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Name it and Unleash It| Brian Monahan | The Write Time

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The Write Time #58

07.01.24

In this issue:

  • Featured Article - Name it and Unleash It
  • My New Website - A Summer Easter Egg Hunt
  • Word Of The Week- deluded
  • Brian Around The Web: The Cynthia Manion Show LIVE!

Name It and Unleash It

Dear Reader

Congratulations! You've just won the lead role in my remake of the movie Field of Dreams. You'll be playing Ray Kinsella (originally played by Kevin Costner), while I'll be the "Mysterious Voice" (originally voiced by Ed Harris).

Without diving too deep into the plot, Ray Kinsella hears a voice telling him, "If you build it, he will come." He eventually builds a baseball diamond in a cornfield, and the ghosts of baseball past come to play on his field.

I'm whispering something similar to you: Name it and unleash it.

Start imagining a book that captures your passion and expertise. A book that helps someone bring your unique talent and point of view to life.

A louder whisper... "NAME IT and unleash it!"

Now imagine that book title splashed across the cover, with a tagline that puts a big stamp on what readers will get from your book.

I'm shouting now... "NAME IT AND UNLEASH IT!"

I know you want to write a book—that's why you're on my list. Don't try to weasel out of this.

I DARE YOU TO NAME IT!

You have to start somewhere, so why not with the title? Do you have the courage to put one on paper?

I'm going to make it easy for you. Here's an AI prompt you can use with ChatGPT or Claude.ai to kickstart your creativity:

Prompt:

I want to write a book.
Can you help me with a title?
I am passionate about [your response].
I am good at [your response].
My book will help people [your response].

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My book format is weekly inspirational content broken into 4 quarterly themes. Each quarter includes a related story.

Optional Prompts:

This book will help someone in [a number] of days.
This book will help someone increase their productivity in [your topic] by [a percentage].
[Some other item of significance related to your book]

Name it and unleash it!

I hope you play along. Take that first step and come up with your book title. It's a powerful way to kickstart your writing journey and make your author dreams feel more tangible. While many great books have started without a title, having one can help crystallize your vision and motivate you to begin writing. You've got this!

Live Big,

Love Bigger!

Brian

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It's Alive

I finally updated my website to include my focus on book coaching. It has been about a year journey, working with a copy coach, some designers and other professionals.

However, I did all the heavy lifting from copy writing, graphic design to web development.

SO...there are probably some typos and areas for improvement. So I am asking you to go on an Easter Egg Hunt, send me my typos or suggestions for improvement. If I make the change...I will send you a signed copy of my book Customer Delight 365.*

Just visit: BrianMonahan.me​

Send your suggestions to: brian@brianmonahan.me

*Fine Print: Signed book offer is only availabe to be shipped in the USA. If you are outside the USA, I will provide a free ebook or possibly send you an unsigned copy via Amazon if I can purchase in your home country. I reserve the right to not send any books. This is for the fun of it...but its a legal world :)

Word of the Week

deluded

believe things that are not real or true:

What a deluded fool I've been.

Talking to her, I wondered how anyone could be so deluded.

​Cambridge Dictionary​

Brian Around The Web

Big Thanks to Cynthia Manion for having me on her show this week, Cynthia is a fellow author and one of the most positive people I have ever met. You can follow her here.​

We had a great conversation about how to build trust in an Ai world which included everything from books to live events.

Check out the show:

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Busy entrepreneurs and creators our experts at helping others take action...but seem to always put off what is most important for themselves. Trust me, I get it. I had dreams of writing a book for years until I stumbled my way through writing my first book. After finishing my book I realized that I had developed an excellent strategy for writing a book in a flash. I call it the 90 Day Knockout. Anyway, I believe there are two main things that hold aspiring authors back. A writing ritual and an easy to deploy book framework. I touch on these topics in my weekly newsletter The Write Time, plus many other ideas and inspirations to help you write that first book.

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