Disruptive Publishing Skool

Disruptive Publishing Skool is for aspiring nonfiction authors. Write, publish and promote your book.

Why you should join: A free book writing challenge and step-by-step guidance on turning your story or expertise into an engaging memoir or self-help book, then self-publishing it. Free to join.

The one-liner

A free nonfiction author school built around a book writing challenge for memoir and self-help writers.

What they actually sell

Disruptive Publishing Skool, run by Deborah Fay, lives on Skool. Its public pitch: "Want to write a memoir or self-help book?" It is free to join. The front door is a free book writing challenge for people who have long wanted to write a memoir or self-help book but did not know where to start. Inside sit 4 courses. The public page keeps the promise practical and specific rather than vague networking talk.

Who pays and why

Would-be memoir and self-help authors who have wanted to write a book for years. The regret is another year passing without a first chapter. They join for a free book writing challenge plus guidance on writing, publishing and promoting nonfiction. Disruptive Publishing Skool is sold as a place to do the work with others, not to collect another login.

Where the members come from

Deborah Fay's YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and website presence appears to feed the room. The Skool community reads as the member back end for people already drawn to that work. Exact follower counts stay off the public page.

What's holding it back

A challenge creates a burst of energy. Without a clear next step after it ends, participants may not stay.

Steal this

Use a free, time-boxed writing challenge as the front door to a longer author journey.

Would this work in another niche?

Yes for other creative goals such as podcasts or courses. Weak for skills with no clear finished product.