Writing Non-fiction

Turn what you know, or what you lived, into a book a reader can use.

A practical course on planning, researching and writing non-fiction: how-to books, memoir, narrative non-fiction, reference and business books. You'll learn to define the reader's problem and your book's promise, build a table of contents that works as an argument, research and fact-check (including checking AI drafts for invented facts and quotes), write clear and actionable chapters, handle real people in memoir, and position the finished book with a title and subtitle readers can find.

You’ll learn to

• Choose the right kind of non-fiction book and state its promise in one sentence.
• Build a chapter-by-chapter outline that reads like an argument and could anchor a book proposal.
• Research, cite and fact-check your material, and catch fabricated facts and quotes in AI drafts.
• Write plain, concrete chapters with exercises, frameworks and summaries that readers can act on.
• Write about your own life and the people in it with care, and give the book a title, subtitle and positioning that help readers find it.

Lesson 1 is open to everyone. A free account unlocks the rest.