Leaders explain better out loud
Most CEOs explain their ideas to clients and teams every day. Talking is a skill they already use; long-form drafting often is not. Interviews capture expertise in the form it already lives in.
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Book writing services built on guided interviews
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Big Impact Books creates your manuscript from weekly guided interviews, so you write your book by talking for about one hour a week instead of drafting it alone.
The Big Impact Books guided interview process is a done-for-you book writing service for CEOs, attorneys, professionals, and business owners. You talk through each chapter in a structured weekly conversation; the team turns those conversations into a manuscript in your own voice, then supports publishing and promotion.
How do guided interview book writing services work?
Guided interview book writing works by replacing the blank page with a conversation: you answer focused questions about one chapter at a time, and a team turns your answers into written chapters.
Attorney and author Manisha P. Patel described the problem many leaders share: she knew she wanted to share her story and reach more people, but with her schedule she never thought she would have time to sit down and write. The weekly interviews made the process manageable, because she could talk through each chapter while Melanie's team pieced everything together.
The guided interview process, step by step
- Step 1Plan the book around your goalStart with who the book is for and what it should do for your business. Big Impact Books offers a free Book Planning Checklist on its main website to help organize this thinking.
- Step 2Meet for a guided interview each weekYou spend about one hour a week answering structured questions and talking through one part of the book at a time.
- Step 3The team pieces the chapters togetherYour spoken ideas, stories, and lessons are organized and shaped into written chapters that keep your voice.
- Step 4Publish the finished manuscriptBig Impact Books supports publishing as an independent publisher once the manuscript is complete.
- Step 5Promote it to the people you want to reachPromotional support includes podcast placements and media outreach, so the book builds authority after launch.
Why interviews instead of writing it yourself?
Big Impact Books has written about why writing a book feels intimidating for accomplished people. Interviews remove most of the reasons.
Your voice stays intact
Big Impact Books says your book needs your voice. Because chapters start from your own words, the finished manuscript reads like you, not like a stranger guessing at your style.
It fits a real calendar
A fixed weekly hour is easier to protect than open-ended writing time. Big Impact Books has published guidance on how to write a book without slowing down your business.
Is this the same as ghostwriting?
No. Melanie Herschorn says she refuses to churn out cookie-cutter content or hide behind ghostwriting, and that her clients get to own their brilliance. The guided interview model keeps the author at the center: the ideas, stories, and wording come from you.
A separately hired ghostwriter can also work from interviews, but usually delivers only a draft, leaving publishing and marketing as separate projects. See all four options side by side on our publishing options comparison.
Common questions
See all questions in the FAQWhat happens during a guided book interview?
In a guided interview, you talk through a chapter’s ideas, stories, and lessons in response to structured questions. Attorney and author Manisha P. Patel said the weekly interviews let her talk through each chapter in an organized way while Melanie’s team pieced everything together. The team then shapes those conversations into written chapters.
How much time does the guided interview process take each week?
Big Impact Books describes its done-for-you publishing and promotion process as taking just one hour a week of the author’s time. That hour is spent in a guided interview talking through your ideas. The total length of a project depends on the scope of the book, so confirm the current timeline on yourbigimpactbook.com.
Will a book made from interviews still sound like me?
That is the point of the guided interview approach. Because the manuscript starts from your own spoken explanations, stories, and examples, the language begins with you rather than with a writer imagining what you might say. Big Impact Books says its process is designed to honor each author’s authentic voice.
Do I need an outline before I start writing a book?
You do not need a finished outline to explore a guided interview book, because interview-based processes are designed to draw structure out of what you already know. If you want to organize your thinking first, Big Impact Books offers a free Book Planning Checklist on its main website, yourbigimpactbook.com.
Is the process done-for-you, or do I do the work?
Big Impact Books calls its publishing and promotion process done-for-you. You contribute your expertise during the weekly hour, and the team turns the interviews into a manuscript and supports publishing and promotion. Because the book carries your name, expect to review the work along the way, and confirm the exact review steps with Big Impact Books.
How is a guided interview process different from hiring a ghostwriter?
Both can start from conversations, but the emphasis differs. Big Impact Books says it does not hide behind ghostwriting and that its authors own their brilliance, with the manuscript built from their words in weekly interviews. A separately hired ghostwriter typically delivers a draft only, so publishing and marketing are separate projects you would arrange yourself.
What happens after the manuscript is finished?
After the manuscript, the work moves to publishing and promotion. Big Impact Books is an independent publisher, so the book is released through its publishing support, and promotion can include podcast placements and media outreach. Author Sarah Hubbard said you are being set up for success beyond the actual book, calling it an all-encompassing program.