Writing a book is not a small endeavor.

It's true.

It's more than just the research or the writing of words or the doing the work or the putting yourself ‘out there’.

@@Writing a book is potentially life changing.@@

Why?

It is because writing a book demands that you to look deeply into yourself and it calls for you to share your message and your creativity fully and energetically and unapologetically. It calls for you to overcome any fears or resistance - anything that has stopped you before now. It leads you to up-level and to go all-in.

It's a transformational experience.

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It’s not just life changing for you, though. Think about the people whose lives can be helped through reading your book and through your work. Think of all the people you can reach through your book. Think of how their lives can be impacted through your writing and your work.

When you have a deep desire to write a book you can feel it pulling at you and calling to you. You can feel the call to take the step and pour your time, your energy, your passion, your heart and your soul into writing.

This core desire and yearning is a driving force that will ultimately fuel your writing process - and you have to really want to write a book, because there is time and energy involved in doing the work and following through. It can be an intense process.

As I said, though, it is not a small endeavor. You have to want it.

It demands a willingness from you to go deep, to be honest, to have faith and to trust. It demands being open to your intuition and inner guidance and being willing to follow this intuition and be guided. It demands creating a sacred space to create and setting boundaries that support your creativity.

It’s normal to need a little help.

When you're writing a book, it's normal to find yourself a bit stuck in parts. It’s normal to feel a tangible resistance around what you are writing or the writing process itself. It's normal to get so immersed in what you are doing that you can lose sight of where you are going or feel overwhelmed.

This is where book coaching comes in.

A Book Coach is someone who works with you throughout your writing process to support you, to help you troubleshoot any sticky parts, to keep you moving through any resistance and to keep you honest - honest both with yourself and honest in your writing.

A Book Coach is someone who understands this process, having worked through it with authors before, and is someone who is perfectly placed to helping support you as you write your book and share your message with the world.

Here's an example of how it works:

At the outset of writing your book, you work through the practicalities of your book writing – what your book is about, who your book is for, what your message is, what is unique about your story and your message. You get crystal clear about where you are going in your writing process and how you want this to feel.

Next, you map out your outline and get to work, generally have a coaching call at regular intervals throughout the writing of your book. On these calls, you work through whatever you need to in relation to writing your book.

For example, this might mean going deeper into what you’ve written since your previous call, so you can work out what is key and what can be discarded or adjusted. It might mean focusing some attention on what’s next on your writing agenda.

You might want to work on your tone of voice or the structure of the book if either needs to change in some way.

Sometimes coaching calls can be a place to work through any fears or resistance you feel – helping to tease emotions out and get you back feeling good and in flow with your writing again.

Coaching calls are a great way to prepare for areas where you anticipate feeling a little stuck – maybe more sensitive or personal topics or ones you feel resistance to writing. When you work on these areas in advance, not only do you get your ideas clear and focused, but you get your brain and energy lined up and pre-processing, which can serve to make the actual writing part much easier.

You can also take some time to focus on building your author platform, the platform for your book, and to talk about how you can prime your audience to receive your book.

Not least of all, book coaching gives you valuable accountability, keeps you on track and motivated and gives you an ally throughout your book writing process.

Finding your creative flow.

When you are willing to do this work, you find your unique creative flow. When you support yourself, you give yourself space for your writing to flow freely. In fact, when you anchor in to your creative process and what works best for you, you will be beautifully surprised by what opens up for you and where your writing leads you - and by how easy it is!

Finding the right book coach.

When you are intending to hire a book coach, a few things are important:

- Make sure your book coach is experienced and is someone who you can trust. Find a book coach who has gone through this writing process before and who is able to properly support you throughout your writing journey.

- Make sure your book coach is someone you feel a connection with. If you are working with a book coach on an ongoing basis on something as personal as a book, it’s important that this person “gets” you and “gets” the message you want to share with the world. Since you are reading this blog, I know that you are a creative and sensitive person, so it is important for you to be working with someone on an ongoing basis who you feel supported by and who you resonate with.

- Do your research and feel free to set up calls with book coaches you are drawn to. Ask any questions you have. Make sure that you are on the same page and that you are a good fit for working together.

- When you commit – commit! Go all in and really give your writing process 100%. Do the work. Show up. It’s an absolute blessing to create in this way and writing truly is sacred and special – so enjoy the process.

I hope this is helpful for you!

I get asked so many times about book coaching that I can barely believe it has taken me so long to write a blog about it!

I am a Book Coach and if you are looking for a Book Coach I would be delighted to talk with you!

You see, writing a book is deeply rewarding and transformational process. If you know it's for you, the time to start is NOW! Why wait?

If you're ready to get started, CLICK HERE to find out how to work with me.

Thank you for being here. I hope you learned something that is really helpful for you!

I wish you lots of happy writing!

Aoife xo

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