How to Write a Blog-Style Book

Thousands of books hit the shelves each year. Some are novels, some are biographies and some are nonfiction books written by popular bloggers or web writers. What makes bloggers so different is their honest and personal style of writing. In order to write a successful blog-style book--while maintaining your niche audience--follow these steps.

Difficulty:

Moderately Challenging

Instructions

1. Understand your target audience. Blogs are opinion-based, and opinions by nature, will not please everyone. Don't try to please everyone.

2. Find your niche or genre. Since these blogs are opinionated they tend to lean towards one side rather than stay objective.

3. Be yourself. Blogs don't feature imagery that will win a Pulitzer Prize. They are a close connection between reader and writer due to honesty in the tone of the words.

4. Stylize the layout differently. You need not follow the chapter or table of contents formula like in a novel or research book. This should be a very engaging book.

5. As always, no matter how much you need to be yourself, make sure all spelling and grammatical errors are corrected; otherwise, what's the difference between your site and the book?

6. Offer insights on topics not previously featured on the blog or only slightly delved into. Otherwise, why would anyone want to pay for what can be read for free?

7. Anticipate that new readers, unfamiliar with your views or stances, will unknowingly buy the book. Always overexplain what might be common knowledge to some, but not to others.