Considering writing a book but not sure where to start? Great advice on what it takes to write a #book from author KP Reddy: Start with a daily writing challenge and think of it as "training" for your future writing races. ✒ 👟
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I have been getting asked this question a lot. “KP, you just wrote your third book?! Jeez man, how do you have the time? I have been thinking about writing a book, what should I know?” 1. Writing a book alone is impossible (no one actually does, everyone has a team) I am fortunate to have a team that helps me. 2. You have to ask yourself “why?” It’s a huge investment, and your book royalties are not significant. Unless you write for a living. 3. Be passionate about the topic. If you aren’t thinking about the topic and researching everyday, you may be onto something. 4. You need to have a built-in audience that you are writing for.. you can’t write a book and expect to attract an audience. It also helps when you are writing to have a sense of your reader persona. 5. Have some authority on the topic you choose. The book market is like the podcast market. It’s a red ocean. 6. It’s 20-30 hours per week on top of your day job, for 6 months. This has been my experience. It doesn’t go any faster with experience. This is just what the creative process entails. 7. Stories matter. People like to ingest facts via personal stories and experiences. How should you test whether you should invest the time and money? (BTW..getting help starts at $15k) Do a writing challenge. Write 250 words per day for 90 days straight. Not all of it will be good content or publishable. Think as if you are training for a marathon. You don’t run a marathon everyday as part of training, far from it. Review your work weekly. If you can’t do this, I would say don’t bother writing a book. If you have any questions about this topic, message me.