Gene Perret - Write Your Book Now: A Proven System to Start and FINISH the Book Youve Always Wanted to Write!

Comments from students who have taken Gene Perrets course on
Starting and Completing That Book Youve Always Wanted to Write, upon whichWrite Your Book Now!is based.

I took Genes class on Completing That Book. It was just what I needed. How does an engineer, steeped in mathematics and science, convert a vivid dream into a novel? Gene has the answer. His focus on planning and structure appealed to my background and the way I like to work, but still left lots of room to explore my creative sideand my story. Gene provided a step-by-step method that develops my ideas and keeps me motivated. His approach can be applied to both nonfiction and fiction. With his help, I am well on my way.

Jonathan Hops

Gene Perret makes something difficult, like getting published, seem easy and possible. His course titled, Finishing that Book Youve Always Wanted to Write will make my name a household word. Thanks to Gene, I can finally become famous. Now I can paper my bathroom in the large house I will buy with my earnings with the rejections letters from the past. Thanks Gene, you are my inspiration and the best teacher ever!!!

Marcia Hinds

For the past decade, I have been planning to write my book. Genes class gave me the framework to get it started and organized. His encouragement and experience in the business has been invaluable.

Jeanne Howard

I enjoyed Genes style of teaching; his humorous approach to writing made going to class quite entertaining. And the organizational tips helped me get on the right track for starting my book. Having the steps outlined one by one made the daunting task of writing a nonfiction book a little less intimidating.

Jodai Saremi

I found Gene Perrets class to be inspiring and captivating with real life stories of his work in show business with Carol Burnett, Jim Nabors, and especially my favorite, Bob Hope. Using real life stories, along with supplying the various techniques to follow while planning/writing will certainly help me as I move forward with my latest book. Thank you VERY much.

Linda Scott

Prior to the class, I had a book in progress but after completing the outline and writing a draft of two of the chapters, I was stuck and I remained so for the next 12 plus months! That is until I took your writing class about how to finish and market my book.

The result of finishing your class is that now I have a proven pathway to follow, prepared by an accomplished author of over 40 books and taught by a very interesting teacher.

With this new pathway to follow, I now know what I need to do to finish my book, how to do it, how to use a proven organizational method, how to schedule my writing and tailor it to my lifestyle, how to find and meet publishers, and much more.

Nancy S. Altman

I attended Genes writing class and found that his years of successful experience writing about and for the entertainment industry brought a unique and insightful view of not only the art of writing a book, but about a man who loves his craft!

Linda Hertz

I love having a road map when venturing into unknown territory, and Gene Perrets class provided a terrific step-by-step approach that anyone who needs help organizing and completing their book can follow. I highly recommend it!

Patricia Jones, MBA

Gene Perret is not only a gifted writer, but a natural teacher. His gift of gab, along with his wit and humor while he imparts well thought out information in a patient, unpretentious manner, make his classes a delight.

Diane du Bois

For anyone who has ever considered or tried writing a book, Gene provides the practical tools and expert guidance necessary to not only complete your book but to complete a good book. The sooner you read Genes book, the sooner you will be on the bookshelf.

Sophia Fischer

Write Your Book NOW!

A proven system to start and FINISH
the book youve always wanted to write.
2011 Gene Perret. All rights reserved.

Published by Quill Driver Books,
an imprint of Linden Publishing.
2006 S. Mary, Fresno, California, 93721
559-233-6633 / 800-345-4447
QuillDriverBooks.com

Quill Driver Books is a trademark of Linden Publishing, Inc.

ISBN: 978-1-61035-006-8
135798642

Printed in the USA on acid-free paper.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Perret, Gene.
Write your book now! : a proven system to start and FINISH the book youve always wanted to write. / Gene Perret.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-61035-006-8 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

1. Authorship. I. Title.

PN145.P434 2011

808.02dc23

2011016392

For Joe

CONTENTS

This book was written to help you get your book writtenit contains a system for planning, starting, and finishing a bookit doesnt concern itself with writing styleit simply advocates writing and completing your book.

A list of possible reasons why books never get writtenwith a cure for each oneoften just knowing and recognizing the problem can be the solution.

You write a book one part at a timedivide the task into bite-sized chunksthis system advocates focus, organization, momentum, and disciplinewriting a book may not be easy, but it is do-able.

Get your thoughts writtenresist being too critical too earlythe fine tuning can come later.

Tell yourself what your book is aboutwhy it should be writtenwhy youre the person to write this bookremind yourself who you are writing this book for.

Begin your book with just one ideathen add another, and anothereventually note all the ideas you have for this bookthese ideas will become chapters in your bookbuild the structure of your book one idea at a time.

Arrange your ideas into a logical sequencedivide your book into categoriescombine or delete chapterseliminate duplicationsadd new chapters where neededthis will result in the table of contents for your book.

Expand your notestell yourself what each chapter in your book should accomplishlist anecdotes, quotes, examples that you might usea list of benefits of describing each of your chapters.

This is a test run before you begin to write the complete texttake time to make your pointsconverse with your readers through your manuscriptget a feel for how long your chapters will beget an idea of how long it will take you to plan and write the individual chapters.

How many chapters will be in your book?whats the average word count for each chapter?calculate to see how big a book youre planning to write.

A well planned writing schedule is the heart of this system for finishing your bookit should have definite dates for completing segments of your projectit should allow for unforeseen circumstances that can intrude on your writing timeit should be a challenging plan, but not too imposingit should allow time for relaxation, rewards, and a generous grace period for you to meet your deadlinesit should consider pre-planning and review and rewrite timeit should be results oriented.

Much of your preparatory work can also be used to market your book before you complete itis that wise?its an individual choicewhat are the benefits of marketing your book now?what are the drawbacks?a realistic look at rejection, which is a part of the writers life.