Across the six months, you will:

• perform a structural edit on your novel following the Power Editing Process
• be guided each step along the way by an experienced tutor
• workshop your novel and receive regular feedback with your writing peers
• identify the weak points in your story and discover what you need to do to strengthen them
• emerge from the program with a next-level draft of your book and a set of beta readers to read it.

You might be ready to work on your second draft. Or perhaps your goal is to have your manuscript ready to submit to an agent or publisher. Whatever stage you’re at, the program will work for you.

With support and guidance, you’ll work through your draft, from structure to style, and improve it at every step. At the end of the program, several people will read your whole book and provide you with feedback – and you’ll do the same for them. It’s a powerful process and one that can make all the difference to the quality of your novel.

Structure of this online live program

• This program gives you access to your own online classroom and weekly Zoom sessions, where you’ll be able to connect with other classmates and workshop your novel in a supportive environment – with people who share your passion and are at the same level of experience and achievement (no newbies here).
• You'll be guided by your online tutor – on hand for any questions you may have and to provide personalised feedback on your work. Our tutors are experienced experts with years of knowledge to draw on. They’re like your mentor throughout this program.
• Before the first Zoom, you will be asked to complete two things to get you off to a flying start. The first is a synopsis of your novel. The second is creating a list of scenes from your manuscript and mapping the list to the 3-act structure. (We provide handouts and guidance on both of these tasks.)
• This program has been designed to help you finish your next draft, providing the structure and discipline to make it happen within the timeframe, using the Power Editing Process as a step-by-step guide.
• We’ll help you make the hard choices that editing a book always entails – how to ‘kill your darlings’, cut the flab, fill in the blanks, and always with the goal of making your story the best version it can be.

What can you expect?

• Weekly Zoom classes to help you work through the Power Editing Process with the guidance of your online tutor.
• Before the program starts, we provide handouts and guidance for two important foundations of the program (a synopsis and a scene list) that need to be completed before the first Zoom session.
  
• Dedicated workshopping with your tutor and classmates to help you with specific sections of your novel.
• You'll provide regular feedback to other students in the program on their novels – a valuable way to enhance your writing skills.
• Your full novel will be read by your peers (in a small group), and you'll read theirs.
• Expert feedback on your novel’s edited climax and resolution from your online tutor.

Take the loneliness out of editing

It can be quite a solitary endeavour trying to edit your whole novel all by yourself. Edit Your Novel brings you back to working with a group who can encourage you, point out where you need to improve, and act as your ‘tribe’, even after the program is over. And of course, you’ll be guided through the process by one of our experienced online tutors, who have mentored countless authors just like you.

It’s the best of both worlds – you improve your book, and you develop editing skills which you can use again and again in your future writing.

Do you want to work with a group of aspiring authors like you who are committed to becoming better writers? Do you want guidance and help in completing your next draft?

Then join us for Edit Your Novel!