Do you feel the urge to share a story from your life in writing but feel intimidated by the idea of writing an entire book? Amy Szumstein, a nurse and nutrition counselor, who has many varied personal and professional experiences, found that contributing a chapter to a compilation book encouraged her to consider to writing at least one book on her own. Her story could inspire you to do the same.

Amy never saw herself as a chapter author and agreed to the project to when the person said, “You’ve got a lot of stories to tell.” Amy thought to herself, “There is no better way to tell a story than to write it down.”

I bet you also have a lot of stories to tell, don’t you? If you were approached, would you agree to help out the person who needed a few more authors to complete the book?

When you listen to this episode of Writing to Get Business, you’ll discover how the experience of writing the chapter changed Amy’s perspective in a big way.

• In writing a chapter for a compilation book, does a formula help?

• Can writing a chapter in a compilation book stimulate the urge to continue writing?

• How can authors deal with the issue of how much to reveal of themselves?

• What themes are commonly found in memoir-style books?

• Why are books that inspire so important in these times?

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