✍️ Tandem Services Coaching and Editing: Discover the Power of Book Coaching
Empowering you to write the stories of your heart and increasing your impact with a book. Helpful information for your writing career each month In this issue:
Craft/Career: What’s group coaching and how can it help you?Note: We’re opening our group coaching cohort. Reply to this email if you’re interested in learning more. Most authors understand the benefits of editing, at some level, and realize that it can help them have a professional set of eyes on their book and make it better. But are you aware of book coaching and how it can help your writing career and take your writing to the next level? If not, that’s understandable because book coaching is a newer area in the publishing arena. In the past, publishers and agents often provided this service, guiding authors into making their manuscripts levels better than where they started. But this service has gone by the wayside, with agents and publishers expecting top-notch work before they’ll consider it. It’s no longer good enough to show “promise.” Even in self-publishing or indie publishing, authors need to make their craft standout from the crowd of other books in order to create superfans who are begging to read their next book. And to take your writing to this next level most often requires professional help. Book CoachingBook coaching comes into the writing process much earlier than a developmental editor. At Tandem Services, we offer two kinds of coaching–draft and revision–in either an individual or group setting. Coaching also often addresses your goals and career aspirations as a whole, not just one book, which is something editing doesn’t get into. Here are some common areas where book coaches provide feedback:
The goal is a holistic approach that empowers authors at any stage, from concept to publication and beyond. Authors who need help with bigger picture structure or conceptual elements of their manuscript or career generally benefit from coaching. Here are some signs that you may benefit from book coaching:If you’re getting rejections, feedback, or reviews citing issues like unclear plot/characters or inconsistent tone, two-dimensional characters, coaching may uncover bigger problems requiring fixes first. If you lack clarity on your writing process or goals, coaching provides guidance on strengthening your craft and productivity. You’re struggling to clearly outline your plot and character arcs. Coaching can help strengthen structure. You get stuck or lose momentum frequently when writing. Coaching provides deadlines, accountability, and brainstorming to get unstuck. Group coachingGroup coaching is ideal for brainstorming, networking, and accountability. Often in a group coaching setting, you’ll have folks working through both draft and revision coaching. Group coaching cohorts should be kept small so everyone has plenty of time to discuss their project. I have no more than four people in a ninety-minute session. While it may seem like you get less benefit in group coaching, I actually think you get more. You have your cohort’s opinion on your work and their feedback, which can be invaluable. You’ll also find that listening to other people work through their issues and getting feedback can be informative to your own work. And finally, you’ll find that someone else will ask a question you didn’t even know you had. There is a wonderful synergy that happens with group coaching. Whether you need coaching, editing or just to discover what you need, reach out to us. We’d love to help you make your book the best it can be. We’re opening our group coaching cohort, which has a limit of four people per cohort. Reply to this email for further details. Cohorts close soon. Career: Start building your brand with this webinarThis Friday, May 9 at 9 a.m. PDT (10 MDT, 11 CDT, 12 EDT) Bob Wheatley of Brand Builders Group is going to give a webinar just for our Tandem Services group on how to get started building your brand and using it to market and sell your books. As authors, you are your brand, and it is one way you can stand out in a crowded market. Tune in to learn more. There will be a Q&A time, so show up live and bring your questions on book sales and marketing. Here are the details! The Bestseller Playbook: How to Write & Sell a Book that Lasts. Are you ready to make your book dream a reality? Whether you’re just starting or already in the process of writing, this training will equip you with the insider knowledge and tools you need to:
Here’s the link: https://brandbuildersgroup.zoom.us/j/83812621061?pwd=PnzSJQm6FAn8hiAw6SVvaAUbDWpjoe.1 Bob had a special note he wanted me to pass on: “To those of your authors who will not be able to attend Friday’s session, our team does have a FREEBIE offer that we want to extend to them as well. Our team at Brand Builders Group is releasing a book on July 1, and we are actually giving away the audiobook for free as a part of the launch! The book is called Wealthy and Well-Known, and it will provide your authors with our entire 200+ page book, completely free, chalk full of our greatest tips on personal branding. I hope they enjoy it!” See you Friday! Where you can find me Want personalized writing advice? Share a writing, editing, or publishing hurdle you have faced or a question you have and I will email you an autographed copy of Eat the Elephant: How to Write (and Finish!) Your Book One Bite at a Time and send you a personalized five-minute video. Click here to find out more. This month’s resource recommendationsIn case you didn’t know, I’ve created a helpful quick-start playbook for nonfiction authors called You Need a Book! to help you increase your impact with a book. If you’ve ever thought about writing a book but found the idea overwhelming, this resource will help you get started. Click here to grab the guide. Fiction folks, I didn’t forget about you. I have a collection of ways to improve your writing without taking a lot of time called Jump-Start Your Writing. Click here to grab the guide and make your writing better today. If you do, there is a special resource that’s normally worth $295. Go check it out! I’m not sure how long I’ll have this offer available, so make sure you grab it now. Kudos!One of my editing clients, Tracy del Campo, finaled in the ACFW Genesis contest. This is one of the most prestigious contests in the Christian fiction world, and I’m thrilled to have helped with her story. She’s a gifted writer, and I’m excited to see where this takes her. If you’re one of my clients who has won an award, finaled in a contest, achieved bestseller status, or hit some sales goals, let me know. I’d love to celebrate your wins with you! Writing quoteAll you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know. — Ernest Hemingway Pressing on! Jennifer PS—You should assume any link in this Update is an affiliate link. It costs you nothing more but gives me a few pennies. 🙂 |
