If you can’t write, plan. If you can’t plan, write.

If you can’t write, plan. If you can’t plan, write.

ByJosh Bernoff

I frequently advise nonfiction authors to be planners, not pantsers (that is, seat-of-the-pants writers). Unfortunately, that doesn’t always work. True, some people have a conception of the whole book in their heads. This allows them to set down a table of contents and, after doing research, create a fat outline before writing each chapter. But…

The problem with most authors is that they start by writing

The problem with most authors is that they start by writing

ByJosh Bernoff

In my experience, there are two types of authors: those that start with planning, and those that start with writing. Call them planners and pantsers (seat-of-the-pants writers) if you want. Both ways work. But the people who start with writing suffer more. If you’re okay with suffering, go for it. But you should at least…