{"id":4265,"date":"2024-12-05T01:46:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T06:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/?p=4265"},"modified":"2024-11-06T08:11:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T13:11:20","slug":"useful-and-recommendable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/2024\/12\/useful-and-recommendable\/","title":{"rendered":"Useful and Recommendable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Non-fiction books should be useful and recommendable. It is easy to lose sight of these qualities. A book by Rob Fitzpatrick is full of these qualities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I recently finished reading a book of simple fundamentals for writing non-fiction. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Write-Useful-Books-recommendable-nonfiction\/dp\/1919621601\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3SQEBZR2B7G9R&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.j7v1LxH349W7-24_5u8d-GSVJfQorAHINSJg00B0sf7v37RA1mXA0SuPifp1Y59HOvMrf95E5dcSs-2pn5b8K8yeFCsqx4kxBFWv3nJVVAVo04-eQiRpXo1Ri_qC66oFqhABUslvuK8xpIgqOZVubpf1NxoCEYCkIm1ciO_3VvY.TfPKLvj0ZQTNYSp_Q-EWPDzOc1HgXr3LcV3vhJ0G6sQ&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=write+useful+books+by+rob+fitzpatrick&amp;qid=1730897735&amp;sprefix=write+useful%2Caps%2C105&amp;sr=8-1\">Write Useful Books<\/a>. A modern approach to designing and refining recommendable nonfiction,&#8221; Rob Fitzpatrick, 2021, ISBN-10: 1919621601, ISBN-13: 978-1919621609.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two key words in the title are useful and recommendable. Consider when two persons are talking. One has a vexing problem. The other says, &#8220;I had that problem. I read a book and learned how to solve it. You have to read that book and follow its advice.&#8221; Useful and recommendable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okay, nice qualities. How do you do that. Fitzpatrick&#8217;s book is a pretty good place to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consider the nonfiction book NOT as a book, but as a product. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consider this product example: A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/DURATECH-Shower-Socket-Removing-Valve%EF%BC%8C5-Piece\/dp\/B09CYV2L3X\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=305BPWC1MPWV4&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.yJ11985saKM26OwNcVCEnYvaHks2OFfZumq0phL8j2soHQpPzfWkgLx3pnqQ-w2h2s6RlIUlUAmrrF2vTLhxsfDnB3qSN3L60nernCGg98ytAJPjhTbfy-VaOWD_RwpNFN3hMLEyOmAn0rrJxWLWmP78YoE0QRPTTRtZsACVtDw92Hrjce346WpZacbWFuG2foCEN9_MaJP3ALXd6FWeLd_1HXp4kbx5z8wT9UGsX-ulRvCSyD-XSmWqAQ2Z97k3ZLcnHfVyJvbrZxF9xC53DL7OvpAPo_kWiV_RSRxHtB8.p_QnKksnJxwqVGS_wUc2Dj4R85QmV4zOnk0TJs9UjFQ&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=wrench+for+deep+seated+nuts&amp;qid=1730898034&amp;sprefix=wrench+for+deep+seated+nuts%2Caps%2C97&amp;sr=8-1\">Shower Valve Socket Wrench Set<\/a> is a product. You have to work on a leaky faucet in your shower? GET THIS. It is useful and I am recommending it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Front load the nonfiction book, i.e., put the most useful things first. People may read the first ten pages. Make them the most useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Table of Contents is the proposal for the book. Chapter, section, subsection titles should be long and descriptive and full of action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Teach the topic before writing the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Test the book with beta testers early before you put a lot of work into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The list goes on. Most of those above sentences are in the Table of Contents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cheesy? Maybe. Overly optimistic? Maybe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fresh and to the point? Absolutely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Useful and recommendable? 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