1. Write and publish one chapter at a time, using Amazon Kindle Singles, Wattpad, or sharing with your email list subscribers.
2. Start small. Write a shorter book of poems or stories.
3. Start a blog to get feedback early. Eventua...

Your book could have helped people, brought beauty or wisdom into the world, if only your book came to be. Or worse, you wrote a book, but nobody cared about it.

Producing a work that sells is not just about writing what you think will work. It's about finding an idea that will exc...

1. Set a total word count. 40,000 - 60,000 words = standard nonfiction/novella book. A long nonfiction book/standard-length novel contains 60,000 - 80,000 words, and a very long nonfiction/long novel contains 80,000 - 100,000 words.
2. Give yourself weekly deadli...

The hardest part of a writer's job is sitting down to do the work. Writing happens in three phases.

1. Beginning: You have to decide what you're going to write and how you're going to write it.
2. Staying motivated: You will face self-doubt and ov...