
How to Write a Book (without becoming a writer)
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meet bee (short bio)
Brannan Sirratt is a book development partner with nearly two decades of experience meeting non-writers where they are and guiding them toward the authorship they aspire to have. Through emergent coaching and intensive editing, she helps experts and leaders create generous books that change themselves, their readers, and the world.

Nonfiction Masterclass Media Kit
meet brannan (long bio)
Brannan Sirratt didn't intend to become a writer or editor, and that's exactly what helps her understand the non-writers she serves today.
The year was 2006. Livejournal was still a thing. Amazon as we know it was not. You still needed an invitation for things like Facebook and Gmail. And a too-young Brannan needed to avoid too-expensive daycare by working from home. Enter: content creation. With no aspirations of writing the great American novel or becoming internet famous, Brannan collected paychecks—literally drove and collected a paper check—for filling websites with SEO-driven content.
Fast-forward a dozen years and as many gigs, and things had really gotten out of hand. Blogging might have been dead. Amazon had changed the shape of publishing. And Brannan was still writing and editing whatever she could. In fact, with said changes in publishing, she had grown to love book-length content. There was so much space to create a journey there, and so much more freedom than the algorithm allowed.
Enter: spousal burnout, big kids, and the opportunity to translate thoughts into books all day every day. That is, Brannan picked up a ghostwriting gig, gave it full-time attention, and told her husband to quit his job to take over daytime parenting for a while.
In two years' time, Brannan carried around thirty books from beginning to end, while also completing training to be a Story Grid Certified Editor. The combination of intuitive author guidance and intentional study of story came to a head just weeks before the pandemic, at Story Grid's Big Idea event in Nashville. There, as Shawn Coyne told the history of story as our first technology and its importance as our most innate and impactful tool, Brannan finally knew what she wanted to do when she grew up.
The thing is, even after writing dozens of books and editing hundreds more, not to mention all the websites and social and copy, Brannan still doesn't define that work as "writer." There is so much baggage attached to the profession of Writer that it's hard to hold for anyone, much less someone who's also holding onto a larger mission that means more to them than whether their name is ever on a front cover.
So, she's given up trying to make peace with that title, and instead makes friends with other people who are doing cool shit in the world and maybe —just maybe—would like to capture some of that coolness in book form. Not by outsourcing to a ghost. Not by wrestling AI into minimally uncanny form. By helping them them sharpen our most impactful tool, in ways that are most innate to them.
She has written a workbook, creates supportive content and entry-level access on substack, and partners with authors and authors-to-be through emergent coaching and intensive editing containers. Oh, and she knows a ton of brilliant people who can cover the publishing process, too. She promises—they've got you covered.
topics for podcasts or interview-based articles
Writing for Non-Writers
The Five-Minute Outline
You Don't Need a Book
Your Genius Is Enough
How to Power Your Book-writing Process
Find Your Nonfiction Voice
Where Big Ideas are Born
masterclass
Book Brannan for a 60-90 minute masterclass, exclusive to your audience or group. In it, she'll dispel the myths that keep people from writing and help attendees see their potential authorship—without expecting them to give up their current identities and missions to do so.
These are time-tested principles that have given hundreds of experts, leaders, and change-makers access to books they hadn't imagined they could write. Brannan will tailor them to your audience and stick around for questions afterward to make sure everyone in the room has what they need to plot their path forward. Inquire via the contact form below, or reach out directly to brannan.sirratt@gmail.com

Is it possible to find the time, energy, and skill to write a book while you're actively pursuing another mission in life? One that doesn't hinge on whether or not you add "author" to your bio?
Join us for a deep dive masterclass exploring exactly that—while ensuring the answers you come to are fully yours.
In this session, you'll learn:
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The three core decisions underpinning every book project
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What the industry won't tell you about writing or pitching a book idea
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Two repeatable exercises that can always unlock a writing session—especially when you're not a writer by trade
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The one thing you absolutely have to have before writing a book (it's probably not what you think)
Come with your curiosity, excitement, and overwhelm. Leave with a clear understanding of what you actually need to write a book that changes yourself, your reader, and the world.
Ready to help your audience tap into the stories that can change the world?