You can get paid to write a book. It's easily possible to make a fast $10,000, or even a
six figure amount. You could even make seven figures --- over a million dollars for
twenty pages of text. It sounds incredible, but a fast seven figures is certainly
possible if you have a HOT, hot idea or have had an experience that hundreds of
thousands of people want to read about. In his 2001 book about writing non-fiction,
Damn! Why Didn't I Write That?, author Marc McCutcheon says that it's not hard to
make a good income: "you can learn the trade and begin making a respectable income
much faster than most people think possible".
The good part is that you don't need to write your book before you get some money.
Here's how....
(Write A Non-Fiction Book Proposal And Sell It)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
7 Days To Easy-Money: Get Paid To Write A Book .................................................... 1
(Write A Non-Fiction Book Proposal And Sell It) ................................................... 1 .................................................................................................................................... 1
7 Days To Easy-Money: Get Paid To Write A Book .................................................... 2
(Write A Non-Fiction Book Proposal And Sell It) ................................................... 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS...........................................................................................3
Introduction..................................................................................................................10
Sell your book the easy way --- sell a proposal ....................................................... 10
You and your publisher: a partnership.....................................................................11
Why write a proposal first?......................................................................................11
How do you write a book proposal? ........................................................................ 12
How to use this ebook..............................................................................................13
Work FAST..........................................................................................................13
Can't devote a week to writing your proposal?....................................................13
Day One: What’s a book proposal? Get an idea for your book ..................................14
Day One Tasks.........................................................................................................14
Task One: Look over four non-fiction books ......................................................14
Task Two: Work through the Idea Generator exercises in this chapter...............14
Task Three: Create a computer folder to hold your working files.......................14
Task Three: Create a Work Log...........................................................................15
What’s a book proposal?..........................................................................................15
Got an idea for your book? Great! ........................................................................... 16
Start here to develop an idea for your next book.....................................................16
Idea Generator One: What you're good at ...........................................................17
Idea Generator Two: Your past experiences .......................................................17
Idea Generator Three: Your knowledge ..............................................................18
Idea Generator Four: What you enjoy most.........................................................18
Idea Generator Five: From challenge to opportunity...........................................19
Checklist: Is this the right idea for you TODAY? ................................................... 19
Day Two: Develop your idea and assess the market ................................................... 21
7 Days To Easy-Money: Get Paid To Write A Book .................................................... 1
(Write A Non-Fiction Book Proposal And Sell It) ................................................... 1 .................................................................................................................................... 1
7 Days To Easy-Money: Get Paid To Write A Book .................................................... 2
(Write A Non-Fiction Book Proposal And Sell It) ................................................... 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS...........................................................................................3
Introduction..................................................................................................................10
Sell your book the easy way --- sell a proposal ....................................................... 10
You and your publisher: a partnership.....................................................................11
Why write a proposal first?......................................................................................11
How do you write a book proposal? ........................................................................ 12
How to use this ebook..............................................................................................13
Work FAST..........................................................................................................13
Can't devote a week to writing your proposal?....................................................13
Day One: What’s a book proposal? Get an idea for your book ..................................14
Day One Tasks.........................................................................................................14
Task One: Look over four non-fiction books ......................................................14
Task Two: Work through the Idea Generator exercises in this chapter...............14
Task Three: Create a computer folder to hold your working files.......................14
Task Three: Create a Work Log...........................................................................15
What’s a book proposal?..........................................................................................15
Got an idea for your book? Great! ........................................................................... 16
Start here to develop an idea for your next book.....................................................16
Idea Generator One: What you're good at ...........................................................17
Idea Generator Two: Your past experiences .......................................................17
Idea Generator Three: Your knowledge ..............................................................18
Idea Generator Four: What you enjoy most.........................................................18
Idea Generator Five: From challenge to opportunity...........................................19
Checklist: Is this the right idea for you TODAY? ................................................... 19
Day Two: Develop your idea and assess the market ................................................... 21
Day Two Tasks ........................................................................................................ 21
Task One: Keep studying non-fiction books .......................................................21
Task Two: Develop your idea..............................................................................21
Dispelling myths and a word about confidence.......................................................21
Myth One ............................................................................................................. 21
Myth Two.............................................................................................................22
Myth Three...........................................................................................................22
Myth Four ............................................................................................................ 22
Today we'll develop your idea and assess the market .............................................23
Note: your personal experience is valuable ......................................................... 23
Simple steps in developing your idea ...................................................................... 23
1. Write down everything you know about this idea ........................................... 23
2. Make a long list of possible book titles ...........................................................24
3. Create a list of contacts....................................................................................25
Assess the market for your book..............................................................................25
1. Visit large bookstores ......................................................................................25
2. Visit your library..............................................................................................26
3. Amazon.com .................................................................................................... 26
Write a report on your discoveries...........................................................................26
Day Three: Write the blurb and outline your book......................................................27
Day Three Tasks ...................................................................................................... 27
Task One: Write at least three blurbs...................................................................27
Task Two: Collect sample blurbs ........................................................................27
Writing the blurb......................................................................................................27
Your blurb helps your agent and editor to get a contract for you ........................ 28
Sample blurbs.......................................................................................................28
Sample blurb from: LifeTime: Better Time Management in 21 Days by Angela Booth ...................................................................................................................29
Sample blurb from: Making The Internet Work For Your Business by Angela Booth ...................................................................................................................30
Write your blurb in easy steps .............................................................................31
One: Make a list of the benefits to the reader ...................................................... 31
Two: Rank the benefits ........................................................................................ 31
Three: Write several blurbs, in various lengths ................................................... 32
Task One: Keep studying non-fiction books .......................................................21
Task Two: Develop your idea..............................................................................21
Dispelling myths and a word about confidence.......................................................21
Myth One ............................................................................................................. 21
Myth Two.............................................................................................................22
Myth Three...........................................................................................................22
Myth Four ............................................................................................................ 22
Today we'll develop your idea and assess the market .............................................23
Note: your personal experience is valuable ......................................................... 23
Simple steps in developing your idea ...................................................................... 23
1. Write down everything you know about this idea ........................................... 23
2. Make a long list of possible book titles ...........................................................24
3. Create a list of contacts....................................................................................25
Assess the market for your book..............................................................................25
1. Visit large bookstores ......................................................................................25
2. Visit your library..............................................................................................26
3. Amazon.com .................................................................................................... 26
Write a report on your discoveries...........................................................................26
Day Three: Write the blurb and outline your book......................................................27
Day Three Tasks ...................................................................................................... 27
Task One: Write at least three blurbs...................................................................27
Task Two: Collect sample blurbs ........................................................................27
Writing the blurb......................................................................................................27
Your blurb helps your agent and editor to get a contract for you ........................ 28
Sample blurbs.......................................................................................................28
Sample blurb from: LifeTime: Better Time Management in 21 Days by Angela Booth ...................................................................................................................29
Sample blurb from: Making The Internet Work For Your Business by Angela Booth ...................................................................................................................30
Write your blurb in easy steps .............................................................................31
One: Make a list of the benefits to the reader ...................................................... 31
Two: Rank the benefits ........................................................................................ 31
Three: Write several blurbs, in various lengths ................................................... 32
Essential blurb add-on: the testimonial................................................................32
Outlining your book.................................................................................................32
Start with a mind map..........................................................................................32
Create your outline...............................................................................................33
Day Four: Research your book proposal, and flesh out your book's outline ............... 34
Day Four Tasks ........................................................................................................ 34
Task One: Create your research plan ................................................................... 34
Task Two: Create a chapter outline for your book .............................................34
Research: How much do you need to know?...........................................................34
Your research plan ............................................................................................... 34
Work on your book's outline and the first chapter, as you research ........................ 36
The Brain-Dead Process ......................................................................................36
What goes into your chapter outline? .................................................................. 39
Will you need graphics or photographs? .................................................................40
Day Five: Write your proposal query letter, and submit it to agents and publishers...41
Day Five Tasks ........................................................................................................41
Task One: Start a contact list of agents and publishers ......................................41
Task Two: Send out ten query letters to agents and publishers...........................41
Today you write your proposal query letter.............................................................41
Do you need an agent?.............................................................................................42
Online resources to help you in your agent-hunt................................................42
Sending your query letter directly to publishers ...................................................... 43
Yes, you can multiple-submit your query letter, and even your proposal ............... 44
Sample Query Letter ................................................................................................ 45
Another sample query letter.....................................................................................47
Write your query letter! ...........................................................................................49
Here's a quick outline for your letter: .................................................................. 49
"Don'ts" for your query letter...............................................................................49
1. Don't make unsupported claims for yourself or your book .............................49
2. Don't mention that you're unpublished ............................................................ 50
3. Don't mention that your partner, your best friend, or the milkman think that you’re a good writer or that you've got a brilliant idea for a book ...................... 50
4. Don't be specific...............................................................................................51
Day Six: Write the proposal.........................................................................................52
Outlining your book.................................................................................................32
Start with a mind map..........................................................................................32
Create your outline...............................................................................................33
Day Four: Research your book proposal, and flesh out your book's outline ............... 34
Day Four Tasks ........................................................................................................ 34
Task One: Create your research plan ................................................................... 34
Task Two: Create a chapter outline for your book .............................................34
Research: How much do you need to know?...........................................................34
Your research plan ............................................................................................... 34
Work on your book's outline and the first chapter, as you research ........................ 36
The Brain-Dead Process ......................................................................................36
What goes into your chapter outline? .................................................................. 39
Will you need graphics or photographs? .................................................................40
Day Five: Write your proposal query letter, and submit it to agents and publishers...41
Day Five Tasks ........................................................................................................41
Task One: Start a contact list of agents and publishers ......................................41
Task Two: Send out ten query letters to agents and publishers...........................41
Today you write your proposal query letter.............................................................41
Do you need an agent?.............................................................................................42
Online resources to help you in your agent-hunt................................................42
Sending your query letter directly to publishers ...................................................... 43
Yes, you can multiple-submit your query letter, and even your proposal ............... 44
Sample Query Letter ................................................................................................ 45
Another sample query letter.....................................................................................47
Write your query letter! ...........................................................................................49
Here's a quick outline for your letter: .................................................................. 49
"Don'ts" for your query letter...............................................................................49
1. Don't make unsupported claims for yourself or your book .............................49
2. Don't mention that you're unpublished ............................................................ 50
3. Don't mention that your partner, your best friend, or the milkman think that you’re a good writer or that you've got a brilliant idea for a book ...................... 50
4. Don't be specific...............................................................................................51
Day Six: Write the proposal.........................................................................................52
Day Six Task............................................................................................................52
Task One: Write the initial draft of your book proposal......................................52 ............................................................................................................................. 52
Relax! You'll write your draft in stages ................................................................... 52
Let's write the proposal ............................................................................................ 54
Your chapter outline ............................................................................................54
Your background—why you're the person to write this book ............................. 54
Write the Overview..............................................................................................56
Sample Overview Writing To Sell In The Internet Age ...................................... 57
The Internet gives writers unlimited new opportunities ...................................... 57
A how-to plus a how-they-did-it..........................................................................58
What I won't be including .................................................................................... 58
Don’t hype, BUT DO INCLUDE EVERYTHING RELEVANT ....................... 59
Your Overview's length ....................................................................................... 59
Write the Promotions section...............................................................................59
Promoting with money.........................................................................................59
Promoting with time ............................................................................................60
Sample Promotions section Writing To Sell In The Internet Age ....................... 60
My plan outline .................................................................................................... 60
Write the Competition section ............................................................................. 61
Day Seven: Write the sample chapter and revise your proposal ................................61
Day Seven Tasks......................................................................................................61
Task One: Write the sample chapter....................................................................61
Task Two: Revision ............................................................................................. 62
Today you write your sample chapter......................................................................62
A fast chapter-writing method ............................................................................. 62
1. Reread your notes ............................................................................................62
2. Talk to yourself on paper ................................................................................. 62
3. When you're ready, write ................................................................................. 63
Revising your proposal ............................................................................................ 64
How to revise ....................................................................................................... 64
1. Read the entire proposal...................................................................................64
2. Slash and burn..................................................................................................64
3. Add material.....................................................................................................65
Task One: Write the initial draft of your book proposal......................................52 ............................................................................................................................. 52
Relax! You'll write your draft in stages ................................................................... 52
Let's write the proposal ............................................................................................ 54
Your chapter outline ............................................................................................54
Your background—why you're the person to write this book ............................. 54
Write the Overview..............................................................................................56
Sample Overview Writing To Sell In The Internet Age ...................................... 57
The Internet gives writers unlimited new opportunities ...................................... 57
A how-to plus a how-they-did-it..........................................................................58
What I won't be including .................................................................................... 58
Don’t hype, BUT DO INCLUDE EVERYTHING RELEVANT ....................... 59
Your Overview's length ....................................................................................... 59
Write the Promotions section...............................................................................59
Promoting with money.........................................................................................59
Promoting with time ............................................................................................60
Sample Promotions section Writing To Sell In The Internet Age ....................... 60
My plan outline .................................................................................................... 60
Write the Competition section ............................................................................. 61
Day Seven: Write the sample chapter and revise your proposal ................................61
Day Seven Tasks......................................................................................................61
Task One: Write the sample chapter....................................................................61
Task Two: Revision ............................................................................................. 62
Today you write your sample chapter......................................................................62
A fast chapter-writing method ............................................................................. 62
1. Reread your notes ............................................................................................62
2. Talk to yourself on paper ................................................................................. 62
3. When you're ready, write ................................................................................. 63
Revising your proposal ............................................................................................ 64
How to revise ....................................................................................................... 64
1. Read the entire proposal...................................................................................64
2. Slash and burn..................................................................................................64
3. Add material.....................................................................................................65
4. Read for coherency .......................................................................................... 65
5. Revise for style ................................................................................................65
6. Copyedit...........................................................................................................65
You're done!.................................................................................................................65
Resource: Sample Book Proposal................................................................................66
7 Days To Easy-Money: Copywriting Success ...........................................................66
by Angela Booth .........................................................................................................66 Proposal........................................................................................................................ 66
Angela Booth ............................................................................................................... 66
Overview ...................................................................................................................... 67
The business writing market is invisible to most writers.....................................67
Writers need this book ............................................................................................. 68
The book's structure ................................................................................................. 69
What's not in the book .........................................................................................69
Angela Booth's Background .................................................................................... 70
Quick Bio.............................................................................................................70
Partial list of publication credits .......................................................................... 70
Web site ...............................................................................................................71
Why this author for this book?.............................................................................71 Competition.............................................................................................................. 72
1. The Elements of Copywriting: The Essential Guide to Creating Copy That Gets the Results You Want..................................................................................72
2. Teach Yourself Copywriting............................................................................72
3. The Well-Fed Writer: Financial Self-Sufficiency As a Freelance Writer in Six Months or Less.....................................................................................................72
Who will buy 7 Days To Easy Money: Copywriting Success and why? ................74
My promotions plan for 7 Days To Easy Money: Copywriting Success ...............75
My plan outline .................................................................................................... 75
Chapter Outline............................................................................................................77
How to get the most out of this book.......................................................................77
Week One: Start Your New Business In Just Seven Days! ..................................... 77
Introduction & Day One: Getting Started ................................................................ 77
Day Two: your portfolio, prospecting and marketing .............................................77
Day Three: Writing Longer Copy ...........................................................................78
5. Revise for style ................................................................................................65
6. Copyedit...........................................................................................................65
You're done!.................................................................................................................65
Resource: Sample Book Proposal................................................................................66
7 Days To Easy-Money: Copywriting Success ...........................................................66
by Angela Booth .........................................................................................................66 Proposal........................................................................................................................ 66
Angela Booth ............................................................................................................... 66
Overview ...................................................................................................................... 67
The business writing market is invisible to most writers.....................................67
Writers need this book ............................................................................................. 68
The book's structure ................................................................................................. 69
What's not in the book .........................................................................................69
Angela Booth's Background .................................................................................... 70
Quick Bio.............................................................................................................70
Partial list of publication credits .......................................................................... 70
Web site ...............................................................................................................71
Why this author for this book?.............................................................................71 Competition.............................................................................................................. 72
1. The Elements of Copywriting: The Essential Guide to Creating Copy That Gets the Results You Want..................................................................................72
2. Teach Yourself Copywriting............................................................................72
3. The Well-Fed Writer: Financial Self-Sufficiency As a Freelance Writer in Six Months or Less.....................................................................................................72
Who will buy 7 Days To Easy Money: Copywriting Success and why? ................74
My promotions plan for 7 Days To Easy Money: Copywriting Success ...............75
My plan outline .................................................................................................... 75
Chapter Outline............................................................................................................77
How to get the most out of this book.......................................................................77
Week One: Start Your New Business In Just Seven Days! ..................................... 77
Introduction & Day One: Getting Started ................................................................ 77
Day Two: your portfolio, prospecting and marketing .............................................77
Day Three: Writing Longer Copy ...........................................................................78
Day Four: Public Relations Copywriting.................................................................79
Day Five: Specialist Copywriting............................................................................79
Day Six: Focus on Marketing .................................................................................. 80
Day Seven: Copywriting for performance ..............................................................80
Week Two: Your copywriting services marketing plan and more .......................... 81
Week Three: Copywriting for the Internet ..............................................................81
Week Four: Writing bios (biographies) and creating your own media kit .............. 81
Sample Chapters: Introduction and Day One .......................................................... 83 Introduction..............................................................................................................83
Can YOU make money freelance copywriting? .................................................. 83
First must-do: get your client's message across ................................................... 84
Second must-do: market your copywriting services............................................85
How much can you earn?.....................................................................................85
Day One: Getting Started.............................................................................................86
Your Day One Objectives........................................................................................86
The brief, and your Writing Services Agreement....................................................86
Your briefing sheet ..............................................................................................87
Your Writing Services Agreement.......................................................................88
(Sidebar) The copywriter's formula: AIDA ......................................................... 89
Writing copy step by step ........................................................................................89
Step One: Research .............................................................................................89
Step Two: Prepare by getting a conversation down on paper or on the computer screen ................................................................................................................... 90
Step Three: Brainstorm with word associations .................................................. 90
Step Four: First draft: write it fast........................................................................91
Copywriter's How –To: Five Easy Tips To Write A Perfect, Selling Ad................92
Tip One: who's the reader? (Or viewer, or listener if you're writing for broadcast.) ............................................................................................................ 92
Tip Two: Write an attention-grabbing headline...................................................92
Tip Three: Write the features first, then work out what the benefits are ............. 93
Tip Four: Don’t forget the response! ................................................................... 93
Tip Five: Read it out loud .................................................................................... 94
Day One Exercises...................................................................................................94
Exercise One: Write a brief..................................................................................94
Day Five: Specialist Copywriting............................................................................79
Day Six: Focus on Marketing .................................................................................. 80
Day Seven: Copywriting for performance ..............................................................80
Week Two: Your copywriting services marketing plan and more .......................... 81
Week Three: Copywriting for the Internet ..............................................................81
Week Four: Writing bios (biographies) and creating your own media kit .............. 81
Sample Chapters: Introduction and Day One .......................................................... 83 Introduction..............................................................................................................83
Can YOU make money freelance copywriting? .................................................. 83
First must-do: get your client's message across ................................................... 84
Second must-do: market your copywriting services............................................85
How much can you earn?.....................................................................................85
Day One: Getting Started.............................................................................................86
Your Day One Objectives........................................................................................86
The brief, and your Writing Services Agreement....................................................86
Your briefing sheet ..............................................................................................87
Your Writing Services Agreement.......................................................................88
(Sidebar) The copywriter's formula: AIDA ......................................................... 89
Writing copy step by step ........................................................................................89
Step One: Research .............................................................................................89
Step Two: Prepare by getting a conversation down on paper or on the computer screen ................................................................................................................... 90
Step Three: Brainstorm with word associations .................................................. 90
Step Four: First draft: write it fast........................................................................91
Copywriter's How –To: Five Easy Tips To Write A Perfect, Selling Ad................92
Tip One: who's the reader? (Or viewer, or listener if you're writing for broadcast.) ............................................................................................................ 92
Tip Two: Write an attention-grabbing headline...................................................92
Tip Three: Write the features first, then work out what the benefits are ............. 93
Tip Four: Don’t forget the response! ................................................................... 93
Tip Five: Read it out loud .................................................................................... 94
Day One Exercises...................................................................................................94
Exercise One: Write a brief..................................................................................94
Exercise Three: Write ad headlines from the brief you created...........................95
Exercise Four: Create the ad from the brief and headlines you wrote.................95
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