Writing Your First Book
Easier than baking a cake follow these insanely easy methods to write and publish your first book. Zentravelers formula is guaranteed what are you waiting for?
You have all been there at your local pub, at your literature class, your peers and relatives and god-forbid the over the hill editor who could never write his own book, but can critize till the cows come home with re-writes and horrible suggestions.
Conversation might go like this at a function cocktail party. "I would like to write a book called Gullible Guppies" and the rest of the cocktail party chips in "yeah I always wanted to write a book but its so time consuming and I dont think I have the patience to actually complete a book." If you can follow instructions to bake a cake you can write a book.
Zentraveler steps into cocktail party and says if any one here really, really wants to write a book I will give you the formula for free ...few people now listen?
Raise of hands can you get a large notebook, access to a computer and give me 30 minutes a day for 30 days ...if answer is yes your book is almost complete?
Writing a book can be a challenging but rewarding endeavor. To make the process easier, here are zentravelers five proven methods to help you write your first book:
- Set Clear Goals: Use the Ernest Hemingway method just start writing and God or a higher being will step in and do most of the work.
2. Create an Outline: Develop a detailed outline of your book. This will serve as your roadmap, Break your book down into chapters. Use chat GPT to help create your book outline and use chat GPT to critique or write anything you want in your book using their expertise and research. With advances of prompt from AI it can literally write your entire book in nano seconds.
3. Establish a Writing Routine: This is the key to writing any book. Hemingway wrote thirty minutes each morning at his writiing desk and wrote about three to five pages. He came back in the afternoon and performed his own quick edit, drank a good nite toddy and went to bed. The following morning he was at his writing desk adding three to four pages daily until he had a draft manuscript. The easy to learn daily discipline of writing is the key to success.
4. Write Freely, Edit Later: Dont worry about writers block the book will almost write itself as you take a lesiuerly walk..... the chapters and info will fly into your head as if from outer space. Dont worry about perfection or punctuation. After completing your first draft, set it aside for a while to gain a fresh perspective. Then return to your manuscript and revise it for clarity, coherence, and style.
5. SELF Publish is the way to go for a new writer. Choose a self-publishing house and learn some free marketing strategies to promote your book.
Remember, writing a book is a journey. Be patient with yourself, stay dedicated, and celebrate your achievements along the way. With zentravelers WRITE YOUR FIRST BOOK easy to apply methods--- just like opening the oven for your finnished cake your first book draft fits perfectly inside a mailer box heading to the self-publisher.
Thats it folks your new book: "Gullible Guppies" or a title of your choice is complete and now you can tell anyone who will listen: "I am so proud I published my first book. Who knows now that I have the nack of it I might write a few more books. Without even thinking ....more book ideas are flowing in from the Universe."
BUEANA SURETE IN SPANISH MEANS GOOD LUCK: JUST DO IT --- YOU JUST DID IT --- CONGRATULATIONS FROM ZENTRAVELER.
THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW: How many writers do we have in the USA?
There are lots of writers around. · Around 2 million titles are listed by Amazon each year. That translates to roughly 2 million writers working away.
What country has the most writers? The island nation of Iceland, which has a population of just over 300,000, has more writers per head of population than any country on Earth. Astonishingly, over the course of their lifetime, one in 10 Icelanders will publish a book.
THINGS YOU MAY WANT TO NOT SAVE: waste baskets full of crumpled up notes and paper, ashtrays full of cigarette butts, coffee cups lined up like formula one race, ten top ten books on how to write your first book, emails from friends asking if you are crazy writing a book...make more money at Mc Donalds. Loud screaming rock & roll music.
ZENTRAVELER SAYS: Dumb down a notch & avoid all interruptions settle back in your computer chair put on some soft jazz, take a sip of jasmine tea and start writing .....afterall its your life you are the captain now lets go.
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