Write Useful Books Quotes

“Throughout the writing process, maintain a separate “cutting room floor” document to paste and preserve all the chapters and sections that you cut from the main manuscript. It’s not wasted work; it’s part of the process, and those deleted bits will often reappear later as part of your content marketing.”
― Rob Fitzpatrick, Write Useful Books: A modern approach to designing and refining recommendable nonfiction

“every chapter that the amateur adores, the expert endures, and vice versa.”
― Rob Fitzpatrick, Write Useful Books: A modern approach to designing and refining recommendable nonfiction

“First, your early drafts are supposed to be terrible. Every first draft is a dumpster fire.”
― Rob Fitzpatrick, Write Useful Books: A modern approach to designing and refining recommendable nonfiction

“Self-publishing does require more work, but you’ll earn 5x more royalties for life (50-70% instead of 8-15%) while also maintaining full control over your work and its future.”
― Rob Fitzpatrick, Write Useful Books: A modern approach to designing and refining recommendable nonfiction