5 Days Left to Register for Build Your Book in 6 Weeks

I'm looking for the deadline lovers

Jan 23, 2025

Do deadlines motivate you? 📌

We love them, we hate them. We know they work. At least, for many of us. 🙋‍♀️

If deadlines get you into the work, if they excite that part of your brain that loves a concrete goal, I have deadlines for you. One of the features of my Build a Book course is deadlines.

Each week in Build a Book in Six Weeks, you’ll leave our session with homework – something to get you thinking deeply about your book and what it is you really must say to your readers. You’ll have work to do, too. Your deadline: Wednesday the following week. If you submit your work by the deadline, I will review it with a book coach’s eye and offer high-level feedback.

LET’S PRACTICE:

Your deadline to register for Build a Book in 6 Weeks is Tuesday, January 28 at 11:59 p.m.

At midnight, registration closes.

That means you have FIVE DAYS LEFT to commit to the work and make the investment in your goal to write a book in 2025. What can you do right now to move towards that commitment?

Seriously, take a moment, right now: What is the one smallest step that will begin momentum? Is it this course? Something else?

I’m here to help you figure out the answer. Get in touch with questions. Or just tell me about your project.

💛 Dinah

🔶 Build a Book in Six Weeks begins on Friday, January 31 at 8 a.m. EST. Find all the details by clicking the button.

Need the TL:DR?

Everything you need to know about Build Your Book in 6 Weeks

What’s it called? Build a Book in 6 Weeks

Who is it for? People who have a great idea for a nonfiction book—self-help, how-to, business books, lessons learned.

What is it? A book-planning course to kickstart your book in 2025. Be ready to write this spring. We meet once a week at 8 a.m. on Friday for six weeks, beginning January 31 In six one-hour live sessions, I will lead the group through prompts and discussion. You will answer the questions that give your writing direction:

Who is my ideal reader?
What is my message?
What are my readers' expectations?
How can I invite my readers in?

What do I have at the end of it? Come away from this course with:

an outline
a deep understanding of your book's purpose
insights into your readers' needs and expectations
a clear path forward into your manuscript

When do we meet? We meet on Zoom at 8 a.m. EST on these dates:

Friday, January 31, 2025
Friday, February 7, 2025
Friday, February 14, 2025
Friday, February 21, 2025
Friday, February 28, 2025
Friday, March 7, 2025

Your assignments will be due on Wednesdays at 8 a.m. before the next session for coach review.

How much does it cost? $595 USD.

Who are you again? I'm Dinah, a book coach and editor who helps people write big-hearted books. Reader-centered writing is how we connect healing and hope to readers.

Can I just go pay? Certainly? Here’s the payment page.

What if I have questions? Get in touch! Use this button:

Do you know someone who wants to write a book in 2025? Be a friend and share this message. Do it today, because there are only five days left to register!

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Next time…

I’ll be back in your inbox next week with my next Readability Review. This time, it’s a book that propelled me through the plot but created a lot of resistance in me with the subject matter. Did you ever read a book that you wanted to throw across the room but you couldn’t stop reading???