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.
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.
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.
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