COMING SOON

Book Proposal Bootcamp

 

Are you ready to make your dreams of becoming a published author come true? Awesome, you’re in the right place!

 
 

THE THING IS


The book publishing world is not for sissies. Straight up.

 
 

⁕ It’s mysterious

You want to become a bestselling author but you don’t know where to start—it’s all so confusing! You need help from a pro book wizard to demystify the process.

⁕ It’s exclusive

Everyone has a book inside of them, but breaking into the traditional publishing industry is gifted only to a select few. You need to know how to be one of the chosen.

⁕ It’s regimented

The publishing industry works a very specific way, and you don’t really know until you know, you know? You need to learn the rules—and learn when to break ‘em, too.

The first step in getting your nonfiction book sold to a major publishing house is to create a kickass book proposal. That’s right—you don’t even need to have your book written in order to sell it. Cha-ching!

LIVE THE DREAM

What will you do with your one wild and precious life?

Imagine a future where you wake up every morning, pour a hot cup of coffee (or tea if you’re British, mate), and sit down to write your book without a care in the world because you’ve already received a cushy cash $$ advance from the publishing house of your dreams. Can you feel how good that’d feel? When you sell your book idea to a major publisher, this will be your reality! And all you need in order to make this dream life come true is a killer book proposal. 

 

Course Overview

It’s time to get fit, wordsmiths!

Led by senior writer and author (Soul Magic: Ancient Wisdoms for Modern Mystics), Arizona Bell, Wildbrand’s Book Proposal Bootcamp will train you to be a sought-after writer that publishers can’t ignore—and kick fear’s sorry ass in the process!

 

01

Learn the ropes.

First impressions matter and knowledge is power. Take a peek behind the curtain of the enigmatic publishing industry and learn how to best present yourself as a pro.

02

Create your proposal.

We provide a book proposal template and guide you step-by-step through each section. All you have to do is write—oh, and gear up to be the next [your fav author here]!

03

Find your community.

Being a writer is a solitary profession, and we can get real sad, ya hear?! Enjoy the perks of a like-minded community to push you to your best work and remind you of your damn humanity.

Get access to the course for $397!

By taking advantage of this one-time live four-week course, you'll gain all the information, tools, and resources you need to write a book proposal that’ll leave agents and publishers with mouths agape, beggin’ for mo’. A small percentage of book proposals make the cut in the cut-throat book industry; this live, four-week course will teach you to be, as we used to say in the early 2000s, a numba one stunna!

 

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYIN’

“I have great news, I have been offered two publishing contracts for my book. I appreciate all the help you gave me when I wrote my book proposal.”


Lonneke Botello Hernandez,

forthcoming author of The Food Fountain of Youth

 

MEET THE TEACHER

Hi, I’m Arizona—your mentor for this course.

Arizona Bell is the author of Soul Magic: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Mystics (MacMillan), a professional book and book proposal ghostwriter, editor, speaker, and creativity coach dedicated to helping rad, aspiring writers get their voices heard far and wide.

 

“Arizona is a personable, kind and intelligent guide who seriously helped snap me out of some inner bullshit! She is professional and fun and knows what she’s doing.

Thank you Arizona!!”

Former Student

“Arizona is an amazing writer and teacher of so much!!!!! She gets right down to the nitty gritty and invites all participants to ‘go there’ in their individual capacities. So refreshing and succinct! Thank you, Arizona, from a student and a fan!!!”

Former Student

“Arizona created a safe space and really set up the group for success and support. I felt so comfortable sharing my writing and I felt like the feedback was tremendously helpful and encouraging. Would absolutely participate in another Arizona-led class.”

Former Student

The deets

Here’s how it works.

 

Live Online

For four weeks, we will meet once per week (for two hours) live on Zoom in a small-ish group setting. Like running, writing with peers takes you further.

Step-By-Step

You’ll receive a kickass book proposal template and we’ll go through each section in detail, unveiling the industry best practices as we go.

Fast, Furious & Fun!

There is no need to take a year to do this! You’ll have your proposal completed in one month, and you’ll laugh the entire time ‘cus we fun af.

 

Quality Q&A Time

It’s all sooo mysterious! With ample Q&A time, everything you want to know about the book publishing industry will be right at your fingertips.

Query Letter Counsel

Alongside a book proposal, you’ll need to write a seductive query letter—and it needs to be fiiiire. You bring the gasoline, we’ll bring the match.

Get Connected

Each student will receive our ‘little black book’ of literary agents to begin sending their proposals out into the wordsmith-ether!

 

Want more personalized attention? Check out our 1:1 book proposal packages. 

Got questions?
We’ve got answers.

  • Think of a book proposal as your book’s first impression and its business plan. It showcases not only your genius writing talent and topic idea but also the book’s marketability to potential publishers. Essentially the book proposal explains who you are, why your book should exist, why it will succeed and why a publisher should be confident in making an investment into you.

  • While proposal length varies tremendously depending on project, most are somewhere around 25-50 pages double-spaced (10,000-20,000 words), not including sample chapters, and it’s not unheard of for a proposal to top out at 75 pages once sample chapters are included. In other words: writing a book proposal is no small endeavor!

  • If you are looking to publish with a traditional publisher, the next step is to send your book proposal to literary agents. All major publishing houses require a literary agent to serve as the broker in book purchases. Once a literary agent picks up your book and takes you on as a client, they will then help you polish the proposal and start “shopping it around” to various publishing houses.

  • No! In fact, you shouldn’t. Not for nonfiction book proposals (fiction is a different story, no pun intended!). The most you’ll need for a nonfiction book proposal is 1-2 well-polished sample chapters. And please note: even if your book manuscript is complete, you still are not off the hook for writing a book proposal—it's required to play in the big leagues.