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What You Can Learn from Dr. Phil About Writing Non-Fiction Books

   
< P > E v e n i f y o u r c a r e e r d o e s n ' t i n v o l v e b e i n g a f u l l - t i m e w r i t e r , b e i n g t h e a u t h o r o f a b o o k c a n b e a h u g e b o o n f o r y o u . O u r s o c i e t y h o l d s a u t h o r s i n s u c h h i g h r e g a r d t h a t a n y o n e w h o h a s w r i t t e n o n e i s s e e n a s k n o w l e d g e a b l e , s e l f - d i s c i p l i n e d a n d s p e c i a l . A b o o k c a n h e l p y o u r b u s i n e s s o r c a r e e r b y m a k i n g y o u m o r e v i s i b l e a n d s o u g h t - a f t e r f o r y o u r e x p e r t i s e . A l l v e r y g o o d t h i n g s . B u t i f y o u r n a t u r a l t a l e n t s d o n ' t i n v o l v e w r i t i n g r e g u l a r l y , i t m a y b e d i f f i c u l t f o r y o u t o f i g u r e o u t h o w t o o r g a n i z e y o u r e x p e r t i s e i n t o a n e n g a g i n g b o o k . L u c k i l y , t h e r e a r e t r i c k s t h a t m a k e i t f a r e a s i e r t o w r i t e n o n - f i c t i o n t h a n f i c t i o n . H e r e ' s h o w t o g e t s t a r t e d . I ' l l u s e D r . P h i l M c G r a w a n d h i s s u c c e s s f u l l i n e o f b o o k s a s m y e x a m p l e . < / P > < P > I t ' s N o t A b o u t Y o u < / P > < P > O k a y , i t ' s e a s y t o f o r g e t t h a t w r i t i n g a n o n - f i c t i o n b o o k i s n o t a b o u t y o u . A f t e r a l l , m o s t l i k e l y , y o u r p i c t u r e i s g o i n g t o g o o n t h e c o v e r ! B u t l e t ' s f a c e i t : p e o p l e a r e n o t g o i n g t o b u y y o u r b o o k j u s t b e c a u s e o f y o u . P e o p l e d o n ' t b u y D r . P h i l ' s b o o k s b e c a u s e t h e y ' r e s o e x c i t e d t o h e a r w h a t h e h a s t o s a y . N o . T h e y a r e b u y i n g i t b e c a u s e h e ' s g o i n g t o h e l p t h e m s o l v e a p r o b l e m l i k e l o s i n g w e i g h t , s t r e n g t h e n i n g a f a m i l y o r s a l v a g i n g a m a r r i a g e . W h e r e d o y o u c o m e i n ? P e o p l e w i l l b e a t t r a c t e d t o y o u r o v e r a l l m e s s a g e a n d h o w i t m a k e s t h e m f e e l . D r . P h i l ' s m e s s a g e i s t o m a k e y o u t a k e c h a r g e a n d " g e t e x c i t e d a b o u t y o u r l i f e " . T h a t ' s w h a t ' s g o i n g h e l p y o u l o s e w e i g h t , s t r e n g t h e n y o u r f a m i l y o r s a l v a g e y o u r m a r r i a g e . N o t e t h a t t h e m e s s a g e i s s i m p l e , c l e a r - - a n d n o t a b o u t D r . P h i l . W h a t i s y o u r m e s s a g e ? M a k e s u r e y o u c o n n e c t i t t o o t h e r s a n d d o n ' t o v e r t h i n k i t . M o s t l i k e l y i t ' s s o m e t h i n g y o u a l r e a d y r a d i a t e i n y o u r w o r d s a n d y o u r b e i n g a n d y o u d o n ' t e v e n k n o w i t ! < / P > < P > W h a t A s p e c t o f Y o u r E x p e r t i s e D o P e o p l e W a n t M o s t ? < / P > < P > W h a t d o p e o p l e c o m e t o y o u f o r ? A r e y o u a m o r t g a g e b r o k e r , b u t y o u f i n d m o s t p e o p l e c o m e t o y o u w i t h q u e s t i o n s a b o u t t h e i r c r e d i t ? A r e y o u a f a m i l y t h e r a p i s t a n d y o u o b s e r v e t h a t m o s t o f y o u r p a t i e n t s d o n ' t k n o w h o w t o t a l k t o e a c h o t h e r ? A r e y o u a h o u s e p a i n t e r a n d m o s t o f y o u r c u s t o m e r s d o n ' t k n o w h o w t o c h o o s e c o l o r s f o r t h e i r h o m e ? W h e r e v e r y o u s e e s u c h a v o i d , t h e r e i s r o o m f o r a b o o k o n t h a t t o p i c . Y o u h a v e t o f i g u r e o u t w h a t p e o p l e w a n t t o k n o w . N o t i c e I u s e t h e w o r d " w a n t " , a n d N O T " n e e d " . P e o p l e r a r e l y b u y w h a t t h e y n e e d , n o m a t t e r h o w g o o d i t i s f o r t h e m . < / P > < P > T h a t ' s a t r a p m a n y n e w w r i t e r s f a l l i n t o . T h e y w r i t e w i t h a s e n s e o f d u t y , t h i n k i n g " p e o p l e r e a l l y n e e d t o k n o w t h i s " , l i k e t h e y n e e d t o k n o w w h a t b e i n g o v e r w e i g h t c a n d o t o a b o d y i n t h e l o n g t e r m - - a n d t h a t ' s p r o b a b l y t r u e . B u t r e a d e r s w o u l d r a t h e r b u y a d i e t b o o k t h a t w i l l t e l l t h e m h o w t o s o l v e t h e o v e r w e i g h t p r o b l e m a s q u i c k l y a n d e a s i l y a s p o s s i b l e . D r . P h i l ' s T h e U l t i m a t e W e i g h t S o l u t i o n i s a b o o k a b o u t d o i n g t h e r e a l w o r k o f e x e r c i s i n g a n d c o r r e c t i n g i n n e r p r o b l e m s t o s o l v e w e i g h t i s s u e s - - D r . P h i l h a s s a i d h e d i d n ' t w a n t i t t o b e a b o o k a b o u t t e l l i n g p e o p l e w h a t t o e a t . A n d y e t t h a t ' s w h a t p e o p l e w r o t e i n a n d s a i d t h e y w a n t e d m o s t - - t h e y w a n t e d D r . P h i l t o t e l l t h e m w h a t t o e a t . S o w h a t d i d h e c o m e o u t w i t h n e x t ? T h e U l t i m a t e W e i g h t S o l u t i o n F o o d G u i d e a n d t h e n T h e U l t i m a t e W e i g h t S o l u t i o n C o o k b o o k ! Y o u t o o c a n f i n d o u t w h a t p e o p l e w a n t b y j u s t a s k i n g . C r e a t e a s u r v e y i f t h a t ' s p o s s i b l e f o r y o u , b u t t h e m o r e y o u c a n f i n d o u t a b o u t w h a t y o u r r e a d e r s h i p w a n t s , t h e e a s i e r i t w i l l b e f o r y o u t o d e c i d e h o w t o w r i t e i t f o r t h e m . < / P > < P > W r i t e a P u n c h y T i t l e < / P > < P > O n c e y o u ' v e f i g u r e d o u t w h a t p e o p l e w a n t , y o u h a v e t o m a k e i t c r y s t a l c l e a r t h a t y o u ' r e g o i n g t o g i v e i t t o t h e m . Y o u ' l l d o t h a t w i t h t h e t i t l e a n d s u b t i t l e . I t m a y h e l p y o u w r i t e t h e b o o k i f y o u c o m e u p w i t h y o u r t i t l e f i r s t , b e c a u s e a g o o d t i t l e w i l l r e m i n d y o u o f w h a t y o u h a v e p r o m i s e d t o d e l i v e r . W h e n y o u f i n d y o u r w o r k i n g s t r a y i n g a n d u n f o c u s e d , y o u c o m e b a c k t o t h e t i t l e a n d t h i n k , " o h y e a h , I ' m s u p p o s e d t o b e t e l l i n g t h e m h o w t o d o X . " I d e a l l y , t h e t i t l e s h o u l d b e a g r a b b e r , a n d t h e s u b t i t l e t e l l s e x a c t l y w h a t t h e r e a d e r w i l l g e t . D r . P h i l ' s t i t l e s d o t h a t r e a l l y w e l l . H e r e a r e a f e w e x a m p l e s : L o v e S m a r t : F i n d t h e O n e Y o u W a n t - - F i x t h e O n e Y o u G o t , a n d T h e U l t i m a t e W e i g h t S o l u t i o n : T h e 7 K e y s t o W e i g h t L o s s F r e e d o m a n d F a m i l y F i r s t : Y o u r S t e p - b y - S t e p P l a n t o C r e a t i n g a P h e n o m e n a l F a m i l y . N o t e h o w e a c h s u b t i t l e m a k e s y o u t h i n k , " Y e a h , I w a n t t h a t ! o r I w a n t t o k n o w h o w t o d o t h a t ! " . R e s u l t : r e a d e r p i c k s u p t h e b o o k ! < / P > < P > T h i n k S t e p s , K e y s a n d S t r a t e g i e s < / P > < P > N o t e D r . P h i l ' s u s e o f " k e y s " a n d " s t e p s " a n d " p l a n s " . E v e n i f y o u ' r e w o r k i n g w i t h a c o m p l e x s u b j e c t , y o u w a n t t o c h u n k i t d o w n a s m u c h a s p o s s i b l e a n d k e e p i t s i m p l e f o r y o u r r e a d e r s . Y o u w a n t t h e m t o s e e t h a t t h e y c a n d o X o n t h e i r o w n j u s t b y r e a d i n g y o u r b o o k . Y o u w i l l g i v e t h e m e v e r y t h i n g t h e y n e e d . A g a i n , t h i s t a c t i c w i l l a l s o m a k e i t e a s i e r t o o r g a n i z e a l l y o u r k n o w l e d g e a n d e x p e r t i s e b e c a u s e y o u k n o w y o u o n l y h a v e t o f o c u s o n o n e p a r t i c u l a r " h o w t o " a n d t h e X s t e p s i t w i l l t a k e t o h a n d l e i t . < / P > < P > T e l l S t o r i e s < / P > < P > T h i s i d e a g o e s a l l t h e w a y b a c k t o t h e B i b l e a n d b e y o n d : w e l e a r n b e s t f r o m s t o r i e s . I t h e l p s t o h e a r h o w s o m e o n e e l s e h a n d l e d t h e s a m e s i t u a t i o n b e c a u s e w e c a n s e e w h a t i s p o s s i b l e . A s y o u o u t l i n e y o u r b o o k , m a k e a n o t e a s t o w h a t s t o r y o r s t o r i e s y o u w i l l t e l l t o i l l u s t r a t e e v e r y p o i n t y o u ' l l b e m a k i n g . T e l l t h e s t o r i e s o f y o u r c l i e n t s ( c h a n g i n g n a m e s , o f c o u r s e , t o p r o t e c t t h e i r p r i v a c y ) o r u s e a n e c d o t e s f r o m y o u r o w n l i f e e x p e r i e n c e . D r . P h i l ' s F a m i l y F i r s t i s p e p p e r e d w i t h h i s s t o r i e s o f g r o w i n g u p w i t h h i s o w n f a m i l y i s s u e s . M a k e s u r e y o u u s e t h e r i g h t s t o r i e s . Y o u w a n t t h e m t o b e c l e a r l y c o n n e c t e d t o y o u r c o n c e p t s o t h e r e ' s n o m i s t a k i n g y o u r p o i n t . < / P > < P > A n d t h a t ' s i t . F o l l o w i n g t h e s e g u i d e l i n e s s h o u l d h e l p y o u c r e a t e a b o o k t h a t n o t o n l y s h o w c a s e s y o u r e x p e r t i s e , i t w i l l a l s o b e o n e t h a t ' s s o u g h t - a f t e r b y a m a r k e t h u n g r y f o r w h a t y o u h a v e t o o f f e r . A l l y o u h a v e t o d o n o w i s g e t s t a r t e d ! < / P >
Author: Sophfronia Scott
 
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