Building the BizSpace book: Chapter 1

This year, the marketing team have the exciting task of writing a book with an aim to inspire our customers alongside other entrepreneurs and

start-ups. As the main writer, I was keen to get some expert training in how to

write a book.

To get you thinking about key points of your book, Sophie asked me a series of questions which we went through in detail. Her workshops are

broken down into five sections, target market, structure, ideas, front and end matter

and writing schedule. Her questions asked throughout allow you to pitch your book concept, develop that idea, plan a structure and have a clear understanding of how

you will piece together each chapter.

Sophie’s questions included:

• What is the end goal for the book? 
• Who is your reader?
• How will your book help them?
• What type of book are you writing?
• How does your book stand out to others in the market?
• How are you going to structure your book?

Though we have a fairly clear plan for our book, I found that I was thinking of other new creative ideas or concepts we could include in

our layout/writing style. It evoked a new sense of excitement knowing I have

created a solid structure for our book.

I was also impressed with how prepared Sophie was, she had taken our book outline and conducted her own research. This allowed her to tailor

the workshop and her own knowledge specifically to our book, providing market

research tips, competitor books and layout ideas.

I walked away from the meeting with a new sense of confidence and vision for the book and look forward to having more

coaching/editing sessions with her in the future. I would like her to be part

of our journey in writing and publishing BizSpace’s first book as I know she

will guide us into creating something incredible.

As a whole it was clear from my one to one with Sophie that she has a tremendous amount of experience and she has a passion for helping

people achieve their goal of writing and publishing a book. As she says in the

testimonial on her website, “I wanted to be able to take someone’s idea and

turn it into a finished book with them, no matter what stage they started at.”

Sophie will be sharing her tops tips and advice at our next ‘Let’s do Bizness’ networking event in Bristol where you can sign up for a day of networking with likeminded individuals. To learn more about

Sophie and her coaching courses you can visit her website.