| p>Ask anyone that you meet if they've ever had | | | | and easy to write. |
| an idea to write a book and I bet that 99% of | | | | Take a look at some of the most prolific authors, |
| the time their eyes light up and they say 'Yes.' | | | | both fiction and Non-fiction. Stephen King comes |
| Everyone has numerous wonderful book ideas. My | | | | to mind as a very prolific fiction writer. Non-fiction |
| experience and conversations with thousands of | | | | writers might include the Chicken Soup series and |
| people tell me that this is true. The difference | | | | co writers Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. |
| between those that actually write a book and | | | | All of those books are written conversationally. |
| those that don't is simple. Those that don't write a | | | | They're accessible to readers of all ages, income |
| book don't believe that they can. | | | | levels, and IQ's. |
| That's simply not true. Anyone can write a book. | | | | Conversational style eliminates jargon. It eliminates |
| If you can talk, you can write. | | | | large words that people have to rely on a |
| Take a look at 5 of your favorite books, fiction | | | | dictionary to understand. Conversational style also |
| or Non-fiction it doesn't matter. In fact, grab a | | | | uses the word 'you' often. It's written as if you |
| few of each. Now, open each book and read a | | | | were writing a letter or telling a story to a friend. |
| few paragraphs. What do you see? What you'll | | | | Basically, if you can write a letter to a friend, then |
| likely notice is that there is a common theme | | | | you can write a book--I promise. Of course you |
| running in all of them. | | | | need to be able to plan a book too but all that |
| They're written conversationally. They're written | | | | requires is a plan or an outline. Once your outline is |
| like you talk. Conversational style is the best style | | | | established, writing the book can take as little as a |
| because it is easy to read, easy to understand | | | | month to complete. |