10+ years training book coaches · Nearly 450 certified coaches · 20,000+ copies of Blueprint for a Book sold
You Might Be a Great Book Coach. Here’s How to Know for Sure.
The Book Coach Fundamentals Course teaches you how professional book coaches think and work so you can practice the skills, see what you’re good at, and decide how far you want to take it.
This the same foundational training every Author Accelerator certified coach started with, and for the first time, you can take it as a standalone course.
100% self-paced · Includes content for all three genres · $299
You May Already Be Doing Some Version of This
You’re the person other writers come to.
You read something and immediately see what’s working—and what isn’t. You ask a question and suddenly someone sees their book differently.
You know a lot about writing.
You’ve written books. Edited them. Taught writing. Led workshops. Critiqued pages. Now you want to learn how to use what you know to help other writers.
You’re already getting paid to help writers.
But you’re making up your process as you go—and you want to build a professional foundation you can rely on
Wherever you're starting, Book Coach Fundamentals shows you how professional book coaches think and work, so you can see what you're good at and where you want to go next.
Get a Clear Vision of Book Coaching Before You Build a Business Around It
For $299, discover how professional book coaches think and work, practice the skills, and see whether book coaching is something you want to pursue.
Not sure which genre to focus on? There’s a lesson to help you choose, and you can jump over to the other two genres whenever you get curious. All three genres are included in this training.
You don't have to decide whether you want to launch a business.
You only have to decide whether you want to learn how book coaching works.
Knowing About Writing Isn't the Same as Knowing How to Coach a Writer
You may know a lot about craft. You may be an excellent writer, a sharp editor, a gifted teacher. You may be the person everyone asks to read their pages.
That gives you something valuable to bring to book coaching. But it doesn't automatically teach you how to coach.
Book coaching isn't just giving good feedback. It's listening, discerning, making judgment calls, supporting, and guiding.
That's what Book Coach Fundamentals teaches you to do.
After Book Coach Fundamentals, Learn Our Signature Framework
The Blueprint Method:
Step 1: Learn a process you trust with every writer.
The Blueprint gives you a clear way in, whether a writer is starting, stuck, or revising. No more reinventing your approach every time.
→ You’ll get this in Blueprint Method Training.
Step 2: Design an offer writers understand and want to buy.
Step 3. Prove you know how to get results.
Step 4. Join a community of peers who get it.
Turn the Blueprint into a named service with a clear deliverable and a price, and know exactly how to sell it.
→ Included in Blueprint Method Training
Coach a real writer with a team of pros evaluating your work and giving you feedback. Pass, and you become a Blueprint Facilitator.
→Included in Blueprint Method Facilitator Practicum
Join a community of nearly 450 Blueprint Facilitators, and get listed in our directory so writers can find you.
→ You’ll get this with the Blueprint Facilitator License.
After Becoming a Blueprint Facilitator, Become a Certified Book Coach
Book Coach Certification
What Will You Be Able to Do When You Complete Book Coach Fundamentals?
Sit down with a writer and their pages without feeling like you need to comment on everything.
Evaluate what you’re seeing and identify what matters most.
Understand how to spend your energy.
Give useful feedback and ask better questions.
Have a productive conversation about what the writer should work on next.
Identify the kinds of clients you most want to work with — and the kinds you want to avoid.
Recognize where your strengths are—and where you still need to grow.
Plan Your Business, Too
Book Coach Fundamentals gives you room to think about not just how to coach writers—but what kind of book coach you might want to become.
Who do you want to coach?
The writers, genres, and projects you’re drawn to—and the ones you’re not.
What kind of business do you want to build?
Your scope, your time, your boundaries, and what would make the work profitable.
What do you want this work to make possible?
Think about how book coaching could fit into the work—and the life—you want.
By the time you finish, you’ll have a much better sense of whether book coaching is right for you—and what you might want to do with it.
$299. 100% self-paced. Immediate access.
Praise for Author Accelerator
Hi I’m Jennie Nash
I'm the founder and CEO of Author Accelerator.
I’ve spent more than 14 years working with writers and training book coaches, and I've come to believe that the best book coaching requires more than editorial expertise.
It requires knowing how to help a writer figure out what they're trying to do, make difficult creative decisions, and find a way forward when the work gets hard.
That's why we built our certification around demonstrated competency. We don't just want coaches who understand the principles of book coaching. We want coaches who know how to put those principles into practice with real writers and real books.
We can’t wait to work with you to build a great book coaching business.