Writing in a way that creates an effective and safe exchange between what's on the pages of your book and the reader's heart, mind, and actions is important. It's what helps bring the change, outcome, or transformation they seek. It's what keeps them reading.
Leader, thinker, changemaker, and cultural influencer, you’ve questioned the feeling but you can't shake it. This next book you are to write must be big and transformational. You’ve come into new way of being, and it’s causing you to see everything differently. The pieces are still coming together and the idea is at the tip of your pen, but you are feeling a bit stuck on how to tease it out. Let the answers to these three questions lead you to your next big book idea.
Going from speaker to writer can be a big shift in expression, but there are ways you can capture your most compelling messages and transformative ideas and get your words on the page and in the book you’ve been called to write.
Living in these moments for you, sent and called one, is an energy leach the enemy counts on. When you find yourself going back to the memories and emotions of the moments you've already begun to heal from, take up the active work of Philippians 4:8.
Beyond mastering their craft, every writer needs a healthy and sustainable writing practice that includes periods of inspiration (query, research, observation), expression (writing, sharing), and restoration (reflection, celebration, rest).
If the pandemic taught us anything, it’s that you never know what conditions in our world will impact a book’s sales and engagement.