Can Book Coaching Make You a Better Writer?
One of the things we most often hear from Author Accelerator book coaches is how much our course helped them with their own writing practice. This praise comes from people who have MFAs and advanced degrees in English. It comes from people who have written a lot of books and taken a lot of courses and read all the writing books. It has been one of the biggest surprises of my career, because I didn’t set out to design a program that would do that. I was focused on a framework to help people become book coaches who could help other writers write.
Who Are You Writing For?
Whatever you are writing — middle-grade realistic fiction, a cozy mystery series, epic sci-fi, a book on business leadership, a self-help book on how to train a puppy — you have to be this specific about your ideal reader. What do they need? Why are they coming to your book?
Is Your Editing or Coaching Business In Chaos?
I was good at coaching writers and I liked the work, but despite those truths, chaos ensued. I was always scrambling, always behind, feeling crushed by this work that I thought would give me a certain measure of freedom since I was the one, after all, in charge of it. And despite the fact that I was getting a lot of clients, I wasn’t making very much money.
Saying Yes Can Lead to Chaos: How I Started My Book Coaching Business Part 3
The key characteristic of this book coaching framework is that it’s a whole solution. I immediately recognized it as such, because I had experienced it as a writer with an agent and an editor at a traditional publishing house invested in my projects.
The Benefits of Investing In a Book Writing Coach
I believe that working with a book writing coach is an excellent way for writers to produce their best work. Here are my top 8 benefits of investing in a book coach.
