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0:00I'm going to show you how I write my
0:02non-fiction books using AI as a
0:04productivity tool rather than a
0:06replacement. And I'll show you how it
0:08consistently makes me over $1,000 a
0:10month with just three books so far. So,
0:13if I take you into my analytics here, uh
0:16this is just from this last month, the
0:18month of August. Uh and as you can see,
0:20these three books that I have, these are
0:22the only non-fiction books that I've
0:24written so far, have made over $1,000 so
0:26far, uh or at least in the month of
0:28August. And actually the most recently
0:30published of these was the plot module.
0:32If we click on that, you can see this
0:34here. Um it was published in January 1st
0:38of 2025. So it's been nine over nine
0:41months since this was published, which
0:43means this is actually a phenomenal
0:45number considering it's been nine months
0:47since this was published. And uh I'm
0:49going to tell you how I got it to be
0:50this way. And this is just kind of an
0:52average. You know, this is just from uh
0:54last month of August. Sometimes it's a
0:56little lower, but most of the time it's
0:58actually a little higher than this. Uh,
1:00and certainly when I first released the
1:02plot module, the most recent book in uh,
1:04the series, it was a lot more. I think
1:07the most I ever got in in one month from
1:10these non-fiction was about twice this,
1:12around 2,000. So, and so it it this
1:15stuff works, and I can show you how I
1:16did it. And by the way, I have a whole
1:18membership where I teach authors how to
1:20use AI effectively as a productivity
1:22tool in their writing without
1:23sacrificing their ethics and creativity.
1:26If you'd like to join us and get to the
1:28point where uh you can write up to a
1:30book in a month, and I'm talking about
1:33books that have real and true ideas or
1:35stories that are yours, not just
1:37rehashed ideas from other people's
1:39books, then check out the link down
1:42below. We cover both fiction and
1:44non-fiction inside of this membership.
1:45So now I'm going to go over five tips on
1:47how to get real success with your books
1:50uh particularly uh even if you are using
1:53AI in the process of writing them. And
1:55tip number one is perhaps the most
1:57important and that is to be obsessed
2:01with your topic. You cannot make it as a
2:04non-fiction author just regurgitating
2:06ideas that other people have done. You
2:08have to be obsessed with the topic. And
2:10my favorite way to actually do this to
2:13to to really make progress in your
2:16obsession with that topic is to start a
2:19YouTube channel to document your
2:21learning or to be a place where you can
2:23teach and test ideas. We know that the
2:25best way to learn a topic is to teach
2:28it. So if you really want to become
2:30obsessed with the topic, I would
2:31strongly recommend starting a YouTube
2:34channel or at least some other kind of
2:36social media, something video ideally
2:38where you can teach these ideas and test
2:40them to see which ones get the most
2:43traction uh with other viewers. And I
2:45know this is going to rub some people
2:47the wrong way who just want to write
2:48their book and be done with it, but this
2:50kind of is how the world works these
2:53days. Like especially if you want to
2:54teach something and make a living uh
2:57teaching some kind of idea, then a book
3:00is really just the tip of the iceberg in
3:03what you need to be doing. And honestly,
3:05a book can sometimes be really limiting
3:08because when you're writing a book, you
3:10don't necessarily have the testing and
3:12the validation uh that your ideas are
3:14good. With something like a YouTube
3:16channel, you're constantly putting out
3:18content and then suddenly you might have
3:19a video pop off and you realize, oh,
3:22this idea really resonates with a lot of
3:24people and then you can go and hone in
3:26on that idea, test it a bit more, make
3:28more videos around that topic and then
3:31produce your book and you know that that
3:33book is going to be it's going to have a
3:35much stronger chance of success. So
3:38that's tip number one. Tip number two is
3:41to come up with what I just call the
3:43special sauce and come up with that
3:45first. And this is usually some kind of
3:47framework or system. Uh because people
3:50really love a step-by-step system that
3:52gets them a result. So try to do that.
3:55Identify where your ideal customer is
3:57now, where they want to go, then
4:00carefully chart out the step-by-step
4:02strategies to get there. This was
4:04essentially the entire premise of my
4:06book, The Plot Module, which is my
4:08best-selling book so far. Uh, this this
4:10book is basically a complete framework
4:13for writing a book from A to Z. Uh,
4:16starting with chapter 1. It tells you
4:17what should happen in chapter 1, what
4:18should happen in chapter 2, etc. for 40
4:20chapters. There's flexibility in built
4:22in there, of course. Uh, but it's a
4:25great resource for brand new writers who
4:26really have no idea how to plot a book.
4:28this will just walk you through the
4:30entire process in a way that I've never
4:32seen any other author do to this degree.
4:37And so that was the premise behind this
4:39book and it remains to this day my
4:41bestselling book. And actually before
4:43this was a book, this actually started
4:44as a framework that I built here um
4:48where I just did a couple of bullet
4:49points on what should happen in each
4:51chapter. Uh so we have like chapter two
4:54mystery and theme, chapter 3 link to the
4:55antagonist, etc. And I just built this
4:58out first. And this is what I would call
4:59that secret sauce, the the framework
5:02that was uniquely mine that I created
5:05after doing tons and tons of research.
5:08That's why step one is to be obsessed
5:10with the topic. Do all your research. Go
5:12look for everything you can on the
5:14particular topic. And then you can start
5:16to create your own formulated I uh
5:18version of that topic that is uniquely
5:22yours. And that's what this was for me
5:24with the plot module. and it has been uh
5:27a really great guide for a lot of
5:28people. I get positive feedback on this
5:31one all the time and like I said it's my
5:32bestselling book. But I started with
5:34just this framework and then from here
5:36once I had this I was able to build out
5:39the entire book around it. So that's
5:41step one be obsessed with the topic and
5:42step two come up with your special
5:44sauce. Now once you have your special
5:46sauce, step three is to create your
5:49story bank. Now, these are special
5:51stories that are either personal to you,
5:53someone you know, uh success stories
5:56that you might have had from a client
5:57that you used to work with, or a story
5:59from a mentor who used it to teach you
6:02something, and you're just passing that
6:03information along. And regardless of
6:06where they come from, you need actual
6:08real life stories if you want to truly
6:10get your message across. So much AI
6:12written non-fiction is just information.
6:15And even the nonIrwitten stuff often is
6:17just information. Which means in order
6:19to be excellent and to rise above the
6:21mediocre uh information and books out
6:24there, you need to be including stories.
6:26Now, for step four, along with those
6:28stories and kind of related, you should
6:31have proof. Okay? Do you have clients or
6:34statistics to back up your claims? If
6:37not, you might want to get some. This
6:38one is admittedly a little bit harder
6:40for those who are just starting out. So,
6:42it can wait until a second edition of
6:44your book or once your book has had your
6:46methods out long enough that you can
6:48collect some testimonials or some other
6:50forms of proof. But, at the very least,
6:52if you have like a personal story um
6:55associated with your framework, that can
6:58be enough proof to get started with.
6:59That's really all I have here with this
7:01book. Uh I just have my own experience
7:04with it, but I do plan on doing a second
7:06edition of this someday. And at that
7:08point, I would add in a whole lot more
7:10testimonials and other people that have
7:12found this book to be really helpful for
7:13them. Which leads us to step number
7:15five. My last tip here is that once you
7:17have all of the research frameworks and
7:19stories, then you write the book. It's
7:22only after you've done all of that that
7:24you actually have your book. So, I'm
7:26going to walk you through a little bit
7:27of what that looks like for when I was
7:29writing the plot module. Um, I have a
7:31similar process for the other books that
7:32I've written. Uh, but let's dive into
7:34that. All right. So, I'm here in
7:35Attacus. This is the program that I use
7:37to format my books to be published. And
7:41uh and this is my copy of the plot
7:43module here in Attekus. And as you can
7:45see, I've got the chapters listed here
7:47on the left side. And uh just the the
7:50main content here in the center. So uh
7:53as you can see, we've got the very first
7:55chapter is this introduction. Uh we
7:57start out with every author is
7:58different. So what works for me might
8:00not work for you. This is a phrase I
8:01hear a lot in author circles. Almost
8:03anytime someone asks an experienced
8:04author about their writing craft, how
8:06should I structure my plot? How do I
8:08have well-rounded characters? Should I
8:10use the hero's journey or is something
8:11else better? How much time should I
8:13spend on my world building? Is Save the
8:15Cat better than the three-act structure?
8:17Should I outline or figure out the story
8:18as I go? The answer is almost always, it
8:20depends, and I hate that. What really
8:23gets me is if you ask those same authors
8:25about business and marketing, they will
8:26almost always have more concrete
8:28answers. But when it comes to craft, the
8:30advice isn't nearly as helpful. So, as
8:32you can tell, I'm starting with a story
8:35and uh and I get more into my motivation
8:37for writing this book. And this chapter,
8:40everything you you just heard me read
8:43that was all written by me. And uh this
8:46is kind of how I tend to write uh all of
8:49my non-fiction is it tends to be a very
8:53loose difference between uh the stuff I
8:56write and the stuff AI writes. I kind of
8:58just go back and forth whenever I feel
9:01that I need one or the other. Sometimes
9:03I know I need my own personal touch a
9:05little bit more. That's especially true
9:07when I'm telling a story uh that's from
9:09my own life. And sometimes we get to uh
9:13particularly even the more
9:14informationheavy parts where I know AI
9:16can handle certain bits better and more
9:19thoroughly and more effectively than I
9:21can. Um, so for instance, we've got this
9:25chapter here, which is the 40 chapter
9:28plot module overview. And now it's time
9:30to dive into the full 40 chapter plot
9:32module. I've included just a brief
9:33summary of each chapter here, so you can
9:35get a general overview. We'll go deeper
9:36in the next few chapters. And then I
9:39have literally like a one to two
9:40sentence summary of every chapter and
9:42what is in it just to give a quick
9:44overview. Now, this is a case where I
9:46could have gone and done all of this
9:47myself, but I had already created this
9:50framework that you saw here by this
9:52point where I had like just bullet
9:54points of what happens in each chapter.
9:56And I really didn't want to have to
9:58bother to try and sum that all up in two
10:00sentences each. And plus, I know AI is
10:03really good at summarization. So all I
10:06did for this chapter is I took this
10:09framework that you see here and I went
10:11into AI and said summarize each of these
10:13in two sentences and this is what it
10:17gave me. Uh I did of course read through
10:19it to make sure it's accurate to make
10:20sure I agreed with the way it said
10:22things. But this is a good example of
10:24where I know the AI can do this very
10:26well and very effectively using my
10:29framework my information. Uh and this is
10:31why it's important to have your
10:33frameworks, your uh your strategies,
10:36your uh systems uh in place before you
10:40even start writing with AI. Uh and it's
10:42also helpful to have your story bank and
10:45your testimonials, your proof, all of
10:47that assembled beforehand because once
10:50you have that data, that information,
10:52you can give it to the AI and it will
10:55help you to turn that into something uh
10:57that you can include as part of the
10:59book. And by doing so, you're actually
11:01creating something unique with the AI as
11:04a productivity tool rather than just
11:06using AI to pump out regurgitated
11:09information that anybody could also get.
11:12Um, and I hope that nuance is makes
11:15sense for you. Um, but um, you know, if
11:18we go through more chapters here, we
11:20have act one. This is where we start to
11:21go a little bit more in depth on uh,
11:24each idea. And I did actually use AI for
11:27part of this. uh namely thisformational
11:30part. I just gave it the framework for
11:32what happens in that chapter and asked
11:33it to write a section that uh basically
11:37explain that in more depth. But then
11:40there's the this part here where I give
11:42examples uh of that chapter from a
11:44number of different movies or books. So
11:46we have Harry Potter and the Sorcerer
11:47Stone, The Matrix, Star Wars: A New
11:48Hope, The Hunger Games, The Lion King.
11:50Uh we have more examples as we go along.
11:53Uh, but these I did myself because I I
11:56did actually test AI with this to see if
11:58it could accurately identify these
12:01scenes in each of these movies or or
12:03books and it did not do a good job in
12:06most cases. So, I actually pulled up
12:08like The Matrix. I pulled up the movie
12:10The Matrix and actually was scrolling
12:12through the scenes uh making sure that I
12:16found each of the scenes as they uh are
12:18talked about in my plot module thing.
12:20So, it really is a hybrid of me writing
12:23and the AI writing and understanding the
12:26nuances of when AI can help you and when
12:29it is better off for you to do the
12:30thinking, right? Um because I I do see
12:34that as the main uh nuance between them
12:37is uh you the human still needs to be
12:39doing the thinking and assembling a lot
12:42of the information that you're going to
12:43be basing this off of but then AI can
12:46then help you in the doing in the
12:47execution of those things. And for me it
12:51tends to be a much more fluid process in
12:53that in that whole thing. Uh so the my
12:56non-fiction writing process is a little
12:58bit more uh imprecise when compared to
13:01my fiction writing process. Uh but it
13:04does do obviously very effective for me
13:07as you can see from the money that these
13:09three books are making for me. And uh
13:11this is essentially the process I've
13:13done for all three of the books uh with
13:15little elements written with AI but
13:18based on my very clear structures and
13:21outlines and uh and then other elements
13:24written entirely by me. Now if that was
13:26helpful for you, please check out my
13:28story hacker gold program below to learn
13:30more about writing books with AI in a
13:32way that doesn't compromise your
13:34humanity. and I will see you in the next