schedule. even though we kept moving the dates back, the important part was that we kept dates. as you may be aware, most people that start writing a book never finish it. part of the reason may be that there are no hard dates to keep their eye on. i have a big white board in my office with the key book dates written in blue marker. every morning i would see those dates. makes a difference.
before you start, create the table of contents. creating the table of contents for your book is like your business plan. understand full well that the original table of contents you create will look 