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One of the biggest problems people have when writing a
book is to know when their book writing
is done. They become like little children with crayons, who want
to color the picture over and over again until the colors mix
together and it is all black.
If you have followed our program, you have chosen
a topic, and you know
your market. You have found a great
title and your perfect book model.
You created your chapter outline
and wrote on a schedule
until all your writing was done.
Now it is time to stop. You have completed your first draft. Now
it is time to print off your writing, get a cup
of tea or whatever (non-alcoholic -- you need your wits about you)
and read what you have written. You are now proceeding to the second
draft.
Review your writing, pencil in hand, and make
notes about what you think needs changing. Then you go back to your
computer and put in all the things that you noted. Get references
if necessary, but add all of the missing information into your book.
This is probably the most difficult part of book writing
because you have to break the baby. You will see redundancies, repetitions
and inconsistencies and may find yourself getting upset. That is
normal. All of us experience it. Once you start actually making
the changes you will get right into your writing
again and be very thankful that you took this step. Your first draft
will seem horrid.
Now is the time to give copies of your book out to colleagues,
friends or professionals in the field. Ask for very specific feedback,
depending on what you need to create a great published book.
Don’t forget to give them a deadline, say two or three weeks.
Once you get their annotated copies back, review their feedback
and enter what you believe to be good suggestions. Now you have
completed the third draft. Read it over once more, in a relaxed
mode, to make sure all falls into place and enter any changes you
see fit.
Now stop. You are done. Form now on, the book is out of your hands.
It is time to find a copy editor -- someone who can look at the book
impartially and find all of your errors. You are almost there.
You will soon have your published book.
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