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Your book is still in your head.
Let’s get it on the page.
The novel, the memoir, the book you’ve been meaning to write — it’s been sitting there for months. Maybe years. You know you have the story. You just can’t seem to start. Or push through. Or finish.
Get it Done is a three-month coaching program and private community for authors who want to stop circling their book and actually write it.
Who this program is for
You’re a novelist with a manuscript that’s been “almost done” for longer than you want to admit. You open the file. You read what you wrote last time. You close it again.
You’re a memoirist who knows the story cold but can’t seem to get it on the page in a way that satisfies you. You rewrite the same chapter. You start over. You wonder if the problem is the book or you.
You’re a nonfiction author with a solid outline, maybe even a proposal. The research is there. The chapter won’t come. You tell yourself you need one more source, one clearer day, one better plan.
Whatever your genre, you’ve stopped opening the document as often as you should. Writing time gets eaten by everything else. You’re not blocked, exactly. You’re just not moving.
If you saw yourself in any of these descriptions, you’re in the right place.
Having Daphne as my writing coach is one of the most rewarding choices I’ve made. It’s like hiring a personal trainer to help with weight loss and staying healthy. It’s helped me find a new love in my life: writing.
Ange Frymire
Vancouver, BC
Why Get it Done works
when other systems fail
Most stuck authors think they need:
- more time
- more discipline
- better motivation
Usually they need something else:
a way to write without triggering overwhelm.
Get it Done works because it replaces binge-writing and perfectionism with small daily sessions, external accountability and the separation of drafting from editing.
That’s the real mechanism.
More than 2,000 writers have succeeded with Get it Done since 2013.
Here’s what changes with 
After three months in Get it Done, members tell me the same thing in different words: writing stops being the worst part of the week.
Here’s what shifts:
- You write every weekday. Not for hours. For five to 30 minutes. Every day.
- The long-delayed project moves. Sometimes slowly at first. Then faster.
- You stop editing while you draft, which is the single biggest reason your writing has been so hard.
- You finish. Chapters go to beta readers. Manuscripts go to agents or publishers.
- The dread goes away. Writing becomes something you do, not something you avoid.
This isn’t theory. I’ve run this program since 2013. More than 2,000 writers have come through it.
What's included with this program…
A 45-minute one-on-one coaching session with me to start. We map your project, your real available time and the habits getting in your way.
Regular group coaching calls on Zoom. We hold these meetings four times each month. Members join from around the world, so dates and times change regularly to reflect the current membership. But every call is recorded, so you always have access to it even if you can’t attend live.
Daily accountability reporting. Five days a week, you log your writing time and word count on the program site. This one habit changes more careers than anything else I teach.
A private chat community. Connect with other writers working on the same kind of project you are. Ask questions. Share wins. Read what other people are figuring out in real time.
Free access to my Power Hour library. Plus the chance to attend sessions live for as long as you’re a Get it Done member.
Three months of support from me. I’m in the chat and available to you via email every day.
Check out a sample of the meeting we hold four times each month
Get it Done works. Here’s proof.
I had had a book idea in mind for several years, but couldn’t seem to get started. Daphne and the Get it Done program helped me see that small chunks of time and a regular writing habit produce results. Now I look back and think, Wow, this works! I published The Email Warrior in January 2017.
Ann Gomez
President, Clear Concept Inc.,
Richmond Hill, Ontario
The Get it Done program provided me with structure, resources, a community, much encouragement, and, most valuably, Daphne’s personalized guidance, all aimed at ‘getting it done’! My book project went into overdrive with Daphne as a guide along the arduous trail toward publication.
Sue Dvorak
Author of Apparently: This is what parenting feels like
I’ve worked as a writer all my life, but only had the necessary focus to work on stuff I get paid for. I wanted to write my own stuff.
Only Daphne’s Get it Done program could get my butt in that chair long enough to do it. Her advice has smoothed the path time and again.
Wendy Guest
Manly, New South Wales,
Australia
Pricing
$695 USD for three months.
That’s one payment. No upsells. Everything listed above is included. Many members recover the cost of the program through a single book deal, freelance contract, or writing opportunity that opens up when they finally finish.
Canadian members pay in Canadian dollars plus GST.
If you want to continue past the three months, you can stay on at a reduced monthly rate. Many members do.
Learn from the best
I’m Daphne Gray-Grant. I live in Vancouver. I spent years as a senior editor at a large daily newspaper, and I’ve coached writers online for 25 years. I’ve written two books on the craft: 8 1/2 Steps to Writing Faster, Better and Your Happy First Draft. I used to hate writing. My honours thesis was the worst experience of my writing life. Even after I became an editor, I procrastinated on every assignment. I figured out how to stop, and then I figured out how to teach other people to stop. That’s the whole program in two sentences.
A 60-day money-back guarantee
Frequently Asked Questions
People sometimes worry that Get it Done will make writing a full-time job. Or that it will take vast amounts of time. In fact, the opposite is the case. I ask participants to spend only 15 to 30 minutes per day writing (or editing) for five days each week. Yes, you can make serious progress with just 15 minutes a day!
Yes! Writing and revising/editing are entirely different activities, but both require discipline and support. This program provides support and accountability for whatever stage you’re at.
Yes, absolutely! Here’s a list of some of the places participants have come from so far: Australia, China, England, France, Germany, Israel, Singapore and Taiwan.
No problem. Everyone receives a recording of every meeting.
If you’re writing a short book or a collection of essays, three months may be enough to finish a solid draft. But if you’re working on a novel or a longer nonfiction book, three months almost certainly won’t get you to the end. But what you can do in this time is develop the writing (or editing) habit. Once you have the habit, you can work on your own, if you wish. Or, after the three months, you can continue with the program on a monthly basis, at a discounted rate.
This program doesn’t include manuscript feedback or line editing — but don’t mistake that for a lack of support. You’ll get structure, accountability, live coaching on the process of writing and a community of fellow writers showing up alongside you. You’ll also have access to a virtual library of hundreds of blog posts and videos covering every aspect of writing, researching and editing. What most writers need isn’t another opinion on their pages. It’s the conditions to actually write them. That’s exactly what this is built for.
This program will not do the writing for you. Whether you ultimately finish your writing project depends on your own hard work. That said, if you do the work and find the program doesn’t help you, there’s a generous and detailed refund policy described above.
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