Category: Play Book

Right at the beginning of this journey (in the X Factor sense of the term) I was confronted with an apparent contradiction: if I knew from the outset what the book was going to look like then it would be being written in a way that was directly contradictory to the message of the book. … Continue reading 7. Book Reset: structure

Last week Chris King got in touch to say that, as someone who wasn't really a completer finisher he didn't think he could ever get to write a book. As someone who biases towards starting myself, I know where he comes from. Since starting the book project I have also established a number of new clients, … Continue reading 6. Book Reset: Finding the motivation

One of the few things I've been clear about throughout this work so far is the desire to be published through a traditional publisher. There are a few reasons for that: the sense of it still being "proper" publishing; the feeling of someone else validating my ideas; that we seem to be in a period … Continue reading 5. Book Reset: route to the bookshop

I get a bit frustrated with most "business" books. They have a tendency to give about 12 chapters coverage to an idea that could be expressed in one. I have many on my bookshelves that I've given up on after about a quarter, not convinced that the rest will add much more to what I … Continue reading 4. Book reset: format choices

If you thought that this series of posts was pretentious so far, I'd turn away now if I were you... From the conversations I've had so far with publishers and agent, it appears that if you want someone to publish your book, you better have a pretty clear idea about your audience. Who is the … Continue reading 3. Book Reset: the reader

So why am I so caught up in this idea of writing a book? From a mechanistic​, business perspective there are clear reasons why the Play book might help in the development of Stamp. A book is a way for a sole trader to add a bit of scale to their business (cloning not being an … Continue reading 2. Book Reset: But why?

Back in August last year I had a conversation with a literary agent the upshot of which was the idea for the book about Play that I've been working on intermittently for the past 10 months. It's been very intermittent: the idea was sprung at a time when I was, as actors put it, "resting", … Continue reading 1. Book reset: Where is this going?

I've been pontificating. I've been procrastinating. I've been putting things off. There are plenty of reasons why. There are always reasons why. Some of them are good, some of them are a bit iffy. It's time to focus. The Play book has gone into a hiatus; I did some work on it, and then in the … Continue reading 0. Book reset: It’s time to focus

https://vimeo.com/194773566 Back in the Autumn I did a five minute Ignite-style presentation at the wonderful Katrina Collier's DisruptHR London event. In just 20 slides it outlines the core idea that's underpinning the work on The Book.