--- product_id: 33164235 title: "You've Got a Book in You: A Stress-Free Guide to Writing the Book of Your Dreams" price: "¥5872" currency: JPY in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/33164235-youve-got-a-book-in-you-a-stress-free-guide store_origin: JP region: Japan --- # You've Got a Book in You: A Stress-Free Guide to Writing the Book of Your Dreams **Price:** ¥5872 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** You've Got a Book in You: A Stress-Free Guide to Writing the Book of Your Dreams - **How much does it cost?** ¥5872 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/33164235-youve-got-a-book-in-you-a-stress-free-guide) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Writing a book is fun and easy--yes, FUN AND EASY--but it may not always feel that way. How do you find the time to write? How do you keep momentum? How do you deal with the horror of showing anyone a single sentence of your work-in-progress? The answers remain fun and easy, and author Elizabeth Sims will take your hand, dispel your worries, and show you how it's done in this stress-free guide to accomplishing your dream of writing your book. In You've Got a Book in You , Elizabeth is that encouraging voice guiding you through the entire process, from finding the right time and place to gathering all of your creative tools to diving right in and getting it done--page by page, step by step. It's easier than you think, and it all starts right here, right now. "This book is encouraging and inspiring, practical and witty. The 'writing blasts' are very helpful and will get any writer out of the starting blocks. I especially enjoyed, 'Writing with the Masters.' Excellent advice that I plan to incorporate in my future classes. Sims is right that 'writer's block' is greatly exaggerated. Get yourself on a schedule, read some Sims, and you'll be on your way. You'll be glad you met this friend on your journey to becoming a successful writer." ~ Gesa Kirsch , Ph.D., Professor of English, Director of Valente Center for the Arts and Sciences, Bentley University Review: The perfect writing book for every level of writer - dreamer, currently struggling or already famous! - I need to start this review with a disclaimer - I'm a fan of Elizabeth Sims' work. I've read all of her books, I read her articles at Writer's Digest and I have had the privilege of hearing her speak at a writer's conference. Because I follow her work, as I do many authors, I knew this book was pending. That said, as much as I love her fiction and her articles on writing, I didn't rush out the door to buy this one right away. I have a ton of books on writing and getting published. I've already written two novels and frankly feel like I could write my own book on how the process works - with the small exception that I'm not yet a published author. So when this book was released, I was happy the rest of the world would get to read it, but I didn't jump up to buy it the first day. And you know what? I was wrong! Purchase this book immediately! No matter how many great writing manuals sit on your self, this is a must read. Ms. Sims breaks through all of the tired cliches that tell us we have to labor to write, we have to endure it alone, it's a terrible and torturous process. She debunks those myths and tells us the truth - writing is fun! It's not difficult and it shouldn't drive you to drink copious amounts of liquor (unless that's already your thing). Writing is a wonderful, fun, creative process that we can all do if we shake off our demons and allow ourselves the freedom to enjoy what we're doing. She teaches us how to find the zest in writing, and let our creativity fly. Yes, there are a lot of great things in this book if you've never written a word and dream of putting your ideas on paper but have no idea how to get started. She's great at teaching the technical stuff and I guarantee you if you follow her advice you'll get that manuscript written. But if you read this book and really listen to what she's saying, you'll complete that process with a smile on your face. Ms. Sims has let out the secret - writing is fun. Get the bastard off your back and let yourself write. No matter where you are in the process of being a writer - a dreamer, someone already struggling with a manuscript, trying to get your novel published, or a bestselling author who might be listening to the doubts starting to creep into your brain - this book is for you! Writing won't ever let you down - and neither will this book! Review: How To Get Yourself To Actually Write Your Book - A somewhat short-sighted person seeing the book, "You've Got A Book in You," may think of it vehicularly as a demure well-behaved Ford Falcon parked in front of grandmother's house. But a shrewd soul will sense much more afoot as though a turbo-charged Pontiac GTO sprung from its garage will thunder down the center lane of I-405 north of LAX airport at 2 am in the morning. All in good fun. Stephen King wrote "to write to your best abilities, it behooves you to construct your own toolbox and then build up enough muscle so you can carry it with you." Elizabeth Sims' book offers a plethora of practical actions, viewpoints and writing tools that can help a writer "build up enough muscle" to achieve their best work. Writing a book and then getting it published is considered very difficult to impossible by many successful writers, who were good enough to achieve both. Most of the advice these writers offer in writing advice books is somewhat limited to basics and guarded as though there are many more ways to fail and very few that would assure any success. But the best strategies would result in a lower number of reasons to reject a book and a higher number of reasons tilting towards possible acceptance. A practical mystical karmic quality pervades this book. Karma is commonly thought of as luck, there being good or bad luck. But the original definition is "deeds" or actions one takes in one's life. And then in writing there are writing actions. With particular writing actions that catalyze original thinking and writing, this book is geared towards creation in the free-ist sense of the word. And creative action begets spontaneous creation while fixed ideas spoil, prevent or destroy creation. In his second foreward to his book, "On Writing," Stephen King writes, "Fiction writers, present company included, don't understand very much about what they do . . ." But "You've Got A Book in You" goes a long way towards actually getting you to write the fiction book that popped into your mind. Sims champions the outsider and provides unique ways of thinking about how a writer of fiction or nonfiction can best structure their story without formulas or rules or preconceived standards or requirements. A writer's best chance is his or her own best expression of their idea which they may possibly fully figure out for themselves with the right tools. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #683,212 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #330 in Creative Writing Composition #350 in Rhetoric (Books) #567 in Authorship Reference | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 153 Reviews | ## Images ![You've Got a Book in You: A Stress-Free Guide to Writing the Book of Your Dreams - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91EGLkz6RWL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The perfect writing book for every level of writer - dreamer, currently struggling or already famous! *by K***I on May 15, 2013* I need to start this review with a disclaimer - I'm a fan of Elizabeth Sims' work. I've read all of her books, I read her articles at Writer's Digest and I have had the privilege of hearing her speak at a writer's conference. Because I follow her work, as I do many authors, I knew this book was pending. That said, as much as I love her fiction and her articles on writing, I didn't rush out the door to buy this one right away. I have a ton of books on writing and getting published. I've already written two novels and frankly feel like I could write my own book on how the process works - with the small exception that I'm not yet a published author. So when this book was released, I was happy the rest of the world would get to read it, but I didn't jump up to buy it the first day. And you know what? I was wrong! Purchase this book immediately! No matter how many great writing manuals sit on your self, this is a must read. Ms. Sims breaks through all of the tired cliches that tell us we have to labor to write, we have to endure it alone, it's a terrible and torturous process. She debunks those myths and tells us the truth - writing is fun! It's not difficult and it shouldn't drive you to drink copious amounts of liquor (unless that's already your thing). Writing is a wonderful, fun, creative process that we can all do if we shake off our demons and allow ourselves the freedom to enjoy what we're doing. She teaches us how to find the zest in writing, and let our creativity fly. Yes, there are a lot of great things in this book if you've never written a word and dream of putting your ideas on paper but have no idea how to get started. She's great at teaching the technical stuff and I guarantee you if you follow her advice you'll get that manuscript written. But if you read this book and really listen to what she's saying, you'll complete that process with a smile on your face. Ms. Sims has let out the secret - writing is fun. Get the bastard off your back and let yourself write. No matter where you are in the process of being a writer - a dreamer, someone already struggling with a manuscript, trying to get your novel published, or a bestselling author who might be listening to the doubts starting to creep into your brain - this book is for you! Writing won't ever let you down - and neither will this book! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ How To Get Yourself To Actually Write Your Book *by L***. on April 6, 2019* A somewhat short-sighted person seeing the book, "You've Got A Book in You," may think of it vehicularly as a demure well-behaved Ford Falcon parked in front of grandmother's house. But a shrewd soul will sense much more afoot as though a turbo-charged Pontiac GTO sprung from its garage will thunder down the center lane of I-405 north of LAX airport at 2 am in the morning. All in good fun. Stephen King wrote "to write to your best abilities, it behooves you to construct your own toolbox and then build up enough muscle so you can carry it with you." Elizabeth Sims' book offers a plethora of practical actions, viewpoints and writing tools that can help a writer "build up enough muscle" to achieve their best work. Writing a book and then getting it published is considered very difficult to impossible by many successful writers, who were good enough to achieve both. Most of the advice these writers offer in writing advice books is somewhat limited to basics and guarded as though there are many more ways to fail and very few that would assure any success. But the best strategies would result in a lower number of reasons to reject a book and a higher number of reasons tilting towards possible acceptance. A practical mystical karmic quality pervades this book. Karma is commonly thought of as luck, there being good or bad luck. But the original definition is "deeds" or actions one takes in one's life. And then in writing there are writing actions. With particular writing actions that catalyze original thinking and writing, this book is geared towards creation in the free-ist sense of the word. And creative action begets spontaneous creation while fixed ideas spoil, prevent or destroy creation. In his second foreward to his book, "On Writing," Stephen King writes, "Fiction writers, present company included, don't understand very much about what they do . . ." But "You've Got A Book in You" goes a long way towards actually getting you to write the fiction book that popped into your mind. Sims champions the outsider and provides unique ways of thinking about how a writer of fiction or nonfiction can best structure their story without formulas or rules or preconceived standards or requirements. A writer's best chance is his or her own best expression of their idea which they may possibly fully figure out for themselves with the right tools. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Read This Book, Write Your Book *by J***Y on September 21, 2014* Articles by Elizabeth Sims are invariably my favorite in each issue of Writer’s Digest. So, when I saw that she had written a whole book on writing, I had to have it. I was in heaven. You’ve Got a Book in You packs so much valuable guidance into an easy-to-read 277 pages, it’s like having a top-notch writing coach with you every step of the way. Ms. Sims, a very successful mystery/crime novelist, pulls back the curtain on how to put together compelling fiction as well as non-fiction. She begins with inspiration and encouragement, and gets you to dream big about the kind of book you want to write and why. She provides practical advice on making the time and space to write and doing it often: entering “garret mode.” I especially found helpful the sections on brainstorming and planning the heart of the book and mapping out a plot just enough using concepts such as “heart-clutching moments,” the hero’s adventure, and asking “Yes, and– ” and “What if” to head off writer’s block and improve on your first ideas. The book also provides great advice on creating interesting characters, writing dialogue, use of theme, plowing through a first draft, revising, and much more. Tweetable tidbits labeled “Chisel it in stone” are scattered throughout the book with advice such as “if it’s not fun, make it fun,” “stories move forward on change,” and “good writing doesn’t flinch.” The book’s tagline is “a stress-free guide to writing the book of your dreams.” That’s not hype. Ms. Sims makes the process fun and uplifting. I’ve already finished a first draft of a mystery novel in large part due to using this book. I can’t recommend it enough. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.jp/products/33164235-youve-got-a-book-in-you-a-stress-free-guide](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/33164235-youve-got-a-book-in-you-a-stress-free-guide) --- *Product available on Desertcart Japan* *Store origin: JP* *Last updated: 2026-08-04*