Proposal Course: Session One

We start crafting our non-fiction proposal by looking at the chapter outline and structure

Hi everyone,

This is the first session of the Proposal Course and today is all about the content of the book. It will include some tips on structure and how to work on your chapter outline.

I’m starting the proposal course here because this is where I start with my clients when we’re working on a new book idea. This is always a collaborative process and discussion and we go back and forth until the idea starts taking shape.

One thing you can do is gather up all the books that are in the same vein as the idea you have, and look at their contents page.

Some of these chapter titles are like poetry and delightfully creative.

Contents page of Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative by Melissa Febos