Early Bird Offer: Build Your Book in 6 Weeks
2025 is the year your idea becomes a plan
ANNOUNCEMENT: My new group book coaching course is launching today, and I want to tell you all about it. I welcome questions, so please ask! I also love it when my friends and supporters share the news — go ahead and share this post if you know someone who is ready to start their book! I’ll be back with my regularly scheduled newsletter in the coming days. —Dinah
PS. I have a shiny, new website, too! Go to www.dinahlaprairie.com to check it out.
This is your chance to…
Build Your Book in 6 Weeks
Your book has been waiting for you to begin, hasn’t it? You have had the idea for a long time, sitting in the back of your mind.
Friends have told you: You really should write that book.
You decided 2025 was the year.
Now you need to start.
(How do you start a book, anyway?)
Build Your Book
A 6-WEEK BOOK PLANNING GROUP INTENSIVE FOR WRITERS OF NON-FICTION
Self-help • Memoir • Business • Big Idea • How-to
This is how you can do it – in my 6-week book-planning intensive. It’s for writers who have been holding onto their nonfiction book idea for too long.
If you want to write a self-help, a how-to, a business book, or memoir, this is your chance to show up and begin.
From January 31 to March 7, each Friday morning, before the day really gets going, join your writing colleagues in a collective effort to meet your individual book goals. Bring your coffee or tea and, together, we’ll work through the first steps of book planning. I’ll be there as your book coach to guide you through the steps. Over 6 one-hour live sessions, through prompts and discussion, you will plan your book’s message, understand your reader, and build a structure. 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?
By the end of 6 weeks, you will have:
an outline
a deep understanding of your book's purpose
insights into your readers' needs and expectations
a clear path forward into your manuscript so you can begin writing in 2025
Once you have your book plan ready, you'll be able to move forward into writing with a sense of direction and purpose. It’s like holding a compass in your hand.
Build Your Book in 6 Weeks begins on January 31. Join me and your writing colleagues live on Zoom at 8 a.m. EST in this book-planning challenge 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.
And book early! If you register before January 15, 2025, I’ll take $120 off the registration fee.
I’ll show up for you if you show up for your book.
Meet Your instructor
I’m an editor and book coach who supports writers in getting their thoughts and dreams to the reading public. My coaching supports writers in planning, outlining, drafting, and revision, and I’m here to coach writers who want to finally share their book with readers. Together we work on mindset, craft, and accountability.
Over my career, I’ve supported creative expression as a copy editor, freelance writer, coach, workshop facilitator, and magazine editor. Today, I am an Author AcceleratorTM Certified Book Coach in Nonfiction and Memoir. I trained as a book coach because I love to support artists and their goals. I believe the world is better with books.