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Ebook - The 5 Secrets of Highly Successful Authors
Ebook - The 5 Secrets of Highly Successful Authors
The 5 Secrets of
Highly Successful
Authors
POWERFUL LESSONS TO WRITE YOUR
BESTSELLER
SWETA SAMOTA
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The 5 Secrets of Highly Successful Authors
15 May, 2021
Printed in India
www.swetasamota.com
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Just follow all the steps given in this book and you will
be amazed at how simple launching your book can actually
be.
Don't let the book in you die with you. Bring it out. Let
your wisdom shine!
Siddharth Rajsekar,
India’s Leading Digital Coach
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 10
SECRET 1 15
SECRET 2 26
SECRET 3 37
SECRET 4 46
SECRET 5 50
BONUS SECRET 54
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INTRODUCTION
You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be
great.
~ Zig Ziglar
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INTRODUCTION
Congratulations!
You are not just holding a book that is going to reveal
the secrets of highly successful authors. Through this
book, you are also going to save all the time, money,
and sweat, and thank me later for saving you from
bleeding in marketing. Do you wonder why first-time
authors always cry about not seeing sales - that they
find it difficult to sell their books?
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SECRET 1
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
~ Walt Disney
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SECRET 1
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is
nothing if the audience is deaf.
- Walter Lippmann
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Something intangible.
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A lot of people.
Action:
Write the purpose behind this book in one to two
sentences.
Eg.1. Through this book, I am going to help all
those female homemakers become entrepreneurs.
2. This book is going to help all those working
professionals become financially free in 2 years
through deep-value investing.
3. I want to write this book and tell people that it’s
okay to live single and still live a fulfilled life.
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Persuade
Entertain Inform
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just start writing their book the moment they get the
book idea. They work on their book idea. Yes?
Let me tell you that only you can select the story
idea for yourself. No one else can do that for you. If I
tell you to write on Money management and if you are
a health coach, will you write a book on Money
management? No, right?
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Action:
Work on your book idea keeping in mind the
readers.
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Name
Gender
Age
Social Status
Occupation
Income
Lifestyle
Likes, Dislikes, Habits
Attitude
Beliefs
Pains
Fears
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Action:
Figure out your audience for the book.
Now that you have your purpose, book idea and the
audience, can I tell you the secret number one?
First Secret:
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SECRET 2
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
– Benjamin Franklin
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SECRET 2
Good Fortune is what happens when opportunity meets
with planning.
- Thomas Edison
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Step 2: Research
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Action:
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You are not done yet. Authors don’t just stop here
and go and write their book. They understand that it is
way more important to understand Reader
Psychology before you can outline your book.
Key Takeaway:
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SECRET 3
The customer’s perception is your reality.
- Kate Zabriskie
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SECRET 3
It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are
in themselves.
Carl Jung
Well, that may be all good but who are you writing
the book for?
Yes, you read it right. You are writing your book for
the readers. So, isn’t it necessary to understand reader
psychology before you write your book?
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Action:
Attend the 5-day class and start noticing stories in
the way you communicate and store information in
your head.
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SECRET 4
The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people
can think.
- Edwin Schlossberg
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SECRET 4
You can reach timelessness if you look for the essence of things
and not the appearance. The appearance is transitory – the
appearance is fashion, the appearance is trendiness – but the
essence is timeless.
-Massimo Vignelli
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Action:
Work on the context of your book and share it with
me.
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SECRET 5
Write Without Fear, Edit Without Mercy
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SECRET 5
“Gosh, I know nothing about publishing my book.
Can you help?”
“Yes, we need 3 sample chapters of your book to
evaluate, and then we can tell if we will publish your
book or not.”
You email it to this reputed publisher.
“We will charge Rs. xx lacs to publish your book. It
will include these services… and so on,” comes the
reply.
Sounds familiar?
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3. Read it aloud
You may be satisfied with your book now. But it is
not done yet. Take a print of your book and read it
aloud. Now, it is time to fix all the minute things you
were so itching to fix - all the nitty-gritty.
The fifth secret of highly successful authors is
that they understand and self-edit their work
before they blow up their money. Remember, your
book is your baby. You are the best person to polish it
before you hand it to someone else to polish it for you.
Action:Attend the 5-day class to discover the tools
that you can use to edit like a professional.
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BONUS SECRET
Do you think Stephen King paid someone to get
published? Or J K Rowling paid? Or Robin Sharma
paid? James Patterson? Jack Canfield? John Grisham?
Dr. Seuss? Anne Frank?
Highly successful authors didn’t give up. They
never paid to get published. Either they self-published
and kept improving or they polished and polished it till
a publisher accepted their book. And yes, rejection is
the stepping stone to success.
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NOTES
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NOTES
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