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• One-sentence promise a stranger could repeat
• Working title that fits a thumbnail
• Outline with one job per chapter
• Weekday quota written on a calendar
• A complete ugly draft
• Human copyedit (not only software)
• Cover that reads at postage-stamp size
• Blurb under 180 words
• Seven keyword slots + two categories
• Price checked in the royalty calculator
• KDP draft created; proof copy in your hands
• Ten humans who already said they would help