| Do you have a book inside you but you don't | | | | subtitle of the book are "422 Tax Deductions: For |
| know how to begin writing the first draft? | | | | Businesses and Self-Employed Individuals." |
| This article can help you. | | | | In his case, he came up with 422 points and he |
| I want to share with you two of the quickest | | | | just basically listed them in a book. Well, I bought |
| ways to organize your first draft-authoring | | | | it and a lot of other people did too. |
| project. Once I explain these two formulas to you | | | | Decades of direct marketing testing have found |
| and you start looking at various books on the | | | | that odd numbers tend to pull and get results |
| market, I think you'll be surprised at how many | | | | much more than even numbers. Picking an odd |
| books are organized this way. | | | | number rather than an even number is a good |
| While there are more sophisticated ways to | | | | idea. |
| organize your book or information product, and | | | | Organizing Formula #2: The 20 X 5 Process |
| you might have one that you prefer, these two | | | | Another one of the quickest ways to organize |
| ways are tried and true. Plus, they're fast and | | | | your first draft is based on the fact that the |
| easy to do. You can use them whether you want | | | | average how-to book is 20 chapters. This is what |
| to write your book or speak it into print. I want | | | | I called the "20 x 5" process. |
| you to know about them. | | | | To use it, first you identify 20 particular topics |
| Organizing Formula #1: 101 Ways | | | | that you want to focus on in your book. |
| The first way is to focus on organizing your | | | | You get these 20 topics from the book topic |
| content as 101 ways to do "X." | | | | research that I teach. These become your |
| What's "X"? | | | | chapter titles and they're the 20 piles that you |
| "X" is your topic. | | | | make using the pile up system. |
| For example, Rawley Pinsky is an expert on | | | | Next you identify five subtopics for every one of |
| promotion. She wrote a fabulous little book called | | | | your 20 chapter topics. |
| "101 Ways to Promote Yourself." | | | | These five become the five subheads to each of |
| To do an average size business book of 168 | | | | your 20 chapter. You then write or speak using |
| pages or so, remember that you'll be focusing on | | | | just two pages on each of the 20 subheads. You'll |
| creating 200 or so manuscript pages. | | | | then have a 200-page manuscript done that's |
| Organizing your draft as "101 Ways" allows you to | | | | easy and straightforward. |
| focus on two pages of contents for each of the | | | | In this article, you have learned two reliable |
| 101 ways. | | | | formulas for creating a first draft for a book or |
| This is a simple and straight forward approach to | | | | information product. I look forward to sharing with |
| creating your first draft. Also, keep in mind that | | | | you more time-tested strategies and tactics for |
| you could pick a number besides 101. | | | | writing a book that attracts a lifelong stream of |
| I have a book by Bernard Kamoroff, who is a | | | | clients and income. |
| CPA, a certified public accountant. The title and | | | | |