Kamis, 12 Februari 2009

eBook Structure and How to Create It

By Robert Boyd

Once you know what sections you are going to have in your eBook, it's time to figure out what needs to go in each one.

Now there are a number of ways you can do this, but the best way to begin with is probably to repeat the process you just went through and work out how each section will be structured.

Don't get worried about so much talk of structure - in reality it's actually your best friend! You see, what we're doing here is breaking down your eBook into progressively smaller chunks, so that when you actually come to write it (which can be a little scary the first time you sit down to do it), you won't be faced with a monster of an eBook that needs to be written.

Instead, you'll be looking at lots of bite sized little pieces of information that need to be written. This isn't nearly as daunting as you'll be able to tick each individual one off your plan as you write. And believe me, that's a great feeling!

Think about it for a moment. Which would you rather do:

- Sit down with the thought that you have a whole eBook to write?

- Sit down with the task of writing a single chapter of that eBook?

- Sit down to write one section of one chapter - which may not amount to much more than a single page?

I know which one I would choose - which is exactly why I always write eBooks that way myself.

An example of fleshing out a particular section:

Chapter Three - Turning that idea into a fully fledged eBook

- Getting a structure together

- Fleshing out your structure

- Do you have enough material?

- How many pages?

- Images or no images? Benefits and drawbacks

- How is it going to look? Cover, typeface, etc.

These are very basic notes, and I had a sheet of 8½" x 11" paper on hand which I scribbled down ideas that came to me that I wanted to include while I was writing the eBook, but that's all you really need to get you going. If you do this for each chapter, you'll be well away and churning out those pages faster than you might think.

Well, now you've read my plan for this chapter so you know what's coming next, right?

Robert Boyd is an author of Internet Marketing and Health related Books. The information for this article is one of 305 pages from "Work From Home Writing, Publishing, and Selling EBooks."

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