Write. Publish. Repeat.

The No-Luck-Required Guide to Self-Publishing Success

By Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant

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Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant explain how they made full-time livings as independent authors, publishing 1.5 million words in a single year and building more than 15 franchises across six imprints. Their guide to self-publishing separates truths from myths about indie authorship and treats writing as a sustainable business. Chapters cover building story worlds, characters and plots, knowing the market down to the ideal reader, drafting tools and editing practice. They also discuss covers, titles, formatting, pricing and releasing on several platforms, along with their doubts about chasing print. At the center sits a marketing plan grounded in reader psychology, designed to turn stories into products that readers are drawn to buy.

James Altucher recommended it as a guide to writing many books, guessing that Platt has published more than 50 of his own, some under pen names. Author Kaci Lambe Kai read it on a flight and said it left her set on making a living as an independent creative.

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This book has 2 recommendations

James Altucher (Founder/StockPickr)

Sean Platt has a good book that just came out about writing many books. I recommend it. “Write. Publish. Repeat.” I think Sean has published over 50 books. I don’t know because he uses pseudonyms as well.

Kaci Lambe Kai (Author, Photographer, Designer)

On the same flight, I read Write. Publish. Repeat. by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant. They made it seem so easy to become an author and a creative. It's as easy as the title. Create a thing. Put it out into the world. Do it all over again. I got off that flight a changed human being. I knew I wanted to make my living as an independent creative in which I create works, release them, and obtain dollars to sustain myself on that creativity. In January, I'll publish my first book.

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