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Why Books Are So Important

Back to: Spirit-Led Authoring: How to Write Your Book

Duration: 3 minutes, 47 seconds

You may be feeling led to write a book, but wonder why bother? Will anyone read it? Is it worth the work? What if you do all this work and only a handful of people even read it? In this lesson of the Spirit-Led Authoring program, I discuss why books matter so much and how they can change lives.

Getting Started

Intro – Message from Marnie
Facebook Group

How to join our Facebook support group.
What Is Spirit-Led Authoring
Why Books Are So Important

Marnie shares her experience with a life-altering book and why books are so important.

Section 1: Injecting the WOW-Factor Into Your Book

Collaborative Creation and Story Method

This lesson gives a brief introduction to Marnie’s Collaborative Creation and Story Method.
4 Things That Create the WOW Factor

In this lesson Marnie shares 4 things that will infuse the WOW-Factor into your book.
Deciding Which Book to Write

Do you have more than one idea for a book? How do you decide which book to write first? This lesson will give you a quick exercise you can use to make a more educated decision.
The Secret Sauce to the WOW Factor

We’ve talked about 4 elements to the WOW-Factor. This is the final secret sauce to the WOW-Factor.
Researching Your Book Topic

Section 2: Structuring & Organizing Your Compelling Book

5-Step Process for Structuring Your Book

In this lesson Marnie shares her 5-step process for structuring your book. Once you have a structure, writing becomes simpler.
Introduction to 10 Strategies for Organizing A Compelling Book
Importance of Consistency in Structuring Your Book
A Compelling Introduction – Strategy 1

The first strategy you need to create a grabbing introduction to your compelling book.
A Compelling Introduction – Strategies 2-4

This lesson discusses strategies 2, 3 and 4 for creating a compelling book. All of these deal with crafting an introduction that grabs people and pulls them in.
Make Your Book Easier to Share

These two strategies will make your book easier to share with others.
Bullets, Acronyms, Takeaways & Incentives – Strategies 7-10

Strategies 7-10 will help you create your compelling book using bullets, acronyms, takeaways and incentives to keep on reading.
7 Methods for Organizing Your Book

7 methods for organizing your book. Choose one or a combination of them to implement in your book.
Structuring: Bringing It All Together

Stories are one of the best way to bring everything together in your book. This lesson explores when and how to use stories and what to put around your stories to structure a powerful non-fiction book.
Gathering Materials and Structuring Your Book (Bringing it All Together)

Section 3: Writing Techniques

Finding Your Motivation

Marnie’s personal story that will be the basis for dissecting the Hero’s Journey in this section of the material. Not only is this story an example of the power story has to motivate your readers, but also it is hopefully going to motivate you to write your book!
Work with Your Creative Cycle

By working with your creative cycle, you get into a creative flow where writing comes more easily. This lessons teaches you how to determine your creative cycle and how to shift your beliefs to be in alignment with success.
The Power of Story

The importance of story and how you can use it in your book whether you’re writing fiction or non-fiction. The power of story is the jet fuel for getting books written fast. Marnie shares a few ideas for how she’s used stories in various types of books.
The Hero’s Journey

It’s important also to know how to structure your stories so they grab and engage people. This lesson explores the anatomy of a good story and how to structure all your stories – whether they be for novels, non-fiction books, or for presentations and explaining to people who you are and what you do.
Assignment and Writing Goal Tips

Your assignment for applying the Hero’s Journey to stories you’ll be sharing in your book – whether it’s the overarching story of a novel or stories you’ll include to illustrate your points in non-fiction.
Setting Your Writing Goal

Section 4: Editing

4 Types of Edits
8 Rules for Working with Editors
Tips for Self-Editing

Resources

Marnie’s Rolodex

Marnie’s personal list of editors, book designers and other people and resources to help with your book publishing and marketing.