You’re ready to write a book.

But first, you need to organize your thoughts.

While the thought of writing a book can feel daunting, the first step is always getting your ideas organized and focused.

As an entrepreneur, you might feel restricted by book outlines or tables of contents — although that’s often where you’re told to start. (Not by me, though!)

You have a lot of ideas, and you want to share them all. But you haven’t had time to process through them, and you have yet to find a way to organize your thoughts that feels right for you.

That’s where a book brain dump can help.

You have probably heard of a “brain dump,” where you write down everything you have bouncing around in your brain. Made famous by David Allen of Getting Things Done®, the brain dump is many an entrepreneur’s best friend (including me).

When it comes to writing a book, though, you need a much more focused and intentional brain dump. That’s where a book brain dump comes in.

A book brain dump can help you pull all of those nebulous ideas floating around in your head and turn them into starting points for your book. With the proper structure and focus, you can commit those thoughts to paper, and start organizing them into a cohesive book idea.

From there, you can start writing. But not until you get clearer on your ideas.

Why a book brain dump?

In my work as a book coach and editor for author-entrepreneurs, I take most of my clients through a book brain dump exercise — not just because it’s effective, but because I find it works the way an entrepreneur’s brain does: by starting with the big vision first.

It’s always exciting to see what comes out of it, and to watch as my clients get ready to write (faster and with more focus than before).

If you want to get clear on what you’re writing about, feel more in control of the writing process, and dig into what you want to share with your readers, I’d like to walk you through a book brain dump exercise!

Usually, only my clients get access to this, but I think it’s something any author-entrepreneur should try.

So without further ado, you can download the FREE exercise below.

You’re full of ideas. Now it’s time to get

them out of your head and onto paper.

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