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Uploaded: 2025-05-27T18:28:42+00:00
Duration: 43 s
Channel: ChatFBP
Description: A speaker advises authors—whether self-publishing or pursuing traditional publishing—to finalize a detailed table of contents early and use it as a…

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A speaker advises authors—whether self-publishing or pursuing traditional publishing—to finalize a detailed table of contents early and use it as a roadmap during book development. The speaker recounts how their own table of contents functioned as a 'Bible' and uses concrete examples (e.g., unexpectedly many sweet-potato recipes) to illustrate why an organized TOC helps balance content.

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And then the other thing that I think you absolutely have to have, whether you are self publishing or writing a proposal to go the traditional publishing route, is your table of contents. Like, really get that table of contents as final as you can, and then that will be your roadmap when you are developing the book. Truly, my table of contents was like the Bible when we were trying to move forward. So maybe you'll be going through and you're like, wow, I'm actually, like, really light on breakfast recipes. Or like, I would go through it and be like, okay, I didn't realize I have such an obsession with sweet potatoes. But I do, because for some reason, 30% of this book is about sweet potatoes or has this as an ingredient. So we need to dial that and try to have a bigger variety of things or.