Write Your First Ebook in a Weekend

Contents

1. Before you begin3
2. 148-hour writing schedule4
3. 2Fast outlining method18
4. 3Chapter and workbook templates32
5. 4Publishing and launch checklist46

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Before you begin

Every finished ebook began as an ugly draft. The secret of a weekend sprint is lowering the bar until you cannot fail to start.

Over 48 hours you will choose a topic, outline fast, write in short bursts and end with a draft you can edit.

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Chapter 1

Pick a topic you can finish

Choose something you already explain to friends. If you could teach it for ten minutes without notes, you can write 10,000 words on it.

Narrow it until it solves one problem for one reader. Small and specific sells better than big and vague.

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Your turn

Topic test

• Who is the one reader?
• What problem do they have?
• What result will they get?
• Can you outline it in 5 chapters?

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Chapter 2

Fast outlining method

Once the first step is in place, the next one builds on it. From blank page to a finished draft in 48 hours.

Each chapter ends with a short exercise, so you finish the page with something done, not just something read.

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