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Book Writing - How to Transform Your Brilliant Idea Into a Book
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Brian Scott

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By Brian Scott
Published on July 28, 2009
 
Your book's content is vital to your book's success Readers don't buy books because the front covers entice them

Your book's content is vital to your book's success. Readers don't buy books because the front covers entice them. They buy books for knowledge or entertainment. They seek to gain a new experience or add value to their lives. Writers believe the hardest part of writing a book is writing from an initial idea.

How should you conceptualize your idea? What's your story's angle and its focal point? You need to make many decisions to write a book that readers find worth reading! Here are some fast tips to write a book from an idea.

Tip 1: Write a brief book.

Build your confidence as a writer with a mini-masterpiece. Call it a trial and error method. Test your skills as a book author. Make your ideas poignant and your punch lines catchy.

Tip 2: Focus on a single topic.

To avoid confusion, concentrate on one topic. Organize your thoughts that support your book's main idea.

Tip 3. What is your book's purpose?

Why are you writing it? Who will benefit from it? You write a book so that others will read it. Think about your readers and what they want.

Tip 4. Hire the services of a book coach or professional editor.

Let friends and family critic your masterpiece; then incorporate their ideas into your book. This is one way of soliciting responses and reactions from first-hand readers before you publish your book.

Tip 5. Appeal to your readers' sentiments, emotions, and beliefs.

Self-help and inspirational books are common. People who are too ashamed to consult professionals turn to self-help books to answer their problems.

Writing a book from idea is never a daunting task if you know where to start and how to do it.

Tip 6. Inspire yourself to write a book.

Most writers agree that writing a book requires inspiration -- and lots of it! Having the right insight and ideas can help you paint that perfect picture of words that will touch your readers.

Many writers deal with writer's block at some point during their writing. In fact, finding inspiration is an obstacle that most writers encounter.

You can find inspiration everywhere around you. If you learn how to inspire yourself, you will find it easier to write your book and avoid writer’s block.

TIP 7: Use your personal experience.

One common trend among many famous authors, which can be useful to you, is how their personal lives influence their work. The human experience has been a classic source of fascination and inspiration. Writing about your own experiences gives you material that you truly know best.

How do daily events affect you as a person? Maybe you learned something new, or met somebody new who influenced you. Maybe a life-altering event affected you in some way. If you experienced something unforgettable, then this experience may appeal to other people as well.

Dig deep into your personal history. Think about significant childhood memories that have influenced you in your life. Recall instances where you have experienced extreme emotions like joy, sorrow or anger. These emotions can help you focus on writing about human emotions and help you formulate well-rounded characters in your writing.

Tip 8: Use the viewpoint of others.

Another common source of inspiration is through a second person point of view. Many times, the lives and conversations of other people can inspire you and your story. Pay attention to the people around you. Notice their behavior and listen to their conversations.

Instilling something you have learned from someone else's point of view can benefit your writing. You may never know when you will bump into an intellectual person who might influence your thinking with different opinions and philosophies. Keep a writing notebook or journal and jot down ideas you get from other people; then you can return to your journal for sources of inspiration and creativity.

Noticing peoples' quirky personalities can help influence your ideas and shape your characters. This can help you write a story with interesting characters, plots, and storylines that readers can relate to.

Tip 9: Adapt stories that capture your interest.

The news, different cultures, myths and even fairy tales are examples of stories that may trigger your imagination. These stories can be great sources of inspiration to build your work around.

A popular trend among fiction writers is adapting myths and fairytales into a contemporary setting, so their stories become relatable to the modern world. If you are trying to write fiction, then adding a twist on the original story can make it original and interesting for your readers.

You can inspire and influence your thinking by reading different things, and use it to help create your own masterpiece. This is called creating Art from Art. Many brilliant writers use this technique to develop their work. You may never know when you will stumble upon something in the newspaper or on the Internet that triggers your interest.

You can tap into many different ways to inspire yourself. Ideas for inspiration are floating everywhere around you at this moment. Sometimes, even the simplest things like nature, an unusual life experience, an accidentally overheard conversation, or even a favorite childhood fairytale can inspire you.

If you experience writer's block, just remember to clear your mind. Take time to relax. Be open to anything that may create that special spark in your mind. You may never know when that next big idea might hit you.