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Dan Matell What to do before writing your book

Name: Dan Matell What to do before writing your book
Uploaded: 2023-03-03T19:00:28+00:00
Duration: 34 s
Channel: Tyler Wagner
Description: In this segment, Dan Matell explains his preparatory process for writing a book. He recounts rereading the ten books that most shaped his life—such as…

3 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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In this segment, Dan Matell explains his preparatory process for writing a book. He recounts rereading the ten books that most shaped his life—such as The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Think and Grow Rich, and Good to Great—and deliberately trying to embody their core ideas and storytelling styles while drafting his own manuscript. He also reflects on the emerging role of AI writing copilots, noting that while current tools can generate usable content for many aspiring authors, they still fall short of producing a truly great reading experience.

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When I decided to sit down and write the book, I reread the top 10 books that influenced my life, 7 Habits, Think and Grow Rich, Good to Great, et cetera. And then I tried to embody that book as I wrote, right? And just the essence of it. In 7 Habits, he tells a lot of personal stories about his family and his kids. And so I tried to do that. So an AI, what's called a copilot, like a writing copilot, could actually produce some great stuff in the near future. It's not there yet today, Yeah, but for most people that just want a book, it could probably do it today. It just wouldn't be a great read.