Episode 007: How To Write A Book

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What's going on, everyone? Casey Adams here. Welcome to the Rise of the Young podcast. Today is episode seven and today we're gonna be talking about how to write a book. Because I always get a lot of questions about how I was able to write my book at 16, how I was able to get it published at 16, how I was able to market it when I was doing my huge marketing campaign on my book. So today I'm just gonna be going over how you can write your first book. And I'm gonna be going through the breakthroughs that I had about my book, how it's been able to help me in my career thus far. So that being said, let's go ahead and get right into it. So I'm going to be talking about three main points during this podcast and number one is having a clear focus on your book. Because I always get a lot of questions about like what is the first start of writing a book? And to everyone, to everyone listening right now, I would say the number one thing you got to know when writing your book is you have to know what you're writing about. Yes, this may sound very cliche, this may sound very simple, but. But it is by far the most important thing that is going to be happening in the writing process is actually knowing what message do you want to get across? What purpose do you want your book to have? What is the impact you want it to have on people? And the last thing is how do you want it to affect someone when they read your book? When it comes to the emotional standpoint, what do you want it to get them to do? In a way so Be very clear about what you want the book to impact and, and how you want it to make people feel. So that being said, make sure you're writing notes right now, whether it be in your iPhone, on a piece of paper, take a note. And making sure that you're actually writing for a purpose is very, very critical to the, to the writing process when you're actually getting into it. So that being said, another critical component of writing a book that I've had a lot of really success with is planning ahead. And I know I just talked about how have you got to have a clear focus, but to kind of get into more applicable stuff. Planning ahead is simple. It's number one, figuring out why you want to write the book. Number two is figuring out the introduction of your book. How do you want your personal brand, your message, you as an individual to come across at the beginning of your book? And for me, I did a lot of analyzing and studying other books. I would go to the introduction section. I would making. I would make sure that I'm writing my introduction section very, very well. Because at the time, I didn't have a lot of money to publish my book. I didn't know what I was doing. So therefore I just went and saw other people writing books, studied their introduction section, and then wrote mine based on theirs. So that being said, making sure that you have a great introduction to your book is very, very important to draw in the readers. If you want more information, you can go ahead, check out my book, Rise of the Young. You can get it on Amazon. Let me know what you think about it and let me know what you think of the introduction. But that being said, moving forward to planning ahead inside of the book, what I mean by that is figuring out and writing down the chapters you want your book to be. Number one, I had around eight chapters in my book and I knew what I was writing in them before I even wrote them. Before I even wrote the first page of my book, I made sure that I had a clear focus and a clear understanding about what I wanted each chapter to be about so that I didn't really write the same stuff over and over. I made sure that I had clear points I needed to cover in each chapter. And this is something you gotta do in order to be successful when writing your first book. And I know there may be people listening right now that have written a book or there are people just listening right now that are trying to write their book. They have an idea about writing a book. So to give you a little more insight about My book writing process. Today is the day after Christmas, December 26, 2017. And around last year this time I remember having an idea of I wanted to write a book. And at this time last year, I didn't have any connections, I didn't have any experience in the marketplace, I didn't travel at all. I had no genuine connections with people on social media. I did not have a personal brand that was established. And now this year, fast forward, I've been able to publish my book within six months. I got it out, I got it published, it was amazing. Bestseller on Amazon. But it all didn't start that way. And for me, writing my book, at first I was super confused. I had no idea what I wanted to write about, but it was, opportunities came in front of me. That's when I got flown out to Tai Lopez's place a couple months later. That's when I started meeting all these people. That's when I've started having success with my personal brand that I figured out what I wanted to write about with a purpose. And that was how I was able to overcome negativity and really overcome my negative situation and turn it into a positive outcome. And. And that's when I came out with my book, the Rise of the young how to turn your negative situation into a positive outcome. And it was amazing. Just writing the whole book and actually getting it finished was by far the most important thing I've done in my life because it leaves a legacy, it leaves an impact, and overall it just helps people. So what I'm trying to say from all of this is that you may be listening right now, wanting to write a book and it all comes down to execution. Because for me, you can think about writing a book all day long, but if you're not actually writing it and taking the necessary steps to get it out there, it's going to be a long ride. I remember I would write around 100 to 200 words a day and then I would stop for a week, two weeks. And I didn't, I wasn't very consistent at first. And then it really came to the realization that I must keep writing if I want to write this book, because it's not going to write itself, you know. And I feel like a lot of people, they get stuck in the mindset of trying to write perfect and trying to making sure the only thing that they're writing is the final copy of. But let me tell you one thing. Make sure that you hire good editors, hire good formatters for your book, because that is very critical. To making it feel good, making it look good, because it's all about the way you present the book. So that being said, I'm going to be giving you some applicable stuff. So once I actually wrote my entire book, I had a literally a Google Doc with I think it was around, let's say 25,000 words. And remember, guys, writing a book isn't that hard. You have to literally open a Google Doc, start writing, organize it, make your chapters, make your introduction, make your conclusion, making sure you stay organized from the beginning. And then once you do that, just start writing on your Google Doc. It's that simple. Then for more practical side of things, once you finish writing your book, it's important that you hire a book cover designer. For example, I used 99design.com very, very effective. Pretty much, you tell a group of people what you want the book cover to look like, the colors, what you want it to say, the subtitle, your name, all that sort of stuff. You kind of give them a brief introduction about who you are and then literally you submit that and then hundreds of people will be doing a book cover for you and then you get to choose which one you want. So it's super effective, super great. I think I got mine for a hundred dollars, so it was great to use. Also, if you have a lower budget, use Fiverr. There's things that start from $5 to $50 to $100. So those are two that I recommend when it comes to logo design or book cover design. So it's super good as well as once you finish your book, making sure that you don't try to write the perfect book is okay, because it all comes down to who's editing your book. I want you to make sure from this podcast, if you want to write a book, that you literally just start writing your book. Don't focus on the grammar, don't focus on the spelling, don't focus on how it sounds at first. Just literally write down everything you can think of regarding the topic that you're covering. And then at the end of the book, that's when you can go back, refocus, realign things, switch stuff around, change it, copy paste it, switch it, whatever you want to do to it. But just make sure that you're focusing on the actual writing part. Because you as an author, you as a writer shouldn't be focusing on the editing, shouldn't be focusing on the grammar. That's all comes down to the editor themselves. So that being said, me, I hired Maddox Publishing, which is my good friend Kayla Maddox, I know that we talked about it in episode three of the Rise of the Young podcast. He gave some insights about writing a book. But this, this is a podcast where I wanted to talk about my experience with it and literally how you can take your idea from writing a book to execution, to finalizing it step by step. So to kind of go back to refocusing on this podcast. Number one, have a clear focus in your book. Plan ahead, making sure that you're outlining the chapters one by one. Making sure what you want to write about is super important, have a purpose. And then number two is execution. Once you figure out what you want to write about, you plan it out. It comes down to executing, actually start writing, being consistent, get ahead day by day, try to write 100 to 200 words a day. Number three, don't focus on the little things. Don't overwhelm yourself by focusing on the grammar, focusing on the editing. Making sure that you're just focusing on writing is the most critical thing you can do. And then at the end of things, that's when you can hire a book cover from 99 Design or Fiverr. Then you can hire an editor. I use Maddox Publishing. Or if you can DM me on Instagram, I can give you other people as well because then you can focus on formatting, then you can focus on just making the book the best it can be at the end of it. But that being said, to kind of wrap this whole podcast up, once you actually have your book edited, you have it finalized, you have it ready to go, you want to publish it, you think it's ready to go. I used Amazon CreateSpace, which is a self publishing platform that Amazon has and you can DM me on Instagram. CaseyAdams1 I can give you more information about it, but CreateSpace is a great platform. I literally was able to publish my book once it was finalized within like two to three weeks, you know. Yes, I had some help with Maddox Publishing, but if you want an in house team at Amazon to do it as well, you can pay a little extra and they will do it for you. But that's the platform I use to publish my book, Amazon CreateSpace. But I really just wanted to make this podcast very applicable for you because writing a book, it may seem hard, it may seem challenging, and yes, it takes a lot of time because writing is writing, you know, and, or typing is typing. But that being said, if you want to write a book, don't play yourself. Making sure that you're actually focusing on writing and is the most critical thing you can do. And if you aren't focusing on the actual writing part, it's going to be hard. So that being said, if you have any more questions about writing a book, if you have any more questions about the book writing process, where to go, how to do it, send me a direct message on Instagram aceadams1. I will be getting back to you. Tell me that you came from the podcast and just let me know what you think about the rise of the Young podcast. Because shout out to everyone listening. We just hit 93 on the top 100 business podcasts in the world. So thank you guys so much for listening. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast. I'm going to be doing a ton of giveaways for the podcast. So keep listening, keep hustling, make it happen. But that being said, that is how you write a book. Everyone, step one. I'm just going to rephrase it one more time. Have a clear focus, plan ahead. Structure the chapters, chapter by chapter. Before you get started, start writing. Don't overthink stuff. Literally just start writing. Be consistent. 100 to 200 words a day. Don't focus on spell checking and grammar and the formatting until the end. Then you can hire a book cover designer, you can hire an editor, you can hire a formatter, and then once you do all that, use CreateSpace on Amazon, finalize it through Amazon and boom, now you have your first book published to the world. Then when it comes to the actual marketing side of things, that's what I'm going to be getting into in a whole entire other podcast, how to market a book effectively. But on this podcast, I just wanted to talk to you about how to actually write a book. And that is how you write a book. You make it simple. You have a clear focus, you plan ahead, you, you execute, you actually write. You get it spell checked, you get an editor, you get it formatted and boom, posted on Amazon, you got a book. And now you can get your story to the world. And that's the most important part of writing a book, everyone, is literally the impact your book can have on people. It's literally the day after Christmas right now and I've been getting so many DMs on Instagram that people actually ordered my book for Christmas. And literally guys like that blows me away, honestly. Thank you to whoever is listening that has read my book. If you have not read my book, I'd very much appreciate it if you could check it out. Go to Amazon right now. Type in Rise of the Young Order, it let me know what you think about it. And then once you have your book out, I would gladly love to order it as well, give it some promotion on my Instagram. So if you're listening right now, I want to challenge you right now because it always comes down to execution. And I think that so many people get caught up in all the noise on social media, they're not executing, they say they are. But that being said to whoever is listening right now, if you've been thinking about writing a book, if you want to write a book and you haven't yet, send me a direct message on Instagram right now telling me that you came from the Rise of the Young podcast and that you will be executing on writing your book. And I want you guys to send me progress updates on my Instagram and I'll be posting you guys on my Instagram story. And the first person that's able to write their book from this podcast, I'll be doing something special for you. So make sure you stay tuned. Make sure if you're listening to this right now, you start executing on writing your book. And to whoever you are listening right now, if it's you who you think you will be the first person to write their book from the Rise of the Young podcast, it's not just about thinking you are, it's about actually executing on it, making it happen. So that being said, I wanted to leave you guys with that, leave you guys with a challenge. And I want you guys to very start taking action. Listening to this podcast about how to write a book, won't write your book, simple as that. But it's the person who's listening right now, that's the person that will write your book. That's the person whose story needs to be heard. So if you're listening right now, I'm sure you are, it's time to end the podcast, subscribe, leave a review, let me know what you think, and start executing on writing that book. Because that's the most important thing. It's not about listening to the podcast. It's not about leaving review, but it's about executing. So that being said, I hope you got a ton, a ton of value from this podcast. Episode 7 about writing a book. And therefore, I will see you on the next episode. Make sure you subscribe.

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