After publishing a few books I’ve developed my own system for drafting manuscripts. Over the years I’ve gained insight on how to enhance my work and avoid the pitfalls of producing content. Now I aim to share my proven-strategies to overcoming common challenges for both new authors and experienced authors. Although there are many obstacles to writing books, we’ll focus on seven approaches to enriching our process for creating. Stay Organized. I stress this step because it’ll help us tackle our work more efficiently. Staying organized looks like having our content divided into sections. Personally, I organize my work into a few categories such as introduction/conclusion and objectives. Reader engagement, and outline, etc. Organizing my binder is among the first steps to diving into my projects and I encourage you to practice this approach as well. Don’t Work in Chronological Order. Writing our books from A to Z will overwhelm us and increase the likelihood of getting writer’s bloc...
Meeting our writing goals are important. However, not being fully-present won’t get us anywhere when it comes to producing content. After getting some rest I encourage you to follow at least one of the six tips discussed. Don’t fight your body’s clock. I f you know you work better in the morning than at night, follow your body energy’s peak hours and tackle that book in the morning time. If you’re a night-person, work on your book at night. It’s easier on the eyes. Take baby steps. Organize your outline. Tighten up by reviewing pertinent pieces of your book. You could gain more insight on the bigger picture. Plug in your quotes, scriptures and questions wherever they belong. Like a puzzle. Don’t work on your book in chronological order! That will trigger writer’s block and become overwhelming. We know writing a book demands a lot. When stuck on that one chapter you can’t pass go nor collect anything. Develop your manuscript in sections. To reduce getting caught up in o...