How to Start Your Book: Choosing a Winning Message

How to Start Your Book: Choosing a Winning Message - Brian Tracy

When you write a book, where do you start?

You have an ambition to write a book, but you’re not sure how to structure it.

I’ve written 72 books and I publish 4 or 5 books a year with publishers worldwide and this is the main question that I get asked.

When I decide to write a book, I’ll sit down with a blank piece of paper and I’ll lay out the entire book on paper without reference to any resource material.

I can then write the whole book from beginning to end without even using my notes.

I’ll design a book by organizing the chapters and deciding which will be number one, two, and so on. Then I develop the subject, chapter by chapter. Then I’ll write an introduction to set up the subject and get everybody really interested.

But that’s not the very first step…

It all starts with what you really care about.

Key Takeaways From This Video

Start with your message and answer these questions first:

What message do you have that could really benefit other people?
What message do you have that you would want your children to know?
What message do you have that burns inside of you?

Select one main idea for your book. Write at the top of a piece of paper, “What are all of the things I would want to talk about or include in this book?”

Answer this question with a list of everything that you want to talk about in the book. This is the starting point of you book.

I use this technique every time I want to write a book, which means I’ve used it now over 75 times to write books.

The next step is to organize your ideas into chapters and thoughts. If you want to get my 20-Step Author Quick Start Guide click the button below to really get started writing your book right now.