36 You Have a Book in You himself an expert, and puts his material together as an audio program. Later he goes back and turns it into a book—at a rate of four published books per year. He’s cov- ered over three hundred separate topics. 吀栀e point is this: there are countless ways to get your ideas into print. 吀栀roughout the book, I will give you sev- eral options. If you have one that you think I missed or should consider, please send me a note; my address is at the front (and back) of this book. I see this book as an evolving work in progress. I want your help to constantly and continuously improve it for all future readers. Nevertheless, constant reworking of a manuscript can have a deadening e昀昀ect. It happens all the time: pro- posals and even complete books go stale as a result of excessive polishing. 吀栀e worst enemy you face as a writer is the blank page. It’s as simple as that. In order to beat this enemy, you need (at least in the beginning) to value speed over accuracy in your writing. As someone once said, “Beginning authors focus on getting it right. Experienced authors focus on getting it written.” As the late inspirational speaker and pastor Dr. Robert Schuller Sr. said, “Begun is half done.” Obviously there are limits on how far you can take this principle. Unless you’re a rare genius, your work will need to be revised and edited, perhaps more than once. You can deal with that later. 吀栀e 昀椀rst task is to do something. If it’s something wrong, at least it is something. Again, you can