WordsmithDirect
Book Writing / Done For You
I’ll write your book. One that reads like you, and sends readers to your door.
A book is the rare thing a competitor can’t fake overnight. It makes you the authority, gives you something real to hand a prospect, and, written right, its last pages turn a reader into your next customer. I write that book for you, myself, start to finish. How good it turns out has a lot to do with what you bring, so below I’ll walk you through exactly how we build it, and the material from your own world that makes it genuinely yours.
Why a book
A book earns you three things at once.
It makes you the authority, in a way a post or an ad never quite does, because a whole book is proof you know your subject cold. It gives you something real to put in a prospect’s hands, at a talk, in a follow-up, on the shelf behind you on a call. And written the right way, it does one more thing most books never bother with. Its final chapter turns the reader who just finished it into someone who wants to work with you. Most books stop at helpful. Yours should also close.
Here is the last chapter of my own book doing exactly that, in plain sight:
“To put these principles into practice, I built WordsmithDirect.com... a done‑for‑you, human-checked sales copy service that runs your pages through the same six‑killer audit you now have in hand.”
In my book, those closing lines point the reader to me.
In yours, they point the reader to you.
How we produce your book
A real process, start to finish.
No mystery, no black box. Here is the path your book takes, from the first email to a finished thing you can hold. You’re in it at every gate that matters, and nothing gets written until we agree on the shape.
- Intake and gathering. We start with your world. You send the material you already have (the next section spells out what helps most), and I learn your offer, who you’re writing for, and how you want to sound. The more you hand over here, the more the book is yours.
- Shape and outline. I turn all of it into a chapter map: the promise the book makes,
and the order that carries a reader from the first page to the final ask.
You approve the outline before I write a word. - Writing. I draft it, chapter by chapter, in your voice, done for you. One person on your book, start to finish, not a hand-off to someone you never spoke to.
- The checks. Every claim meets the same prove-it-or-cut-it standard. A clarity pass, so a first-time reader follows every line. A voice pass, so it sounds like you and not like a machine. Anything that can’t be backed up gets cut,
not dressed up. - Your review. You read it, mark what you want changed, and I revise. Fair review and reasonable revision, shaped around the result you’re after.
- The finished book. You get it laid out and ready: a real table of contents, clean pages, page numbers that line up, ready to hand to a reader or take to print.
What makes it yours
The more of your world you hand me, the more it sounds like you.
I do the writing. Your material is what keeps it true to you, and honestly, it’s the biggest lever on how good your book turns out. None of this has to be neat. Rough notes and old files are perfect. The one thing that helps most is having it in digital form, so I can read and work from it.
Send whatever of these you have:
Helpful to gather, in digital form
- Anything you’ve already written. Posts, articles, emails, guides,
slide decks, notes. Even half-finished drafts. - Talks or recordings you can export. A webinar, a podcast, a voice memo, a transcript. Your spoken voice is gold for the page.
- Your offer and product details. What you sell, how it works, what it costs, and what makes it different from the next option.
- Customer language, and who your buyer is. Reviews, testimonials, the questions buyers keep asking, and the exact words they use. If you have your ideal customer mapped out, your avatar or ICP (Ideal Customer Profile), send that too. It’s the best raw material there is.
- Any research, data, or numbers you own. Anything you can stand behind. If it can be backed, it earns a place. If it can’t, it stays out.
- A sense of your voice and values. A few things you’ve written or said that sound like you, and anything you want the book to stand for.
You don’t need all of it to start, and you don’t have to organize it.
Send what you have, and we build from there.
See the writing
Want to see the writing first?
The first book I wrote is my own, so I can show you every word of it. The complete introduction opens in a new tab, so you keep your place right here. Read it, and hear the kind of voice your own book would be written in.
Your place on this page stays put.
And if you want the whole thing, my finished book, The Quiet Killers of Copy, is right here.
How I work
One person writes it.
That person answers for it.
You deal with me directly the whole way. No account managers, no middle layer. I use AI the way any writer uses a tool, for organization and for checking facts against their original sources. The judgment is mine, and so is the accountability. A tool can’t answer to you for what it put on your page. I can, and I do.
What it costs, and how we start
One straight number, up front.
From$4,500
The figure moves with the length and the shaping. A short, sharp guide sits at one end, a full book at the other. I give you a straight number before we begin, never a surprise at the end.
Send me that first email, and if it looks like a fit, we get on the phone. A short call, 15 to 30 minutes, so I can know you a little and hear what you expect for the book. After that, I send you a written quote and a simple agreement to sign. Work begins on a fair deposit, and the balance is due when your finished book is delivered. The exact figure is in the agreement, with a link to pay it right there. Once that deposit is in, your road to your own book is underway.
Start your book
Tell me about the book you want.
The best place to start is a short email. It doesn’t need to be polished. A rough note is enough, and if you already have an outline or a draft, even better. To make the first reply useful, it helps if you include a few things:
Handy to include in your email
- What the book is about. The subject, or the promise you
want it to make to a reader. - Who it’s for. Your reader, your customer, the person
you want it to reach. - What you want it to do. Bring in leads, prove you’re the authority, sell a product or service, or give you something real to hand people.
- What you already have. An outline, a pile of notes, old content
to draw from, or a blank page. All of it works. - How big you picture it. A short guide or a full book,
and a rough chapter count if one comes to mind. - Your timeline and your voice. When you’d like it in hand, and anything about how you sound or what you stand for that you want coming through.
Email brian@wordsmithdirect.com
Phone (513) 319-6679 Voice/Voicemail/Text
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio
I read every email and write back.