Crafting Your Nonfiction Idea: A mini-blueprint for those wanting to author a book

Writing a book is an excellent way to grow your reputation as an industry expert or thought leader. But it is as complex as building a house, and many overlook the foundational steps of gaining clarity on their idea before digging into the outline and content.

This 3-hour session offers the foundational steps, helping you to hone the key elements of your idea. Using the mini-blueprint from Jennie Nash’s popular Blueprint for a Nonfiction Book process, you will identify:

• why you’re writing this book,
• who it’s for,
• and the red-hot thread that supports each chapter, tool and strategy.

This session will include:

• An interview with author and book coach Alex Van Tol, to gain insights into the writing process, the current publishing landscape, the different paths to publishing, and how to organize a learning journey that inspires and educates.
• Workshop and iterating your core idea with hot-seat and peer feedback.
• A Q+A session at the end.

This session sets the foundation for the next stage:

The next stage is developing a powerful outline that guides your readers on a journey of personal transformation. Our goal is to offer a separate deeper-dive session later in the year.

WHO IS THIS WORKSHOP FOR?

This session is for you if you have an idea of what you’d like to write about. If your idea is fuzzy around the edges, but you could explain it in a few minutes, great! This session is not for you if you have 15 different options, or no idea emerging yet.

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ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

Alex Van Tol

Alex Van Tol is a bestselling author, book coach and ghostwriter. With 15 traditionally published titles to her name, Alex helps writers develop their ideas into compelling books that transform people’s lives. Her expertise in the book industry and her knowledge of what sells is an advantage in today’s competitive publishing landscape.

Learn more at alexvantol.com/about