Finish Your Book!

Are you ready to start writing your book?

This class is for anyone with a book project ahead of them, whether it’s fiction, nonfiction, memoir, an essay collection, a how-to guide.

What You'll Learn

1. How to create a plan for actually finishing your book on deadline--and sticking to it

2. Techniques for "tricking yourself" into greater productivity

3. How to know when to undertake a big, structural rewrite

4. How to "revise with purpose" and edit with specific improvements in mind

5. Tricks and pro tips for the final polish

6. How to handle feedback and edits from agents, editors, and early readers

As the author of over a dozen books, I’m going to show you what I do to write a well-structured, well-thought out, and well-written first draft—and all of these techniques work just as well for rewrites. So even if you already have a first draft, or even just a half-start at a new book, this class is for you.

Then we’ll get into the revision and editing process. This is where all the really important, meaningful work happens.

It’s where you have the most control, and the ability to really carry out your intentions and make this into the kind of book you set out to write in the first place.

So I'm also going to give you a toolbox for approaching every edit, and every revision, of your book, including:

• What you can do in the early stages of editing

• What’s better to leave for the final stages

• How to handle the edits you get back from your editor

• What happens in the copyediting and proofreading stages

Writing a book is a long process, and it’s easy to get sidetracked. I created this class to help you stay on course, all the way to publication.