• NaNo Is Coming Up! Join Us 11/4 To Kick Off Your Motivation

    We’re getting excited for NaNo and wanted to invite you to join us! I know it can sometimes be hard to find motivation or get past those blocks, but we’re here to help you keep focused and on track in your story! Register below if you’d like to join - it’s entirely free!

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    Craft Write Stronger Conflicts with Kate McMurray

    Conflicts drive story. In this workshop, we’ll explore how to write better conflicts that engage your readers and make your books more compelling. We’ll discuss: kinds of conflict appropriate stakes for your story internal vs. external conflict The take away will be to write stronger conflicts...
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    Writing Life Turning Your Idea into a Novel with Kate McMurray

    How does an idea become a real book? It requires some planning! Planning a novel has two major components: planning what you are going to write and when you are going to write it. So in this webinar, we will discuss how to think about story in advance of writing so that even your vague idea can...
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    Editing Polish Up Your Book: A series on revising and editing to make your book your best with Kate McMurray

    Work through this three-pass edit to get your manuscript ready to submit (or indie publish) in January 2023! Writer and professional editor Kate McMurray walks you through the process of taking your manuscript from good to great in a series of workshops on revising and editing your work. The...
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    Editing Polish Up Your Book: A series on revising and editing to make your book your best with Kate McMurray

    Get your book polished and ready to submit (or self publish) to start the New Year! Writer and professional editor Kate McMurray walks you through the process of taking your manuscript from good to great in a series of workshops on revising and editing your work. The series starts with Big...
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    Craft Writing Vivid Settings with Kate McMurray

    Setting is often treated as just window dressing, but it can inform every part of a story, right down to plotting and pacing and how characters speak and behave. In this workshop, we’ll discuss how to turn Generic Town, USA, into a living, breathing place that your characters inhabit. We’ll...
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    Craft Plot Beats and Novel Planning with Kate McMurray

    So you want to plan a novel. Are you more of a pantser? Are you allergic to outlines? Don’t know where to start? Just need a little help? Have no fear! Every novel has a few basic components. First, we’ll look at plot beats, the basic building blocks of a story, and think about ways to plan...