✍️WORKSHOP: The Spectrum of Nonfiction Book Types: Finding the Shape and Spirit of Your Book
** This is a LIVE workshop. Attendees will be sent a video recording after the workshop. **
What kind of nonfiction book are you really writing, and how can knowing that help you finish it?
In this practical session, book coach and editor Brannan Sirratt will introduce the idea of the Clarity Spectrum—a framework that helps writers understand where their work sits between deeply personal narrative and broadly reported analysis. You’ll explore how clarity around your book’s type can shape its structure, focus, and publishing path, while keeping your creative energy and conviction intact.
Together, we’ll unpack common hangups, walk through Brannan’s nonfiction quiz, and make space for a guided five-minute outlining session designed to move your idea from foggy to focused.
Bring a nonfiction idea (even a rough one), something to write with, and an open mind. By the end, you’ll leave with a clearer sense of your book’s place on the spectrum—and the authorial audacity to see it through.
In this workshop, you will:
Identify where your project sits on the nonfiction Clarity Spectrum
Understand how intention affects structure, scope, and storytelling style
Get practical tools to build a strong, flexible outline
Learn how to stay committed to your vision—and where you can adapt it
Feel grounded and confident in your purpose as an author
Complete a guided 5-minute outlining exercise to solidify your idea
About Brannan Sirratt
Brannan Sirratt is a book development partner for nonfiction writers and non-writers. Brannan believes that story is the quickest and arguably only way that we experience and convey change, making it the most valuable tool in anyone’s arsenal. She has a passion for helping authors who have something big to say but feel tangled up in the nuance of writing. She writes and records weekly coaching episodes about nonfiction structure and the experience of writing via B is for Book Coach, on Substack and wherever you enjoy listening to podcasts.
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