Our Next FREE 6-Week

“Become an Author” Boot Camp

Starts June 10th!

• Want to write your book yourself?
• Want to be held accountable?
• Want to get the tools you need to sit down at a computer and put together the book that’s inside you?

If you said “YES!” to any of these questions, then we want to help you just like we’ve helped so many other aspiring authors!

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“Ever since I was little I have dreamed of writing a book…the idea of what I would write has changed many times but the goal was always there. Just two days after an old “dream board” of mine surfaced during a spring cleaning session, I received an e-mail about the “Your Written Book” class …

Ironically, in the lower right hand corner of the dream board I had a picture of a book, representing the book I would someday write. I knew it was a sign that I should sign up for the course.

We are only 2 weeks into the program and it has far exceeded my expectation. The course has helped me to focus in on an idea that I am very excited about, and has forced me to ask myself some clarifying questions about my intentions that I never would have thought to think about !

I know my book won’t be written by the end of the 6 weeks, but what I do know is that after taking this course this dream really can become a reality.”

Sandra Scutt

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Our next FREE 6-WEEK BOOT CAMP TO BECOMING AN AUTHOR begins Thursday, June 10, 2010, and we’ll meet from 1-2pm EST for 6 weeks.

This dynamic, interactive program is designed to:

• Provide you with a game plan for writing your book – based on your personality and personal habits.
• Get you to think about how you can use your book as a platform for growing your business.
• Provide you with guidance and accountability.

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“I was struggling with who my audience was. Working with the team at Your Written Book helped me clarify the direction of my book.

I’m well on my way to developing my storyline and can’t wait to actually become an author!”

Joan Chain

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During our 6 weeks together, we’ll follow this agenda:

Week 1. Your Writing Plan (Personality Profile, Personal Habits, etc)

Week 2. Determining Your Audience

Week 3. Developing an Outline

Week 4. Writing the Introduction (e.g., foundation for the book, why should someone read and buy your written book)

Week 5. Public Relations 101

Week 6. Marketing Your Book

Because there is no cost to participate (no joke!), each class fills up quickly.

Don’t delay!

Secure your seat today by sending us an email!

Your Written Book has an incredible 6-week boot camp just for authors (emerging or veteran) and we want YOU to join us! The tele-class starts on Tuesday, May 4th and we’d love to give away a seat to you!

All you have to do is follow these simple directions and you can be part of the amazing learning experience… for free!

1. Blog about the boot camp at your site. (Just a blurb will suffice!)
2. Tell us in the comments section about your blog/blurb so we know how to thank you!
3. Send us an email so we can register you!

That’s all it takes!

We can’t wait to meet you and help you start your journey to becoming an author in 2010!

Know why?  Because I always feel educated by them in some way.  When I see a nonfiction book, I find myself thinking to the author:  “What do you know that I don’t?  What will your written book tell me that I don’t already know?”

Certainly, their impact varies.  Some nonfiction books are chock full of wonderful advice; others leave me with a nugget of gold amidst a bag of wet sand.  Still, I do feel they are great ways to impart knowledge pretty doggone efficiently.

Your future readers want to learn.  It’s up to you to impart your wisdom.

Don’t leave them in the dark.  Enlighten them with your theories, your beliefs, your discoveries!  Open their eyes with a nonfiction book… YOUR nonfiction book!

Best of all, the author is a real bootstrapper.  I like that.  He’s the type of person we love here at Your Written Book!  He’s not going to wait a million years to get his words to the public; instead, he’s going to take the bull by the horns and ride ‘im into the sunset!

But would it be anything more than a shelf dust-collector?

That’s the big problem with the “book in a weekend” movement. Sure, it can be done… but just because it can doesn’t mean it should.

If you’re considering writing a nonfiction book, get a ghostwriter (or even just an editor) and marketer to help you ensure that your written book is:

a. Going to make you money thanks to call-to-action items organically placed throughout the text.

b. The strongest it can be in terms of succinctness.

c. A powerful tool that will give you credibility with peers and clients.

d. An item that can offer “mileage” even after it’s been published.

e. A product that isn’t going to be relegated to the land of the dust bunnies.

Now, I believe that you have a message to tell and I believe that you have an audience who needs to hear it. You just have to make sure that you’re delivering that message in a potentially profitable way!

Contact us at Your Written Book today for a free consultation and find out how a writer/marketer team can turn your nonfiction book into a powerful moneymaker!

On the other hand, I have numerous nonfiction books that I’ve read more than one time because they get right to the point. There’s virtually no ambiguity in the text, and that makes it easy for me to quickly digest the material. Maybe those books don’t contain the same level of info that the aforementioned books do, but I have wound up valuing them more.

As the author of a nonfiction book, you want your book to appeal to your readers. Although you’re the expert, the book shouldn’t be written for you.   It should be written for your audience.  In the end, you’re simply the conduit to get your knowledge from point A to point B.

Maybe some day I’ll have the energy to read all those nonfiction books that are collecting dust… but I’m rather doubtful. That’s why all the ghostwriting we do at Your Written Book is geared toward creating books that are readable and marketable. Otherwise, our authors will never be able to fully realize their dreams of writing books that are enjoyed, re-read and referred, not just published.

This nonfiction book came out in 2009 and is already burning up the charts at Amazon.  (If you want to get yourself a copy, here’s a fast link to this fascinating read!)

Of course, Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do) didn’t come out of nowhere.  Quite frankly, it has a lot going for it, including:

• A terrific title.  (Who isn’t drawn to figure out what those fifty things could possibly be?)
• A niche market.  (This is obviously geared toward parents who don’t want to shelter their kids, probably moms and dads from GenX and maybe even GenY.)
• An author who is willing to do some self-promotion.  (We found this nonfiction book — where else? — on the Internet.  And we’re probably not the only ones who will do so!)

The next time someone tells you that you can’t possibly be serious about self-publishing, just smile.  Then, go do something a little “dangerous”… like setting a goal for the day you’d like to have your nonfiction book in print!

Pick up any nonfiction book in a library and you’ll immediately see where the problem lies. Typically, the author knows his or her field but has absolutely no idea how to communicate ideas to an audience in a way that holds anyone’s attention for more than a nanosecond.

If you’re going to the trouble of putting your thoughts on paper, it’s critical to add some element of readability to your text. You don’t have to pepper the copy with jokes or fluff, but you do have to find a way to tell the reader what you want them to know in a manner that’s pleasing (to them, not you.) Otherwise, your nonfiction book will wind up in the “I’ll read this someday” pile… and no author wants to see that happen.

Obviously, you don’t want your work of nonfiction to fall into that category, so it’s important for you to make sure you write for your audience, not for you.

Plenty of authors make the mistake of writing for themselves and never stop to think about who their readers are. They don’t do any kind of research on who will actually be paying for their works, nor do they consider how their tone will be interpreted by a reader.

If you’ve already started your nonfiction book, we’d encourage you to take a step back. Ask yourself the following questions… and be honest with the replies:

• Is this book written FOR someone or is it simply written ABOUT a subject I like?
• Can I picture the type of person who will be reading this book?
• Did I do any research on my “ideal” customer?
• If I were reading this book to get more information, would it keep my interest?
• Is this book one I can truly envision a reader passing on to a family member, colleague or friend?

As always, if you’d like an objective opinion, give us a call. Your Written Book was founded to help bring your nonfiction book to life the write… er, right way!

All we have to say is — WHOA!  Don’t put the cart before the horse!

Now, we’re not suggesting that your book idea isn’t incredible; after all, it might be as revolutionary as Who Moved My Cheese.  But what if it’s a topic already covered by another author?  You’re going to need to position your nonfiction book differently to gain exposure, credibility, sales, profitability and overall mileage.

That’s why the first nonfiction book writing tip we have for you is to research the competition before you start writing your book.  See what other authors have said about the subject.  See how their books have sold.  And then evaluate  how you can turn yours into something even more marketable.

Not only will you be saving yourself time and energy, but you’ll also be ensuring that you’ve given your book the best chance of succeeding right out of the gate!