Introduction

• Course Overview: What We'll Cover (1)

• The Book Blueprint: Instructor Bios

• Course Intro: Your Map to Success (2)

• Banish Fears & Embrace Your Process (3)

Section 1: Get Clear on Your Message and Make It Marketable

• Your Unique Marketing Angle (4)

• Book Structure by Genre (5)

• Choosing a Working Book Title (6)

Section 2: Building a Writing Plan

• Outlining (7)

• Chapter Structure: Narrative (8A)

• Chapter Structure: Nonnarrative (8B)

Section 3: Writing Your First Draft

• A CRITICAL NOTE BEFORE WRITING

• Writing Schedule & Goals (9)

• Writing Productivity Tips (10)

Section 4: Planning Ahead

• Fair Use or Foul? (11)

• Feedback: Better with Beta Readers (12)

Section 5: Revising / Working with Your First Draft

• Part 1: Point of View and Theme (13.1)

• Part 2: Prose Structure and Rhetoric (13.2)

• Part 3: Powerful Sentences (13.3)

Section 6: Publishing Bonus Modules

• Introduction & Bios

• Editing (P1)

• Deciding How to Publish: Traditional Publishing vs. Other Routes (P2)

• Literary Agents 101 (P3)

• Intro to Publishing Law (P4)

• Indie Pub Must-Knows (P5)

• Crushing Your Cover (P6)

• Writing Click-Worthy Book Descriptions (P7)

• Beginning Book Marketing (P8)

• Navigating Distribution and Royalty Statements (P9)

Introduction Go Sheets

• Don't Miss This! (2)

• Banish Fear, Embrace Process (3)

Section 1 Go Sheets: Get Clear on Your Message and Make It Marketable

• Customer Avatar, 1 of 2 (4)

• Unique Angle, 2 of 2 (4)

• Interview Customer (4)

• Genre Book Structure (5)

• Working Title (6)

Section 2 Go Sheets: Building a Writing Plan

• Annotated TOC (7)

• Chapt. Structure (Narrative) (8A)

• Chapt. Structure (Nonnarrative) (8B)

• Chapt. Structure (Nonnarrative) (8B)

Section 3 Go Sheets: Writing Your First Draft

• Writing Schedule, Goals (9)

• Writing Productivity Tips (10)

Section 4 Go Sheets: Planning Ahead

• Fair Use Must-Knows (11)

• Fair Use Tracker (11)

• Giving, Receiving Feedback (12)

• NF Beta Reader Form, Long (12)

• NF Beta Reader Form, Short (12)

• Authenticity Readers (12)

Section 5 Go Sheets: Revising/Working With Your Draft

• Point of View (13.1)

• Rhetoric, Prose (13.2-3)

Section 6 Go Sheets: Publishing Bonus Modules

• 7 Steps to Hiring an Editor (P1)

• Track Changes Guide (P1)

• Publishing Paths Additional Resources (P2)

• Query and Pitching Resources (P3)

• Query Letter Templates (P3)

• Publishing Law (P4)

• Indie Pub Must-Knows (P5)

• Self-Publishing Schedule (P5)

• Working with Designers (part 1) (P6)

• Cover Concept Notes (part 2) (P6)

• Backliner Checklist (P7)

• Backliner Resources (P7)

• Marketing Checklist (P8)

• Navigating Distribution and Royalty Statements Timestamps (P9)