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Take the Pledge: Write Your Book in 2024

You want to write your book and get it completed in 2024 …
so what’s your plan?

Attend this five-day writing challenge to get clarity on your plan and put that plan into action!

Book coach Cathy Fyock has used her Writers Pledge to inspire authors globally to get their books written by acknowledging their most common challenges and the work it takes to overcome them. Each day of the challenge will focus on one aspect of the Pledge, offering exercises and strategies to move forward.

In these sessions, you won’t be just talking about writing—you will be writing! Through Cathy’s carefully crafted exercises, you’ll gain insights and perspectives on your content and writing process.

Day One: I will block writing time on my calendar, and honor that time commitment: How to find time in your busy day. This session focuses on the importance of calendar blocking, creating specific goals for each writing session, and turning off internal editor. It will also cover how to honor your writing time and carve out sacred space for you and your book.

Day Two: I will not allow my negative voice to guide my thinking or stop my creative process: How to overcome the negative influences of your internal critic—The Bitch. This session helps writers identify what that negative voice is saying, identifying the source of that negativity, and most importantly, developing strategies to consistently battle that negativity, including the creation of a writing community and accountability.

Day Three: I will tell my story–to share my experiences–with authenticity and without apology: How to tell stories to engage readers. Stories that make your point are the strongest tools available to nonfiction writers for writing memorably. This session explores the elements of story and discusses how to keep your storytelling reader-centric.

Day Four: I will continue to work so that I gain clarity and focus for my readers, audiences, and clients: How to strategically align your book to work in tandem with your business. This session will cover the strategic elements of your book and how to ensure that your book works for you in your business.

Day Five: I will make the world a better place, one word at a time: How to keep focused on your WHY. Writers who are writing with their purpose in mind can make a difference—for their clients and for the world. This session discusses the importance of keeping your purpose front and center as you write and offers tactics for focusing on the WHY.
Can’t attend all the sessions live? No worries. All sessions will be recorded and available to those who register.

Dates: Monday – Friday, February 19 – 23
Each day 4 – 5 pm Eastern

The investment is just $179, and is only $129 when you register before February 1st!

Sign Up Now!

I pledge that I will use my power to make today a fantastic day. I will block writing time on my calendar, and I will honor that time commitment and hold it as sacred, creative time.

I pledge that I will not allow my negative voice to guide my thinking or stop my creative process. I will surround myself with people who love me and support my writing.

I pledge to tell my story–to share my experiences–with authenticity and without apology. I know that in telling my story I can provide others with the gifts of hope, wisdom, and joy.

I pledge that I will continue to work so that I gain clarity and focus for my readers, audiences, and clients. Then I can continue to make the world a better place, one word at a time.

How Fiction Skills Can Improve Your Non-Fiction Writing

You want to make sure your book has the highest impact possible. Learn how strategies from the fiction world can make that happen.

Great storytelling engages your reader and persuades your audience. Let bestselling fiction author Allie Pleiter show you how elements of fiction can give your non-fiction writing power, sparkle, and the ability to truly stick with your reader.

This Five Day Challenge will fill your writing toolbox with tactics designed to make your content engage, stick, and transform your reader.

In these sessions, you’ll not only learn these skills, you will have an opportunity to put them into practice! Each day will help you create content directly usable in your current project using vivid storytelling.

Day 1:
Quick starts

You’ve got to grab your reader right away. Learn how fiction writers pull in readers so your book becomes a page-turner in the first few paragraphs.

Day 2:
Dialogue

Nothing conveys emotion, information, and context faster and more vividly than well-crafted dialogue. Learn how to create conversations that sound natural, evoke emotion, and turbo-charge the pace of your content.

Day 3:
Description

How much is too much? Done right, description can draw your reader into the world of your ideas. Done wrong, it can drag down the pace and pull your reader off course.

Day 4:
Plot twists

Readers love to be surprised. How can you craft your content to offer up exciting twists and turns to keep them learning from you all the way to the end of your book?

Day 5:
Show, don’t tell

Some descriptions pack far more power than others. Learn how to show transformation and emotion in your case studies and stories for maximum impact.

Great storytelling engages your reader and persuades your audience. Let bestselling fiction author Allie Pleiter show you how elements of fiction can give your non-fiction writing power, sparkle, and the ability to truly stick with your reader.

Whether you write memoir, business, how-to, essay, or any other non-fiction, your work can have new vibrancy with techniques borrowed from your favorite novel.

Can’t attend all the sessions live? No worries. All sessions will be recorded and available to those who register.

Dates: Monday – Friday, February 5-9
Each day 4 – 5 pm Eastern

The investment is just $179, and is only $129 when you register before January 15!

Sign Up Now!

Get Both February Challenges!

Get Allie Pleiter’s “How Fiction Skills Can Improve Your Non-Fiction Writing” and Cathy Fyock’s “Take the Pledge: Write Your Book in 2024” — for $300 or $200 before January 15 (over $50 in savings!).

How Fiction Skills Can Improve Your Non-Fiction Writing
Dates: Monday – Friday, February 5-9
Each day 4 – 5 pm Eastern

Take the Pledge: Write Your Book in 2024
Dates: Monday – Friday, February 19 – 23
Each day 4 – 5 pm Eastern

Sign Up Now for Both Challenges!