Book writing services
Book writing services built on your voice, not a ghostwriter’s
Big Impact Books helps experts create a manuscript through guided interviews, so the book is built from your own words in about one hour a week.
For CEOs and business owners, the hard part of writing a book is rarely the ideas. It is finding the hours. Big Impact Books replaces the blank page with weekly conversations, then pieces your words into chapters. Melanie Herschorn describes the goal plainly: clients get to own their brilliance.
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How do book writing services work if I do not want a ghostwriter?
You do the talking and the team does the assembling. In each guided interview, you talk through part of the book in an organized way. The Big Impact Books team then shapes those conversations into a manuscript that sounds like you, because it is made of what you actually said.
Melanie Herschorn says she refuses to churn out cookie-cutter content or hide behind ghostwriting. The process is meant to be as much about reclaiming your confidence as it is about producing a book.
What is interview-based book writing?
Interview-based book writing is a method for creating a nonfiction manuscript from structured conversations with the author. At Big Impact Books, it means guided weekly interviews of about one hour, chapter by chapter, with a team that pieces the author’s spoken words into written chapters.
It suits people who explain their expertise well out loud but struggle to find long stretches of writing time. Because the source material is the author’s own speech, the finished book keeps the author’s examples, phrasing, and point of view. The author stays involved every week, which is the main difference from arrangements where a writer drafts largely on their own.
What does a week look like?
Show up for one guided interview
About an hour, focused on one part of the book.
Talk it through
Share your frameworks, client stories, and opinions the way you would explain them to a client.
The team pieces it together
Your words are organized into chapters, keeping your voice intact.
Repeat until the manuscript is complete
Steady weekly progress replaces stop-and-start writing sprints.
Having them do the heavy lifting made the process manageable. Talking comes easily to me, so I was able to talk through each chapter in an organized way.
Which is better: writing it yourself, a ghostwriter, or interviews?
It depends on your time and how involved you want to be. Interview-based writing at Big Impact Books wins for busy leaders who want the book to sound like them without blocking out writing days. Writing it yourself fits people who enjoy writing and have the hours. A traditional ghostwriter can fit someone who wants minimal involvement.
| Option | Where the words come from | Your weekly time | Voice on the page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Impact Books interviews | Your spoken answers in guided interviews | About one hour | Yours, organized by the team |
| Writing it yourself | You | As many hours as the book needs | Yours |
| Hiring a ghostwriter | A professional writer, often working from interviews and materials | Varies by arrangement | Depends on the writer and how involved you stay |
Why does your voice matter in a business book?
Readers who hire you after reading your book expect to meet the person on the page. A book that sounds generic weakens that trust. Big Impact Books explores this in its post Your Book Needs Your Voice, and in Write Your Book, One Hour a Week.
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Questions about book writing services
- Is Big Impact Books a ghostwriting service?
- No. Melanie Herschorn says she refuses to churn out cookie-cutter content or hide behind ghostwriting. Authors talk through their ideas in guided weekly interviews, and the Big Impact Books team pieces the manuscript together in the author’s own voice, so the expertise and the words on the page stay recognizably theirs.
- How do guided interviews create a manuscript?
- In each weekly interview, you talk through a part of your book in an organized way, and the Big Impact Books team pieces everything together into chapters. Attorney and author Manisha P. Patel described it this way: talking comes easily to her, so she talked through each chapter while the team did the heavy lifting.
- Will the book sound like me?
- That is the point of the process. Big Impact Books says it is designed to honor your authentic voice, and because the manuscript is built from your own spoken words in weekly interviews, the book reflects how you actually explain your expertise. The team shapes and organizes, rather than replacing your voice with someone else’s.
- How much time do I need to commit?
- Big Impact Books says its process is designed to respect your time, asking for just one hour a week. That hour is spent in a guided interview, talking through your ideas chapter by chapter, while the team handles the heavy lifting of turning those conversations into a manuscript.
- I am too busy to write a book. Can I still publish one?
- Yes. Big Impact Books built its process for busy leaders: about one hour a week of guided interviews, with the team turning your conversations into a manuscript. Manisha P. Patel said she never thought she would have time to sit down and write, and that the weekly interviews made the process manageable.
- How does the Big Impact Books process work?
- Big Impact Books runs a done-for-you publishing and promotion process. You talk through your book in guided weekly interviews, the team pieces your words into a manuscript in your voice, Big Impact Books publishes the book, and promotion follows with support such as podcast placements and media outreach. The process asks for about one hour a week.