#135: Want to Write a Book? This Writing Plan Makes It Easier!
The StoryBrand Podcast
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4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Many founders and entrepreneurs write books and become published authors. Why? Because it's a great way to build credibility, grow your platform, and create awareness for your business! But most business owners also feel at a loss when it comes to getting started. How will you get published? Do you really have the time to write a book? And how can you know if people will actually buy and read your book?
In today's episode, Donald Miller pulls back the curtain on his own writing journey and teaches you a step-by-step process that will make writing a book easier. Tune in now to learn 7 tips for writing a book and how becoming a published author isn't as impossible as it seems!
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This is your next step to becoming a published author. See you there!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today we're going to talk about writing a book. |
| 0:05.7 | Hey everybody, welcome to the Business Made Simple podcast, brought to you by the HubSpot |
| 0:09.2 | podcast network. I am your host, Donald Miller. And you say, Dom, why on the Business Made |
| 0:14.0 | Simple podcast, you talk about writing a book? Well, the reason is if you want to build a business, |
| 0:19.7 | it's a great idea to write a book. It's not just about business though, if you want to tell your |
| 0:24.4 | story, a book will build your personal platform. And today on the podcast, I'm going to talk to you |
| 0:30.4 | about how to write a book. I think you'd agree with me that AI, it's eating the web as we speak. |
| 0:41.0 | And pretty much what that means for business leaders like you is that it's time to embrace that |
| 0:46.3 | AI technology right now. And here's one of the main reasons why automation helps us do more with |
| 0:52.4 | less while continuing to meet and exceed business expectations. It's just incredible. So if you |
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| 1:36.3 | to streamline your marketing, sales, and customer service ops. |
| 1:43.3 | All right, in this episode, I'm going to give you an overview of how to write a book. And this is |
| 1:49.7 | a structure that I have used. And it has taken literally months off the writing process. When I |
| 1:56.1 | first started writing books, it would take me about two years. I think it took me about two years |
| 2:00.8 | to write a blue like jazz, probably three years to write searching for God knows what. And these days, |
| 2:07.0 | it takes me about eight months to write a book. But even that eight months is on limited time. I mean, |
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