How to Write Non-Fiction
Turn Your Knowledge into Words. Second edition.By Joanna Penn
Length5h 29m
About this audiobook
Are you ready to share your expertise, tell your story, or build a thriving author career?
Do you want to write a non-fiction book but don’t know where to start?
Writing a book can change your life. It can help you share your unique knowledge and experience with the world, build authority in your field, and even generate multiple streams of income.
But writing a book can also be hard.
You might get paralyzed by writer’s block or self-doubt. You could get stuck because you don’t know the next step to take. You may be bewildered by everything there is to learn about getting to a finished manuscript.
In this book, award-winning author and creative entrepreneur Joanna Penn takes you step-by-step through the process of writing, publishing, and marketing a successful non-fiction book. You’ll get the guidance you need to turn your knowledge into a valuable resource.
Updated and expanded second edition.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenreSelf-Help
Length5 hrs 29 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 31, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title Page
232.7 How to dictate your book
2Introduction
242.8 Turn your online content into a book
3I. Before You Write
252.9 Co-writing a non-fiction book
41.1 Why write a non-fiction book?
262.10 How to turn a boring book into an engaging read
51.2 Types of non-fiction books
272.11 Elements of fiction in non-fiction
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61.3 What if you don’t know what kind of book you want to write?
282.12 Does non-fiction or memoir have to be true?
71.4 Can I write a book if I’m not an expert?
292.13 Legalities: Copyright and licensing, quotes, lyrics, images, and more
81.5 Who are you? Personal stories, originality, and the importance of voice
302.14 Self-editing your manuscript
91.6 Who is your reader? Identify your target market
312.15 Editing for audio
101.7 Decide on your book title and subtitle
322.16 How to find and work with a professional editor or proofreader
111.8 Your author name
332.17 How many words does your book have to be?
121.9 Your publishing options
342.18 How much time will it take to write the book?
131.10 Writing a book proposal
352.19 When is the book finished?
141.11 Fear and self-doubt
36III. The Business of a Non-fiction Book
151.12 The day a non-fiction book changed my life
373.1 Business models
16II. Writing and Editing
383.2 Multiple streams of income from your book
172.1 Gather existing material
393.3 Book marketing basics and your author platform
182.2 Research, interviews, surveys, and social listening
403.4 Book-centred marketing
192.3 Structure and organise your book
413.5 Author-centred marketing
202.4 The particular challenge of writing memoir
423.6 Updating your books over time
212.5 How to write the first draft
43Conclusion
222.6 Writer’s block
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