"If I could give an aspiring writer one piece of advice, it would be to read this book." - Hugh Howey, New York Times best selling author of Wool
"Your First 1000 Copies is a must-read for authors trying to build a connection with their readers." - Dan Heath &amp; Chip Heath, co-authors of Made to Stick, Switch, and Decisive
"I watched in awe this year as Tim Grahl had 5 clients on the New York Times bestseller list in the same week. There is no one I trust more to learn about book marketing." - Pamela Slim, Author, Escape from Cubicle Nation
"Tim was an early pioneer in teaching book authors how Internet marketing ACTUALLY works." - Hugh MacLeod, author of Ignore Everybody and Evil Plans
Imagine if you had a direct connection with thousands of readers who loved reading your books. And imagine if those readers eagerly awaited the launch of your next book. How would that direct relationship with your readers change your writing career?
How would you feel knowing that every time you started a new book project, you already had people excited to buy it and ready to recommend it to others?
In Your First 1000 Copies, seasoned book marketing expert Tim Grahl walks you through how successful authors are using the online marketing tools to build their platform, connect with readers and sell more books.
Tim has worked with over 100 different authors from top best sellers such as Hugh Howey, Daniel Pink, Charles Duhigg, Chip and Dan Heath, Ramit Sethi and Pamela Slim to authors just get started on their first writing project. He has worked with authors across all fiction and non-fiction genres. Along with his client work, he has studied many other successful authors to learn what works and what doesn't.
The result is Your First 1000 Copies where he walks you through the Connection System, a plan that every author can immediately start using. The plan looks like this: <ul>
<li>Permission - How to open up communication with your readers where you can reliably engage them and invite them to be involved.</li> <li>Content - How to use content to engage with current readers and connect with new ones.</li> <li>Outreach - How to ethically and politely introduce yourself to new readers.</li> <li>Sell - How all of these steps can naturally lead to book sales without being pushy or annoying</li> <li>Track - How to use modern online tools to see what's working and what's not working, and how to make decisions based on data.</li> </ul>
This is a system that any author can immediately put in place to start building their platform. Whether you're a seasoned author looking to step into the new publishing landscape, or you're a brand new author, Your First 1000 Copies will give you the tools to connect with readers and sell more books.

Your First 1000 Copies: The Step-by-Step Guide to Marketing Your Book

Business & Money

Grahl, Tim

Marketing & Sales

Out:think

1. If you win, you survive.2. If you lose, you and everyone you love slowly starve to death.Years before twelve-year-old Jesse was born, everyday life tipped into this dystopia when firestorms burned through millions upon millions of acres of sustainable farmland. Now there's not enough food for too many people. Leaders from around the globe came together and conceived of the most extraordinary competition imaginable. The results determine who gets what and how much.This battlefield lies within the grid, a virtual world where the people mine credits to stake their claim for their daily bread. When everyone else is living a virtual life honing unreal skills, only the truly gifted have the courage and know-how to be real.And Jesse might be the most gifted competitor in The Threshing.Ever.

The Threshing

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Story Grid Publishing

What if you could look inside a novel and see exactly how it works, like a doctor analyzing an x-ray or MRI scan? 
In The Story Grid Contenders Analysis Guide to The Threshing Tim Grahl and Shawn Coyne look deep into the heart of Grahl’s dystopian action novel set in a grim future where people compete in a virtual world to survive in the real one. 
What essential actions lie beneath the moves the characters make? 
How does each scene propel the story forward? 
Coyne opens the Guide by analyzing the structure of the Action Story, the first and most primal fiction genre. Why have humans shared heroic tales that pivot on life-or-death choices ever since we began gathering around campfires? Why do Action stories persist at the top of bestseller lists? Because they speak to our desire to experience heart-stopping fear and excitement and learn hard lessons vicariously. Coyne’s analysis provides the framework you need to satisfy those desires in readers. 
Then Grahl takes you into his process of crafting a story that works by dissecting the structure of each scene, from inciting incident to crisis to resolution. You’ll see the critical choices he made to deepen his characters’ dilemmas and surprise readers again and again. 
There is simply no better way to learn the craft of storytelling than to study a novel scene by scene. 
This Story Grid Contenders Analysis Guide is a valuable tool for any writer or editor interested in the art and science of storytelling. By showing you the inner workings of this contemporary action story at the macro and micro levels, Coyne and Grahl give you the tools to analyze your own work, diagnose and solve problems, and level up your craft.

The Threshing by Tim Grahl: A Story Grid Contenders Analysis Guide

Reference

Coyne, Shawn

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Story Grid Publishing LLC

"If I could give an aspiring writer one piece of advice, it would be to read this book." - Hugh Howey, New York Times best selling author of Wool Imagine if you had a direct connection with thousands of readers who loved reading your books. And imagine if those readers eagerly awaited the launch of your next book. How would that direct relationship with your readers change your writing career? How would you feel knowing that every time you started a new book project, you already had people excited to buy it and ready to recommend it to others? In Your First 1000 Copies, seasoned book marketing expert Tim Grahl walks you through how successful authors are using the online marketing tools to build their platform, connect with readers and sell more books. Tim has worked with over 100 different authors from top best sellers such as Hugh Howey, Daniel Pink, Barbara Corcoran Charles Duhigg, Chip and Dan Heath, Ramit Sethi and Pamela Slim to authors just get started on their first writing project. He has worked with authors across all fiction and non-fiction genres. Along with his client work, he has studied many other successful authors to learn what works and what doesn't. The result is Your First 1000 Copies where he walks you through the Connection System, a plan that every author can immediately start using. The plan looks like this: <ul><li>Permission - How to open up communication with your readers where you can reliably engage them and invite them to be involved.</li><li>Content - How to use content to engage with current readers and connect with new ones.</li><li>Outreach - How to ethically and politely introduce yourself to new readers.</li><li>Sell - How all of these steps can naturally lead to book sales without being pushy or annoying</li></ul> This is a system that any author can immediately put in place to start building their platform. Whether you're a seasoned author looking to step into the new publishing landscape, or you're a brand new author, Your First 1000 Copies will give you the tools to connect with readers and sell more books.

Your First 1000 Copies: The Step-by-Step Guide to Marketing Your Book (2nd Edition)

Like many beginning writers, Tim Grahl struggled to learn his craft-and even to find the right words to describe his questions and challenges. After reading a library of how-to books, Tim found what he needed in the unique Story Grid approach. With the help of editor, friend, and Story Grid creator Shawn Coyne, Tim discovered a new vocabulary-what he now calls The Writers' Common Language. Learning this language can help us all think and talk about our stories with more clarity and specificity. In this book, Tim shares moments from his own journey as a storyteller and how the strategies and tools of Story Grid transformed the way he reads, writes, and edits his own work. "Once you can apply these tools to your own story," he says, "you will be amazed at the progress you can make." With a shared understanding of terms such as "genre," "point of view," "value shift," and "theme," writers and editors can talk more productively and meaningfully to level up every project. When we speak in this writers' common language, we can create community, learn from each other, and-most important-bring more great stories into the world.

The Writers' Common Language: A Shared Vocabulary to Tell Better Stories (Beats)

Skills

"Indispensable!"
— Steven Pressfield, bestselling author of The War of Art and The Artist's Journey
"This book is the secret sauce..."
— Barbara Corcoran, founder of The Corcoran Group, author, and Shark Tank investor
“Running Down a Dream is a book about how to do the thing most people want to do but tell themselves is too scary, too hard, too unlikely.”
— Ryan Holiday, Bestselling Author of Ego Is the Enemy and The Obstacle Is the Way
“Shatters the mold of typical self-help.”
— Daniel H. Pink, author of ,When and Drive
“The truth about how to succeed.”
— Derek Sivers, founder of CD Baby, frequent TED speaker, and author of Anything Your Want
A Deeply Personal Field Guide to Defeating Your Own Worst Enemy
When you dream, you envision a magical future...the day when you have heroically slain your dragons and unlocked the creativity and genius buried deep inside.
But how do you actually get to that destination?
You can analyze the myths of visionary creators—artists, writers, musicians, software developers, etc. who have accomplished the impossible. You’ll read about how they went for it, refused to quit, and would not be denied. But exactly how these successful creators went from being fearful dreamers to accomplished artists proves elusive.
Running Down a Dream unflinchingly bares the naked truth of creation and shares the practical to-do list to take you from here to there.
The good news?
You don't have to be an Austen or a Michelangelo or an Oprah to create a work of art.
The bad news?
There is no glossing over the pain, embarrassment, and financial terror necessary to contend with on your journey to mission accomplished.
More good news?
 What lies ahead for you is the realization of your heroic self. The run is worth it in ways you can't yet imagine.

Running Down a Dream: Your Road Map To Winning Creative Battles

Self-Help

Creativity

Black Irish Entertainment LLC

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