There are programs out there for writing books quickly using AI. I am not talking about that. I am talking about using your own mind. It is possible to write a book in a weekend. I talk more about all the steps that I use and that anyone can use to write, publish, and market a book in a year free here.

But I’m going to go into more detail in a different area, an area that I would like more people who share my mindset about the world to understand, in hopes that you, too, can be more effective in promoting your ideas in the world.

Beware of the Know-It-Alls

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There are many know-it-alls in life. One should watch out for them. When someone tells you how to do something, a good next question is, “Have you had personal experience with this topic?” and “How you had success in this area?”

There are millions of know-it-alls who do little more than walk through the world squelching human potential with no regard for the fidelity of their words. I despise such behavior. There are other more sickening behaviors, but I put this behavior on my list as one of the sickest things that exist in the world around us.

I am a bestselling writer. I have done hundreds of media interviews. I have published thousands of pieces. I have written and published scores of books. In a weekend, a person can write a book. In fact, a weekend is a perfect time to write a book, because you are giving yourself a compact amount of time to get the work done.

Honor Inspiration

Since I was 15 years old, I have carried a little spiral notebook and pen with me. When an idea came to me, I wrote it down. Sometimes when I wrote it down, the next idea came to me. I wrote that down. You guessed it, sometimes the next idea then came to me. Sometimes it would stop there; sometimes a complete outline would come; sometimes a complete essay would come.

By simply following this process diligently, I have found the ability to write 5, 6, even 7 one-thousand word essays in a day. It all begins with me diligently writing down the idea in my head — no matter what the idea is. I know I just need to get it out of my head and onto paper. That is the first step.

I have no idea how people walk around with ideas in their head all day long that they do not commit to paper and expect to make them actionable. That is not within my skillset. But, at the same time, based on my discussions with others, I do not think it is in most people’s skillsets. They seldom get anything done with those ideas.

Depending on the person, any of these things can totally clear out the mind and cut off prior thoughts that a person had established on the topic: A difficult day, a tragic incident, a thought provoking movie, a heavy night of drinking, a relaxing weekend away.

Your mind is only so linear. If you do not use the tool of pen and paper, you will miss out on important opportunities. If you honor the tool of pen and paper and honor the gift of inspiration, I know from personal experience and from discussions with others that this is a pathway to prolific writing. There are many conversations I have had on the topic of writing, many books I’ve read (mostly filled with nonsense), many courses I’ve taken (mostly filled with nonsense). How to better write, and publish, and otherwise share my ideas with others, is a topic I have dedicated a vast part of my life to. That has required sorting through a lot of nonsense from know-it-alls.

A lot of people are not willing to take the step of carrying a notebook and pen with them. A lot of people are not willing to jump into action as soon as the moment of inspiration arrives. Often, I have 30 seconds or less to get an idea out of my head before the flow of inspiration is broken. I might be able to hang onto that single idea, but the second, third, and fourth idea will not come if I do not act quickly and commit the idea to paper. It is not the single idea that means so much; it is the complete collection of ideas that makes an essay, that makes a plan, that makes a consistent argument. The complete set of ideas must be the real goal that needs pursuing and the tool of pen and paper, diligently used, is a powerful way to arrive at that goal.

Editing Is A Separate Process From Writing

Get your idea on paper. Step away. Look at it in the morning. If you are anything like me, you will see that 80% of it is garbage. You will have zero interest in sharing it with anyone. You will not waste your time editing it. You will perhaps even be embarrassed that you wrote such nonsense. What were you thinking? That’s okay. Accept it.

Don’t Worry About Making Mistakes

Just get your idea out on paper. Come back later, and worry about mistakes, or offensive words, or stupid ideas. Just get it out of you. Evaluate later. These are two different steps.

Be Ready To Drop What You Are Doing

Anyone in my daily life knows that I will periodically withdraw from what is happening and step to the side for 20 minutes. When inspiration hits, I start writing, and I expect others to respect that when they are with me, allowing me space to go for a walk or find a quiet corner. That’s how much I respect that inspiration when it comes. I’ve seen too many lives changed by it to not have that respect. At the same time, when I am with people (and there is no inspiration), they have my full attention. I reject the toxic trend that today exists — I am not on my cell phone when I am conversing with other humans.

Develop A Habit

I think it is good to have a daily expectation that you will write something. I usually have a several times daily expectation to both write and publish. Some people have a less frequent expectation. That is okay too. That’s up to you. More frequent iterations help to develop more effective, expert-level skills, and more quickly. I believe you should place some expectation on yourself and develop a habit around it.

Honor Deadlines

Parkinson’s Law says that work will expand to fill the amount of time you allot for it. Those who recognize that push themselves into tight deadlines and work hard to develop themselves in a way that understands how to set and honor tight deadlines. I may not expect most people to be able to snap their fingers and write a book this weekend, but I know that all people serious about doing so can build the skills to do that. I put together a free step-by-step for writing a book in a year for you here. Have a look at it, and try it. before you know it, you will have developed the same skills to eventually do it a shorter time. You likely understand the importance of just starting and then improving upon it with experience, and you likely see how this resource can be helpful to you.

Encapsulate Yourself

Just like the idea of deadlines is a way to encapsulate yourself, you may find your daily environment to be too distracting. Go to a place for two days and be focussed on walking away with a book. Turn off the cell phone. Turn off wifi. Part with your daily routine. Make your days decisively about accomplishing your goal.

When There Is More Work, Get A Team Together

I had an intellectual curiosity that I wanted to develop. I wanted to know more personally. I knew that the book writing process was a good way to get this done. It was going to be exactly the kind of book I wanted to read. My table fits ten or so people, so it became the perfect place to do the work that weekend. I went on Craigslist Monday and posted a few ads. I got people I hired together and all day Friday and Saturday we worked until we had a several-hundred page finished book, chock full of the highest quality research, and a new website, complete with an online sales page.

Take A Pledge Not To Use AI

AI is a neat tool. AI is terribly overrated in its current state. AI can be used for some cool things. Until you have the process above figured out, and know your limits, I ask that you not use AI for your writing. It would actually be my preference that you use AI not at all for your writing. Any of us can make a book this weekend using AI. Something tells me that whatever you produce with AI is going to be far inferior to the thing that you create with your mind.

AI in its current iteration could possibly be a useful research tool, but only as a first step, to find some useful legitimate resources to work from, just like Wikipedia is a good place to find some useful legitimate resources to work from. AI is incredibly limited for anyone who honors fidelity of their views. For me, that’s a big deal. For me it is important that the views that come out of my mouth are true to me, the same with the words that I publish alongside my name. Unlimited Memory: How ... Horsley, Kevin Best Price: $9.11 Buy New $12.83 (as of 06:06 UTC - Details)

There could be reasons that I might want to publish books under a pseudonym using AI, but I do not ever intend to publish a book in my own name using AI. AI, by its nature, is not a mark of quality, but a system likely to produce the lowest common denominator outcome.

The value of a poet and a writer is not to regurgitate pablum. It is to produce for his reader, fresh ideas that will inject vitality to their lives. In fact, I consider this role so important that I seek to spend part of my life at the little traveled fringes of society, so that I can identify truth from there and bring it back to my readers.

Since the introduction of Page Rank, developed by Google co-founder Larry Page in the late 1990s, internet search is a lowest common denominator concept. Quality has been a challenge, and one that internet search has largely ignored. Thankfully, from that time, until approximately 2015, Google was excellent at providing users with what they wanted. Since approximately 2015, when Google was finally co-opted by those with a specific political objective, Google has provided users with what Google wanted them to see, rather than what the user wanted to see.

Internet search has been past its heyday since that time. All that is required to return it there is for a serious company to come along and use the original Google algorithm that Larry Page developed. It will be good for internet search, but it will remain a tool, like AI, that is only able to provide a lowest common denominator experience.

Your mind, your judgement, your wisdom, is able to produce better for your reader. Using AI for your writing should be considered below you.

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