Chapter 05Book coachingLast updated: November 2026
A nonfiction book coach helps you turn expertise or a life story into a finished, published book by giving you structure, feedback, and deadlines.
Defining Moments Press, which publishes this guide, offers book coaching services built for professionals: its Author Training package pairs one year of book coaching with an 8 week writing course, formatting, design, marketing, and a full launch. Its founder, Melanie Warner, is a 7 time bestselling author.
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It depends on how much one-on-one time is included. At Defining Moments Press, the self-paced 8 week Author Blueprint course with unlimited email support is one payment of $1,997. The Author Training package with a full year of coaching is quoted on a free discovery call.
If you only need structure and accountability, a course is the lower-cost route. If you want someone reading your chapters and guiding the launch, choose a coaching package.
A nonfiction writing coach is a guide who helps you plan, write, and finish a book of true information or experience, such as an expert guide, a business book, or a memoir. Unlike an editor, who works on a finished draft, a book coach works with you from the first idea. Unlike a ghostwriter, a coach helps you write the book in your own words.
Defining Moments Press offers both: coaching in Author Training, and ghostwriters in Author Premium.
As stated on Defining Moments Press pages, as of November 2026.
Procedure
Decide who should write this book and which type of book is most useful for your goals.
Once you know who the book is for, the rest of the process falls into place more easily.
Lack of clarity is the top reason people never finish, so the outline comes first.
The Author Blueprint describes about 2 to 5 hours of work a week across 8 weeks.
Packages that include production handle formatting, book design, and cover design.
Plan the launch, media, and the clients or speaking the book can lead to.
Book writing coaches fit professionals who know their subject but keep stalling on structure, time, or confidence. Defining Moments Press focuses on entrepreneurs, coaches, healers, and people with a powerful story who want a book that grows a business or opens speaking doors.
You may not need a coach if you already have a finished, edited manuscript; production and launch help such as the Author Launch package fits better. If you want no involvement in writing at all, ghostwriting is the better match. See all options on the packages map or return to the best book publishing companies for new authors guide.
Want to try before you commit? Defining Moments Press offers a free one hour course on writing and publishing your book.
From the FAQ
A nonfiction book coach helps you turn an idea into a finished manuscript by clarifying your reader, building an outline, keeping you on schedule, and giving feedback as you write. At Defining Moments Press, the Author Training package pairs one year of book coaching with an 8 week writing course, formatting, design, marketing, and a full launch.
See this answer in the full FAQBook writing coach prices vary with how much one-on-one time is included. Defining Moments Press publishes $1,997 as a single payment for its 8 week Author Blueprint course with unlimited email support. Its Author Training package, which includes one year of book coaching, is quoted on a free discovery call rather than listed online.
See this answer in the full FAQLack of clarity is the most common reason, according to Defining Moments Press, which says most people stall because they are unsure what belongs in the book. A clear reader, an outline, and a weekly schedule fix most stalls. Its Author Blueprint describes about 2 to 5 hours a week of work.
See this answer in the full FAQBegin with your reader and your outline. Defining Moments Press teaches that knowing who you are writing for makes the rest of the process easier. Its free one hour course ends with an outline for your table of contents, and it names lack of clarity as the main reason people never finish.
See this answer in the full FAQYes. Defining Moments Press works with people who have a nonfiction story or life lesson that can help others. Its founder, Melanie Warner, wrote her first book after losing her son, and founded the Defining Moments book series of stories from people who have overcome extreme challenges in life and business.
See this answer in the full FAQA book can help a professional build authority, attract clients, and open doors to speaking. Defining Moments Press focuses on entrepreneurs, professionals, coaches, and healers who want a nonfiction book that grows a business. Its published case study describes a client who sold over 10,000 books and built 7 streams of income; it also states results are not typical.
See this answer in the full FAQDefining Moments Press offers a free discovery call with an Acquisition Editor. You leave with a clear next step, whether or not your book is a fit.
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