Step One–The Idea

Last week, I gave some tough talk on writing. The point being, that if you want to "write a book," you have to write. Daily.

Now that that's out of the way, it's time to talk about how. As in, how (and where) to get ideas. My advice? Stay away from the "my life" stories. So many people I meet along the way think their lives would make great books. And maybe they would. But it's the rare person who truly has a book-worthy life.

So, this means you need to find something to write about. Assuming y...