How to Write a Book(dilbert.com)
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How to Write a Book
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/how_to_write_a_book/
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I think it was David Eddings whose advice to aspiring authors [heavily and badly summarized] as 'write a million words and then burn them, you can now get started'.
Isn't that just the "10,000 hours rule" turned into paper and ink?
Seems likely, but predating my awareness of the 10,000 hours rule so I continue to credit Eddings.
I think the part about giving the book idea a month before actually pursuing it can also be translated to the way any business idea should be approached. If after a month of thinking about the idea, the idea still looks good, then it's a good idea to pursue.
This recipe applies to software as well.
Thinking about the idea with simple notes at first. Paper prototyping (defining and preparing chapters). Writing and re-writing the first version until you get it right. User testing (copy editing).
Thinking about the idea with simple notes at first. Paper prototyping (defining and preparing chapters). Writing and re-writing the first version until you get it right. User testing (copy editing).
If you are self-publishing you also have a point 7 which is selling and marketing!