From Your Head to Their Hands
Guy Windsor
“Our favourite writer of instructional manuals”- Neal Stephenson, from his foreword to Swordfighting, for writers, game designers, and martial artists.
Guy Windsor’s historical martial arts training manuals are legendary. His first was published in 2004, and he’s been producing them ever since. They generate about half his income. So he is expert in writing, publishing, and marketing books for historical martial artists, and in this book he’ll teach you how to do it.
The goal of training manuals is to teach skills. This one will teach you:
• How to write well
• How to plan your book, or write without a plan
• How to get reader feedback as you go
• How to avoid procrastination and imposter syndrome
• What tools to use
• How to write without destroying your body
• How to incorporate photos and videos
• How to edit your work
• What should be outsourced
• How to publish: commercial, indy, or something else?
• What metadata you need, and how to create it
• How to choose your publishing platform
• How to market your book
• How to find your readers
• How to launch
• Everything you need to know about copyright and piracy
• The best book marketing strategy of all time.
Also included: Guy’s article Show Your Work: how to communicate your historical martial arts research with the historical martial arts community.
If you’ve ever wanted to write a training manual for historical martial arts (or anything else), this book will show you how to do it. Buy it, listen to it, and get writing!
Duration - 2h 36m.
Author - Guy Windsor.
Narrator - Guy Windsor.
Published Date - Monday, 01 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2024 Guy Windsor ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
“Our favourite writer of instructional manuals”- Neal Stephenson, from his foreword to Swordfighting, for writers, game designers, and martial artists. Guy Windsor’s historical martial arts training manuals are legendary. His first was published in 2004, and he’s been producing them ever since. They generate about half his income. So he is expert in writing, publishing, and marketing books for historical martial artists, and in this book he’ll teach you how to do it. The goal of training manuals is to teach skills. This one will teach you: • How to write well • How to plan your book, or write without a plan • How to get reader feedback as you go • How to avoid procrastination and imposter syndrome • What tools to use • How to write without destroying your body • How to incorporate photos and videos • How to edit your work • What should be outsourced • How to publish: commercial, indy, or something else? • What metadata you need, and how to create it • How to choose your publishing platform • How to market your book • How to find your readers • How to launch • Everything you need to know about copyright and piracy • The best book marketing strategy of all time. Also included: Guy’s article Show Your Work: how to communicate your historical martial arts research with the historical martial arts community. If you’ve ever wanted to write a training manual for historical martial arts (or anything else), this book will show you how to do it. Buy it, listen to it, and get writing! Duration - 2h 36m. Author - Guy Windsor. Narrator - Guy Windsor. Published Date - Monday, 01 January 2024. Copyright - © 2024 Guy Windsor ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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02 Dedication
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03 Epigraph
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04 Introduction
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05 Learning to write
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06 Answer the question
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07 The writing rules
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08 The reader
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09 Clarity
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10 Separate action and context
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11 Put things in order
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12 Using templates
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13 What should your book contain
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14 Things that get in the way
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15 Scheduling
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16 Writing tools
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17 Writing ergonomics
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18 Planning and drafting
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19 Using photos and videos
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20 Editing
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21 Things that are not writing but feel like writing
Duración:00:01:02
22 How to publish, commercial, indie, or something else
Duración:00:01:56
23 Pre publication tasks
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24 Front matter metadata
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25 Interior layout, format, and cover design
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26 The publishing process
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27 Publishing platforms
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28 What is marketing
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29 Find, invite, talk, tell
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30 The monetised list, substack, and patreon
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31 Selling your book
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32 Content marketing
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33 The blurb
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34 Key words
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35 How to launch
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36 Copyright and piracy
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37 Reviews
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38 The best marketing strategy of all time
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39 Show your work (introduction)
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40 Transcription
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41 Translation
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42 Interpretation and commentary
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43 Citations and bibliography
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44 Bonus: an annotated table of contents
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45 Bonus: the principles of crowdfunding
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46 About the author
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47 My writing setup
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48 Tools
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49 More Books By Guy
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50 Acknowledgements
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Ending Credits
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