How To REALLY write that book!
Part 1 Yes, there are parts and I'll tell you why. It takes more than a good idea to make it onto the NYT best-seller list. There is an old saying that goes, "If you're going to eat an elephant, do it one bite at a time." The reason I am writing about this at all is that I have managed to write three books so far and I'd like to spare you the decade it took me to figure out and execute the steps necessary to have something you can hold in your hand that has words and your name on it. Writing is like any other sport, activity, or subject you can get better at. The one thing we all say but rarely do is apply the adage, "Practice makes perfect". This means that you need to work out those writing muscles, namely, producing content. When I look at writers who struggle to crank out one sentence a day or who show up at the page and stare for hours, I imagine a marathon runner who spends his/her time looking at their running shoes and standing in place...or...