Niko LaamanenFounder, Publisher at Konsensus Network

Master Your First Book A No Nonsense Approach

9 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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In this segment of the YouTube video, two speakers discuss a pragmatic strategy for new authors. Speaker A advises writers, especially those with limited focus or time, to treat their first book as a project meant to be completed and shelved, reducing pressure to perfect it and allowing the second book to improve. Speaker B, a writing coach, echoes this mindset, emphasizing the need to finish a manuscript without over‑editing, using blunt language to stress that writers should stop “fucking with” their work once it’s done. The dialogue highlights a no‑nonsense, action‑oriented approach to writing, encouraging authors to prioritize completion over endless revision.

TranscriptAuto-generated · 1 min

So what I tell most people, especially people who might have attention deficit disorder like myself or just don't have that much time available, is just write your first book with the intent of shelving it, and then you won't worry about it so much, and the second one will be better.
Yeah, I have this piece of advice I give writers because, like Phil, I coach writers on their novels, short stories. And even speechwriting, things like that. I just love, I love it, you know. And, um, I have— we're gonna do swearing now, uh, which is gonna— when we say you've got to get to the point where you just don't fuck with it, okay, you know. And I think that we're talking about a similar thing, you know. You finish it and then you don't fuck with it
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you, you've got to move on. So many writers