http://write-a-book.wetpaint.com/pageSearch/updatedRecently Updated Pages on http://write-a-book.wetpaint.comen-usinfo@wetpaint.comSun, 05 Oct 2008 07:52:56 CDTSun, 05 Oct 2008 07:52:56 CDTwetpaint.com60http://create.wetpaint.com/img/logo.gifhttp://write-a-book.wetpaint.comHow to write a book and build a business writing a bookhttp://write-a-book.wetpaint.com/page/How+To+Write+A+Booksmgd2008http://write-a-book.wetpaint.com/page/How+To+Write+A+BookSun, 05 Oct 2008 07:52:56 CDT <table align="bottom" cellpadding="3" class="WPC-edit-border-none" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="47%"><h2> The Big Question?</h2><h3>Learn How to Recognize Your Experience and Passions When Writing A Book<br></h3><br>The biggest question you will ask yourself when you start writing a book is, <font color="#ff0000"><b>what can I write a book about</b></font>. Generally you write about your experiences and passions. </td><td width="5%"><br></td><td width="47%"><div class="WPC-edit-field WPC-edit-rss WPC-edit-rss-total-3"><a class="external" href="http://write-a-book.wetpaint.comhttp://widget.wetpaintserv.us/wiki/write-a-book/page/How+To+Write+A+Book/widget/wetpaintrss/cf637a0a1b8f9d358068d6818b8d48ddc5d07f85" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a></div></td></tr><tr><td width="47%"><h3><b>Pointers to Help You Generate Ideas for Writing a Book:</b></h3><ul><li>Define your ideal client.</li></ul><ul><li>What kinds of people could ideally benefit from your knowledge?</li></ul><ul><li>Interview three people you most respect (friends and family members) and ask them what they see you doing? What are your strengths from their standpoint?</li></ul><ul><li>What have you always been good at?</li></ul><ul><li>What did you dream of doing as a child?</li></ul><ul><li>What needs/values do you care about most?</li></ul><ul><li>Whom do you admire most?</li></ul><ul><li>What makes you most fulfilled?</li></ul><ul><li>What do you love to do the most? What are you passionately against?</li></ul><ul><li>What legacy do you want to leave for your children and grandchildren? What do you want to be remembered for most?</li></ul><ul><li>Analyze your competition and find out all about them. This will give you ideas as to your niche and how you can brand yourself.</li></ul><br><div align="center"> </div></td><td width="5%"><br></td><td width="47%"><h3><b>Exercises to Start Writing A Book</b></h3>Produce your own personal inventory. This inventory should be focused on the following:<br><br><ul><li>What you know from the perspective of the attitudes, knowledge and skills you have gained;</li><li>Experiences you&#39;ve had; Training you have had; Destinations that you have been to; <br></li><li>Titles that you have earned.</li></ul>Create a list of several hundred, even thousands, of descriptors. <br><br>Now create a list of &quot;What You Are&quot;:<br><br>Record a description of yourself. For example, I am a man, father, husband, basketball player, a lover of pizza and Indian food, slightly bald, a resident of Sarnia, Ontario, have four degrees, play the piano, traveler, international speaker, author and creator of the entrepreneurial authoring system etc.<br><br><ul><li>The market you are targeting has tremendous wants and desires </li><li>The market has money to spend &mdash; in other words, it is hungry for your book and other products and services.</li></ul><br>Spend some time and journal for a couple of hours. Let it all hang out ... write as quickly as you can and get in touch with the real you.<br><br>Narrow possibilities to two or three. <br><br><a class="external" href="http://write-a-book.wetpaint.comhttp://writeabookfast.wetpaint.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You&#39;ve started thinking and planning. Time to set your goals and get started writing a book!</a></td></tr><tr><td width="47%"><br></td><td width="5%"><br></td><td width="47%"><br></td></tr></tbody></table><br><hr size="1"><br/>