Start With the Draft (Authority Author Series, #1)

Unpack the Contents in your Mind and Create an Easy Book Plan that Works

If you want to write a non-fiction book, whether you plan to do this yourself, or find a book ghost writer to help you, you need to start at the very beginning.  Start with the Draft.  The first draft of a non-fiction book is not something you can just 'magically do' without a plan.  So here's how to do the first things first, and start with the draft of your manuscript, by working through the easiest planning process to get that content out of your head and into the hands of your readers.

This book takes you through the preplanning – who your readers are, why they want this book, what you can do to help them take action making changes, and what kind of book it will be.  Then you develop your contents using the very easy Tri-Variant FrameworkTM that Dixie Carlton has been using and teaching for more than 15 years. 

 

Start with the Draft is also about how to start with the end in mind, so that your nonfiction manuscript draft can work hard for you as a marketing tool beyond the book you wish to write.

This book also covers:

  • the top mistakes authors make,
  • how to overcome writers block,
  • the value of pre-formatting your book draft,
  • how to test content with beta readers before you finish writing a book.
  • A step-by-step easy process for planning, writing, and preparing a nonfiction book ready for publishing.

Contents: 

Part 1 – Before You Start
Dear author
Why do you want to write this book
Imposter syndrome
Your temperature checks
Worksheet #1: Thinking Through Your Book Details
Creating your book plan
Workshseet #2: Planning Your Contents
How many chapters?
FAQs, Fun Facts, and Case Studies
Using the plan to write your book easily
Writing a book pitch

Part 2 – Writing Your First Draft
The big question of size
Writer's block
Sharing your work
Word vs Google Docs
Titles and subtitles
Perfection kills creativity
Don't keep it a secret
Writers are readers
Author quicksand
Pre-formatting
Review your content
Your test pilots
What to do next

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Start With the Draft (Authority Author Series, #1)

Unpack the Contents in your Mind and Create an Easy Book Plan that Works

If you want to write a non-fiction book, whether you plan to do this yourself, or find a book ghost writer to help you, you need to start at the very beginning.  Start with the Draft.  The first draft of a non-fiction book is not something you can just 'magically do' without a plan.  So here's how to do the first things first, and start with the draft of your manuscript, by working through the easiest planning process to get that content out of your head and into the hands of your readers.

This book takes you through the preplanning – who your readers are, why they want this book, what you can do to help them take action making changes, and what kind of book it will be.  Then you develop your contents using the very easy Tri-Variant FrameworkTM that Dixie Carlton has been using and teaching for more than 15 years. 

 

Start with the Draft is also about how to start with the end in mind, so that your nonfiction manuscript draft can work hard for you as a marketing tool beyond the book you wish to write.

This book also covers:

  • the top mistakes authors make,
  • how to overcome writers block,
  • the value of pre-formatting your book draft,
  • how to test content with beta readers before you finish writing a book.
  • A step-by-step easy process for planning, writing, and preparing a nonfiction book ready for publishing.

Contents: 

Part 1 – Before You Start
Dear author
Why do you want to write this book
Imposter syndrome
Your temperature checks
Worksheet #1: Thinking Through Your Book Details
Creating your book plan
Workshseet #2: Planning Your Contents
How many chapters?
FAQs, Fun Facts, and Case Studies
Using the plan to write your book easily
Writing a book pitch

Part 2 – Writing Your First Draft
The big question of size
Writer's block
Sharing your work
Word vs Google Docs
Titles and subtitles
Perfection kills creativity
Don't keep it a secret
Writers are readers
Author quicksand
Pre-formatting
Review your content
Your test pilots
What to do next

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Start With the Draft (Authority Author Series, #1)

Start With the Draft (Authority Author Series, #1)

by Dixie Maria Carlton
Start With the Draft (Authority Author Series, #1)

Start With the Draft (Authority Author Series, #1)

by Dixie Maria Carlton

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Unpack the Contents in your Mind and Create an Easy Book Plan that Works

If you want to write a non-fiction book, whether you plan to do this yourself, or find a book ghost writer to help you, you need to start at the very beginning.  Start with the Draft.  The first draft of a non-fiction book is not something you can just 'magically do' without a plan.  So here's how to do the first things first, and start with the draft of your manuscript, by working through the easiest planning process to get that content out of your head and into the hands of your readers.

This book takes you through the preplanning – who your readers are, why they want this book, what you can do to help them take action making changes, and what kind of book it will be.  Then you develop your contents using the very easy Tri-Variant FrameworkTM that Dixie Carlton has been using and teaching for more than 15 years. 

 

Start with the Draft is also about how to start with the end in mind, so that your nonfiction manuscript draft can work hard for you as a marketing tool beyond the book you wish to write.

This book also covers:

  • the top mistakes authors make,
  • how to overcome writers block,
  • the value of pre-formatting your book draft,
  • how to test content with beta readers before you finish writing a book.
  • A step-by-step easy process for planning, writing, and preparing a nonfiction book ready for publishing.

Contents: 

Part 1 – Before You Start
Dear author
Why do you want to write this book
Imposter syndrome
Your temperature checks
Worksheet #1: Thinking Through Your Book Details
Creating your book plan
Workshseet #2: Planning Your Contents
How many chapters?
FAQs, Fun Facts, and Case Studies
Using the plan to write your book easily
Writing a book pitch

Part 2 – Writing Your First Draft
The big question of size
Writer's block
Sharing your work
Word vs Google Docs
Titles and subtitles
Perfection kills creativity
Don't keep it a secret
Writers are readers
Author quicksand
Pre-formatting
Review your content
Your test pilots
What to do next


Product Details

BN ID: 2940166900647
Publisher: Dixie Maria Carlton
Publication date: 01/11/2023
Series: Authority Author Series
Sold by: Draft2Digital
Format: eBook
File size: 720 KB

About the Author

Dixie Carlton has been assisting other top ranked professional speakers, CEOs, and industry leaders from around the world to develop their expertise and publishing aspirations, while also developing her own international professional speaking career. She has helped to publish nearly 200 books, many are best sellers, and they and their authors are award-winning high-profile experts in their respective fields, from Europe, USA, Australasia and the UK. Dixie has represented many of those books at international book fairs in Frankfurt and London, sold foreign rights, worked with respected literary agents and PR specialists, and is recognised as a pioneer in the world of Publishing 3.0.

Dixie merged her own hybrid publishing company into a fresh new style of service with publishing production specialist Ann Dettori Wilson in 2019 and created Indie Experts. Together they work with top performing industry experts, entrepreneurs, rebels and trail blazers around the world, to ensure their publishing journeys become part of their overall ecosystem in business to create change, and raise awareness of important issues.

Covering industries including IT, Security, Agriculture, Retail, Education Mountaineering, and medical fields, Dixie has worked with some extraordinary authors. Describing her work as ‘getting paid to deep dive into fascinating lives and topics’, she’s happiest helping others to develop their stories, and share them using her Tri-Variant FrameworkTM for Content Curation.

Dixie Carlton is one of only a handful of global experts’ industry specialists who fully understands the intersection of the publishing, professional speaking, and marketing industries and how they relate to each other for experts who work between Pages and Stages.

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