Episode 19: Writing Nonfiction Part 3 – Shape Your PATH Forward

SHOW NOTES The final episode in the three-part series, Writing Nonfiction, helps you craft your book's introduction. The introduction is more than a starting point; it's a promise to your readers.  Using the PATH framework—Problem, Answer, Trust, Horizon—find out how to shape an introduction that captures attention, builds credibility, and sets the stage for everything that follows. Shape a beginning to your nonfiction book that inspires confidence and compels readers to keep turning the pages. JOIN THE MANUSCRIPT MOMENTUM CHALLENGE! The Manuscript Momentum Challenge begins on November 1, 2025. Forget perfection. Promise you'll show up, stay steady, and build momentum, because that's how you'll grow as a writer. The challenge is free, and you have the opportunity to receive one of three reviews of up to 10 pages of your writing. CREDITS Cover photo: Image by Joe from Pixabay Music: Together by FSM Team Bandcamp Sound FX: Sound Effect by DRAGON-STUDIO from Pixabay LET'S CONNECT! https://www.deborahfroese.com/ The Fully Human Writer | https://deborahfroese.substack.com/ www.youtube.com/@WriteWriterWrite https://bsky.app/profile/deborahfroese.bsky.social www.instagram.com/deborahfroese   Episode Resources Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice From Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed