Today, in my non-fiction book, I started to tackle the first “How-To” section. I am introducing a few websites that readers can use to assist their search for universities for their scholarship application, so I’m going site-by-site, describing their pros and cons, and also what steps students should follow to get the most out of them.
This content is not evergreen, as these sites could well change in the future, so I do not want to get into too much detail, just explain enough that readers can figure out the rest. That way, if the site format, etc., changes then they can still use it.
For now, I’m approaching this as a rough draft, just getting down the process that students should follow. Once I have all of that information and am in the revision stages, I’ll take a step back and look at it from the first-time reader perspective to try to make sure that my explanations are clear and useful.
Because I’m switching back and forth between scrivener and the websites in question, the writing is a little slower and I’m wishing I had a dual monitor set-up here. Maybe that is something I should put on a Christmas list!