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Write to Market: Deliver a Book that Sells (Write Faster, Write Smarter 3) Kindle Edition

by Chris Fox (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 3 of 8: Write Faster, Write Smarter

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Many authors write, then market. Successful authors write TO market

Have you written a book that just isn’t selling? Would you like to write a book that readers eagerly devour?

Many authors write, then market. Successful authors write TO market. They start by figuring out how to give readers what they want, and that process begins before writing word one of your novel.

This book will teach you to analyze your favorite genre to discover what readers are buying, to mine reviews for reader expectations, and to nail the tropes your readers subconsciously crave.

Don’t leave the success of your novel up to chance. Deliver the kind of book that will have your fans hounding you for the next one.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01AX23B4Q
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (February 9, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 9, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 833 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 118 pages

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Nathan Agin
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Actor and Narrator of 10+ years, classically trained, and the voice of 100+ articles for Mark Manson, best-selling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck. Connect with him @audionathan (FB/Tw) or @audio.nathan (IG).
After selling all his possessions in 2010, Nathan spent years traveling to nearly every state and visiting over 20 countries, hearing countless, fascinating stories along the way.
When he finally jumped into audiobooks in 2015, he discovered he still loved stories—only this time, he was giving them life.
When not narrating, he hangs out with his Mexican rescue dog Paz (always training!), bakes bread, nerds out on Shakespeare, and hosts a podcast interviewing longtime working actors, where he shares their personal stories in hopes of mentoring the next generation of performers.
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Chris Fox
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If you need to reach me I can be found at chris@chrisfoxwrites.com. I’d love to hear from you!
Once upon a time I was an iPhone developer architecting the app used to scope Stephen Colbert’s ear. These days I write stories about dragons tearing apart starships, and gods blowing up planets.
I’ve been writing since I was six years old and started inflicting my work on others at age 18. By age 24 people stopped running away when I approached them with a new story and shortly thereafter I published my first one in the Rifter.
Wait you’re still reading?
Ok, the facts I’m supposed to list in a bio. As of this writing I’m 42 years old and live just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in beautiful Marin County. If you’re unsure how to find it just follow the smell of self-entitlement. Once you see the teens driving Teslas you’ll know you’re in the right place.
I’ve published over 20 novels, and have a series of non-fiction books that teach writers how to duplicate my success. I’m far better known for the Write Faster, Write Smarter series, and have spoken all over the country about writing to market, making your writing a habit, and quitting your day job to become an author.
My true love though? Science fiction and fantasy. I love worldbuilding. I love storytelling. I’ve been playing D&D since I was six, and they’ll have to pry my d20 from my cold, dead hands =D
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Richard L. Harris

A valuable book on understanding Amazon trends

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2023

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The book is well structured with exercises at the end of each chapter to put what you learn in practice. Those same exercises are reiterated at the back of the book for those of us who read the whole thing to get an overview before diving in. He warns of push back on being called a sell out.

Really this is a book about finding what readers want to read so you can focus your creative expression where it will also have the most impact. Most of us will never be the next Tolkien even if we hope to be, but we can certainly and would hopefully want to earn a living doing what we love and this book has valuable information to figure out what the public is hungry for so you can do just that.

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Eternal Vigilance

Really good insights

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2024

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I got a lot of really good insights from reading this book. The author provided practical steps for writing books that sell. I am excited about implementing what I learned. I highly recommend this book to anyone who have been struggling to make money from their books.

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Rick Hubbard

A Maximizing Approach Explained with a Minimum of Words

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2022

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Chris Fox is to be commended for writing a quick & easy-to-read guide that provides a practical explanation to one of the most important concepts any author that wants readers to buy their books needs to understand: Write to Market.

(The "Write to Market" approach is distinct from the "Ignore the Audience, Write the Book You Want to Write" authorial approach. Such flawed advice has led to an uncountable number of unread books dustily lingering in an immeasurable number of garages...hoping for legions of readers that will never emerge.)

Chris' description of the "Write to Market" concept is concise and readily understood. As to the process he suggests to accomplish the approach? I found some of those passages less clear. Also, it seems to me that those passages underserved a key audience for "Write to Market" proponents: Non-fiction "How to..." authors.

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While I'm pleased to recommend Chris Fox's book--alas and alack, there is an accompanying limitation for implementing his insightful approach THAT IS NOT CHRIS' FAULT NOR WITHIN HIS CONTROL.

As of this writing (Oct 2022), the state-of-the-art for readily useful "Write to Market" Research tools remains a significant impediment to gaining deep insights into topical markets.

Of the ~10, or so, such tools I've used, purchased, tried out, researched...they all start with keyword searches (which Chris also recommends).

AUTHOR TOOL VENDORS: if you read this review, please provide a supplement to your tool that facilitates searching by the number of reviews (in descending order; along with category, price, ABSR, and the like). What better way to find out what the market wants than to find out what the market likes?

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Advice to all authors: Buy Chris' book, read it in an hour, and glean useful ideas on how to find readers who want to buy your book by writing a book they want to buy--otherwise known as "Write to Market."

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Useful information you wouldn't guess on your own

Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2024

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This book can be read in one night and it contains wisdom you couldn't guess on your own. Both those things should excite you.

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Jeremy Menefee

Comprehensive step-by-step guide to performing critical market research

Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2017

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Despite having been aware of his fiction and nonfiction for quite a while, this is the first Chris Fox book I've read. With my history in copywriting, I'm familiar with the power of market research, but had never thought to apply it to fiction writing.

Chris does an excellent job explaining both HOW to write to market and WHY it is important. I always thought of it as chasing trends, but that's not at all what he actually discusses (although you could apply it that way if you're a very fast writer). I found myself agreeing with his points. I won't repeat them here, but I will say that he converted me to his way of thinking, and I'll be applying the HOW TO part of the book in the future.

The how-to part is truly the core of this book. He gives step-by-step instructions in a clear, understandable way, and explains the reasoning for each step so you can apply it to your own unique situation.

With his method, you will not only understand what market to pursue with an idea in order to have a greater chance at success (because math), but also learn how to identify the key features within the book that audiences expect, the must-have details at both story and character levels. In fact, I'd say the latter part makes this book an excellent companion to the fantastic Story Grid book, which is an editor's tool that authors can apply to their own works.

It took only a couple hours to finish the book, yet I think it would be worth a higher price (now that I've read it...)

I rarely give 5-star reviews anymore, and this book narrowly earned it. I was going to give it 4 stars (my usual rating for outstanding books), because it doesn't include a section that lists research results for at least the top genres. But then, I realized that including such research results would be quickly outdated as markets evolve, and it would eliminate some of the critical benefits that come from going through the steps he gives in his book.

I've been aware of Chris Fox since an author friend of mine pointed out one of his YouTube series, in which he wrote a trilogy in three months and posted weekly updated and discussion about it. That series was interesting and informative. His name was reinforced in my mind when I found his video on syncing Scrivener with AEON Timeline (which helped convince me to buy both, instead of using Bibisco, which is free). I don't think I'd have risked buying his book otherwise, but now I think I'll have to buy a few more of 'em.

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Penelope M. Wright

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Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2023

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I read this book and found it very helpful. The exercises were appropriate and I appreciated that the book was short without a bunch of filler so that I could just get the information and then get started.

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James Dillehay

Much Needed

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2024

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While I have made a decent income writing nonfiction, I've always wanted to produce fiction. I just didn't know where to start. 'Writing to Market' was exactly what I needed.

Author Chris Fox covers choosing your category, learning about tropes and characters, conversion factors to build sales, and exercises for each phase of the journey.

I got through the book in about half a day, mainly because I couldn't put it down. Thanks so much to the author for making this topic more palatable and achievable.

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Natasha

Useful to know

Reviewed in Canada on December 5, 2023

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I enjoyed reading the book, it's got some good advice

PatrickM

Easy to consume

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2023

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After reading the first chapter, I realised I probably bought the wrong book. I am hoping to write a non-fiction book. However, this book is very much focused on fiction. I liked the easy to read writing style so I kept going and realised very quickly that while it has very little reference to non-fiction, a lot of the rules are the same, so it was a very useful book to read. It isn’t a big book so it only took me about two days to get through it. I’d highly recommend the book, it touches on straightforward, commonsense perspectives that I may not have considered. I haven’t written a book, but I certainly have a better view of how I would research and write a book in the future, so I would highly recommend this book if you are considering writing a book any time soon .

Hilary Torn

A must read for everyone who wants to write a novel that sells

Reviewed in Germany on July 23, 2022

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This was a great book. It was extremely useful, to the point, and a quick read. I read it all in one morning.

But even more useful is the exercises. Now I will go back and do what Chris taught. My goal? Not just write a novel. Anybody can do that. But write one that sells. And this book has many golden tips on how to do just that.

Amazon Customer

Short and insightful

Reviewed in Spain on November 29, 2021

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This book was on my list for a long time. I really liked it and learned a ton with it. The exercises at the end of each chapter are something that I will use for a long time.

Marcella Mattar

Yes, Chris Fox, you are the man.

Reviewed in Brazil on August 5, 2020

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This is a very useful book for anyone who wants to make a living as a writer. Since I have been reseearching a lot about this subject later, it wasn't all new to me. But still worth the read. Recommended!

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