Free nonfiction book writing course

It is a one-hour video course for anyone with a book idea, built especially for professionals and people with a story or life lesson to share. Melanie Warner, founder of Defining Moments Press, describes it as a quick course to get more clarity about how to write, publish, market, and monetize your book.

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   Step 1: Define your expertise

   Who should write a book, and what are the most profitable types of books?
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   Step 2: Know your reader

   Once you know who you are writing for, the rest of the process falls into place much more easily.
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   Step 3: Self-publishing myths

   The benefits of self-publishing versus a traditional publisher, with pros and cons of each.
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   Step 4: Monetize your book

   How to plan a $10,000 book launch and set your book up for success before it is written.
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   Step 5: Get more clients

   If you have a business, how to get more clients and build authority as an expert.
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   Step 6: Get clarity and an outline

   Leave with an outline to complete your table of contents.

Access takes two steps. First, complete a short form on the Defining Moments Press free course page with your first name, last name, email, and phone number. Second, you are sent to a registration page to set up your login.

If you need help, email support@mydefiningmoments.com.

With an outline in hand, the next step is writing and publishing. The Author Blueprint 8-week program picks up from there: edit, self-publish in ebook and print, and launch, in about 2 to 5 hours a week. For the bigger picture, return to the nonfiction writing coach guide.

Is the Defining Moments free course really free?

Yes. Defining Moments Press lists its one-hour course, How to Write Your Book, with a retail price of $997 and offers it free. You complete a short form with your name, email, and phone number, then set up a login on a registration page. The course covers your expertise, your reader, self-publishing myths, monetizing your book, and your outline.

What will I learn in the free one-hour course?

The free course covers six topics: defining your expertise and the most profitable types of books, knowing your reader, self-publishing myths compared with traditional publishing, monetizing your book, getting more clients if you run a business, and getting clarity on your outline. By the end, Defining Moments Press says you will have an outline to complete your table of contents.

What if I keep starting and never finish?

That is the most common problem. Defining Moments Press names lack of clarity as the number one reason people never finish, and it cites that 80 percent of people say they want to write a book while only 1 percent do. A clear outline, a fixed weekly schedule, and a community or coach for accountability usually change the outcome.

What if I am stuck on what to write about?

Begin with the moments that changed you or the problems you solve for clients every day. The free course covers defining your expertise and which types of books tend to be most profitable. The Defining Moments Press discovery call also helps you explore your book idea and choose the best approach before you write a word.

Who should write a nonfiction book?

Anyone with expertise, a hard-won story, or a life lesson that can help others is a candidate. This guide focuses first on professionals who have a nonfiction story: coaches, healers, entrepreneurs, and experts who want a book to build authority. Defining Moments Press also works with people writing personal stories and with aspiring children’s book authors.