1. Establish that the Author Has a Saleable Idea.
2. How to Create a Sound Book Idea.
3. What is the Writer's Motivation: Personal Goals — Money, Fame,
Exploitation of Credentials.
4. Should the Author Write a Book Proposal so that a Publisher Will
Buy It?
5. Explain Why Proposals are Requested by Publishers and Literary Agents.
6. Does the Author Need a book Proposal if Planning to Self-Publish?
7. How to Organize the Book Idea and Explore the Following Key Topics:
A. Summary or synopsis of the book, the "hook."
B. Expanding the summary into an outline of subjects, topics, and
chapters.
C. Writing with a voice.
D. Defining the appeal of the book: an amplification of the summary.
Writing with passion and heart.
E. Discussion of narration, exposition, introspection. Using sensory
details to provide setting and involvement.
F. Defining characters and using dialog effectively.
G. The beginning, middle and end, based on a central conflict, character,
or characters.
H. How to generate reader identification and emotional excitement.
I. Fiction techniques that can be used effectively in non-fiction
books.
J. Features and benefits — key elements — in the book
that must involve the reader.
K. Family history books, growing in popularity, capturing the story
of the founders and
the generations who have personified the character and values of the
ancestors.
L. How to sell or publish your book on your own.
