Need a Book Coach, Ghost Writer, or Editor? Part 2

If you either want to write a book to help others create a better life and boost business or you already have your book nearly finished, you may need book coaching to answer all of your questions "What step to take next?"

Know Your Editing Choices

• Line editing. Use this final professional edit after you have already revised your work three times. These three revisions include: excluding all redundancies, reworking all the words and sentences so they are your finest with few passive verb constructions (aim for 2-4%) and relatively short sentences. Finally, look at headings, paragraphs and transitions to make sure your message carries power through placement and is easy to read. These editors charge $50 an hour or more.

• Developmental editing. While you put your writing, ideas and sentences forth, a developmental editor will not just polish your syntax, but fill in gaps you don't want to take time for. It's practically like ghost-writing and you need to choose a really professional editor who will not do this work on spec, but will charge you an hourly fee of $60 an hour plus or by the project.

• Ghost writing. You give your topic, thesis and chapter focuses to a person you want to finish the research, put it together in chapter form, and write it to sell well. Again, you need to hire a real professional who specializes in ghost writing for your kind of book, whether it is a novel, memoir, how-to or history. These professionals also charge $60 plus an hour or by the project.

Seek a Book Coach First before you waste time or money going down a path that does not serve you.

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Benefits a Book Coach Brings

1. A coach can look at your idea or topic and ask you a few questions.

• What's your book's purpose?

• Where are you now with this project?

• What chapters are finished?

• Is your introduction and table of contents done?

• Does your title convince your preferred audience to buy?

• Do you know your audience inside and out? Prospective buyers will ask you, "Why should I buy your book?" Can you tell them in a few sentences?

• is this topic your # one passion?

• Are you willing to put in two-three years to get the word out with traditional promoting?

• Or eight months to a year with internet marketing?

Depending on your answers, you will learn from your coach what you need to do next.

The biggest mistakes emerging writers make, even if they are professionals: