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Writing a Book is a 5 Step process

Step 1: Atomize

If you think of a book as a huge wall of text, writing feels heavy.
But if you think of a book as lots of small sections stacked on top of each other (like LEGOs), writing feels easy.
12 chapter / 60k words = 5k words per chapter.
That's a long-form blog post. (👁)

Step 2: Organize

Within each of these 12 chapters, make a list of all the Main Points you want to make.

• Chapter = Topic
• Chapter Outline = Everything you want to say about that topic
• Don't bother w/ sentences yet.
• Just list out ideas/opinions/points. (👁)

Step 3: Synthesize

After you've listed Main Points in each of the 12 chapters, go back through and look for:
-Repeating points (don't inflate word count saying the same thing twice)

• Conflicting points ("You said X here, but Y there?")
• Disorganized points (wrong chapter) (👁)

Step 4: Jazzercise

Now that you have all your Main Points in the right chapters, start free flowing.
If you did it right, writing should feel like you're coloring inside the lines (section by section) opposed to painting on a blank canvas.
Organized containers = faster writing (👁)

Step 5: Crystallize

You should only get "in the weeds" and start line-editing once you've:

• Organized big ideas into 12 chapters
• Listed Main Points inside each chapter
• Free-flowed inside each Main Point inside each chapter
• Final editing should be quick and easy. (👁)

Steps

1. Atomize
2. Organize
3. Synthesize
4. Jazzercise
5. Crystallize (👁)