| p>Becoming an author is an amazing and | | | | interests you. It does not have to be something |
| wonderful exercise. Not only will you create | | | | that you are already knowledgeable in but it does |
| something from scratch, you can make a | | | | have to be a subject that generates enough |
| tremendous fortune from it. There are few other | | | | interest that you can spend a bit of time devoted |
| exercises that are as emotionally and financially | | | | to learning it, writing about it, and marketing to |
| satisfying. It is our mission to help you attain your | | | | your audience. Additionally, if you plan on creating |
| writing and publication goals. Here are five winning | | | | an information marketing business from your |
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| want to be. | | | | is even more important that you write on a |
| | | | subject you are interested in. Can you imagine |
| 1. Visualize yourself as a successful author. | | | | spending the next ten years of your life |
| Olympic athletes use this strategy daily to achieve | | | | immersed in a subject you could care less about? |
| their success. In fact, they have it down to a | | | | 4. Writer's block, schmiter's block. Writer's block is |
| science. An Olympic skier is able to hear the snow | | | | often the symptom of fear. Fear causes us to |
| under their skies, hear the crowd cheering them | | | | procrastinate and boom, we have what we like to |
| on, smell the fire wood burning in the lodge at the | | | | call writer's block. Maybe a person is afraid of their |
| base of the run, and feel the sting of the cold air | | | | book not measuring up to some perceived |
| on their cheeks. Most importantly, they are able | | | | standards or maybe they are afraid of not |
| to feel the elation as they cross the finish line and | | | | making any sales, the fear is not the problem. |
| win the gold. Visualization is important because it | | | | The procrastination is. Plan your book and stick to |
| programs your mind and body for success. If you | | | | your plan. You do not have to write sequentially, |
| can visualize yourself becoming an author, visualize | | | | you can write whatever comes easiest at any |
| writing your book every day, visualize getting it | | | | given time. The important thing is to meet your |
| published, visualize autographing copies, and | | | | daily writing goal. (Note: Using our proprietary Brain |
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| figures are made from the sale of your book, it | | | | will never have writer's block.) |
| will be that much easier to sit down and get busy | | | | 5. Save the editing for later. Editing while you |
| writing. Knowing you will succeed is half the battle. | | | | write slows you down and quite frankly is a |
| 2. Set a goal and make a plan. Decide when you | | | | waste of your time. Many of your editing errors, |
| want your book to be accomplished. Write it on | | | | spelling and grammar can be fixed with a quick |
| the calendar and then do a few calculations to | | | | spell check tool on your word processing |
| determine how much time you will need to | | | | software and can wait until your book is done or |
| dedicate to writing it every day. It may be only | | | | if you are a stickler, you can do a quick edit at |
| 10 minutes a day, it may be two hours. The | | | | the end of your writing time. The big editing |
| important thing to remember is to make a goal, | | | | session, will be accomplished upon the completion |
| plan how you are going to achieve it, and then | | | | of your book. You will likely also want to have |
| stick to your plan. It will be helpful to include in | | | | several associates or hired editors go over your |
| your plan when you are going to write, for | | | | book with a fine tooth comb. So why waste |
| example, in the morning right after you have had | | | | valuable writing time and interrupt the flow of |
| your first cup of coffee. | | | | words to go back and spell a word correctly. |
| 3. Write about something that interests you. It is | | | | Save it for later. Publishing A Book, 7. |
| imperative that you write about something that | | | | |