What is a Book Coach?
Book coaching provides personalized support to help you take your book from idea to finished manuscript—and beyond. Whether you need guidance, accountability, editorial feedback, or hands-on writing assistance, services are tailored to your book and your goals.
Why Hire a Book Coach?
Writing a book can feel overwhelming—especially when you're trying to figure everything out on your own. Is the idea strong enough? Is the story working? Are you starting in the right place? And perhaps the biggest question: Am I doing this right?
A book coach gives you an experienced publishing professional in your corner. Instead of writing in isolation and hoping everything comes together, you have someone helping you develop your ideas, strengthen your manuscript, solve problems, and keep moving forward.
But book coaching and ghostwriting aren't quite the same thing.
With traditional book coaching, you do the writing while your coach provides direction, feedback, accountability, editorial guidance, and publishing expertise.
With ghostwriting, we become more involved in the writing itself—taking your ideas, stories, interviews, notes, or existing material and helping turn them into polished pages written in your voice.
And sometimes, the best approach is a combination of both.
You may write most of your manuscript yourself but need help developing a difficult chapter. You might have a powerful story but struggle to translate it onto the page. Or you may simply need someone to step in when you're stuck and help you move the manuscript forward.
That's why Brooks StoryHouse offers coaching that can grow with your book. From brainstorming and outlining to manuscript development, writing support, ghostwriting, querying, and publishing strategy, we'll meet you wherever you are in the process.
You don't have to choose between writing your book yourself and having someone else write it for you. We can help you find the level of support that's right for your story.
Transform your Ideas into Stories
Meet David! He came to me with a seed of an idea but needed assistance in shaping it into a captivating story. Through our brainstorming sessions, I not only helped him refine his concept but also suggested a groundbreaking twist: involving his daughter as a co-author. This innovative approach not only enriched the storyline with fresh perspectives but also added a deeply personal touch.
“As someone with very limited experience in the book publishing space, it's been such a pleasure to work with Anne. From our very first phone call, she's been an enthusiastic supporter of the ideas I had and helped me hone them into a cohesive outline. She also really helped bring the idea together that my daughter & I should write it together and bring our generational thinking to the main point of the book, the importance of the 3rd place. We can't wait to see how else Anne will help us on this journey." - David Pollinchock, Author of Third Places
Book Coaching Services:
Let's Bring Your Book to Life!
You have the idea. We help you turn it into a book.
Book coaching is a collaborative, one-on-one process designed to help you move from idea to finished manuscript with professional guidance along the way. Whether you're just getting started, stuck in the middle, or trying to strengthen a completed draft, a book coach provides the structure, accountability, and publishing expertise to keep your book moving forward.
Depending on your needs, coaching may include story and concept development, outlining, chapter planning, manuscript feedback, pacing and structure guidance, accountability, publishing strategy, and preparation for querying or publication. Every coaching plan is tailored to you, your book, and your publishing goals.
Typical Investment:
Book coaching generally ranges from $150–$250 per session, with ongoing monthly coaching packages typically ranging from $500–$2,000+, depending on the level of manuscript review and support included.
Brooks StoryHouse book coaching packages are customized following an initial consultation.
From Outline to Bookshelf
I worked alongside author Caroline Butler as both a book coach and ghostwriting partner to help develop and complete the first novel in The Viper Series. From shaping ideas and strengthening the story to working through scenes, characters, structure, and the actual writing, our collaboration helped transform her vision into a finished manuscript.
The result? Her first novel went from an idea in development to a published book—while remaining authentically her story, characters, and voice.
“Working with Anne was instrumental in turning my idea into a fully developed novel. I came to her with the foundation of a story, and she helped me draw it out—developing the characters, identifying what was missing, expanding storylines, building out chapters, and helping shape the structure of the book from beginning to end.
Anne has an incredible ability to take the ideas in your head and help you figure out how to bring them to life on the page. Through a combination of book coaching, story development, and hands-on writing support, she helped me fill in the gaps and turn my original concept into a complete, cohesive manuscript while making sure the story and characters still felt like mine.
By the end of our work together, I had a fully written novel that went on to secure representation and publication. Anne didn't just help me improve my book—she helped me develop the story I wanted to tell and turn it into a book I could actually publish." - Caroline Butler, Author of The Viper Series
Ghostwriting Services:
Let's Bring Your Book to Life!
You have the story. We help you find the words.
Ghostwriting is a collaborative process where a professional writer helps transform your ideas, experiences, expertise, or story into a polished manuscript—while keeping your voice, vision, and name at the center of the book.
Depending on the project, ghostwriting may include interviews and story development, outlining, research, chapter creation, manuscript writing, and revisions. The goal is to create a book that sounds authentically like you, without requiring you to write every word yourself.
Typical Investment:
Ghostwriting projects generally range from $15,000–$50,000+, depending on manuscript length, complexity, research requirements, and the level of collaboration involved.
Brooks StoryHouse ghostwriting services are custom quoted following an initial consultation.