I was thinking back to my years of experience writing non-fiction material including all of the other writers and entrepreneurs I have met, learned from and helped over the last 20-years and surprised even myself with how few of them any had formal writing experience.
In fact, I’m not sure I can think of a single one that currently makes their living writing books, ebooks or creating content for courses, videos or training programs that had set out to become a “writer” in their early days.
Yet, each one of them brings huge value to their readers (non-fiction and fiction alike) and each one has created an incredible 2cnd, 3rd or 4th life for themselves that they could hardly have dreamed of years earlier.
I myself “fell” into writing by learning to publish knowledge for small and large companies creating new, large profit centers where there had been none before.
Later, I went on to recognize the influence, power, credibility and leverage ability that producing written (and later audio and video information products) brought to my life.
Had someone asked me if I would make a full-time income writing books, report, ebooks and training products when I was 25-years old, I would never have even considered the possibility. Yet today, this is my reality and the opportunity continues to grow each and every day.
I came across a recent profile of 17 famous writers who also were not formally trained authors, but today are household names – they include names like Danielle Steel, J.K. Rowling coming from backgrounds as varied as nurses, law, the sciences and medicine. Not exactly the types of careers that you would think would house potential writing phenoms are they?
Yet, it really isn’t so surprising since a very large part of being a successful author, non-fiction infoproduct creator, content producer or trainer are:
1. Understanding your audience – what better way than living life and being part of that audience yourself
2. Using your life experience and knowledge to help improve the lives of others
3. Write from the perspective (and at the level of) your audience, this is where many formally trained writers struggle to gain a real connection with their audience
4. Write from a perspective of passion for their audience (rather than passion for writing itself necessarily).
All of this means that the connection with your reader is the most important piece of being a successful writer. Regardless of your genre, having an emotional connection with your reader is what leads to word-of-mouth marketing and repeat buyers allowing non-writers to capture massive audiences and become self-publishing stars in their own right.
So, now that you know you are better off NOT being a formally trained writer, what is holding you back from writing your own ebook, report, book or training course?
You could become the next top writer in your field, earning a new living from home, becoming more influential in your market and gaining publicity opportunities that many people and businesses only dream about.
What’s holding you back?
