Write your story.
Shape your legacy.
Strategic writing support for Black women ready to turn experience into books that create powerful community impact.
The Book Blueprint
A high-touch developmental process that turns your insights and micro stories into a polished, publication-ready outline, positioning you to move forward as the author your work calls you to be.
The Book Blueprint is an 8-week foundational program where emerging authors transform a loose idea into a fully developed, thoughtfully structured outline, allowing them to step into their identity as a confident, visible storyteller. Through guided exploration, developmental feedback from a culturally-aware lens, clients clarify their book’s core message, reader transformation, narrative structure, and chapter flow.
Together, we map the emotional arc, connect lived experience to teachable moments, shape the book’s voice and authority, and ensure every chapter has resonance and direction. Authors also receive mindset support, brand alignment insight, pacing guidance, and developmental feedback on a sample chapter to strengthen their craft.
By the end, they walk away with a complete book blueprint, a writing plan, and a strengthened storytelling voice—fully prepared to write a compelling, reader-centred manuscript with clarity and confidence.
My Services
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Foundational, high-touch guidance to create a full book outline and author strategy.
Week 1: Core Strategy
Week 2: Narrative Mapping
Week 3: Chapter Design
Week 4: Chapter Summaries
Week 5: Brand Alignment & Thought Leadership
Week 6: Personalized Writing Plan
Week 7: Sample Chapter Writing
Week 8: Developmental Feedback -
Full manuscript support with chapter-by-chapter developmental support and copyediting.
Everything in The Book Blueprint + ongoing writing support, developmental editing, and copyediting for publication readiness.
“Telling my story has been transformative.”
In working with Courtney, I learned to listen to my body and honour my emotions through the writing process. I wear many hats but we found a way to revisit my past with even more compassion for myself.
Marie R.
Book Blueprint Client
“Courtney made this process so collaborative.”
I'm enjoying editing! I find myself writing with her suggestions on grammar, tone, or impact in mind.
Her feedback is helping me become a better writer and listener. And for that I'm truly grateful. This is the exact experience I wanted.
Ja’Mara Washington
Debut Author
cycle-BREAKING
is the method behind my storytelling approach. It’s the work of living differently, questioning inherited patterns, and aligning your actions with who you truly are.
Clients gain the momentum to turn lived experience into compelling writing. This is authorship in every sense—of your story, your habits, and your legacy.
Courtney Allen, MEd
Developmental Editor & Story Strategist
I help Black women professionals transform their lived experience into compelling, reader-centred books, guiding them to break cycles of self-doubt, perfectionism, and emotional hesitation that can block their storytelling.
With over a decade of experience as a developmental editor and a background in literature and education research, I blend strategic writing structure and emotional support to help authors step confidently into their voice.
My work is rooted in understanding how conditioning shapes the ways we show up, both on the page and in life. I take pride in helping clients dismantle those patterns, so their stories can be fully realized. Through this process, authors gain the tools to turn personal stories into catalysts for lasting impact.
