How to write a successful book

I'm always fascinated by the process people use to achieve their goals. And it's no different when I look at writers. Every writer has their own method and as in NLP, adopting successful writing strategies from others might be just what you need.

I found these in an item from the Guardian Review, 14 November 2009 quoting research carried out by the Wall Street Journal.

• lying in bed, speaking to a laptop computer with voice recognition software
• taking on the clothes and appearance of a major character to get inside their mind
• drafting in notebooks, typing drafts then revising, then make a tape recording of reading the book
• reading books that characters might read
• writing in longhand and computer
• taking showers if you get stuck

To paraphase a well known quote,'If we always write in the way we've written, we may well always get the same results.