I'm sharing with you my book writing strategy. My book is non fiction however I share a good strategy for fiction books. Enjoy!

1. How I
Wrote A
Book in
19 Days
Words:75 636
Pages: 322
Genre: Non Fiction

2. I would never
call myself
a writer

3. I amazed
myself
when I
wrote a
book in 19
days

4. Here's how I did it

5. I took all of my blog
articles (50 of
them) and printed
each out.

6. I read all of my articles
and wrote at the top of
each article which
chapter heading this
could potentially go into.

7. You don't have
articles you’ve
already written, you
say?
it’s all good..

8. Use other people's articles
on the subject. Collect as
much information as you
can. I am not advocating
plagiarism here as you'll see
in the coming slides

9. I then created a list of
chapter headings I could
write about and placed
them in order based on
what made sense at the
time.

10. Then I took each of my
50 articles and picked
one chapter heading
each article could go
into.

11. I took all my articles and
placed them in a MS word
document (I tried to find a better
solution than MS Word but couldn't find one).

12. I listed chapter headings and
placed each of the articles
underneath each chapter
heading.

13. This was the
foundation of the
book.

14. When all articles and
chapter headings were in
the word document, I had
about 50 000 words - a
book (a really crap book but a book
nonetheless)

15. This was the No 1
reason I was able
to get my book
completed
in 19 days.

16. Starting at 50 000 words
and working down is much
better psychologically than to
start with 0 words and work
your way up.

17. As far as I was
concerned, I
already had a
book - it just
needed to be a
book that people
actually want to
read.

18. With a basic
structure, I looked
at each chapter
and deleted
everything
except the specific
point each article
was trying to
make.

19. When I was
done, the book
was boiled
down to
around 12 000
words. I had
deleted 38
000 words of
'fluff'.

20. Once I had my core,
I then focused on
expanding each
point.

21. It was very important to
me that there was no
'fluff'.

22. 'Each chapter should be worth
the price of the book alone'
- best-selling author Tim Ferriss
These words became the
over-arching goal
for the book.

23. I then added case studies.

24. Then I added
diagrams. Because
everyone likes
pictures...

25. I made sure to add humor
and entertain my readers.
I already have a warped sense
of humor.
I had to show my
readers

26. To finish it off, I
added a worksheet
at the end of each
chapter.

27. Voilla! A book
completed in 19
days!

28. Other things that
really helped me
worth
mentioning...

29. Coworking Space: As someone
who has worked from home most of my
self employed life, I tried out a coworking
space.
I joined Fishburners
the largest
Coworking space
in Australia.
The benefits were
Huge.

30. I was inspired to do something
worthwhile and 2 weeks after joining, I
started writing this book.

31. Having a Deadline
I really wanted to have the
book edited and finished by
my birthday.
This meant that everyone
that worked with me knew
there was a deadline.
The book was completed at
6am on my birthday. An
awesome birthday
present

32. Having A Team of
Helpers
I could never have done this on
my own in 19 days. Below is a
small list
- People on Odesk to create
illustrations.
- I hired an Editor
(developmental and
proof-reader).

33. - I had an assistant that helped
me do a poll for picking the
best name for the book.
- I did a design
contest for the
cover art.
- I hired a print and ebook
formatter.

34. But I’m A
Fiction
Writer, - How
Does This Help
Me?
Here’s how I would do it...

35. I would look at
each element of
my story (my
characters, plots
etc) and think about
where I have
seen/read
something similar.

36. I would find material
similar and add it to
the text of my book.

37. Then I would change the
writing to complement my own
story.

38. The idea is to have the words
already exist in your word
document so all you need
to do is edit your story into
something different.

39. If you think
your story is
completely
unique,
you're lying to
yourself.

40. Nothing is truly
unique.

41. Every story
has been
repurposed
in some
way.

42. And that’s it!
It’s as easy as that

43. Whilst the book
was not ready
to publish in 19
days - my
writing job was
complete.
Important Fact To
Note

44. The editing
process took
2 weeks.

45. I also sent the
book to some
people for
feedback and
made some
crucial
changes.

46. Finally, the
formatting,
cover design
and
everything
else was a
b*#tch and
took some
more time.

47. Regardless, having a
book complete in 19
days is no small
accomplishment.

48. If anyone says
you can't write
a book in 19
days, you can
now tell
them - 'Bulls#*t
-
It Has
Been Done!'

49. Damien Diecke
Australia’s #1 Dating
Coach
on how he wrote his
new
book:
Sincere Seduction -
Using
Honesty & Integrity To Attract
Women
sincereseductionbook.com