Before you choose another word:
Psssst. Hey, you. Yes, you. The one looking at these answers and wishing there were more. It's okay.
Books can do lots of things, but they don't have to do everything all at once.
Right now, just name the thing this book needs to do MOST.
And when all else fails, trust your "I don't know" to create its own form of clarity.
Do you know what kind of book you're actually writing?
Here's the deal.
Traditional publishing tends to inflate a book into your life’s sole purpose.
Non-traditional paths often shrink it down to a glorified business card.
The books that matter most live somewhere in between.
If you don’t know exactly where your book fits in the bigger picture of your work, you’ll run into surprise roadblocks all along the writing, editing, and publishing journey.
A Clear Direction Analysis aligns your book with the work you most want to be doing, so that every hour you put into the book moves your mission forward, and every step you take toward your purpose moves your book further along too.
That level of alignment creates the kind of momentum you can sustain, with the space and grace both you and your book need to grow into the next stage of your life and work.
clarity first
My name's Brannan (you can call me B), and I have spent almost twenty years helping authors shape their stories and sharpen their voices. If there's one truth I've seen over and over again, it's this: clarity has to come first.
You don’t need a polished draft before calling in developmental support. You don’t even need a plan.
We start right where you are—idea scraps, partial drafts, scattered notes, or even with a book you hope is finally done. Then we:
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Validate what’s already aligned and working well
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Release what’s “off” or draining your focus
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Stretch the book (and you as the author) into its most purposeful, resonant form
center what
matters most
A traditional manuscript evaluation might tell you what’s wrong with your draft.
But if you’re like most of my clients, that’s not what you really need.
Maybe you haven’t even started yet because you’re not convinced it’ll be worth the effort. Or if you have started, you can see what's not working but aren't sure what is.
Getting a giant document based on objective market research or generic structures often misses what makes your expertise valuable. It can be overwhelming, distracting, and impossible to implement in a way that furthers the work you're really here to do.
Instead, we start with what you already know works about this content—because you've already lived it—then build from there. Here's what's included:
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Complete intake review of your draft, notes, idea scraps, etc.
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90-minute deep-dive call to map your book to your bigger vision
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Your Clear Direction Blueprint delivered within a week—a living document that captures your scope, structure, and next-steps decision criteria
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1–2 integration calls to help you refine and apply the parts of the Blueprint that resonate most
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12 months of Momentum coaching for ongoing support (unlimited calls for you, within a capped, boundaried space for me, so you always have access to the support you need to keep moving)
I want to understand the book as it is in your head (and heart and guts) before ever giving you a recommendation about the book on the page. Then we can build your book—together—from that grounded center.
traction precedes momentum
I’ve helped dozens of authors take their books from fledgling idea to finished manuscript—and I've shaped hundreds more through various levels of editing, ghostwriting, and structural support.
I’ve built outlines that hold up under the eyes of agents, editors, readers, and most importantly, the authors themselves.
I’ve also seen books in their messiest forms. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
One author came to me with a memoir that a handful of editorial consults told him would need an overhaul in its storytelling techniques.
Between the Clarity Spectrum quiz and his Clear Direction Analysis, it became clear that he was writing a perspective-driven book that needed a different approach entirely—one he had access to and could fit within his larger goals.
Within months after his analysis, he had completely revised his book and found a tighter niche for his coaching practice.
If your book is still locked up inside you—or scattered across documents, drafts, and voice notes—we’ll find it. We just need to get some traction first.
If your book and work are out of alignment, no amount of motivation, step-by-step strategies, or done-for-you services will produce the book you’re meant to write, in the way you need to write it.
When you're moving in a Clear Direction, you can:
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Confidently choose the right form, scope, and structure for your book
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Protect your energy from detours and false starts (on the page and off)
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Write a book that naturally amplifies your work instead of distracting from it
I only take on 2-3 Clear Direction Analyses each month, at an investment of $4,000 each (with payment plans available).
I want us both to feel fully aligned to this work before we begin, because this runs deeper than a transactional process that lets you tap out of authorship or lets me toss you an analysis and walk away.
This is a partnership, for about a month of close contact and then a year of support afterward. And when we can both show up to that space fully, openly, and freely, magic happens.
To be 100% sure this is our next right step, click below to book a free 30 minute call. We’ll look at your book, your work, and whether a Clear Direction is the next thing you need to bring them into complete alignment.
Good books start with clarity. Clarity starts here. And this is where I'll be—whenever you’re ready.
