How to Begin a Business Memoir
The very beginning of a business memoir is often the place you make or break your relationship with your reader. It’s the point where you… Read More »How to Begin a Business Memoir
begin a book
Welcome to our “Begin a Book” tag page, which is where you’ll find our blog articles filled with example of great ways to begin a book. Enjoy the articles and if you’d like help ghostwriting your book, give us a call!
How to Begin a Business Leadership Book – Bestselling Ways!
You’re eager to write a book about business leadership – but the question of where to begin has you hesitating. Should you start with a… Read More »How to Begin a Business Leadership Book – Bestselling Ways!
Know Where You’re Going Before Writing
For most authors, the best way to begin working on your book is by thinking about the result. In other words, who are you writing… Read More »Know Where You’re Going Before Writing
7 Winning Ways to Structure a Business Book
There are seven standard structures for business books, including “Smashing the Paradigm,” “Borrowing from Other Fields,” and “We’ve Got Trouble.” A look at each, with examples from popular books.
5 Ways to Begin a Business Book
Many bestselling business books begin in one of five ways: with a story about the book’s topic, with a story about the author, by demonstrating the situation/phenomenon the book discusses, by explaining necessary background, or with a dictionary definition. A look at each of these five approaches, with examples.
8 Great Ways to Start a Memoir
There are many ways to start off a memoir, ranging from the conventional to the startling, the conversational to the literary, and the deceptively mundane to the outspokenly confrontational. Here’s a look at eight great techniques, with examples.
How to Start a Military Memoir
There are several ways to begin a military memoir, including starting as you head off to war, starting after you’ve retired and are looking back, starting by explaining why you joined up, and starting shortly after your enlistment has ended. A look at these techniques, with examples.
How to Start a Sports Memoir
You can start a sports memoir at the moment you’re down and out, by describing a feeling no one else understands, just before the big event, and early in childhood, where it all began. A look at these techniques, with examples.
How to Start a Political Memoir
There are numerous ways to begin a political memoir, including at the moment when all seems lost, at a time of great crisis, with an interesting realization, and as your time in office is coming to an end. A look at these techniques, with examples.
How to Start a Family Memoir
Popular family memoirs often begin with a discussion of an object that hold memories, by describing what sets your and your family apart, with a recitation of family facts, and by talking about the thing that has loomed so very large in your family’s life. A look at these techniques, with examples.
How to Start a Celebrity Memoir
Here are five examples of the opening paragraphs from popular celebrity memoirs. As you can see, some celebrity memoirs begin by highlighting the celeb’s persona, while other have tried to pull back the curtain to reveal the real person underneath it all.
How to Start a Memoir
Learn six bestselling techniques of beginning a memoir, including “make them wonder,” “make them smile,” “make them relate,” and “make they sympathize.” Includes examples of each of the six techniques, taken from popular books.