Phase 02 — Pre-Project
Plan a Self-Help Book.
Pick the form. Sketch your reader, their pain, and your promise. Grey will lay out the chapter spine sized to fit, with the beats every working self-help book hits.
Grey.
Your writing partner. Self-help is a promise made and kept. The reader is in pain or in transition; your book is the path. Tell me your reader, what hurts, and what they'll have at the end. I'll lay out a chapter spine that earns the back-cover claim.
Step 1 — Choose Your Form
Short Read
15,000 to 25,000 words
One big idea, lean. About 80 to 120 pages. Audiobook-friendly. Reads in an afternoon.
Standard Self-Help
40,000 to 60,000 words
The market default. 150 to 220 pages. Eight to ten chapters with worked examples.
Memoir-Style
50,000 to 75,000 words
Your story interwoven with the framework. Each chapter pairs an episode from your life with the lesson it earned.
Comprehensive
60,000 to 90,000 words
The field guide. Twelve+ chapters, research, case studies, exercises, common failure modes, and maintenance.
Step 2 — Your Book
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