Let’s Develop You & Your Book Together
You’re the only one who can say the thing you’re here to say—but it takes time, energy, and space to say it. I make room for ideas to breathe so both you and your impact can expand.
Get started by answering the two questions that make this space you-shaped enough to expand and structured enough to be safe to.
Books I’ve Worked On
Case Studies
Writing doesn’t have to be a performance.
Jessica Zou had spent years in creative spaces that required her to show up with polished thoughts, ideas, and feedback for others. When we worked together, she was able to show up without answers—sometimes, without specific questions. This ability to be unfiltered and real allowed us to meet her where she actually was, uncovering a clear next step every single time (even while writing in a second language!).
When effort isn’t the issue, structure often is.
After two years spent writing to deadlines and accountability, Domenic Chiarella still felt disconnected from his book. He had a wealth of wisdom both off the page and written into countless individual pieces, as well as a concept that writing groups had told him to go after—but none of it felt quite right. By re-centering the project around what he actually wanted from his book and for his reader, we found a structure that finally aligned with his vision and cleared a path toward his next stage of growth.
Step into new spaces with a clear vision.
Arunjay Katakam had written a book once before, on a topic he could have written about in his sleep. Generation Hope stretched him in brand new ways—not only in the writing and development, but also the ways it expanded his vision for the future and message to the world. Through collaborative development, his completed project clarified his ideas, expanded his authority, and grew his creative confidence.
(Stay tuned for book 3—another ambitious stretch into groundbreaking new spaces.)
Know Your Book
Take the Clarity Quiz to name the kind of book you're actually writing.
Levels of Support
Explore the Space We’ll Create
Ready to develop your ideas into a book—and yourself into the author who can stand behind it? Let’s make some room for those ideas to spread out, take up space, and then come back together to become the book only you could write.
One-Time or Repeatable
Book Clarity Intensive - $875
In this session, I’ll get context for what you’re working on now and what you’d like it to become, then help you see exactly how to get there. Use it to lay the foundation for the very beginning of a project or to reinforce your existing foundation at any step along the way.
This is where you’ll get your very own Book Developer Sandbox, so you’ll have a working blueprint to build from instead of notes to sort through later. And with a year of Office Hours to drop in and ask your questions, you never have to guess what’s next, and you never have to face it alone.
Momentum Coaching
Accountability alone is not enough to keep a book moving from beginning to end. What we really need is momentum—a way to manage the friction of thinking, working, living, and writing so that you never stop moving toward your goals.
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Weekly 30-minute coaching calls that meet you where you are and keep you moving forward
Live looks at your writing to make sure you’re on the right track
Ongoing guidance that keeps you from getting stuck
A private, living portal, based on your book’s Clarity Spectrum type, to track your progress and monitor for roadblocks
Mindset and bigger-vision coaching as we go
Can stand alone or be paired with any other service
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Core Positioning
This is less about one-time placement and more about ongoing posture. How you show up as the author, what the reader brings with them, and what the book holds for you both. Refining that relative posture between all three positions sets the tone for every decision of every stage of a fully developed book.
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Complete read of the materials you currently have (whether it’s random pieces or a finished draft)
An initial 90-minute deep-dive session to clarify your book’s purpose, reader’s experience, and the project’s role in your broader work
A full Clarity Spectrum analysis to articulate what kind of book you’re writing and why
Positioning statements for your book, your reader, and you as the author
A custom, beginning to end, book development portal that will guide your book all the way to the end
Follow up calls that ensure you’re ready to integrate what we establish
Optional: custom bot tailored to your vision and your project so you always have a thought partner on deck
Book Structuring
This is where your ideas become a comprehensive, strategic roadmap—built directly from your Core Positioning—so that every structural decision reflects what your book is actually meant to do. Together, we'll build a step-by-step writing framework so you'll always know exactly what to write next, without overwhelm or second-guessing.
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8-12 weeks of interviews that dig into your perspective, your reader’s experience, and your vision for the book and beyond
Starting from your Core Positioning, I’ll build every layer of the book that serves your vision, from the overall arc down to individual section prompts
Between calls, you’ll review one structural layer at a time until the full system is complete, without having to worry about how it will come together on the page
Final deliverable: a color-by-numbers level writing guide you can follow (without second-guessing or overthinking) until your draft is complete and ready for editing
Comprehensive Editing
When you've taken your draft as far as you can but there are still miles to go, we can cross the finish line together. This stage always begins with a positioning review, because editing without that core in place creates more confusion, not less. From there, deep editorial guidance and line-level changes refine your voice, strengthen your message, and elevate the experience your book is intended to create.
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A Clarity Spectrum Analysis or re-analysis to make sure the book you’ve written matches the book you’ve envisioned before we step into this final editing stage
In-line questions and prompts that advocate for the reader and ensure no stone is left unturned
Intensive line-level editing that brings your vision to life to a near-ghostwriting degree, careful to elevate (not override) your voice and intentions
Multiple reviews that allow you to respond to queries and adjust the lines with the safety net of editorial support
Complete coaching and on-the-page support until your book is ready for production
Not included:
Actual ghostwriting of paragraphs or more
Copyediting
Proofreading
Publishing
You Can Call Me B
Hey, I’m Brannan
For 20+ years, I've seen and done it all—provided editorial support at every level, gained intensive training in narrative theory and publishing, served as ghostwriter for dozens of nonfiction books, and created a Spectrum of genres that fits each author and reader (instead of fitting *them* into industry boxes).
While every last one of those big-thinking, perspective-shifting, intention-driven authors had their own experience, needs, and outcomes, one thing held true for them all. So true, in fact, that I quit ghostwriting and committed fully to development partnerships to honor it: the process of writing changes us.
No matter our skill, our love-hate relationship with writing, or whether we even want to *be* writers, the depth of thinking, meaning, and connection that comes from developing a book is worth every second. Let's make sure those seconds are spent well.