Information is not knowledge. - Albert Einstein Youve heard the rumors, the stories. Especially the rumors. You can write an ebook in 7 days. You can write an ebook and become a best-selling writer on Amazon. You can write an ebook and make $24,000 in one day. Are they true? Well, its according to what you mean by true. Does true mean they happened to at least one person or does true mean that its possible for you? Come on, youre a considerably smart person. Youve done your taxes by yourself, youve fixed your credit, and youve mastered Windows XP. Writing an ebook cant be that easy.or that hard, can it? Of course not, not for you. Youre not going the long route of those other promises, those rumors. Youre going for the time-honored route. Thats right, youre going to work for it. But dont worry, most of your work is going to be in planning the book, not writing it. Thats one of the secrets few people tell you when you start writing an ebook. SECRET #1 Most of your time will be spent planning your ebook. Ok, thats cool huh? Youve planned big events, company functions, and even planned your two-week vacation last year. But this is a different plan. It doesnt deal with dates and times, it deals with information. Think about it. Essentially, your ebook will a container of information, colored by you and your writing. Thats it, dont go romanticizing ebooks as this streaming repository of cutting and bleeding-edge technology for the smart online shopper Blah, blah, blah. Again, youre not looking for that. Youre going to write an ebook and these steps will lead you to the finish line. A complete ebook. Which leads us to the first and most important question What do you know? This question is first because without answering this question, you wont be writing an ebook, youll be assembling different writings and squeeze them together with a common word others will mistake for a title. Not you, nope. Not you. Youll go through these steps, write your ebook, publish it, and move on to the next. Oh, Im sorry, you thought this was a one-time thing. Trust me, theres enough information in that large brain of yours to write hundreds, maybe thousands of ebooks. But lets finish the first one, ok? Now lets get back on track. What do you know? The easiest way to answer this question is to look at your time. Where do you spend most of your life? Work, School, Home, wherever. The point is to find where your time goes and that time will now pay you back. You cant get time back, but that time has been well-spent. For example, lets say you work as a financial planner, but spend all your free hours at church. Youve been going there for years, helping members plan their days, organize their programs, and finish their projects on time. How many ebooks do you see in that sentence? Look harder and think harder. How many? 3, 10, 20. If you said 20 or more, then youre right. 20? Yes I said it, 20. Lets take the sentence piece by piece and find those tiny nuggets. Financial * Take control of your finances * How finances relate to our world * How finances improve relationships * How finances impact credit * What is this thing finance all about anyway? * A quick reference guide to finance * What is financial planning? * Why plan your future financially? Planner * Use planning to get back hours in your day * Introduction to planning * Planning for your family * Plans for finance, plans for romance * Plan your gas mileage next month Church * Planning your church into profits * Building your church member by member * Making church your home away from home Ill stop there. And just think, I didnt get into church programs, church organization, church projects, and then combining church and financial planning. I just wanted you to know theres a wealth of information in your brain. Youve got to trust yourself and be honest. What is it that ONLY YOU know? |
