How to Write a Amazing Ebook
- 1. How to Write a Amazing Ebook
- 2. The hardest part of writing is the first sentence.
- 3. When you look at the whole project, it seems like an
- 4. impossible task. That's why you have to break it down
- 5. into manageable tasks. Think of climbing a mountain.
- 6. You are standing at the foot of it and looking up at
- 7. its summit vanishing into the clouds. How can you
- 8. possibly scale such an immense and dangerous mountain?
- 9. There is only one way to climb a mountain ? step by
- 10. step.
- 11. Now think of writing your ebook in the same light. You
- 12. must create it step by step, and one day, you will
- 13. take that last step and find yourself standing on the
- 14. summit with your head in the clouds.
- 15. The first thing you have to do, as if you actually
- 16. were a mountain climber, is to get organized. Instead
- 17. of climbing gear, however, you must organize your
- 18. thoughts. There are some steps you should take before
- 19. you begin. Once you've gone through the following
- 20. list, you will be ready to actually begin writing your
- 21. ebook.
- 22. Beginning Steps to Writing an ebook
- 23. First, figure out your ebook's working title. Jot down
- 24. a few different titles, and eventually, you'll find
- 25. that one that will grow on you. Titles help you to
- 26. focus your writing on your topic; they guide you in
- 27. anticipating and answering your reader's queries. Many
- 28. non-fiction books also have subtitles. Aim for clarity
- 29. in your titles, but cleverness always helps to sell
- 30. books ? as long as it's not too cute. For example,
- 31. Remedies for Insomnia: twenty different ways to count
- 32. sheep. Or: Get off that couch: fifteen exercise plans
- 33. to whip you into shape.
- 34. Next, write out a thesis statement. Your thesis is a
- 35. sentence or two stating exactly what problem you are
- 36. addressing and how your book will solve that problem.
- 37. All chapters spring forth from your thesis statement.
- 38. Once you've got your thesis statement fine-tuned,
- 39. you've built your foundation. From that foundation,
- 40. your book will grow, chapter by chapter.
- 41. Your thesis will keep you focused while you write your
- 42. ebook. Remember: all chapters must support your thesis
- 43. statement. If they don't, they don't belong in your
- 44. book. For example, your thesis statement could read:
- 45. We've all experienced insomnia at times in our lives,
- 46. but there are twenty proven techniques and methods to
- 47. give you back a good night's sleep.
- 48. Once you have your thesis, before you start to write,
- 49. make sure there is a good reason to write your book.
- 50. Ask yourself some questions:
- 51. * Does your book present useful information and is
- 52. that information currently relevant?
- 53. * Will you book positively affect the lives of your
- 54. readers?
- 55. * Is your book dynamic and will it keep the reader's
- 56. attention?
- 58. and significant?
- 59. If you can answer yes to these questions, you can feel
- 60. confident about the potential of your ebook.
- 61. Another important step is to figure out who your
- 62. target audience is. It is this group of people you
- 63. will be writing to, and this group will dictate many
- 64. elements of your book, such as style, tone, diction,
- 65. and even length. Figure out the age range of your
- 66. readers, their general gender, what they are most
- 67. interested in, and even the socio-economic group they
- 68. primarily come from. Are they people who read fashion
- 69. magazines or book reviews? Do they write letters in
- 70. longhand or spend hours every day online. The more you
- 71. can pin down your target audience, the easier it will
- 72. be to write your book for them.
- 73. Next, make a list of the reasons you are writing your
- 74. ebook. Do you want to promote your business? Do you
- 75. want to bring quality traffic to your website? Do you
- 76. want to enhance your reputation?
- 77. Then write down your goals in terms of publishing. Do
- 78. you want to sell it as a product on your website, or
- 79. do you want to offer it as a free gift for filling out
- 80. a survey or for ordering a product? Do you want to use
- 81. the chapters to create an e-course, or use your ebook
- 82. to attract affiliates around the world? The more you
- 83. know upfront, the easier the actual writing will be.
- 84. Decide on the format of your chapters. In non-fiction,
- 85. keep the format from chapter to chapter fairly
- 86. consistent. Perhaps you plan to use an introduction to
- 87. your chapter topic, and then divide it into four
- 88. subhead topics. Or you may plan to divide it into five
- 89. parts, each one beginning with a relevant anecdote.
- 90. How to make your ebook "user friendly"
- 91. You must figure out how to keep your writing engaging.
- 92. Often anecdotes, testimonials, little stories, photos,
- 93. graphs, advice, and tips will keep the reader turning
- 94. the pages. Sidebars are useful for quick, accessible
- 95. information, and they break up the density of the
- 96. page.
- 97. Write with a casual, conversational tone rather than a
- 98. formal tone such as textbook diction. Reader's respond
- 99. to the feeling that you are having a conversation with
- 100. them. Break up the length and structure of your
- 101. sentences so you don?t hypnotize your readers into
- 102. sleep. Sentences that are all the same length and
- 103. structure tend to be a good aid for insomnia!
- 104. Good writing takes practice. It takes lots and lots of
- 105. practice. Make a schedule to write at least a page a
- 106. day. Read books and magazines about the process of
- 107. writing, and jot down tips that jump out at you. The
- 109. write (and read), the better your writing will become.
- 110. The better your writing becomes, the bigger your sales
- 111. figures.
- 112. In an ebook that is read on the screen, be aware that
- 113. you must give your reader's eye a break. You can do
- 114. this by utilizing white space. In art classes, white
- 115. space is usually referred to as "negative space."
- 116. Reader's eyes need to rest in the cool white oasises
- 117. you create on your page. If your page is too dense,
- 118. your reader will quit out of it as soon as their eyes
- 119. begin to tear.
- 120. Make use of lists, both bulleted and numbered. This
- 121. makes your information easy to absorb, and gives the
- 122. reader a mental break from dissecting your paragraphs
- 123. one after the other.
- 124. Finally, decide on an easy-to-read design. Find a font
- 125. that's easy on the eyes, and stick to that font
- 126. family. Using dozens of fonts will only tire your
- 127. readers out before they've gotten past your
- 128. introduction. Use at least one and a half line
- 129. spacing, and text large enough to be read easily on
- 130. the screen, but small enough so that the whole page
- 131. can be seen on a computer screen. You will have to
- 132. experiment with this to find the right combination.
- 133. Of course, don't forget to run a spell and grammar
- 134. check. You are judged by something as minor as correct
- 135. punctuation, so don?t mess up a great book by tossing
- 136. out semicolons randomly, or stringing sentences
- 137. together with commas. (By the way, that's called a
- 138. "comma splice.")
- 139. Last of all, create an index and a bibliography.
- 140. That's it! You've written a book! Now all you have to
- 141. do is publish your ebook online, and wait for download
- 142. request from your website visitors.
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