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 - 13h 21m.
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 - 13h 21m. Author - Guy Windsor. Narrator - Guy Windsor. Published Date - Monday, 01 January 2024. Copyright - © 2024 Guy Windsor ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:15:17
02 Dedication
Duration:00:10:30
03 Epigraph
Duration:00:13:14
04 Introduction
Duration:05:12:24
05 Learning to write
Duration:01:49:07
06 Answer the question
Duration:01:22:13
07 The writing rules
Duration:00:52:01
08 The reader
Duration:03:32:00
09 Clarity
Duration:04:50:44
10 Separate action and context
Duration:00:44:11
11 Put things in order
Duration:04:22:17
12 Using templates
Duration:00:47:48
13 What should your book contain
Duration:06:15:06
14 Things that get in the way
Duration:06:02:36
15 Scheduling
Duration:02:08:41
16 Writing tools
Duration:01:37:02
17 Writing ergonomics
Duration:01:45:27
18 Planning and drafting
Duration:02:42:35
19 Using photos and videos
Duration:06:27:52
20 Editing
Duration:04:11:10
21 Things that are not writing but feel like writing
Duration:01:02:00
22 How to publish, commercial, indie, or something else
Duration:01:56:52
23 Pre publication tasks
Duration:01:33:36
24 Front matter metadata
Duration:02:42:24
25 Interior layout, format, and cover design
Duration:05:12:00
26 The publishing process
Duration:00:35:20
27 Publishing platforms
Duration:03:50:28
28 What is marketing
Duration:03:39:45
29 Find, invite, talk, tell
Duration:03:36:13
30 The monetised list, substack, and patreon
Duration:02:37:34
31 Selling your book
Duration:01:11:25
32 Content marketing
Duration:03:01:29
33 The blurb
Duration:03:52:52
34 Key words
Duration:01:57:29
35 How to launch
Duration:01:55:28
36 Copyright and piracy
Duration:04:00:58
37 Reviews
Duration:02:51:33
38 The best marketing strategy of all time
Duration:00:32:38
39 Show your work (introduction)
Duration:08:09:35
40 Transcription
Duration:02:36:26
41 Translation
Duration:11:53:34
42 Interpretation and commentary
Duration:04:48:15
43 Citations and bibliography
Duration:02:24:14
44 Bonus: an annotated table of contents
Duration:04:35:19
45 Bonus: the principles of crowdfunding
Duration:05:41:51
46 About the author
Duration:02:19:19
47 My writing setup
Duration:04:24:33
48 Tools
Duration:02:49:57
49 More Books By Guy
Duration:04:38:19
50 Acknowledgements
Duration:01:06:19
Ending Credits
Duration:00:21:02