Episode Details

Chandler Bolt is the host of the Self Publishing School podcast & the author of 6 bestselling books including his most recent book titled "Published." He’s also the founder & CEO of Self-Publishing School, the #1 online resource for writing your first book. Through his books, podcast, training videos, and Self-Publishing School, he’s helped thousands of people on their journey to writing their first book. Important Talking Points To avoid blank page syndrome, use a mindmap (Chandler prefers pen and paper for this) and dump all the ideas you have, then group into 4 to 7 chapters To write each chapter, dump all your ideas for that chatper and then repeat the 4-7 "grouping" process Choosing a topic for your book: sell pain pills, not vitamins. Find a specific group with a real pain and solve that problem... Use Google Docs to write your book so you can work on it from anywhere Consider a "free plus shipping" offer for your book Give video and audio away for free after people purchase your book Resources Published: The Proven Path From Blank Page to Published Author (Book) Self Publishing School (Course) Self Publishing School (Podcast) Self Publishing School (Twitter) Chandler Bolt (Facebook)