Roadmap for a Book - 1:1 for Emma Mclean

Hello and welcome to the road map for a book one on one coaching programme.

I enter your coaching portal here and clarity flow.

I'm delighted that we're going to be working together to define and plan and start you writing your nonfiction book Now, below this video, you will see your first exercises ready to go.

Some lessons are grouped in a thread, so simply click on replies at the bottom right of any message to expand the thread and see the lessons that are grouped there together.

You can also use the menu on the left to navigate to each one, so work through these exercises at your own pace and let me know when you're ready for more.

This programme works just like a conversation so you can post any questions or comments below each lesson.

Using the video, audio or text, you get to choose what kind of message that you send.

Just click, reply and follow the steps.

Your replies will only be seen by you and me.

So it's a private conversation and I recommend downloading the clarity flow app onto your phone clarity.

Phone app.

The clarity flow app makes it really easy for you to send me particularly voice messages, but also text or video.

Ah, when you're on the go or just by simply recording something, it's a really great way for you to just ask a quick question and I can send you a message back.

I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

I can't always reply straight away, definitely within two working days.

If it takes longer to answer your question or it's something we need to discuss, then I might suggest we move it to our next session.

But otherwise, if it's a quick thing, I'll get to it as soon as I can.

If you need help creating or posting a reply, there's a link in the message below to a video that will show you how to do that.

Now, once you're set up in here, I will set up a shared Google Drive folder for us.

This is where you can upload your work, any responses to the exercises that you would like to share with me.

I recommend you do it as you complete each one and please have all of your work that you would like me to see before a session deleted and uploaded at least 48 hours before we meet so that I have time to review it, reflect comment and so on.

If you're going to be late, let me know.

But ideally, that sort of 48 hour time period allows me plenty of time to give some thoughtful feedback and consider your work properly before we meet.

So it's a really important part of the process.

Now, if you would rather use Dropbox and Google Drive, we can do that.

It is just a bit more clunky, and it is not so easy for us to collaborate.

So Google Drive is my preferred way of sharing now.

We should already have set up your first coaching session if we don't yet have it in the diary.

There's a link below that will allow you to set this up.

I recommend you allow yourself at least at least a week to 10 days to get those first exercises done.

Um, and remember that the work needs time to circulate.

Sometimes you may need to reflect or come back to some exercises.

If you need to change or reschedule or coaching session at any time you can do that, but please try and give me at least 24 hours notice so that I can adjust my schedule as well.

Um, but I understand sometimes life is life is tricky, so just keep in contact.

And let's, uh, let's make a plan that works for both of us.

Now, finally, you've also been invited to the Virtual writers studio space.

We meet on Zoom every Friday from 9 to 11 New Zealand time during New Zealand's school terms to write together in silence.

Now some people will be working on the roadmap exercises.

Some people will be writing their books or working on book proposals.

There are people in there at all stages.

Some are one on one clients.

Some are group coaching clients.

It doesn't really matter.

We just meet for a little short journaling exercise to free up the writing muscles.

And then we work together in silence on our projects, and it's ridiculously powerful.

So, um, you can come in late.

You can leave early.

Just please do so quietly because other people may be in their flow.

So please come along and do that if you can.

It's really powerful to be able to block out the time in your diary just to work on your project and to do so with others in the room so that you don't get distracted by any chores or social media.

OK, I'm excited to get started.

I look forward to seeing your work and meeting you at our first session.

Any questions? Hit, reply and let me know.

Um and yeah, let's get going.

Let's see where we can take your work and go right to the heart of your book.

All right, I'll be in touch.

Bye bye