Replay Vault for Your Bestselling Book Blueprint Challenge and The Bestselling Author Masterclass Series
With your host, Dr. Cindy, The Expert’s Ghostwriter®
Welcome, future authors! I’m so glad you’re here.
Be sure to add your name to the Challenge Tracker below to be eligible for PRIZES.
Bookmark this page so you can always find the replays and handouts.
Challenge Tracker
Click the button below to open the Challenge Tracker.
Add your name to the bottom of the list and paste each assignment into the corresponding column beginning with the Pre-Work and then each day’s challenge work.
I will be giving feedback along the way to everyone who’s sharing your work in the tracker.
Fill the Challenge Tracker out completely by Thursday, November 10 at 12:00 p.m. CST to be eligible for prizes.
Pre-Work: Writing Mantra
Especially if you don’t feel like a "real writer," or feel a wave of uncertainty during the challenge, let’s make a plan now so you can show up like the writer YOU ARE deep inside.
To create your Writing Mantra, you brainstorm all the best things people have said about you, your writing, and your stories or ideas.
Then, we put it all together with an easy fill-in-the-blank template.
Click the button below and “save a copy” of the worksheet.
Create your Writing Mantra and add it to the Challenge Tracker.
Check out the feedback I recorded for everyone that put your Writing Mantras into the Challenge Tracker by 5:00 p.m. on 10.29. And yes, I will continue adding more feedback to new mantras, so write yours and share it in the tracker.
Pre-Work: Envision Your Book
For anyone with more than one idea for books you might write, this is THE exercise for you.
And even if you’re pretty certain of your book’s topic, you’ll find validation with the Envision Your Book brainstorm and maybe think of some new ideas for why it makes sense to write this book now.
This worksheet is best viewed as a PDF and downloaded due to the grid design.
Click below for the feedback on the new Writing Mantras since the last video and the Envision Your Book entries, as of 11.6. You’ll find the timestamps for when I address each student listed on the video page in YouTube for your quick reference.
All three live sessions Monday, November 7-Wednesday, November 9 are 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. CST at this Zoon link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88331046583
Day 1: Nail Your Author Pitch
The next time someone asks you, “what’s your book about?”
Easily and quickly describe your book so they say, “Wow! I’m excited about your book. Tell me where to get my copy.”
Your Author Pitch is essential as you talk about your book with potential readers or supporters, as well as literary agents, bookstores, the press, and more.
Nail your Author Pitch with the brainstorming questions and fill-in-the-blank pitch templates in the worksheet below and then add yours to the Challenge Tracker.
The button below will take you to the feedback video I recorded Tuesday morning for your Author Pitches in the Challenge Tracker, as well as the new entries for previous exercises. Your timestamps are listed so you can find your feedback easily. I hope you’ll listen to more. Something I said to another student might spark an idea for you!
Day : Position Your Book As a Leading Title
Today we position or re-position your book so you feel 100% suited to write it.
We look at different kinds of nonfiction books and the advantages of each.
Plus we hack the Amazon algorithm.
Follow along with the worksheet below to create your leading title declaration. Then add it to the Challenge Tracker.
For everyone with new Challenge Tracker entries as of the morning of Wednesday, November 9th, I respond to each of you.
(When I get to Marie Posthumus, I had paused the recording, and somehow when I restarted it, I wasn't sharing my screen--unbeknownst to me. So, From Marie to Denise, you still have all my suggestions and compliments, and you may want to pull up the Challenge Tracker to best follow along).
Day 3: Create Your Book’s Profit Plan
Here's a question that a lot of would-be authors ask me:
"Is my book worth writing?"
Your investment of time and money into your book should “pay off” in terms of impact and also finances.
Today, I show you different ways nonfiction authors have profitable books.
Grab your worksheet and review the 11 ways nonfiction authors make money--besides book sales--so you can create your profit plan. Add your work to the Challenge Tracker to get my feedback.
This video has the last recorded feedback for everyone that completed the Challenge Tracker by the deadline. You’ll find your timestamps in the video description. It has been an absolute pleasure finding out more about you and your books!
All three live sessions Friday, November 11, Monday, November 14, and Thursday, November 17 are 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. CST. Get your unique webinar link to attend here: https://bit.ly/2022authormasterclass
Get all the details and sign up for the 2023 Crank Out Your Book in 8 Weeks experience here.
Masterclass 1: How to Write a Book People Actually Want to Read
You won't suffer from "author shame" when you master the pro-writing tips in this talk.
Instead of writing whatever comes to mind in your book, strategize to write what the reader wants to read.
**Because of some unfortunate issues with the technology on 11.11.22, I am providing this encore of my 2021 presentation of the same talk, How to Write a Book People Actually Want to Read**
Below are the 2022 PowerPoint Slides for How to Write a Book People Actually Want to Read, which I had updated with the new 2023 Crank Out Your Book in 8 Weeks details.
Masterclass 2: Three Secrets of Bestselling Authors
Book-writing fears have a snowball effect called “writer’s block,” but it stops here.
Once you can name exactly what the block is, there’s usually an information gap or a fear in the way.
You can write your book with confidence with these proven writing secrets from Marie Forleo, Brendan Burchard, and James Clear.
Masterclass 3
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