How to write a book
Writing is an extremely fulfilling profession, but it isn’t easy. Even though I’ve written and published two books in three years — Community Heroes and You Say Soccer, I Say Football — it took me roughly ten years to be skilled enough to write those books.
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by best-selling mental health author Jessi Beyer. She asked me to share some tips on how to write a book, make your writing appealing to readers, and other tips on how to make writing less scary. We talked about topics like:
- How to make writing a book less intimidating by writing it one chunk at a time
- What to do with ideas that aren’t good enough to include in the final version of your book
- The psychological barriers I had to overcome to write my book
- How I use the First Principles framework of thinking in my writing
- And much more!
Many thanks to Jessi for this great interview. Check it out and make sure to share it with other aspiring writers!
See You, Space Cowboy.
I’m the author of the books “You Say Soccer, I Say Football” and “Community Heroes: What a year as an AmeriCorps VISTA member taught me about community development”
