Best Sellers authors write in same pattern.
These examples of popular books are written in the same pattern as Jesus’ parables, which I believe is caused by the Spirit of truth. It is evidence the authors are spiritually reborn. I made the discovery of how the pattern of a person’s writing has ten parts in studying Jesus Christ parables. Each of the ten parts has a particular quality. I named the parts: enlighten, inadequacy, expansive, fruitful, authoritative, communication, reject, sociable, spiritual, and action. That sequence is what I called the counterclockwise pattern. The counterclockwise pattern is the most popular and so these examples will be of that pattern. It is one chapter per part.
In finding the pattern it is necessary to find what part fits the first chapter and then the rest just follows in sequence. These many examples is evidence it isn’t a chance happening. I put my comments within brackets [].
If life is a bowl of cherries—What am I doing in the pits? By Erma Bombeck. chapter 1 If you thought the wedding was bad… [communication]; chapter 2 The mother mystique [reject]; chapter 3 Who killed apple pie? [sociable]; chapter 4 The varicose open [spiritual. This part also includes much that is confusing, vague.]; chapter 5 Profile of a martyress [action]; chapter 6 Have a good day [enlighten]; chapter 7 Warning: Families may be dangerous to your health [inadequacy]; chapter 8 There ought to be a law… [expansive]; chapter 9 Gametime [fruitful]; chapter 10 Fashions and fads that underwhelmed me [authoritative]; chapter 11 How to speak child fluently [communication. Note how communication fits chapter one and chapter eleven.]; chapter 12 Travel is so broadening I bought a maternity dress to wear home [reject]; chapter 13 The trick is knowing when to laugh… [sociable]; chapter 14 I’m laughing so hard I can’t stop crying [spiritual].
Aunt Erma’s Cope Book by Erma Bombeck. Chapter 1 How do I like me so far? [spiritual]; chapter 2 The sub-total woman [action]; chapter 3 Is there a draft in your open marriage? [enlighten]; chapter 4 Fear of buying [inadequacy]; chapter 5 Looking for Mr. Goodbody [expansive]; chapter 6 Is there life after packages? [fruitful]; chapter 7 Get off your cusp and live! [authoritative]; chapter 8 Raising consciousness in your own home for fun and profit [communication]; chapter 9 The complete book of jogging [reject]; chapter 10 How to tell your best friend she has bad body English [sociable]; chapter 11 Bringing up parents the okay way [spiritual]; chapter 12 Go suck an egg [action]; chapter 13 A house divided against itself cannot stand one another [enlighten]; chapter 14 Living cheap [inadequacy]; chapter 15 Tidying up your life [expansive]; chapter 16 I’ll give up guilt when I stop making you feel rotten [fruitful]; chapter 17 Contemporary etiquette that’s awrhite [authoritative]; chapter 18 I don’t care what I say… I still like me [communication].
Sources of Strength by Jimmy Carter. Chapter 1 What it takes to be a Christian [spiritual]; chapter 2 A humble servant [action]; chapter 3 Full of grace and truth [enlighten]; chapter 4 The laughing Jesus [inadequacy]; chapter 5 The special message of Jesus [expansive]; chapter 6 Jonah and the big fish [fruitful]; chapter 7 No more hiding [authoritative]; chapter 8 She forgot her bucket! [communication]; chapter 9 Where are you, God? [reject]; chapter 10 The cost of grace [sociable]; chapter 11 The good shepherd [spiritual]; chapter 12 I will be with you [action]; chapter 13 Knowing and being known [enlighten]; chapter 14 The jealousy trap [inadequacy]; chapter 15 The art of forgiving [expansive]; chapter 16 The least of these [fruitful]; chapter 17 Who among us is superior? [authoritative]; chapter 18 What is special about Christianity? [communication]; chapter 19 A theology primer [reject]; chapter 20 Joy in the desert [sociable]; chapter 21 are the ten commandments enough? [spiritual]; chapter 22 The new message of Jesus [action]; chapter 23 Christianity’s open door [enlighten]; chapter 24 A house with many builders [inadequacy]; chapter 25 The Christian citizen [expansive]; chapter 26 Do we really believe in human rights? [fruitful]; chapter 27 Woman and man, equal before God [authoritative]; chapter 28 Leadership and reformation [communication]; chapter 29 What can one person do? [reject]; chapter 30 A message in creation [sociable]; chapter 31 The mystery of resurrection [spiritual]; chapter 32 Ready to worship [action]; chapter 33 Pray without ceasing [enlighten]; chapter 34 Letting in the Lord [inadequacy]; chapter 35 The sources of courage [expansive]; chapter 36 Remembering to be thankful [fruitful]; chapter 37 Unseen and Eternal [authoritative]; chapter 38 Facing up to sin [communication]; chapter 39 Forgiving ourselves [reject]; chapter 40 Rejected yet loving [sociable]; chapter 41 Facing the future [spiritual]; chapter 42 We underestimate ourselves, and others [action]; chapter 43 Our favorite disciple [enlighten]; chapter 44 The span of life [inadequacy]; chapter 45 Running the race [expansive]; chapter 46 Responding to God’s call [fruitful]; chapter 47 Riding freely [authoritative]; chapter 48 The unfaithful [communication]; chapter 49 The Lord looks at the heart [reject]; chapter 50 Real wealth [sociable]; chapter 51 If we have faith, let’s show it! [spiritual]; chapter 52 Take a chance [action].
Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution by Robert C. Atkins. Chapter 1 What this book will reveal to you [enlighten]; chapter 2 The diet revolution: it will change your life [inadequacy]; chapter 3 How I arrived at this diet revolution [expansive]; chapter 4 I promise you that you will never feel a hunger pang [fruitful]; chapter 5 If you’re always fighting fat, chances are you’re “allergic” to carbohydrates [authoritative]; chapter 6 What causes this twentieth-century plague? [communication]; chapter 7 It’s a new energy diet—both psychological and physical [reject]; chapter 8 To stay fat—keep on counting calories [sociable]; chapter 9 To stay flat—start counting carbohydrate! [spiritual]; chapter 10 How to take your own dieting case history [action]; chapter 11 Before you start on this diet [enlighten]; chapter 12 The revolutionary never hungry no-limit steak-and-salad-plus diet [inadequacy]; chapter 13 How to follow the diet—level by level [expansive]; chapter 14 Why one dieter in ten gets stuck temporarily [fruitful].
The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet by Herman Tarnower & Samm Sinclair Baker. Chapter 1 A private diet goes public [inadequacy]; chapter 2 The ingredients of the successful Scarsdale medical diet [expansive]; chapter 3 The mystery of diet chemistry [fruitful]; chapter 4 The complete Scarsdale medical diet [authoritative]; chapter 5 Answers to your questions on beginning the Scarsdale diet [communication]; chapter 6 “What do I do now?’… Scarsdale keep-trim diet to stabilize weight loss [reject]; chapter 7 Scarsdale two-on—two-off program: keep trim for your lifetime [sociable]; chapter 8 Scarsdale gourmet diet for epicurean tastes [spiritual]; chapter 9 Scarsdale money-saver diet to save pennies and lose pounds [action]; chapter 10 Scarsdale vegetarian diet [enlighten]; chapter 11 Scarsdale international diet [inadequacy]; chapter 12 Be a Scarsdale loser and a lifetime winner [expansive]; chapter 13 answers to more questions you may have after being on the Scarsdale diet [fruitful]; chapter 14 Special information that will help you [authoritative]; chapter 15 Shape up and count your blessings [communication].
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus by John Gray. Introduction [enlighten]; chapter 1 Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus [inadequacy]; chapter 2 Mr. fix-it and home-improvement committee [expansive]; chapter 3 Men go to their caves and women talk [fruitful]; chapter 4 How to motivate the opposite sex [authoritative]; chapter 5 Speaking different languages [communication]; chapter 6 Men are like rubber bands [reject]; chapter 7 Women are like waves [sociable]; chapter 8 Discovering our different emotional needs [spiritual]; chapter 9 How to avoid arguments [action]; chapter 10 Scoring points with the opposite sex [enlighten]; chapter 11 how to communicate difficult feelings [inadequacy]; chapter 12 How to ask for support and get it [expansive]; chapter 13 Keeping the magic of love alive [fruitful].
Natural Blonde by Liz Smith. Chapter 1 Frozen justice in Texas [enlighten]; chapter 2 Daddy/Sloan [inadequacy]; chapter 3 My life with the Japanese [expansive]; chapter 4 Hemphill Street [fruitful]; chapter 5 Lower education [authoritative]; chapter 6 That old-time religion [communication]; chapter 7 The cowboy college [reject]; chapter 8 War and marriage [sociable]; chapter 9 Higher and higher education [spiritual]; chapter 10 Which way’s town????? [Action]; chapter 11 Top and bottom bananas [enlighten]; chapter 12 Hooray for Hollywood [inadequacy]; chapter 13 Lena Mary Calhoun [expansive]; chapter 14 Radio days and TV, too [fruitful]; chapter 15 The cowardly lion [authoritative]; chapter 16 The glorifier [communication]; chapter 17 When in Rome [reject]; chapter 18 Peacock’s end [sociable]; chapter 19 Igor/Cholly/Ghighi [spiritual]; chapter 20 A tiny little lady [action]; chapter 21 Marry Freddie? [enlighten]; chapter 22 High and low society [inadequacy]; chapter 23 “Go fuck yourself!” [expansive]; chapter 24 Smile! You’re on candid camera [fruitful]; chapter 25 The cosmo years [authoritative]; chapter 26 Shrunk by Mildred [communication]; chapter 27 The sporting life [reject]; chapter 28 “Eat your heart out!” [sociable]; chapter 29 Elizabeth the Queen [spiritual]; chapter 30 Readin’ … writin”… no arithmetic! [action]; chapter 31 First class to Russia [enlighten]; chapter 32 My leading men [inadequacy]; chapter 33 Loving Lee [expansive]; chapter 34 The sexual outlaw [fruitful]; chapter 35 Christian soldiers [authoritative]; chapter 36 What’s in the Daily News? (I’ll tell ya what’s in the Daily News) [communication]; chapter 37 Magic XX [reject]; chapter 38 The Truman show [sociable]; chapter 39 To Sir, with love [spiritual]; chapter 40 How I really got into TV and the charity rat race [action]; chapter 41 Kennedys forever [enlighten]; chapter 42 Scooping the world while eating a snickers [inadequacy]; chapter 43 My love affair with Frank Sinatra [expansive]; chapter 44 Fasten your seat belt [fruitful]; chapter 45 The towering Trumps [authoritative]; chapter 46 The Chairman of capitalism [communication]; chapter 46 Indians and chiefs [reject]; chapter 48 But please don’t print it! [sociable]; chapter 49 The bad, the bad and the ugly [spiritual]; chapter 50 A few fascinating women [action]; chapter 51 A few fascinating men [enlighten]; chapter 52 To be or not to be [inadequacy]; chapter 53 Double duty [expansive]; chapter 54 The sinking ship [fruitful]; chapter 55 Great tits [authoritative]; chapter 56 Why did Barry Diller give me $600,000? [communication]; chapter 57 Unbind my asparagus [reject]; chapter 58 The dancer dies [sociable]; chapter 59 Off the back of trains [spiritual]; chapter 60 What’s typical? [action]; chapter 61 Just bragging [enlighten]; chapter 62 My modern women [inadequacy]; chapter 63 The greatest star [expansive]; chapter 64 I think… I believe [fruitful]; chapter 65 A happy ending? [authoritative].
The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw. Chapter 1 The time of their lives [inadequacy]; chapter 2 Ordinary people [expansive]; chapter 3 Home front [fruitful]; chapter 4 Heroes [authoritative]; chapter 5 Women in uniform and out [communication]; chapter 6 Shame [reject]; chapter 7 Love, marriage, and commitment [sociable]; chapter 8 Famous people [spiritual]; chapter 9 The arena [action].
Talking to Heaven by James Van Praagh. Chapter 1 The medium [spiritual]; chapter 2 The gift [action]; chapter 3 Spiritual helpers [enlighten]; chapter 4 Tragic transitions [inadequacy]; chapter 5 Fatal collisions [expansive]; chapter 6 AIDS [fruitful]; chapter 7 Suicide [authoritative]; chapter 8 loving reunions [communication]; chapter 9 Beyond grief [reject]; chapter 10 Making contact [sociable]; chapter 11 Meditations [spiritual].
Dogbert’s Top Secret Management Handbook by Scott Adams. Background [enlighten]; chapter 1 Acting like a manager [inadequacy]; chapter 2 Motivating employees [expansive]; chapter 3 Communicating [fruitful]; chapter 4 Success strategies [authoritative]; chapter 5 Compensation [communication]; chapter 6 Getting rid of employees [reject]; chapter 7 how to be a happy manager [sociable]; chapter 8 Conclusion [spiritual].
Description of the ten categories.
The key words I chose to represent each category give an indication of the theme for that category. It is also necessary to consider the category to have a broaden representation. The ten themes need to represent the total vocabulary.
Also we should view the sequence somewhat as in a space pattern. Some of the adjacent categories will be blended. For example, the category of inadequacy and the category of expansive are frequently blended. Also the category of spiritual and the category of action are frequently blended. It just happens to be a characteristic of Jesus authorship pattern.
To give a broader description of the enlighten category we can consider ideas that have a startling, unusual quality. It has a scientific college level mental quality. Note these words from the chapter titles: fascinating, reveal, knowing, known, open, open.
The inadequacy category has a conservative, even negative quality. It relates to material structure forms, time and age. Note these words from the chapter titles: warning, dangerous, fear, cheap, trap, builders, diet, never-hungry, no-limit, diet, diet, difficult, daddy, not, tragic transitions, time, manager.
The expansive category includes ideas about travel, foreign places and foreigners. Philosophy, higher education, law are part of it. Note these words: law, up, running, arrived, follow, level, winner, improvement, Japanese, go, ship, double, greatest, collisions, motivating.
The fruitful category includes ideas about feelings, mothers, home, the past. Note these words: packages, guilt, feel, rotten, remembering, feel, hunger, chemistry, caves, sinking, home.
The authoritative category includes titles of professions, last names, excitement, lively. Note these words: live!, superior, God, Eternal, Scarsdale, special, motivate, education, lion, Casmo, towering trumps, great, happy, heroes, success.
The communication category is a school boy’s mental conversational type. Commerce, money, business are included. First names and pronouns are frequently used. The question mark [?] is used frequently to make the reader think. Note these words that was used in the chapter titles: you, thought, speak, fluently, your, fun, profit, what, say, me, she, forgot, her, what, what, answers, questions, count, your, speaking, languages, what’s, Daily News, tell what’s, Daily News, why, me, $600,000?, compensation.
The reject category includes ideas like research, hidden, psychology, sports, tough, even criminal like, garbage. Note these words: mystique, where, primer, psychological, loss, bands, sporting, magic XX, unbind, grief, shame, rid.
The sociable category includes ideas like marriage, balance, harmony, beauty, opposition, two’s, justice, money. Note these words: laugh, friend, cost, grace, joy, loving, wealth, two, two, marriage, show, please, contact, love, marriage, commitment, happy.
The spiritual category includes charity, churches, religion, large institutions, movies, vast space, confusion, mercy, vagueness, endings. Note these words: crying, far, Christian, good, commandments, mystery, future, faith, higher, higher, medium, mediations, conclusion.
The action category includes ideas like starting, sports, self. Note these words: I new, ready, take, take, arguments, race, arena.
The books with many chapters prove the idea that the author wrote the book with chapters repeating in a cycle with ten categories. For example in the book Natural Blonde with 65 chapters there are over six cycles. The titles of the chapter with the same theme prove the idea that there is a cycle of ten. Notice the communication quality of these chapter titles: The glorifier, What’s in the Daily News? (I’ll tell ya what’s in the Daily News), Why did Barry Diller give me $600,000?
I found the question mark to be the best test for the communication category. The chapter titles give a fair indication of the quality of the chapter. Doing word counts on each of the ten categories and a comparison of words that occurred most frequently for each category to see if they match my theme words would be a positive proof of this theory.