Obviously, you won’t be able to do this all in one sitting. It is import- ant that you divvy out the length and make sure to get enough interview material for each chapter. STEP 2: TIPS FOR RECORDING YOUR ROUGH DRAFT Here are some tips and ideas to keep in mind while you are deliver- ing your first draft—all strategies we’ve found to be true in the past: A. Frame it as teaching Think about who the ideal audience is for this book, and then pre- tend that you are talking to them. Go back to your avatar. If you can picture a real person you know who fits that mold, that will make this even easier. Anticipate what this reader will be most interested in, what they would want to know next, and what questions they would have. Be as thorough as humanly possible—even if it seems ridiculous— with the details of your instructions or inquiries. Make sure not to gloss over any steps or rungs in the ladder leading up to your conclusion, even if they seem trivial or self-evident, because the reader won’t fully understand unless you explain everything. B. Stay with the outline Your outline is sequential for a reason; don’t just move through it randomly from point to point. Stay with the outline, and on the point you mean to make. Remember, this is the foundation of the first draft, so the more you stay with the outline and on track, the easier it will be for you to use the transcript to write the book. You may realize you want to add or subtract information at some point down the line. That is precisely what later drafts are for. For now, stick with the outline. hOW TO WriTE yOUr firST DrAfT (ThE SCriBE METhOD) · 155