•       The Self-Help GURU   

 

WRANGLING WITH WRITING CONFERENCE

SEPT 24 TO 26, 2010, TUCSON, AZ  – RSVP

Society of Southwest Authors or Patricia L. Brooks, Self-help Speaker 2:30 Sat. 9/24/2010

 

Will I be Conveying Information?     Will I be Dispensing Advice?

 

•       INSPIRATION – What is your purpose?

–   Instrument for Change – SEE differently

–   Others will follow – SAY what matters to you

–   Objectives/Strategies – DELIVER important information

 

•       MOTIVATION – What moves you?

–   GRAB your audience – original stories

–   GIVE us good writing – a fresh outlook

–   MOVE us – what you feel profoundly

 

•       PASSION – What is your truth?

–   SHOW Cause and Effect –  give advice to improve

–   BE a Voice  – the authority, knowledgeable

–   HONOR who You are – be credible, earn trust

 

How serious are you about being prepared?              

 document, research, sources

 

•       RESEARCH – What will you do?

–   PRACTICE research rules – be Methodical

–   STAY focused – have a Vision

–   DO your homework – study History

 

•       READ – Who and what do you enjoy?

 

Read ferociously – understand and SHOW your topic

 

Understand yourself – KEEP a Journal – HAVE a follow-up plan – listen, ask questions

 

–   What GNAWS at your soul? – Write from frustration – Deal with fear and trauma –    

–   Correct a social injustice – React to something upsetting – Write through a crisis

  

What Incident in your LIFE has motivated you to write this book?

 

•       VOICE – What are your emotional beats?

–   Ideas come spontaneously – TALK to yourself

–   Pay attention – LISTEN to your subconscious

–   Don’t doubt yourself – WRITE, write, write

 

 

HEARTBEAT – What first interested you in Self-help?

–   INVOLVE all of your senses – come home

–   Be MINDFULLY aware –  be curious

–   Be CLEAR on your vision –  give us a larger version

 

•       STRUCTURE – What is your distinct subject?

–   SECURE a specific approach – be original

–   Remember the 5 W’s  – DO Reporting

–   GIVE yourself a Timeline –  set Goals

 

Ask yourself:  Why would anyone care if I wrote this book?  Will it hold interest?