264 How to Fast Write a Book and Make a Fortune Dictate Your Book Steve Allen achieved great success as an actor, vocalist, pianist, author, composer, lyricist, and director. He: • Authored over 50 published books. • Wrote over 8,500 songs. • Acted; for example, he had the title role in 吀栀e Benny Goodman Story. • Wrote for Broadway. • Was the 昀椀rst host of 吀栀e Tonight Show and is con- sidered the father of TV talk shows. • Was dyslexic. • Never had writer’s block, because he was work- ing simultaneously on 28 projects at a time. Steve did all of this by dictating into 28 di昀昀erent tape recorders. If he got stalled on one project, he went to work on another, and all got 昀椀nished. You can read his inspiring and dynamic story in Chicken Soup for the Writer’s Soul. Many would- be great writers don’t have the desire to physically write, type, or compute, yet they could master the 昀椀ne art of dictation. Again, you can hire a great assistant to transcribe and perfect your dictation. Another alternative: automatic transcription. The software from Nuance called Dragon claims to have