Turn your messy draft into a publishable novel with our new course

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Our talk on self-editing has been more popular than we ever imagined. Now we’re going into much greater depth with an eight module course. (Planned release in June 2026)

Planned Modules:

Module 1: EDITING: THE OVERALL PICTURE:

— Why, What, Who & How?

— Gearing up & Mindset

— Assessing your Draft

— Organising your Edit/ Practical hacks

Module 2: FIRST THINGS FIRST - THE ‘BIG’ STUFF:

— Story, Plot and Structure

— Your Main Characters

— Setting

Module 3: GOING DEEPER: OVERALL PRINCIPLES:

— Pacing

— Characterisation

— More About Setting

— Show vs Tell

Module 4: SCENE LEVEL

— Keeping readers hooked

— Types, structure and work of a scene

— Transitions

Module 5: MAKING PARAGRAPHS WORK TOO

— Ideas and how to keep them under control

— Making sense

— Time

— More about Show and Tell!

Module 6: DIALOGUE

— Sounding realistic

— Dialogue tags

— Avoiding the ‘info-dump’!

Module 7: SENTENCE LEVEL

— Structure

— Content

— 10 ways to better-sounding prose

Module 8: THEN WHAT?

— Beta readers, agents and editors