Your 'writing a book' adventure
Writing a book is an adventure in so many ways, you will be going on both a personal and business development journey. As your book coach, mentor, strategist, personal coach, friend and business collaborator, I will be with you every step of the way. Let's find out who you are, where you are and what help you need.WHAT HELP DO YOU NEED?
PLAN YOUR BOOK
Do you have lots of ideas? Work with me so that you WRITE the RIGHT book for you.WRITING YOUR BOOK
Get from first draft to final copy, in time for publication.PUBLISH YOUR BOOK
Simple steps to self publishing digitally (Kindle) or print (CreateSpace).SELL YOU AND YOUR BOOK
Learn how to sell you, your book and your brand.
You want to write YOUR book
You may be:-- Entrepreneur
- CEO
- Business Owner
- Coach
- Consultant
You want an organisational anthology
You may be:-- Network Leader
- Association
- Collaborative Group / Partnership
- Business with a strong story to tell
You want to be a part of a global anthology
You are someone who wants to dip their toe into the book market with just one chapter and would like to add 'published author' to their CV. You want to be a part of a shared book, with people you don’t know. One voice, one message, one book.You want to write your story
You are someone with a story to tell, and you want to write a book, either for personal or business reasons.QUESTIONS
WHY WRITE A BOOK
- Make more money through associated products and services
- Reach decision makers and get more customers
- To build your personal or business brand
- Raise your profile and credibility
- To share and demonstrate expertise
- You have something important to say
- Use it to support your seminars, events or workshops
- It will build your confidence and make you feel good
- It's cathartic
- Like my mum, share her memories
- You want to leave a legacy
WHAT KIND OF BOOK?
- Book about your passion, business, methodology, ideas, etc
- Business anthology, where a group of you write it together
- Global anthology, where a group of people who don't know each other collaborate
- Memoir, personal or business story
- Personal, private essay, you write for you
HOW?
- DIY - you work out how and do it all yourself
- Some coaching / mentoring and DIY - you want to learn how and do it all
- Coaching and outsourcing - you write it and then pass it onto others to proof, copy-edit, cover design, publish
- Workshops and outsourcing - the workshops give you structure and direction, you write and outsource the other stuff
- Workshops and professional self publishing package - workshops for structure and then you hand over your book to one professional services company to handle the rest
- A mixture of the above
FINDING THE TIME
If you could swap one hour of unproductive time, into one hour of writing time, and in your writing hour you could write just 1000 words, in 30 days you could be holding your first draft in your hands. That is achievable.
Many people find that once they start to write, 1000 words becomes 2000 or even 3000. Clearly the more time you spend writing, the sooner you can start the editing process and move towards publication.
If you cannot find eight to ten hours a week to write, then wait until you can. Undertake the book planning stage and use what time you can spare to refine that, do your research and get your outline into shape, so that once you are ready, it is an easy task.WHAT IF YOU DID WRITE A BOOK?
Quite simply it would open up opportunities that previously didn't exist. A book is part of your business and personal development plan. Your book will always be much more than just a book.INVESTMENT
Coaching sessions - £125 per hour
6 sessions bought and paid for together - £595ADDITIONAL COSTS
You need to factor in proof reading, cover design, formatting and uploading to your chosen publishing platform. Approx. £750 to £1500
Jacqui Malpass