If I Were Writing My First Book Today, Here’s What I’d Do!

When I wrote and published my first book, The Birthing, back in 2021, I had a powerful message for young women and mothers burning in my heart.
But if I were writing my first nonfiction book or memoir today, there’s one major thing I would do differently:

I would shift my mindset from “I’m just writing a book” to “I’m creating a digital product.”

This mindset shift changes everything. It carries three powerful implications:

1. Your Book Must Be Solution-Focused
   Digital products exist to solve problems. No matter what type of nonfiction you're writing - memoir, self-help, business, or spiritual, it must solve a problem.
   I wish I had fully understood this earlier. Although the storytelling in The Birthing was strong, thinking from a solution-first perspective would have shaped how I structured the chapters, the language I used, and the outcomes I aimed for.
   From conception to launch, the guiding question must always be:
   “What are we solving for?”
   If you’re not solving a clear problem with your nonfiction book, maybe you shouldn’t be writing it yet. (I say that in love.❤️)

2. Your Book Should Be Scalable
   Here’s the beauty of seeing your book as a digital product: it’s scalable.
   Meaning that your book is not the end; it’s just the beginning. A book isn’t just pages between two covers, it’s a gateway. Think beyond paperback or audiobook.
   Think of coaching programs, conferences, courses, services, products, and movements that can be birthed from the core message in your book.
   If I had truly understood this, I would have written The Birthing slightly differently and structured my book to allow for bigger growth opportunities…
   Your book can be the seed for a global impact. Don’t limit yourself to thinking only about sales. Think ecosystems!

3. Your Book Is a Bridge-Builder

   Listen, if God is calling you to write a book, it’s because you carry a message worth studying.
   You are not just an author, you are a system of intelligence. If God is calling you to write, it’s because you carry a message powerful enough to become a system of wisdom for others. Your book can be the bridge between the reader and your bigger mission. It should lead them deeper into the value you create - into the solutions, communities, and transformations you are birthing.

Some books bring only a 10, 20, or 30% return on the investment God made in the author. But there’s a way to birth your book that can bring back a 100-fold return - in impact, influence, and yes, even income.

That’s why I created The 30-Day Manuscript Sprint™.
If you’re ready to finally get your nonfiction or memoir manuscript DONE and done well, you need to be inside!

The 30-Day Manuscript Sprint™ is a step-by-step writing system that moves you from
“I haven’t even started yet” to “My manuscript is DONE!” — in just 30 days.

Here’s what you’ll get inside:

• 📚 Fill-in-the-blank templates for your manuscript outline and content flow

• 🖥️ Weekly Live Sessions: training on outlining, storytelling, productivity hacks, and writing strategies

• 🗓️ Printable 30-Day Calendar + Accountability Tracker

• 🙏🏽 Prophetic Prayer Sessions for God-breathed writing

• 👭🏽 Private Support Group (the SAW Community - where we pray, push, and publish together!)

No one gets left behind. Period. Plus, our official WELCOME PARTY is this Saturday and you do not want to miss it! Doors close on May 1st, and they will not reopen until much later this year.

P.S. Do you know someone who's been struggling to complete their manuscript?
Forward this email to them and invite them to join the SAW Community. It could change her life. Let’s build the next generation of kingdom authors together!

💖 Quick Personal Note:

In other news, have you met my girl, Deraaaa? I can’t close this email without shouting out my girl,
Kai! This babe is such a beautiful fierce visionary - pure-hearted, focused, and unstoppable.

God connected us in 2024 through the SAW Community. Since then, I've written her book foreword, she’s launched her book after attending The Birthing Bootcamp Conception Lab and she’s just been blazing forward fearlessly. Right now, Dera and her friends are organizing an outreach to her former secondary school, FGGC Onitsha. They’re aiming to distribute welfare packs to 500 girls!

If you went to FGGC Onitsha (or any FGGC) and you've been praying for an opportunity to give back, this is it. Please consider sowing into this beautiful mission.

To sponsor a welfare pack for the Comeback Outreach:
Send your support to:

Account Number: 8067347005
Bank: Opay
Account Name: Enem-Osuigwe Oderah

Let’s pour into these young girls together. 🌸 Thank you for standing in faith and generosity! Big moves are happening both through your books and your giving.

✅ Quick Recap:

• Want to finish your manuscript? Join the 30-Day Manuscript Sprint™.

• Want to sow into the next generation? Support Dera’s Comeback Outreach.

We were born for such a time as this.

Love and Light,
Ugonne Ann (The Author’s Coach)