Podcast #6: How to Brainstorm a viable Travel Guide idea
Setting a theme and angle can help you to differentiate your travel guide idea from other books in the marketplace. It’s a way of narrowing your book topic to a specific niche, and making it easy for readers to know how relevant to their needs it is. In this week’s podcast we look at how to define your scope by setting your theme and angel, and running your book ideas through a passion filter. We also cover how to brainstorm your ideas and evaluate them using other techniques.
I’ve also created Worksheet #3: Angle and Theme Reference, which summarizes all of the points we touch on in the podcast.
In this podcast episode #6:
- How to turn a generic book idea into a viable travel guide by defining a theme and angle.
- The definition of a theme.
- The definition of an angle.
- What 7 questions you need to answer to define the scope of your travel guide.
- How to assess your passion for a topic.
- What Brainstorming techniques you can use to evaluate your ideas.
- What Evaluation techniques you can use to assess your ideas.
- Brainstorming prompts to get your creative juices flowing.
Are you ready to establish your subject matter expertise and earn passive income by transitioning from travel blogger to author of your own travel book, but don’t know where to start? Do you have a travel guide, travel memoir, or travel book bubbling inside?
Getting your book into your reader’s hands is a multifaceted process. It starts with writing and editing, before ebbing into design, production and distribution. Then just when you thought you could take a break … that’s when the marketing and promotion begins! It’s all too easy to get overwhelmed by the self-publishing process. But I’m here to help you with this exciting journey, and together we will make sure you reach your destination. Unharmed and unscathed!
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Each episode covers aspects of the travel writing and self-publishing process to help travel bloggers and travel writers get their books published. Most episodes are 20-minutes long, but occasionally I’ll bring you a 10-minute episode.
Are you thinking about writing a travel guide, travel memoir, or other travel-related book? This podcast is for you!
We share tips, strategies, and inspiration to help you: write, plan, self-publish, market, and promote your travel book, so your words get into the hands of a global audience.
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