Should You Write a Book?by Scribe Media
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Write the book, with help.

There is a book here. What is holding it back is one of three things: time, structure, or the writing itself. Each has a different fix, and the cheapest one that solves your actual gap is the right one.

What your answers say

    Match the help to the gap

    Three kinds of help, from smallest to biggest

    Prices are Scribe's published prices from scribemedia.com/pricing. Freelance book coaches and editors are a real alternative too; whoever you hire, ask for the same things listed here.

    If the idea needs shaping Scribe Compass: a book coach helps you find the angle, the reader and the structure. $5,000 One price, typically 4 to 6 weeks You leave with your North Star, a table of contents and a chapter-by-chapter roadmap. Applied in full toward Scribe Professional or Elite.
    If you want to write it, with structure Scribe Guided Author: you write, with 10 Book Coach calls, a framework and a peer community. Then Scribe edits and publishes. $2,933 a month for 15 months $44,000 total About 2 to 6 hours a week of your time, depending on how fast you write.
    If you would rather talk than write Scribe Professional: a writer interviews you over a series of calls and writes the book in your voice. $4,667 a month for 12 months $56,000 total About 2 to 4 hours a week, 60 to 100 hours in total. 80% of Scribe authors choose this route.

    Already have a full draft? Scribe's Manuscript Evaluation ($2,000) has an editor read the whole manuscript and write you a letter on where it stands.

    Your next steps

    How to choose without wasting money

    1. Name the gap honestly

      If you cannot say what the book is about in two sentences, the gap is the idea: start small. If you know the book but never sit down to write it, the gap is structure. If you dread writing, the gap is the writing, and a ghostwriter is the fix.

    2. Do the free groundwork first

      Try the free North Star tool and skim The Scribe Method. Whatever you hire, you will get more from it if you arrive with your reader and purpose written down.

    3. Talk to a person before you pay anyone

      A free 15-minute consult with Scribe gives you real pricing and payment options and an honest answer on whether a book makes sense for you right now. Ask the same questions of anyone else you are considering.

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    Questions about this result

    What is the difference between a book coach and a ghostwriter?

    A book coach helps you shape and write the book yourself: they give you structure, deadlines and feedback, and every word is yours. A ghostwriter interviews you and writes the book in your voice, and you review and approve the drafts. Coaching costs less money and more of your time.

    Can I get help with just the idea and the outline?

    Yes. That is what Scribe Compass is for: one-on-one work with a book coach over 4 to 6 weeks that produces your North Star, a professional table of contents and a chapter-by-chapter roadmap, for $5,000. If you go on to Scribe Professional or Elite, the full $5,000 is applied to it.

    How much of my time does a ghostwriter need?

    At Scribe, Professional authors spend about 2 to 4 hours a week, 60 to 100 hours in total, mostly in interviews and reviewing drafts. That is less than writing it yourself, but it is not zero.

    Will a ghostwritten book sound like me?

    It should. In an interview-based process the book is built from your own words, stories and opinions, and you approve every draft. Read write it yourself or hire a ghostwriter for how to judge this before you sign anything.

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