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SELF-HELP BOOK CONTENTS AND STRUCTURE: A HANDY GUIDE
YouTube video on structuring a self-help book, I described the parts of a self-help book. Each of these parts helps you, the author, to take the reader on a journey, keeping them engaged and oriented as they go through a process of transformation (which is why self-help books are often called transformational nonfiction books). When you divide those parts of the self-help book into chapters, you are likely to end up with more than one chapter per part.
Read MoreLESSONS FOR ASPIRING SELF-HELP BOOK AUTHORS: WHAT NOT TO DO TO YOUR BRAND!
As part of my research for a book proposal I’m working on, I’ve been looking at a bestselling self-help book that was recently featured on Oprah’s show. I see from the acknowledgements that I know the acquiring editor well; she is a talented structural and line editor and has a good eye for commercial material,…
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