The Author Accelerator Book Coach Certification: Fiction program offers you a self-paced online course you can access from anywhere. Complete more than 100 hours of training and apply for certification within 9 months. Students will learn editorial and client-management strategies, get hands-on practice working with real clients, receive access to proven tools and resources to help your clients succeed, enjoy written support in our private student community and live training calls with our coach management team.
Check out the course syllabus here for a preview of the material and lessons.
Please review our Course Terms of Use HERE. This document outlines our refund policy and other key terms. You will be required to accept these Terms of Use upon enrollment in the course.
Your Instructor
Jennie Nash is the founder and CEO of Author Accelerator, a company on a mission to lead the emerging book coaching industry. Author Accelerator has trained more than 200 book coaches in both fiction and nonfiction through their Book Coach Certification Program. Jennie’s own book coaching clients have landed top New York agents and six-figure book deals with traditional publishing houses such as Penguin, Scribner, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette, and won dozens of national indie book awards. Client KJ Dell’Antonia’s book, The Chicken Sisters, became an instant New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick in 2020. In 2021, client Jenn Lim’s book, Beyond Happiness, became a Wall Street Journal bestseller. Jennie is the author of 12 books in 3 genres. The most recent is Blueprint for a Book: Build Your Novel from the Inside Out. Visit her at jennienash.com, bookcoaches.com, and authoraccelerator.com.
Course Curriculum
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StartWelcome (3:00)
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StartTerms of Use
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StartJoin the Community (4:44)
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StartGather Key Resources (6:14)
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StartSet Yourself Up for Success (10:52)
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StartGuiding Principles (13:06)
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StartHow this Course Works (20:34)
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StartBuilding Your Book Coaching Business Before Certification (7:50)
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StartCriteria for Certification (4:32)
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StartGetting Technical Support
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StartLesson 1: Why Are You Here? (18:52)
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StartLesson 2: What Exactly Is Book Coaching? (7:30)
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StartLesson 3: The 7 Core Principles of Giving Editorial Feedback (51:24)
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StartLesson 4: 6 Ways to Edit More Efficiently (42:40)
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StartLesson 5: The Big 5 Editing Skills (43:10)
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StartLesson 6: The 5 Core Principles of Providing Emotional Support (27:40)
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StartLesson 7: How to Design a Project Framework (24:44)
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PreviewLesson 8: How to Design an Effective Client Intake Process (57:46)
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StartLesson 9: Identifying Red Flag Clients (50:58)
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StartLesson 10: Practice Client Intaking (2:56)
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StartIntroduction (18:44)
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StartLesson 1: Blueprint Step 1 – Why Must You Write This Book (20:22)
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StartLesson 2: Blueprint Step 2 – What's Your Point (11:56)
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StartLesson 3: Blueprint Step 3 – Write a Super Simple Version of Your Story (4:24)
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StartLesson 4: Blueprint Step 4 – Choose a Working Title (11:36)
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StartLesson 5: Blueprint Step 5 – Define Your Genre (18:48)
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StartLesson 6: Blueprint Step 6 – Get to Know Your Ideal Reader (16:10)
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StartLesson 7: Blueprint Step 7 – Writing Book Jacket Copy (15:44)
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StartLesson 8: Blueprint Step 8 – Who Is Your Protagonist (11:58)
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StartLesson 9: Blueprint Step 9 – Who Is Telling the Tale (14:08)
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StartLesson 10: Blueprint Step 10 – Two Questions About Time (19:42)
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StartLesson 11: Blueprint Step 11 – Where Does the Story Start and End? (32:02)
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StartLesson 12: Blueprint Step 12 – The 'Because of That' Story Summary (22:50)
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StartLesson 13: Blueprint Step 13 – Develop the Inside Outline (48:58)
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StartLesson 14: Blueprint Step 14 – The 10-Point Inside Outline Checklist (12:12)
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StartLesson 15: Worldbuilding (24:52)
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StartLesson 16: Coaching the Blueprint (13:26)
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StartBonus: Interview with Lisa Cron (88:57)