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Developing your idea and assessing the market go together. We’ll work on both tasks today. The idea of working on both tasks together is that as you read through the outlines of books which cover a similar area to yours, you’ll see what’s already been published, and you’ll get fresh ideas for material that you can cover in your own book.

Note: your personal experience is valuable

As you skim through other people’s books, jot down any thoughts and ideas you get. You should make a note of any experiences you remember which you could include in your book. This is because everyone loves a story, so no matter what subject area your book covers, include your own anecdotes. If you’re writing a diet book, include funny/ informative stories about your own experiences with diets, or the experiences of your friends.

You may want to use fictitious names to protect people’s privacy. You will definitely need to use fictitious names if you can’t contact people to ask for permission to use a story or if you think there’s a chance that people will be able to recognize themselves from a story you tell that puts them in a bad light.

For example, perhaps you belonged to a group of dieters, and you tell a story about another person in the group. Even if this was 20 years ago, and you’ve given this person a fictitious name, disguise the story: change the person’s sex, age, and occupation.

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