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Find your path to publishing
Five weeks to book proposal
Are you ready to write your non-fiction book proposal? Have you begun to build a platform but aren’t sure where you want your writing career to go? Do you have an idea for a book but need help organizing your content?
Awesome. Five Weeks to Book Proposal is here to lead you through the intimidating process of taking your amazing ideas, story, and energy, and turning it into a traditional book proposal that you can use to sell your story. But this retreat isn’t just about the proposal, it is about the blueprint for your life as a published author.
In this five-week course, we will develop and craft a first draft of your book proposal, including the four main pieces of your pitch - overview, marketing plan, chapter summaries, and sample chapter. In each class, we will focus on different elements of the proposal process and querying to agents
✓ Five in-person (recorded) weekly group sessions
✓ Weekly 20-minute private coaching sessions
✓ 15-minute craft talk in each session with by live feedback
✓ Writing prompts to guide you through first proposal draft
✓ Rise Writers program (support, discounts + more)
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What’s Inside Five Weeks to Book Proposal
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Week One
Grab the MIC
We establish the meaning, intent, and confidence of your message so you can begin to develop the promise, approach, and positioning for your book - and proposal overview.
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Week Two
Find Your Hook
We dive into your platform and the audience for your book - establishing your community, reach, and how to create a marketing strategy for today and the day when your book is published.
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Week Three
Unpack Your Stories
We begin to establish the mechanics of your story, creating an outline for your book and drafting your chapter summaries for the book proposal.
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Week Four
Rise to Write
It’s time for the sample chapter. We’ll create a simple strategy to write the first draft of your sample chapter, identifying genre, tone, and the threads of your story - and strengths of your storytelling.
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Week Five
Query, Query, Query
We discuss the querying process, sharing what agents are looking for, and how you can begin to not only write your proposal, but build relationships in the literary community.
Are you tired of dreaming of being a writer but are now ready to become one? Do you wonder about self-publishing, indie-publishing, or even where to begin—let alone what kind of book you want to write? Do you have a lot of questions but aren’t sure where to find the answers?
Five weeks to book proposal is a fun and engaging deep dive for those who are ready to start THEIR path to publishing.
Because we have all been there. We have had the great idea, the the big dream of being a published author. It was my dream too once, but today, it’s a reality. I have written and edited multiple bestselling titles, I have co-authored over 20 published books, I have been published in multiple major publications. And I have created a career as a published writer and as a celebrated author.
Through a combination of craft talks, writing prompts, worksheets, and live Q+A’s, this deep dive into your creativity will get you started on your path to publishing, but more than that, it will show you how to fulfill your creative dreams.
We can't wait to help you get there!
