Content We Love

• New plotting techniques (or a new take), such as storyboarding, understanding and utilizing story structure, demystifying the beat sheet (or romantic beat sheet).
• Fresh ways to create or revise a character arc or authentic/realistic characters, including secondary characters or setting up characters for a series.
• Foundational craft workshops such as concrete GMC, all types of conflict, adding tension to every page, deep point of view.
• Writing elements such as scene and sequel, description, fresh ways to make dialogue, backstory, and setting work (without being boring).
• Genre-based topics such as romance, mystery, or thriller writing. Self-editing best practices.
• We would LOVE a workshop or a series of workshops on how to rapid release from start to finish.
• We are open to fresh, unique, and outside-the-box workshop proposals.

Content our members are less interested in

• This year our members are less interested in general interest, marketing, and business.
• We’re still looking for great workshops on these topics, but there will be a limited number of spots available.
• It’s critical that all classes on this material provide practical information with a clear application to selling books

Formats we Adore

We are open to a range of teaching styles including forum and chat based mixtures to full pre-recorded video classes.

Our virtual workshops are conducted in a bulletin board based system online forum or our own on-demand video classroom platform.

We are accepting proposals for workshops of all lengths including 1, 2, 3 or 4 weeks on a tightly focused topic and longer mentoring programs. Our workshops and classes are open to anyone regardless of membership level. Our stipend structure is based on a split of the class fees. Savvy Authors is open to considering first-time workshop presenters.

NEW! Video Classes!

New for 2024, we are offering on-demand video classes!

We are launching on-demand video platform for 2024. We are looking for tightly-focused video classes on the fundamentals of writing and other critical business topics.

• Our video classes are: 3 to 10, 10-15 minute lessons on key topics described in the Content we Love tab.
• The best topics for this are foundational classes with content that adds to the craft toolboxes of all authors.
• Payment is based on a three-tiered scale based on your participation in the video production process. You can earn a higher stipend by providing high-quality video content that is professionally edited by you, or save time and let us help you record and edit your content for a lower stipend. See the Business Details for more details on our video class stipend levels.
• Feel free to attach an example video to your proposal below!
• We will provide a class roster along with monthly payments (check out the Business Details tab for the specifics!) and all the great perks for all our SavvyAuthors instructors.
• Interested? Check out our FAQ on best practices to create amazing video classes! Learn more about our new video classes!

Business Details

We provide a class roster and detailed accounting.

Our stipend for our forum-based classes is 50% of fees plus a yearly membership valued at $40. If you are willing to teach the class exclusively for us, we will happily pay you 60% and give you additional promotion and advertising.

We prefer workshops with the same or similar content or topic online outside of SavvyAuthors not be presented within 6 months of the class start date (3 months before and 3 months after). This allows us to properly market and promote.

On-demand video class stipends are paid monthly. The video stipend structure ranges from 65% where you provide a nearly production-ready video for SavvyAuthors to host and promote to 35% for classes where SavvyAuthors records, hosts, produces, and promotes your content. Please contact us for details on the specific requirements for each fee classification.