Only Book You Will Write on This Topic The more books you write, the more books you sell. That s why it s a good idea to spend a moment brainstorming other spin-off books on your topic. This is especially important if you want to create a business around your book or attract a traditional publisher. As an expert author, if you have more books, you can create more products and services to sell to readers. And publishers like to take on multiple-book authors. 9. Discover How You Want to Publish Your Book At this point, if you decided your book is marketable and has a chance of succeeding, you can begin writing your book with one caveat. You need to know what publishing route you plan to take. If you plan on self-publishing, you can go ahead and write the whole book. If you plan on approaching traditional publishers, you only need to write pages, or about two chapters, but you also need to write a book proposal, which includes all the information you just compiled. You then will submit the proposal to agents and publishers. Armed with this information, you can make some important decisions about your nonfiction book idea. Assuming you discovered your idea is a viable one, you re ready to take action on your inspiration. Turn your idea into a successful book. If you discover your idea is not marketable, you can rework it, go through this process again, and then, if it measures up, go ahead and begin writing.

7 How to Start Your Book Using a Mind Map Many people don t write books because they simply don t know how to start. They possess an idea for a book, but they don t know what to do with it. They can t imagine how they get from initial idea to finished manuscript. To accomplish this feat, I suggest using a method I call The Brain Dump. Others call it mind mapping. The name doesn t really matter, only the methodology. It will take you from book idea to a detailed book outline. This provides you with guide to take you from start to finish, or, rather, finished. (To learn more about mind mapping, go to ninaamir.com. click on writing and publishing, and explore the Mind Mapping for Authors program.) To get you to use both sides of your brain left and right, analytical and creative mind mapping ask you to go through a brainstorming process where you free-flow ideas. This allows all thoughts, ideas and information you have on the topic of your book to rise to the surface of your mind. You then dump them on a white board, poster board or computer screen. (More on this in a moment.) After this first stage, which relies more on your more creative right brain, you allow your analytical left brain to organize the material into the structure of your book a table of contents. With this outline, you know what your book will look like. If you ve done a really good job with this exercise and produced detailed chapter outlines, you ll even know what subjects to cover in each chapter. (Read on for more information.) How to Mind Map a Book Post-It Note Version The easiest way to complete a mind mapping exercise involves purchasing a large poster board and some colored sticky notes, or Post It Notes. Use the ones made of a material you can write on. Follow these steps: 1. Put a large Post It note in the middle of the board; write your topic or tentative book title on it. 2. Write related topics on smaller sticky notes. Use one color for this part of the exercise. Just stick them all over the board. Don t worry about where you place them, or about organizing them, unless you are certain they are related topics; then you can group them together. This is the brain dump phase. Put everything you can possibly think of onto the board. Free associate. Fill the board to capacity. When you think you are done, think again.

8 3. Organize the notes. Look for related topics. Pick up the notes and move them around. 4. Consider which groupings are well suited to become chapters. More then likely, the ones with the most information, but you may have to break some of them into more than one chapter if you have an overabundance of notes on one topic. Use a different colored Post It Note at the top of each grouping to delineate a chapter; give it a chapter name. When done, you should have 8-15 chapters typical for a nonfiction book. To see this clearly, use a word processing program and type each chapter name or topic into an outline, or table of contents; it becomes a chapter. Use each of the sticky notes in the groupings below the chapter title as a sub-topic to cover in your chapter. Write subheadings for the most important sub-topics and include this in a detailed table of contents to use as a writing guide. White Board or Poster Board Version You also can do this exercise on a white board or with poster board using colored pens or markers. Many people enjoy this method. Here are directions: 1. In the center of the paper or board, print your book s topic using a colored pen.

9 2. Draw a circle around that topic. 3. Using a different colored pen, draw a line from your topic to the first word or phrase that pops into your mind that is related to that topic. Circle the word or phrase. This is a subtopic that may become a chapter in your book. It could also become a subheading depending upon its importance. 4. Draw a line from that word and jot down the next word or phrase that comes to mind. Since this is related, use the same colored pen. 5. Repeat until you ve run out of word associations. 6. Now, return to your original topic and repeat the exercise with a different colored pen for a different subtopic. Continue until you have created ten to fifteen subtopics. 7. Take the related subtopics and sub-subtopics, and arrange them into a table of contents for your book. Again, use the sub-subtopics as possible subheadings in your chapters. 8. Place all the various sub-subtopics (additional related words and phrases) for each subtopic) in your expanded outline or table of contents. You also can just free associate and put all your ideas on the board with no rhyme or reason and draw lines and circles using different colored pens later after your brain dump.

10 Computer Version If you are the techie type, you ll enjoy mind mapping on your computer. You can purchase mind mapping software or download free software. Here are some choices: 1. xmind.net 2. mindmeister.com 3. freemind.sourceforge.net ( 4. mindjet.com Follow the same basic steps when mind mapping electronically. You ll have a bit of a learning curve, but most of these programs are fairly simple to use.

11 Ready to Start Writing Now sit down at the computer with your detailed table of contents. You ll find you have a map to get you from the first page to the last page of your manuscript. You even can take the exercise one step farther and write out chapter summaries, or synopsis, based upon your outline. This ensures you don t forget your complete thoughts about each item in your detailed table of contents. Each time you sit down to write, your notes are handy. With this methodology, your book gets written quickly and easily. You may need some information on book structures to complete your outline, though. Or you might be feeling a bit intimidated by the task ahead of you. In either case, read on.

12 How to Structure Your Nonfiction Book You ve got an idea for a nonfiction book. You ve even brainstormed some ideas for content, completed a mind map or come up with a tentative outline. Now you re wondering about how to structure your book. It s really not that difficult to create a structure for a nonfiction book. Although not all nonfiction books follow the same structure, if you spend some time looking at a variety of them, you will discover their basic format is pretty similar. Find a Model For this reason, one of the easiest ways to create a structure for your nonfiction blogged book involves studying the bestselling books in the category in which your book will reside. You can also find books in that category that you like. Make note of the similarities in structure. Then copy that structure as you design your own book. Stick with the Basics If you don t want to look at what other people have done, stick with the basics. The majority of nonfiction books have between 10 and 15 chapters. Each has a title that indicates what the chapter is about. The chapters are broken down by sections with appropriate subheadings or subtitles, which also clearly tell the reader what information they can find in each one. You might also have an introduction and a conclusion. Consider Adding Special Features Many nonfiction books have special features. These might be epigrams, or quotes at the beginning of each chapter. Or you could mix it up and place a quote at the end of the chapter. Some nonfiction books include exercises or tips or have a workbook element. Yours could even include case studies or success stories that are set apart in some way that are special. Front Matter and Back Matter Every book should have front matter: a copyright page, a dedication, and acknowledgements. Backmatter consists of your author bio, information on your other books (if you have any), your products or services or company, or even a free offer that drives readers to your website to sign up for your mailing list.

13 Mind Map First vs. Structure First Once you decide upon the basic structure of your book, you should find it fairly simple to drop your content into it, especially if you do a mind mapping exercise to develop the content of your book. Some writers like to brainstorm with a mind map (or in some other way) first and let the content dictate the structure of the book. This often works extremely well. However, you also can decide on the structure for the book and then mind map your book with the structure in mind. You may find this helps you visualize the book as you brainstorm the content; then drop your ideas into the structure you ve created. Extras to Consider As you work on the structure of your book and the content, keep in mind these possibilities: 1. You can include content that helps you create a business around the book or that boosts your current business. Think about how your chapters might be turned into products and services. 2. You can plant the seed for spin-off books. Expand one, multiple, or all of your chapters into follow-up books or a series. 3. You can include links to your business, blogs, courses, etc. This is especially relevant if you produce an e-book. The only thing left to do is to write your nonfiction book.

14 How to Write a Book Fast In my work coaching writers, I have discovered a primary reason why aspiring authors don t become published authors: the thought of writing and publishing a 150 to 250 page book, or 35,000 to 50,000 sends them into overwhelm and feelings of inadequacy. When that happens, they freeze up and don t write a word. If you plan to take on the challenge of writing a book, and you suffer from the limiting belief that you can t write a long book, instead of tackling a long book or your big book project, take the same approach I offer to my clients: Write a short book. Short books can be anywhere from 16 to 100 pages in length or 2,500 to 30,000 words. That s 10 to 120 manuscript pages in length. I m not talking about your magnum opus. This is, indeed, a short book, therefore, much less intimidating to produce. Plus, they can be written quickly in as little as 30 days, sometimes in less time. The 10 Short Nonfiction Book Structures I can think of 10 types of short books structures. You easily can turn these formats into printed books (saddle stitched, spiral bound or perfect bound) or e-books. And, should you want to write your big book, you also can use these structures to write a full-length book. So, no matter if you want to write long or short, see which one of these structures suits your topic, and give it a try. 1. Tip Book A tip book features a list of tips. Normally, one tip is highlighted per page, but some tip books offer many per page. In the latter case, the book consists of just one long list of tips. Each tip might be just a sentence long or you can include a paragraph or two of explanation per tip. This determines how many you included on the page and how long the book becomes. To write a tip book in a month, first, compose a list of tips about something you know a lot about, that you want to teach, or that your potential readers ask you about frequently. This could be 30 tips for playing better golf and you write one tip per day or 101 tips on how to increase your income in a month and you write approximately four tips per day during your write-a-book-in-a-month challenge. 2. List Book If you are like most people, you write lists all the time. That means you can write a list book. This book structure consists of a list of things your readers need to

15 know on a particular subject. To start, compile the list. Then, write a short, informative essay to go with each item on your list. Or just write a list and publish it. Determine how many items will be on your list, and then calculate how many writing sessions or days you require to write the short book. 3. Quotation Book Inspirational books based on quotations and a theme can prove a quick easy writing project. Start with an epigraph, a quote at the beginning of your chapter, and then write a short essay to go with it. Or use your quotations of your own or from your own books. This type of book requires research to locate the quotations, but you can compose the rest of the content off the top of your head and share your own expertise, thoughts and experiences. 4. Rx Book Prescriptive nonfiction can be written in short form using a variety of formats. Provide guidance or direction a prescription for what ails your readers on a particular topic. This could be 10 steps for better relationships, or 12 ways to build your business or a guide to indoor gardening, for example. You could be the expert author or you can interview experts and include their information. Any how-to subject can be turned into an Rx book. Just solve a problem, answer a question or ease someone s pain. To write such a book, jot down the steps, rules or ways your basic how-to information, and begin writing your advice. Once you know how many steps you have in your process, you can determine how many writing sessions you need. If you have seven step or 10 ways, you will need seven or ten sessions to write the book (plus two more for an introduction and a conclusion). 5. Anthology This book structure could require a bit of pre-planning to get contributors on board, unless you have a ton of expert guest blog posts you plan to compile into an anthology. (Then you will just need permission from the contributors.) For an anthology, you solicit content from other experts. You may write a little an introduction and conclusion and possibly a piece of your own. To produce an anthology, also called a compilation, ask experts each to contribute a chapter to your book. (Again, these could be guest blog posts.) All the chapters, or contributions, should relate to one topic; in fact, plan out the content for the book, then ask the appropriate experts to contribute to your book. Give each of them a topic and details on what you expect from them.

16 6. One-Concept Book Do you have a big idea you d love to get across to readers or to the world at large a concept you think would catapult you and your business to success? That idea could be perfect for a short book. To write a one-concept book, introduce your idea, and then explain it in a concise fashion. Explore it further using anecdotes, case studies, reports, research, statistics, and any other evidence, including your own experience. Think of your book as one long chapter broken down subheadings rather than into chapters. You might include an introduction and conclusion. It might end up reading like a manifesto or a long article. This makes it even less intimidating to some people. Determine how long you think your one-concept book will be by making a list of the main points you want to make. If you have 10 points to make, you probably need about 12 days to write the book. You need at least one or two days to write the first piece that describes your big idea. 7. Q & A Book A question and answer book is structured just the way it sounds: Each chapter is a questions and the content of that chapter provides the answer. To write this type of book, make a list of your potential readers most common questions. If you have 30 questions, you ll need to answer one per day. If you have fewer questions, obviously, you can take some days off. Add an introductory chapter, but include an extra writing session to finish that as well. 8. Benefit Book Structured much like a Q & A book, a benefit book discusses the benefits of something, such as a particular diet, a way to exercise or blogging. You could have five benefits or For each one, you write a short essay (or even just a paragraph or two) describing the benefit. To complete a book with 20 benefits, you need just 20 days. If it has an intro and a conclusion, add two more days to your writing schedule. 9. Problem/Solution Book Similar to the previous two book structures, a problem/solution book revolves around providing solutions to common problems in a particular subject area. If you know your potential readers most common or pressing questions, write them down. Then set out to answer them as you create your manuscript. If, for example, you have 10 questions, you will need ten sessions or days to write up the answers. Again, add on one to three days to compose an introductory chapter, an introduction and a conclusion.

17 10. Essay Book An essay book is comprised of a number of your essays on one topic or on related topics. You could, for instance, decide to write a book with 30 essays on motherhood, jogging or gardening. If you write one a day, you ll be done in a month. You might want to add an introduction, of course. Tips for Writing a Book Fast Here are a few additional tips to keep in mind as you write a short book fast or any book as quickly as possible: Plan out your content. Each one of the structures above allows you to almost fill in the blanks with your content ideas. Work smarter, not harder. Keep your chapters short. Most of the nonfiction book structures mentioned above lend themselves to doing so. Keep track of your word count. Don t write more than you need especially when you write a book in a month or want to write something short. By employing one of these ten book structures, you ll write your book fast. In the process, you ll build your confidence for writing that big book. Or, maybe you ll get going and decide to write that big book after all.

18 5 Ways to Get Organized to Write Your Nonfiction Book There s a disconcerting moment in a nonfiction writer s life just before beginning on a book project. You want to get started, but you know you need to get organized first. Organization. That can prove a challenging task for the creative person whose desk can tend to be a jumble of papers, sticky notes and books and whose filing cabinets prove to contain more random acts of filing than anything else. (Their computer files are often just as disorganized.) I know I have this problem. Nonfiction books can entail a fair amount of research and detail. Keeping all of this organized is important, especially if you don t want to have to continuously stop to find what you need so you can write. Get Organized Luckily, there s an organizational tool for just about every writer s style. Here s a list of five tools. One might fit yours. 1. Piles. If you like to copy or print your research, or you find yourself tearing out articles from newspapers and magazines, you are a perfect candidate for the pile method. Simply start sorting through all your research, and placing it in piles that seem related by subject matter. (Hopefully, you can at least find all your research.) When you are done, you will have a variety of piles, each one likely related to a particular chapter in your book. If you like, you can leave your piles neatly sorted in a place where no one will bother them. Or you can put them in labeled folders. 2. Folders. Online or off, folders represent the second easiest way to organize your work or research. You can place your research or printed draft chapters (or snippets of writing) in physical manila folders or even an accordion folder. You can also place it in a three-ring binder. Today, there are many types of nifty folders to purchase. Online, it s easy to create folders on your computer for a specific project or to store them in the cloud using Dropbox or some other program, like Evernote (see below). 3. Cards. If you are one of those people who like to write everything down by hand, you may like the 3 x 5 card method. Today, you can get these cards spiral bound or in perforated little tablets so you can carry them with you easily. This allows you to write down all your ideas and then file them later. You can place them in a special card box, which is a really nice way to organize a book project, especially if you get dividers to separate your chapters.

19 4. Evernote. If you are more technology oriented, Evernote is a cool program that synchs your smartphone with your computer or tablet. You can easily add your own notes, clip web pages and articles, and place them all in a Notebook for your book project. Within that notebook you can create many different notes. All of it is saved in the cloud. As you write your manuscript, you can save this to Evernote as a backup as well. 5. Scrivener. This computer program allows you to upload all sorts of research as well as to create your manuscript (or upload your existing manuscript), and to then organize it. If you like the card system, you ll love this, because it has a bit of that as well cards attached to cork boards allowing you to visually move your information around and to file things in folders. Many writers find this program revolutionizes their writing process. Write On! Don t let disorganization stop you from writing. It surely can. A disorganized project can lead to disorganized thoughts and disorganized writing and a lot of time spent looking for what you need. Believe me I know. That s why I recommend going through the process of creating a business plan for your book prior to writing as well. It hones your idea, helps you get clear on what goes in each chapter of your nonfiction book, and focuses your writing not only on the subject at hand but on what your reader needs and wants, which makes your book marketable. This, too, is an important organizational step. During the process, you ll discover what additional research or material you might need for your book to make it unique and necessary in its category and market. Take the time to get organized first, and then write your nonfiction book. You ll find the process goes much more smoothly if you do.

20 Your Book-Writing Checklist To write a nonfiction book, you need to complete a variety of tasks. Some are simple. Some are more complex. Many writers never get started simply because they don t know where to start. The overall idea of writing a book seems too overwhelming. That s why it s best to chunk writing a book down into smaller tasks a to-do list or check list. The following is a basic checklist you can use to get started writing your book and complete it. 1. Set your intention. It s important to declare to yourself and possibly to others that you intent do write a book and by when. You might even want to write a note to yourself that says, I, (name), intend to write my book, (title). I will begin on (date) and finish on (date). Then sign and date this. 2. Select your topic. I ve covered this earlier. Pick a topic you feel passionate about and that serves a specific and sizeable market. It should also be unique and necessary in its bookstore category. 3. Give your book a working title. You can change this later (after #4 -#7) 4. Go through the Author Training Process. Create a business plan for your book using a book proposal as a template. Evaluate your idea for marketability. Tweak your topic, angle and title as necessary. 5. Summarize your book. Write a pitch, a list of benefits and a one-paragraph synopsis of your book. 6. Create a table of contents. Decide on both the structure and the content of your book. 7. Detail your contents. Write chapter-by-chapter synopsis. Know what content will be included in each chapter. 8. Write your first draft. Write don t edit. 9. Edit. Do a round or two of self-editing, then hand your manuscript off to a developmental editor. After that, have it read by a line or copy editor and a proofreader. 10. Finalize your title and subtitle. Now that the book is done, you can polish up the title as well as your pitch. At this point, your book is ready for publication. You must: Decide how you will publish. Create front and back matter. Get the book cover and interior designed Do a final proofread. Now, go write your book!

21 5 Nonfiction Book-Writing Templates You can use the following as templates for your nonfiction book. Copy and past each chapter template over and over again until you have chapters. Then fill in the chapter title or subject. Beneath that, write down the primary points, explanations or information you want to make. You can even compose these as subheadings. If you complete this before writing your book, you will end up with a detailed table of contents. This makes it very easy to write your book. Notice that each template has a slightly different focus and proposes a structure based on angle. General Nonfiction Book Book Title Book Subtitle Chapter 1. Point 1. Point 2. Point 3. Point 4. Point 5. Point 6. Point 7. Point 8. Point 9. Point 10.

22 Question and Answer Book Book Title Book Subtitle Chapter 1. [Question] Answer 1. Answer 2. Answer 3. Answer 4. Answer 5. Answer 6. Answer 7. Answer 8. Answer 9. Answer 10. Benefit Book Book Title Book Subtitle Chapter 1. [Benefit] Point 1. Point 2. Point 3. Point 4. Point 5. Point 6. Point 7. Point 8. Point 9. Point 10.

23 Problem and Solution Book Book Title Book Subtitle Chapter 1. [Problem] Solution 1. Solution 2. Solution 3. Solution 4. Solution 5. Solution 6. Solution 7. Solution 8. Solution 9. Solution 10. Prescriptive Nonfiction Book Book Title Book Subtitle Chapter 1. [Step or Way 1] Explanation 1. Explanation 2. Explanation 3. Explanation 4. Explanation 5. Explanation 6. Explanation 7. Explanation 8. Explanation 9. Explanation 10.

24 If you would like to learn more about crafting nonfiction books that sell, sign up for Author Coaching. Also, read The Author s Training Manual Find all of my books at About the Author Nina Amir, the bestselling author of How to Blog a Book and The Author Training Manual, is a speaker, a blogger, and an author, book, and blog-to-book coach. Known as the Inspiration to Creation Coach, she helps creative people combine their passion and purpose so they move from idea to inspired action and positively and meaningfully impact the world as writers, bloggers, authorpreneurs, and blogpreneurs. Some of Nina s clients have sold 300,000+ copies of their books, landed deals with major publishing houses and created thriving businesses around their books. She is the founder of National Nonfiction Writing Month, aka the Write Nonfiction in November Challenge, and the Nonfiction Writers University. As a hybrid author she has published 15 books and had as many as four books on the Amazon Top 100 list at the same time. For more information or to contact Nina Amir, visit

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