You are already an expert because you are the only one who has your insight about the subject you want to write about.  You are the only one who has had your experience.

Start by getting a collection of ideas together that interest you.  Collect as much information as you need to give you the volume to select from for the starting draft.  Begin to write and as you do you will find what you need to add to make your approach clearer to you.  You do not need to use everything you collect.  Just have it on hand to draw from as needed.  At this point how many chapters will be decided as you continue to write.

You will have your approach to the information you are writing about by adding your thoughts and insight.  It is amazing how a different approach to a subject can give you and others inspiration about the subject.

You can add or subtract as you would like.  The important part is that you begin.  Leave the evaluation about the material out of the picture.  Your job is to write your thoughts down as completely as possible.

As you have your material separated into parts, which we will call chapters, you will begin to get a better picture of how long your book will be when finished.  Start to label the chapters with appropriate titles to help your reader define the direction you are going with this part of your material.

The most important thing is that you begin to write.

When you are ready to gather everything into your final draft and finalize your material use this format as a suggested approach:

To begin to organize your material into book form:

1.    Have friends read your material and give you their insights about how the information impacted them as they read the chapters. Have them write 1-2 sentences. This can be at the beginning of the book if you choose to use them. 

2.    Then you will place the title page. 

3.    Next, the dedication page.

4.     Followed by the table of contents. 

5.    Some like to add a forward section where you have a testimonial from another author/ or person about your writing and what their thoughts are about how the material will impact the people who read it.

6.    Some authors will do an introduction section letting the reader know what they hope to achieve by presenting the material and why they chose to write about the subject.

7.    Follow by the chapters you have written.

8.    At the end of your material you can put in your resources as a whole or by chapter.

9.    If you have used stories or data from other people you will want to put in their permission.

10.  Other offerings if you choose to have them to offer to your readers.

You can choose to self publish or send your manuscript to publishers.

Words are descriptive in the way they convey the information so the more descriptions, the better and more interesting the writing.  To add spice to your words, you need to add feelings or emotional content with your words to get your reader involved with your story.  Choose your words carefully so you don’t let them get in the way of the message you are telling by diverting the readers attention away from your topic. 

If you have other opinions about your topic that do not directly relate to the outcome you want to achieve with what you are writing or provide good stimulation for your reader to consider the other points of view presented, you need to put them in another article or story.  Then your reader does not wonder aimlessly through your writing and get confused with too many points of information about the topic that do not seem to add to their discovery or allow them to form an opinion from the information you presented.  The moment the reader has to work at the words on the page is when the reader loses interest in what you are writing.

Write for yourself and not to impress others.  You will discover that people connect with you and your consistency in the way you do things, talk about things or write about things.  It adds value to them when you are believable.  So what words do you frequently choose that make you believable?  Are there any words you might want to choose to leave out of your verbal and written communication?

See writing as creative sharing and you will find pleasure in doing it.  Consider what has brought joy to you and remember that same thing will bring joy to others.  Share your stories.  You never know who might be comforted by your words and thoughts.

You can start your own conversation on paper with ease by pretending to tell your story as if the reader was in your presence as you are writing.  The only difference is when writing the details down you have to add descriptions that you could, in real life, show the listener.  Add feelings about the event you are sharing and be sure to make it fun for yourself as you explain to the reader all of the information that will make the story easy for them to understand.

Keep in mind that you are the only one that is looking at what you have written with extra scrutiny.  The reader is just excited about what you are sharing that is information from your perspective.  The readers are waiting for your view of the story so take a deep breath and get started writing today.