I’m reading a book by a guy who wrote five books before he even self published his first book. He is a very successful independent publisher (he sold 100,000 eBooks last year on Amazon). I think he has a smart strategy.
Many authors (including myself) put much time and energy into the first book, as well we should. But then we get distracted or we focus our energy solely on selling that…
Starting a book can seem a little overwhelming. Where do you begin? How do you narrow down your topic? What do you have to say that hasn’t already been said? Sure, the urge to write is overwhelming, but I also know that the beginning is sometimes the hardest part.
Are you the kind of person who has to have the first sentence perfect before you begin? Do you work from an outline or do you just…
Let me tell a story that gives me goosebumps, that makes my heart vibrate, that gives me a sense of life, like God has chimed the tuning fork in me. And no matter what the outcome I’ll be fine with it if I can do that.” –Randall Wallace
(Randall Wallace wrote the screenplay Braveheart, and fifteen years later, Secretariat)
Wallace also advises: “Tell a story that moves you, and if it…
