Susan Friedmann works with non-fiction authors who want to find the right market for their message and want to go from undiscovered author to profitable recognized expert authority.
After the video is a condensed text version of her answers.
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Ellen Finkelstein
Dan Janal works with business owners and professionals who want to elevate their reputations and set themselves apart from their competition by writing a book. As a book coach, developmental editor, and ghostwriter, Dan shapes stories and strategies that can transform a career or business.
Dan has written more than a dozen books that have been translated into six languages. His latest book is Write Your Book in a Flash.
He also hosts a podcast, “Write Your Book in a Flash with Dan Janal”, where he interviews experts who have written books. Thinkers360.com named the show one of the top 50 podcasts for thought leaders.
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Ellen Finkelstein
Not long ago, I was teaching a course for authors with a colleague and she expressed her self-doubts about her writing ability. This is someone who has written over 30 books!
Her doubts were unfounded in my opinion and were based on an idea that being a good writer is a technical issue.
It isn’t. Really, you can be a good writer without understanding the Track Changes feature in Microsoft Word.
Of course, you need to be able to write a clear sentence and to put sentences together into paragraphs. You also need to write in an organized way. And the secret to doing that is to write a thorough Table of Contents before you start writing.
But the 3 qualities that make you a good writer are quite different.
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Ellen Finkelstein
During a year-end planning session, I asked a group of online entrepreneurs what their goal was for the coming year. Some of the comments were:
“I want to reach women and help them gain self-confidence”
“I want to help people eat better so they can lose weight without dieting.”
These are not goals; they’re missions.
A goal is more specific.
A basketball team’s mission is to win the championship. They have smaller missions to win individual games. But they do that by getting balls in the basket — that’s the goal, literally.
In most cases, our goals aren’t as literal but we do need to know what they are.
Ellen Finkelstein