How to Write a Book

by Geoff Palmer

I want to write a book. Where do I start?

Are you thinking of writing a novel or a nonfiction book but aren’t sure where to begin? Perhaps you’ve heard of the Snowflake Method, the 30-Day Method, the 5-Draft Method, outlining, plotters and pantsers, but are just having trouble fitting writing into your life.

This is the writing guide to get you going!

Maybe you’ve already started a book – once, twice, several times – yet somehow drifted away, lost focus, lost momentum, and ended up dumping your manuscript in the too-hard basket.

This is the writing guide to get you back on track!

12 simple steps to becoming an author
Divided into three easy stages, How to Write a Book has 12 simple steps that take you through the process of writing from start to finish.

Part 1 : Getting Started explores the tricks of the mind that stand in the way of a would-be writer. From finding the time, to dealing with distractions, battling Resistance, what to do when your mind’s a blank, and even writing with a tomato!

Part 2 : Keeping Going. Most novels are abandoned one-third of the way in. Find out why. And find out what you can do when you hit The Wall, strike writer’s block, or are trapped in the tyranny of constant changes.

Part 3 : Letting Go. The tricks of the mind don’t stop once you type THE END. This part looks at the quest for perfection (and how to handle it), dealing with rejections, and what to do once you think you’re done.

Bonus chapter: A special bonus chapter deals with what you should write, the business of writing, being a guinea pig, doing a Nanowrimo (“write a novel in a month”), the three Ps (Practice, Productivity and Professionalism), and what being a successful writer really means.

Write the novel you’ve always dreamed of writing. Start today!

150 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 22, 2019

About the author

Geoff Palmer is a writer, which is astonishingly convenient as you appear to be a reader! He’s climbed mountains in Africa, picked grapes in Switzerland, sold cameras in London, programmed computers in Fiji, and spent eight years working as a professional photographer. He’s also quite tall.

Geoff’s first novel, Telling Stories, won the Reed / North & South Fiction Award, and in 20+ years of freelance technical writing he’s won four Qantas Media Awards and been a finalist for Columnist of the Year. His second novel, Too Many Zeros, was published by Penguin in 2011, and a number of other novels have followed since.

He writes, every day if he can, subject to the demands of his cat, Heidi, who regards him as her personal servant, portable cushion and entertainment centre. In return, she kindly allows him to share her house in Wellington, New Zealand.