1 Researching A Book Idea

2 Research Questions 1.How do you create ideas? 2.How do you research a book idea? 3.How do you enhance an idea that’s not new?

3 How Do You Create Ideas ? 1.Trust your subconscious. 2.Look for a market niche. 3.Write about your passions. 4.Write from your life. 5.Write your life.

4 How Do You Create Ideas? 6. Write what you’d like to read. 7. Update or revise an old story. 8. “Plus” a work in public domain. 9. Meet a felt need. 10. Collaborate.

5 How Do You Create Ideas? 11. Write while in process. 12. Tell someone’s unique story. 13. Ask an editor. 14. Pull from the current news. 15. Compile works.

6 How Do You Create Ideas? 16. Take an assignment. 17. Enter a contest. 18. Listen. 19. Trust your instincts. 20. Pray.

7 How Do You Create Ideas? A Worksheet 1.Brainstorm book ideas for fifteen minutes. Don’t evaluate or censor the ideas; just let them flow. Write them all down. If it helps, break the session into three, five-minute segments. 2.Circle the three ideas that appeal to you most. Briefly expand on them.

8 How Do You Create Ideas? A Worksheet 3. Review the twenty ways to create ideas and write down an idea for ten of them. 4. Briefly expand on these ideas.

9 How Do You Research an Idea? 1.Learn what exists in the marketplace now. 2. Discover works from the past. 3.Read about the topic. 4. Review research.

10 How Do You Research an Idea? 5. Interview experts. 6. Initiate informal conversations 7. Conduct focus groups. 8. Create original research.

11 How Do You Research an Idea? 9. Mimic a format, with revisions. 10. Write an article or other short piece.

12 How Do You Enhance An Idea That’s Not New? 1. View it from a fresh angle. 2. Update the outlook. 3. Add a twist. 4. Use it as a launch pad. 5. Revise the format.

13 How Do You Research an Idea? A Worksheet Research your book idea on the Internet via Google. What other books have been published on the same or a similar subject? Jot down the following characteristics for each book. (On the next page.)

14 How Do You Research an Idea? A Worksheet Title Format in Inches Author Number of Pages Publisher Number of Chapters Copyright Date Graphics Cover Type Extra Features Also check: What content does the author cover? What is the author’s writing style? What are the author’s credentials?

15 How Do You Research an Idea? Book Form Title:Format in Inches: Author:Number of Pages: Publisher:Number of Chapters: Copyright Date:Graphics: Cover:Extra Features: What content does the author cover? (Use the back of this form.) What is the author’s writing style? What are the author’s credentials?