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Since becoming authors, we naturally get a lot of questions about writing a book! In today’s episode, we share the 5 things we learned on our book writing journey.
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Key Insights
- Key Insight #1 - Writing a book is expensive!
- Key Insight #2 - Decide ahead of time what path you want to take and allow yourself the time you need to complete your writings
- Key Insight #3 - Prepare for criticism, you're now inviting it in
Timestamps
- [00:10] - Welcome
- [02:43] - Writing a book is expensive, both in time and money
- [04:13] - Self published vs hiring a publisher
- [05:38] - Writing the book is the easy part... and it is actually very hard!
- [10:28] - A good editor is worth their weight in gold!
- [14:13] - "If you're gonna do it, do it well." - Ariana
- [16:20] - Marketing and promotion is super important
- [18:53] - Before you begin, decide why you're writing a book in the first place. What is your ultimate goal?
- [23:45] - Prepare for criticism, you're literally inviting it
- [26:28] - Action Items
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Actions to Take
- Tom's Action - When is the ideal time for YOU to write your book?
- Ariana's Key Action - Have you written a book? Post in the comments, drop a link and maybe we can feature YOU on a future episode!
