They say the hardest part is getting started. Book proposals are harder.

The required structure of a book proposal feels opaque at best and impossible at worst. I’ve spent much of my career mastering the format, strategy, and techniques required to write a proposal that hooks literary agents.

When you hire me as a book proposal coach, we’ll work together* to produce a proposal that encapsulates your vision and voice — all while meeting (and exceeding) the requirements and expectations of your readers.

Whether you’re writing a hybrid memoir, memoir, or a nonfiction “big idea,” I will help you:

• Ideate the questions their book asks and answers

• Develop the table of contents

• Write an articulate, stylish overview

• Find comp titles

• Select and line-edit your two sample chapters

*In certain cases, I also ghostwrite book proposals. In this case, we conduct an in-depth series of interviews to develop the TOC and two sample chapters, and then I write the rest of the proposal.