This program is for you if:

You have a non-fiction book in mind that will deepen your readers' knowledge about feminine archetypes, and inspire cultural change. 

You're passionate about your idea. You've gathered your materials. You've done your research.

You know your message has the potential to change lives.

However, there's so much information to put in, you don't know where to begin, how to end, what to include, what to leave out, or how to structure your materials effectively. 

Perhaps you've been trying to write on your own for some time, but keep getting stuck.

The task of writing a long-form narrative might feel insurmountable, yet you're longing to see it through to completion. 

You know this book is yours to write. You can feel it in your bones.

Envisioning your book

Your Story Spine helps you find your book's true identity. 

You will put all the key elements for your book in place. The objective is to be able you see your book, as if you could hold it in your hands, before you begin writing it.

This is a rigorous process that alleviates confusion, gives you focus, and optimizes your precious writing time. You know exactly where you're going as you enter into the long-form writing. 

Those daunting feelings that can arise when you sit down to face the blank page? They dissolve, because you're already intimate with the structure of your contents and your narrative flow. All the pragmatics have been thought through, leaving you free to dive into your creativity. 

This is relevant regardless of which publishing pathway you choose

If you wish to pursue a traditional publishing route by signing up with an agent or, one of the "Big Five" publishers or an independent press, Your Story Spine is an invaluable process that prepares you to then write a compelling and focused proposal.

If your desire is to go with a hybrid publisher or to self-publish, this work is still be of enormous benefit because you outline all the elements of your book - up to the point of being ready to write your long-form manuscript - with the eyes of a trained professional supporting you at every step of the way. The result is a detailed, effective skeleton for your book that places a special focus on reader transformation.

By the time you get writing, you know exactly how to proceed... in a way that is both well-mapped out and inspired. 

Structure is everything in non-fiction

Above all else, we'll focus on finding an effective structure for your contents, so that you can create a pathway that unfolds beautifully for your reader - not only in terms of the book as a whole, but inside each chapter. 

You will develop a strong sense of your chapters, subheadings, ordering of contents, and narrative drive.

When you've established the narrative cohesion for your book, you are likely to experience a huge sigh of relief. This is doing the heavy lifting before you do the writing. 

You can then avoid the frustration and heartache of writing down dead ends, or having to course-correct when you're already thousands of words in, which is hard to do, and can be expensive if you need an editor to do a lot of fixing. 

Inspiring a journey of transformation

Your book's structure is intimately tied to your book's purpose: to inspire transformation. But how do you facilitate this?

You will learn to hold two sets of considerations at once: your own inspirations and reasons for writing, as well as your reader's experience of your materials. 

I'll provide a powerful tool to help you create a 'heroine's journey' for your reader: one that ensures that the narrative arc builds from one chapter to the next in a lockstep manner.

This may present a new mindset for you as a writer, but I'll be there along the way, asking questions to check that your transformation journey is effective from the reader's perspective.

Is this preparatory work really necessary?

This really depends on how your mind works. Some people rely on the inspiration that comes during the writing process; they find what they want to say by writing their way towards it. 

If that's you, this package isn't a good fit.

However for most people, and especially in the realm of non-fiction, exploring the potential of an idea in detail before you start writing can be the difference between writing your manuscript with ease, or feeling frustrated and getting stuck later (which in turn can cause you to give up on your project).

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