In this episode, we talk about how to write to market with Chris Fox. Chris Fox is an incredibly successful author of both fiction and nonfiction. He’s hit the trifecta: he’s succeeded at writing fiction, at teaching fiction and his students have gone on to succeed, some making over $50,000 a month.
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Questions:

What does it mean to write to market?
Why would authors want to write to market?
What about the selling out question?
What mistakes do authors make when writing to market?

The key is to deliver a similar emotional experience
Example: The Hunger Games and the Divergent series

How do you write to market?
What is a hot category?
What is a hungry category?
What about the switching genre question?
How do we find out how popular a genre is?
What are some quick tips?
Why should people buy your book Write to Market?

 
Chris, where can people find out more about you? Chris Fox Writes
 
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Transcript
Intro: This is novel marketing the show for novelists who aren’t necessarily fond of marketing but still want to become best selling authors.
Thomas: Episode 151.
Jim: I’m James L. Rubart, but you can call me Jim …
Thomas: I’m Thomas Umstattd Jr,
Chris: and and I’m Chris Fox.
Jim: And in this episode we’re going to talk to you guys about how to write to market with, not surprisingly Chris Fox. Chris has been on before but if you haven’t caught that episode, briefly, Chris is an incredibly successful author of both fiction and nonfiction. He’s a teacher and he’s hit the trifecta. He’s succeeded in writing nonfiction. He’s succeeding at teaching fiction. He’s succeeded at writing nonfiction and a number of his students have gone on to massive success … wait for it. Fifty thousand dollars a month. Some of them are making that much. Chris welcome back to the program. Great to have you again.
Chris: Hey thanks guys great to be here.
Thomas:  I see the real measure is not if somebody has been successful but if they’ve been able to train other people to be successful and so we’re really excited to have you. But before we get to how to write to market I wanted to mention very quickly that it’s not too late if you want to sign up for the book launch blueprint’s which Jim and myself and Mary DeMuth. Registration does end at the end of August so you have about a week, give or take to sign up for that. And if you’re wanting to develop a book launch plan for your books that you can launch with a bang instead of with a sputter to come and take that course. You can find out more at novel marketing dot com.
Jim:  Ok so Chris let’s dive right into this. First of all the phrase write to market … I think a lot of our listeners know what that means but I’m guessing ...