Ideation—the formation of ideas or concepts. This activity represents a mainstay for most writers. Without ideas, you’re lost…or, at least, you’re not writing or making money. How do you work with your ideas so you can become an author? How do you work with them to become a multiple-book author? And how do you work with them to create a…
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By Rochelle Melander (@WriteNowCoach) I’m pleased to welcome back author Rochelle Melander, the Write Now! Coach. Today she offers tips to help you organize your nonfiction books so you can write them quickly, easily and effectively. If you want to learn more about this topic, register for the upcoming NFWU FREE telesminar with Rochelle, The Three Shifts You Need to…
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Today’s prompt has two purposes. The first is to give me feedback on these nonfiction prompts. The second is for you to learn how to get feedback on what you are doing by using surveys. Feedback can be enormously helpful. It can help us shape our blogs, our manuscripts, our brands, our products, and our businesses. It can even help…
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I work with a lot of aspiring writers who can’t quite get clarity, find a structure or flesh out on their nonfiction book ideas. The come to me for help because the overwhelming nature of getting started stops them from writing their book. If you, too, possess an idea for a nonfiction book but can’t imagine how to get from…
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I like soccer, but not in the same way my husband likes soccer. I even used to play the game and I enjoy watching it, but I’m not a fanatic. My husband is an aficionado. As you can imagine, recently he’s spent a lot of time watching the World Cup. Games were recorded so he could view the replays at…
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Success leaves clues. I’ve heard this said over and over again, and it’s so true. This means you can find the keys to success by learning from those who have already succeeded. Their behaviors, attitudes, habits, methodologies, techniques, approaches, and ways of seeing the world all tell you something about how you, too, can find success. There’s no need to…
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Some writers’ minds overflow with ideas while others suffer from a drought. If you struggle to find ideas for your articles, essays, blog posts, or books, you might wonder how to turn on your own faucet and get the flow going. It’s really not that difficult to find a well of great ideas. You must at first act a bit…
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