Minimum Viable Book in 30 Days(5-week Course)
Minimum Viable Book in 30 Days: A 5-Session Workshop on Fast, Focused Book Creation
This five-week intensive workshop helps participants conceptualize, draft, and prepare a minimum viable book (MVB) within 30 days. The workshops emphasize clarity over cleverness, the discipline of constraints, and lean strategies for producing a 30,000–45,000 word manuscript that validates an idea and establishes authority. While AI tools (LLMs, prompt engineering, etc.) are introduced as accelerators, the heart of the course is process design, research efficiency, and structural writing discipline.
Course Objectives By the end of the workshop, participants will:
Identify their unique angle, validate concepts, and define target audiences
Apply a Lean Writing Framework for a concise, meaningful book
Master efficient research methods, including basic open-source intelligence commands, interviews, and case study integration
Assemble and refine a 30,000- to 45,000-word manuscript for clarity, flow, and readability
Explore strategies for launching and positioning their book for impact
Syllabus:
Week 1: Concept & Validation+Primer on AI Writing Tools
Week 2: Lean Writing Framework and Research
Week 3: Research & Content Creation
Week 4: Assembly & Refinement
Week5: Launch Strategy
Instructor Bio:
Jayne Lytel is author of Act Early Against Autism (Perigee). Her career evolved from copy editor at The Washington Post to founding the first newsletter about the Internet's commercial rise in 1993, earning a rare CIA headquarters invitation. United Media Inc. syndicated her Internet911 column for five years. She later became a cybersecurity expert at Booz Allen Hamilton. She holds an MA in Human Development from Pacific Oaks College and MS in Cybersecurity Risk and Strategy from NYU. A two-time USRowing Masters National Champion and National Press Club member, she specializes in "faction"—fiction grounded in journalistic precision. Jayne also volunteers for the Press Club’s Press Freedom Center.