Resources for Writers - Concept Design Wizard

A book has to come from inside you. From your knowledge, skills and emotions. This wizard will lead you through the essential stages of analyzing these factors to produce the ideal concept for your book.

1. The expert

Begin with your expertise. What are you good at doing? What do you know more than the average person about? Think of both work and non-work activities. What were you good at earlier in your life? In the box below, list the key areas of your expertise. Use keywords - just a short phrase that summarises each of the areas, and put each in a separate box. If you run out of boxes, refine your selection - choose the areas which you have most expertise in:

2. The enthusiast

Now let's look at your passions. What excites you? What do you feel an urge to tell the world about? Note these aspects of your enthusiasm in the box below. Don't worry if there's duplication with the first box. Again, use just a few words for each thought, and put each in a separate box:

3. The unique individual

What is special about you? What makes you unique as an individual? Don't panic if you can't think of anything immediately - but you will find on consideration that you have special features. It may be aspects of your ancestry, where you live or how you live. It may be special achievements or other claims to fame. It could be an unusual combination of skills or experiences. It could be you know about something very unusual or fascinating. It doesn't matter how insignificant it seems, capture it. As before, jot down in the boxes below a handful of short phrases identifying your most striking unique characteristics:

4. Your reading habits

Establishing the kind of (non-fiction) books you like to read can help pin down the kind of books you should be writing. Check one or more boxes from the genre below that interest you the most:

Art
Biography
Business
Crime
Food and Drink
Health and Diet
History
Personal Development
Religion and Spirituality
Science
Society and Politics
Sports and Games
Travel

to produce a prompt chart to generate your new ideas.

When the prompt window opens, read it through and fill in the boxes. Then either print the document using your web browser, or make an editable copy by clicking in the title at the top of the page, then choosing Select All from the Edit menu, then choose Copy from the Edit menu. Finally paste into the word processor of your choice to make the document editable.