Be the turtle, not the rabbit

You’re familiar with the tale of the Tortoise and the Hare, right? We all know that the tortoise, who stayed the course and put one foot in front of the other won the race. While the rabbit, a clearly faster beast, lost.

Well, let me tell you the tale of the Turtle Author and the Rabbit Author.

Rabbit Author doesn’t like to be pinned down. She wants to connect with her muse and free-flow her words onto the paper.

Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t. And often she gets stuck somewhere wondering how she wrote herself into this corner. Sometimes, she even has to toss a lot of what she has written because it no longer serves the whole of the book.

So, although she starts her book quickly, she often doesn’t finish. Or she takes two to three times as long to finish her project.

Now Turtle Author is different. She is methodical. She develops an outline of what she wants to see in her book, does some research to make sure she hasn’t missed anything, and only once the outline is clear, concise, and fulfills her brand promise while addressing what her readers are looking for, does she start to write the book.

But her writing process goes much more smoothly. Because she knows exactly what she needs to write and how it fits into the whole, she rarely wastes time going down writing rabbit holes.

That’s how you get your short book to do what you need it to do, and write it quickly, easily, and effectively: You follow Turtle Author’s example and develop a well-researched outline.

So, now that you’ve nailed your idea and created a roadmap to take you to the finish line, you need to develop your content. The next two days, I’ll be sharing some effective strategies for fleshing out your outline. See you tomorrow!

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