
This power-packed stepmom guide is a collaboration between Kristin E. Smith and Graham Publishing Group
There is a baseline message for every successful self-help book. In short, it says to the reader: “You can’t live without this. It will help you achieve what you want to achieve and get exactly what you want to get.”
This message is exactly what the reader wants to hear and expects to hear, and that is the beauty of it. Remember upfront that whatever “self-help” tool, lesson, or product you are writing about, your reader wants to be convinced that your message will aid them in changing their lives.
A commercially viable self-help book is not fluff. If all you have is fluff, you might want to think about writing a different book. Your reader has a goal; your job is to present practical and practicable tools to reach that goal.
At Mark Graham Communications, we believe a step by step layout of your self-help message serves three purposes: