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Indie Author Book Rescue
Book Rescue
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Success Starts Here (11:29)
The Power of Influence and Persuasion
Sound Bites
The Critical Cut
Contradictions
If You Need More Help Read This!
Branding
Protecting Your Brand (5:54)
Maintaining Consistency (5:35)
Cover Testing (7:20)
Know Your Numbers
Introduction
Net, Net, Net
List Launch v Ads Launch
The Million Dollar Income
Comparing the Million Dollar ROI
Your Actual Advertising Budget
Super Simple Budget (2:46)
Why You Need to Click-Track
Simple EOM Tally
Quantifying Time (3:28)
Quantifying Time: Efficiency with AI (5:56)
Reverse Engineer Riveting Fiction [ manual version ]
Introduction
Unlimited Inspiration for Outlining (4:11)
The Time Summary PDF (3:01)
The 4 Quarters (7:25)
11 Words to Plot like a PRO (4:05)
The Outline Sheet (2:38)
Summarizing the Summary (0:47)
Creating the Basic Outline (7:20)
Basic Outline - Deadlines (4:16)
Basic Outline - More on Deadlines (2:24)
Plot Conflict Crisis (3:39)
A New Outline (3:11)
A New Outline in Romance (4:48)
Pace and Heartbeat (1:20)
Outlining Individual Sections (3:18)
Word Count and Chapters (3:02)
Moving Sections (1:10)
Final Words for Riveting Fiction 1
Next Level: Better than the Best (2:37)
Next Level: Introduction (3:29)
Next Level: Unlock Writer's Block (2:08)
Next Level: Reading Fiction (2:47)
Next Level: Trust and Belief (4:05)
Next Level: Working Backwards (5:37)
Next Level: Hiding Stuff (4:05)
Next Level: Prior History Reveal (2:26)
Next Level: What Happens to Make a Change (4:17)
Next Level: Breaking Bad Revisited (7:57)
Next Level: Jesse's Death Walk (4:49)
Next Level: A Twisted Romance (8:57)
Next Level: Final Words (1:48)
AI for Authors
Introduction to AI Writing (8:15)
Is ChatGPT Enough?
Plotter Pantser Plotser Pantter
Team Conversation (9:31)
Draft a Book in a Day
Let's Talk About Speed First
Blah Blah Blah
Character Profiles
No Clue, No Worries (2:41)
Draft Outline (4:28)
Initial Blurb
Creating the Character Profiles (0:38)
The Big 3 (3:14)
Writing the Scenes and the Chapters (5:56)
Your Creative Reference Pages
The Anywhere Draft
Vellum for Plotting, Planning and More
Introduction
A Quick Draft (5:56)
The Other Essential Files (3:08)
Pantsing with Vellum (1:46)
Procrastinators and Perfectionists Paradise
Headspace
Watch What You Say
Don't Go Looking for Stop Signs
Making Decisions: Part 1
Making Decisions: Part 2
AI Version - Reverse Engineer Riveting Fiction
AI Bestsellers for Authors (Processing The Gold)
Overview: OLD and the NEW (8:34)
Fifty Shades of Secretary (3:49)
It's a Crime (3:34)
Plot Ideas from Anywhere (1:56)
The NEW AI: How to Succeed with Short Reads
Do People Read Short Stories?
AI Your Way to Short Story Serial Success
Let's Take this a Step Further
Short Story Serials for Sales
Short Story Serials for Subscribers
Shorter Shorts for Special Occasions (2:14)
Start Short Go Big
Shorts for Any Genre
Flash Fiction
Continuation Hooks
Continuation Hooks EXAMPLE
Dead Easy Dialogue
Introduction
The Original Training: Introduction (1:44)
Showing Versus Telling (2:33)
Clarity (1:23)
Keeping It Simple (1:54)
Reader Reviews (2:38)
Impossible Tags (3:14)
Action Tags (1:15)
Adverbs (2:21)
Said Says It All (1:48)
Exceptions To Said (1:11)
Filler Words (1:03)
Keeping Sentences Short (1:45)
Incomplete Sentences (1:55)
Accents (2:27)
Purpose (2:15)
Character Names (2:07)
Explaining Things (1:20)
Multiple Speakers (1:39)
Beats (4:22)
Punctuation (2:02)
Conflicting Styles (2:18)
Quotation Marks (3:49)
Periods, Commas and Capitals (2:48)
Ellipses and Dashes (3:31)
Exclamation Points (2:19)
Paragraph Breaks (1:55)
Placement of Tags (1:55)
A Dictation Technique (2:30)
Real Life Recording (2:53)
Stripped Bare (2:06)
Listening (2:25)
Final Words (1:38)
Story Structures
Most Popular Story Structures
The Three Act Structure
The Hero's Journey
Save the Cat Beats
The Seven Point Story Structure
Freytag's Pyramid
Dan Harmon's Story Circle
The Snowflake Method
In Media Res
Derek Murphy 24 Chapter Novel Outline
Lester Dent’s Master Plot Formula
The Fichtean Curve
Michael Hauge's Six-Stage Structure
Shonen Battle Manga Formula
The Five Act Structure
The Story Spine
Narrative Threads and Braiding
Circular Narrative
Nonlinear Narrative
Kishōtenketsu
The Kubler-Ross Change Curve
The MICE Quotient
The 22 Pixar Storytelling Rules
The Mirror Structure
Parallel Narrative Structure
The 12 Chapter Mystery Formula
Action Adventure Plot
Jami Gold Romance
Take Off Your Pants
Victor Pineiro Screenplay
Billy Mernit's Romance Seven Beats
Changing It Up With ChatGPT
Quick Fiction Fixes
Pulling Them All Together
What ChatGPT Can Do For You
Introduction to TEAM ChatGPT
Collaborator
Assistant
Plotter
Brainstormer
Editor
Researcher
Muse
Sounding Board
Motivator
Idea Generator
World Builder
Dialogue Enhancer
Character Developer
Structure Advisor
Feedback Provider
Writing Coach
Genre Consultant
Revision Aid
Inspiration Source
Continuity Checker
Language Polisher
Fact-checker
Title Suggester
Synopsis Crafter
Best Seller Rankings
Why Best Seller Lists Matter
What Does it Take? (1:12)
Pulsing Facebook Ads for Best Sellers (2:55)
Meta Ads for Authors
Cogs of Connection (1:14)
Pep Talk
AdsManager Setup
Calculate Your Brand Value
TARGET: Your Core Customers
TARGET: Location
TARGET: Age Ranges
TARGET Gender: Crime
TARGET Gender: Fantasy
TARGET Gender: Mystery
TARGET Gender: Romance
TARGET Gender: Science Fiction
TARGET Gender: Suspense
TARGET Gender: Thriller
TARGET Interests: Authors
Targeting: Meta AI Targeting (2:22)
Targeting: A French Lesson (6:21)
Targeting: Audience Targeting (2:11)
Targeting: Misleading Targeting (1:32)
The Other Side of Advertising
IMAGE
IMAGE: Visual Targeting
IMAGE: Examples
IMAGE: Similar Images and Testing
IMAGE: Simple Cover Testing
Cover Image Iteration Ads
TEXT | Primary Text
AI for Ad Reviews (4:37)
TEXT | Headline and Description
The Call to Action
When Placements Disappear
Handling Comments
The Impact of One Change
Any Advantage?
Reallocating Ad Budget to Best Sellers
When to Start Scaling (4:33)
Cost per Click v Profit per Click
Chicken or the Egg: Sales or Subscribers
A/B Testing
Novels and Boxsets: Different Demographics
Social Media v Facebook Advertising
FaceTOK & WOM
Creative Fatigue
How Much Time in Ads Manager?
Relevance
ROI: Return on Investment
Iteration
Iteration Statistics
Targeting: Suggested Audiences
Other Authors Ads
Click-Tracking Mastery
The Bare Necessity
The Importance of Click-Tracking
What is Click-Tracking?
Click-Tracking: What to Test
Click-Tracking: Budget and Time
The Two Types of Click-Tracking
BookFunnel Account: Step-by-Step Guide to Set Up
Bookfunnel Click-Tracking Magnets
Bookfunnel Click-Tracking Data
Bookfunnel Click-Tracking: Where It Excels
Amazon Attribution Introduction
Amazon Attribution: Step-by-Step Guide to Set Up
Amazon Attribution: When to Make Decisions
Amazon Attribution: What It Revealed
Click-Tracking: Age Range Test
Click-Tracking: Making Wrong Age Range Decision
Blurbs: Where the ROI Happens
Introduction
The Bare Necessity
The Purpose of the Blurb
The Tagline
Character and Conflict
Swipe for Success
A ChatGPT Blurb
Soft-Sell Call to Action
AIDA
Read More
Your Book Preview
Social Proof
Keep Your Customers
Introduction
The Snowball Effect
Let's Do the Snowball Numbers
Culling
Database Before Followers
Who Says Freebie Lists Don't Work?
Running With The Bulls
Always be Building Your List
The Heart of the Business
Email List Security
Some Subscribers Need a Nudge
Say Hello
Magnets and Shorts
Introduction
The Bare Necessity
When You Only Have One Book
Advanced SS Magnet Data Collection
A Trilogy Funnel (4:27)
Reader Money Magnets
Brand Money Magnets
Go Big
Slash and Earn
How to Succeed with Kindle Short Reads
Introduction
The Coffee Book Readers (3:16)
The Value of Words (7:13)
Better Branding (3:01)
Unequal Word Count (5:23)
Reverse Launch (4:49)
Keyword Targeting (2:25)
Category Targeting
Newsletters (3:29)
List Building Launch (4:07)
Paid List Magnets (3:57)
The Money Pyramid (4:16)
Collaboration Opportunities (4:34)
More Collaboration (1:50)
Co-Authoring (3:19)
Cloning (2:39)
Breathing New Life into Old Books
Introduction
Covers: Images, Titles, Fonts & Colors
Write Better Blurbs
Wide or KU
Leaving Money on the Table
Changing Genres with Simple Rewrites
Multi Genre Series of Old Books
Pricing Books in KU
Should You Go Wide?
EXTRAS
Recommended Resources
Step-by-Step Guide to Create a ChatGPT Account
Step-by-Step Guide to Set Up a MidJourney Account
Step-by-Step Guide to Set Up a Facebook Advertising Account
Step-by-Step Guide to Set Up an Amazon KDP Account
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