FIVE WEEKS TO BOOK PROPOSAL
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ready to write your Book PROPOSAL?
Five Weeks to Book Proposal shares the basics of writing a book proposal—but also, what it takes to become a published author.
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.
Through five weekly Zoom sessions (as well as one private session with bestselling author and NYT-bestselling editor Kristen McGuiness), we will help you develop, write, and query your book proposal.
Next cohort begins Friday, November 1 through November 29, 2024. Classes are weekly on Zoom from 12:00-2:00pm PST/3:00-5:00pm EST.
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Five in-person weekly group sessions which include recorded versions
One 30-minute private coaching sessions to go over questions, strategy, and writing
15-minute craft talk in each session followed by live feedback and development
Series of writing prompts to guide writers through the first draft of book proposal
Access to Rise Writers program, including live monthly writers group, creativity partners, and discounts on all programs and offerings
Cost: $1,250
Your story has the power to disrupt the world—It’s time you wrIte it.
