The Creative Work Plan & Self-Help Book Outline

Get clear on your book before you write another word.

What this is

The Creative Work Plan & Self-Help Book Outline is a practical workbook designed to help you clarify your book’s structure before you get stuck writing it.

It walks you through:

• What your book is actually about
• Who it’s for
• What problem it solves
• What belongs in the book (and what doesn’t)
• How the chapters fit together in a clear, logical way

This is the planning stage most authors skip—and the reason many books stall halfway through.

Who this is for

This workbook is for you if:

• You’ve started writing but feel stuck, scattered, or unsure
• You’re rewriting chapters instead of moving forward
• You’re not confident about your structure
• You want to get this book right before investing more time or money 
• If writing feels harder than it should, the issue is usually upstream.

This workbook helps you fix that first.

What’s included

✔ The Creative Work Plan (Workbook)
A guided planning framework to help you define:

• Your reader
• Your promise
• Your core message
• Why your book is the book

✔ The Self-Help Book Outline
A clear breakdown showing:

• How a bestselling self-help book is organized
• What each section is responsible for
• Where common mistakes happen
• How your ideas should be sequenced

These are the same tools I use with coaching clients to help them get unstuck quickly and move forward with confidence.

Why this works

Most authors try to solve planning problems by writing more.

But:

• Motivation doesn’t fix unclear structure
• Discipline doesn’t fix the wrong framework
  

Clear structure creates momentum.
Once the plan is solid, writing becomes much easier.

How this fits into the full book process

This workbook covers PLAN, the first stage of my:

PLAN → WRITE → PUBLISH → SELL framework.

When PLAN is done well:

• Writing becomes execution, not guesswork
• Publishing decisions are simpler
• Marketing works better because the book is positioned correctly

You don’t need to solve everything at once.
You just need to start in the right place.

Format

Digital, printable workbook (PDF) with instant access after purchase

A note on access

The Creative Work Plan is included free inside my How to Write a Self-Help Book book and writing course.

This standalone version is for authors who want clarity now—without committing to a larger program yet.

Ready to get unstuck?

👉 Start with The Creative Work Plan & Self-Help Book Outline

If you later purchase the book or course, you’ll receive this material again at no additional cost.