B is for Book Coach

A hub for nonfiction non-writers.

Hi, I’m Brannan (you can call me B). I help non-writers write books that change themselves, their readers, and the world. And I do it all without asking them to become anything other than the expert, thoughtful, conscious, brilliant humans they already are. bisforbookcoach.substack.com

  1. FEB 16

    The Mess is Where the Magic Happens

    Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for the mess. Do you remember the old Reese’s candy campaign, “There’s no wrong way to eat a Reese’s”? In retrospect, this was probably meant to counter KitKat’s “break me off a piece of that KitKat bar” methodology. KitKat might not be my favorite candy, but their approach makes sense. Simplicity is appealing. So when I talk about simplified templates and processes and systems for writing (and I get a smidge of irritation in my voice), I don’t blame them either. When you’re looking back and forth between the intricacy of a completed book and the mish-mash that is your concept-in-progress…well, it’s natural to want it all broken into pieces. I’m just a “no wrong way to eat a Reese’s” kind of person. - Becoming the candymaker - Getting comfortable in the test kitchen - Finding your own recipe for writing Enjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! When you become a one-time or ongoing Momentum Partner, two things happen. First, you get to join a small but growing group of folks who pop in for Office Hours twice a month to sort out their content and travel this journey together. Second, you add to the Mutual Momentum fund, which helps to bring deeper development support to authors who need more than just space to get started. You can create a one-time boost of Momentum, or subscribe to keep the forward movement going for us all. Get full access to B is for Book Coach at bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe

    7 min
  2. JAN 27

    The Evolution of Publishing (Isn't What You Think)

    Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for publishing. Humans have always told stories. From campfires to city centers, wherever someone would listen (and occasionally when no one would), someone else was ready to share. This made written language a radical technology, allowing a single person to be heard far beyond and long after they spoke. We carved, we scribed, and eventually we printed—finding ever faster and better mediums to carry our visions to the world. For most of our millennia of storytelling, the story itself was our most valued technology. Myths and legends were passed down, verbally edited from telling to telling based on the listener’s reactions. Writing changed the game. - The evolution of publishing - The devolving of storytelling value - How we're taking it back Enjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! When you become a one-time or ongoing Momentum Partner, two things happen. First, you get to join a small but growing group of folks who pop in for Office Hours twice a month to sort out their content and travel this journey together. Second, you add to the Mutual Momentum fund, which helps to bring deeper development support to authors who need more than just space to get started. You can create a one-time boost of Momentum or subscribe to keep the forward movement going for us all. *I linked to The Untold Story of Books early on, because it’s such a brilliant, easy-to-read encapsulation of the history of publishing. I highly recommend you grab it here or at your local library. Full disclosure: this is an affiliate link. Get full access to B is for Book Coach at bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe

    11 min

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Hi, I’m Brannan (you can call me B). I help non-writers write books that change themselves, their readers, and the world. And I do it all without asking them to become anything other than the expert, thoughtful, conscious, brilliant humans they already are. bisforbookcoach.substack.com