Week 8: Paragraphs
A paragraph is a collection of sentences related to a single idea, statement or topic. A paragraph explains a chapter’s sub-heading, just like a sub-heading explains a book’s chapter. Everything you’ve learned about using chapters and sub-headings to sequentially explain teaching concepts or events in an autobiography also applies to paragraphs.
Week 7: Outlining
One of the best tools you’ll have as you write your book is an outline. This will act as your road map, helping you navigate a complex city and ensuring you never get lost. Learn the 10 steps to write an outline and 6 brainstorming methods to get your ideas in order.
Week 6: Research & Chapter Headings
This week’s class featured two different topics. Both are relatively short so I decided to combine them. First, I spoke about Research, then talked about Chapter Headings & Sub-Headings.
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Week 5: Defining Your Book Parameters
This week, I talked about how to define the parameters of your book. I handed out a 10-page worksheet with instructions and several forms that need to be filled out. The results of this worksheet will be a powerful tool when creating your outline and writing your book.
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Week 4: The Book Writing Process
In Week 4, I taught the students about the book writing process and how necessary it is to spend some time preparing for the writing process before starting to write. Many people start writing a book too soon but do so without a plan. Before they know it, they’re lost in a sea of writing fragments with no idea where to go next and very little structure on which to build their book.
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10 Ways to Kill Your Book-Writing Vision
To be a book author, you must have a clear vision. But along the way, there may come temptations to water down your vision or slow your progress because of fears.
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Week 3: Writing Accountability Partners
Writing Accountability Partners are a great resource for aspiring book authors. In this session, I taught the students the benefits of writing partners, how the partners can coach the author and ask “dangerous questions”, and I demonstrated a coaching session with author Heather Wiese.
20 Core Beliefs of Kingdom Book Authors
As book authors in the kingdom of God, we must live from and act upon these core beliefs. We should be boldly declaring these truths over ourselves!
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Overcoming Fears & Obstacles to Book Writing
No matter what fears or obstacles stand in our way as book authors, we must never give up until we have achieved our goal.
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Week 2: Fears & Obstacles
In Week 2, I talked about the most common fears and obstacles people have about writing a book. As book authors, we cannot let fear keep us from our destiny. We must have a strong, clear vision that will enable us to keep our eyes on our target as we push through any obstacle that gets in our way.
Week 1: Introduction
I introduced the students to myself and the book-writing class, then began telling them their identity: the students are now book authors. I promised that every student will be a book author if they remain committed to their vision. I gave them my expectations but also encouraged their dreams.
Book-Writing Class
The 15-week Book Writing Class is a huge success! We have almost 200 people attending on a weekly basis, every one of whom is about to be a book author. The level of passion, excitement and vision in the room each week is contagious. God’s power is present to be the “wind in our sails” as we seek after the destiny He’s placed inside of us.
Aaron McMahon is the author of These Signs Shall Follow and How to Write & Publish Your Book. He is a graduate of all three years of Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry where he interned for associate pastor Kevin Dedmon. Now, Aaron continues to work with Kevin Dedmon, Chris Overstreet and others at Bethel Church in Redding, California to support our mission: worldwide and personal revival. 
