Revision Confidence
A 12-week revision workshop, in which you will learn how to assess and fix the common errors that most aspiring bestselling novelists make when seeking publication.
The goal of this workshop is to finish a full-length manuscript revision, taking your novel from mediocre to something that not only works, but that agents, editors, and readers will actually want to invest in.
Includes 10 weeks of hour-long instruction, assignments, and assistance as your work through your revision, plus feedback on your outline and first ten pages.
In this workshop, we’ll work together to:
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Understand Your Manuscript: Assess its strengths and areas for improvement with expert guidance.
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Identify and Fix Common Mistakes: Learn how to correct pitfalls that often derail manuscripts.
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Enhance Your Story’s Engagement: Discover techniques to make your story more engaging and propulsive.
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Build Confidence and Clarity: Develop a clear revision plan and gain the confidence to execute it.
$749
Includes
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10 hours of instruction, coaching and Q&A
(A $500 value)
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10 workbooks to assist your understanding and application
(A $150 value)
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Feedback on your book's outline
(A $99 value)
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Feedback on your first ten pages
(A $99 value)
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Support, and accountability as you work through your draft.
Workshop at a Glance
Module 1:
Tackling the Revision
This module is all about the logistics of revision and setting ourselves up for success so we can properly assess our manuscripts and then make a plan to fix the issues.
In this module we’ll cover:
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The revision mindset that will lead to success
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Your book’s "why”
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Your book’s “point”
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Revision tools that will form a plan for how you’ll work through the revision
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How to craft a revision plan
Module 2:
The Heart of Fiction
This module is all about the foundational elements of fiction. These are the things that must be rock-solid before you fix the micro elements of your story.
Lesson 1: Character
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How to craft a compelling character that readers connect with
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Character motivation and desire
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Active vs. Passive protagonists and how to avoid the latter
Lesson 2: Obstacles & Stakes
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How to give your character obstacles that are authentic to their world and arc
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Internal and external obstacles and stakes
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How to raise the stakes in your story
Lesson 3: Plot & Story Structure
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How to use story structure methods (Save the Cat!, etc.) to create a propulsive story
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Assessing your story using the Inside Outline
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Assessing your story for causality and structure
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Assessing your story for essential scenes
Module 3:
Hooking the Reader
In this module, we will look at how to assess and fix common mistakes in micro-level elements of fiction.
Lesson 1: All about Scenes
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How to write a scene using objects of desire and the 5 commandments of storytelling
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Assessing your scenes in terms of quality, value, and position in your story
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Complete a final list of scenes
Lesson 2: Setting & World-Building
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Learn how to weave your world-building/setting in organically
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Using all the furniture in the room
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Fixing common setting errors
Lesson 3: Interiority and Voice
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Assess POV consistency & fix common errors
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How to craft a compelling voice
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How to use interiority to move your story forward
Lesson 4: Tension & Suspense
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How to assess for tension
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How to assess and increase suspense throughout your manuscript
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Tools to increase tension
Lesson 5: Dialogue
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How to assess your dialogue to make sure it’s working hard, sounds natural, and moves the story forward
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Fix common dialogue errors
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How to increase subtext in your manuscript
Module 4:
Polishing Your Manuscript
Once all of the heavy-lifting of revision is finished, we’ll talk about how to look at your manuscript from a line-level to make sure the prose is working.
In this module we’ll cover:
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Common line-level mistakes and how to fix them
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Passage of time
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How to spot and avoid info dumps
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And more
Instruction
Weekly live instruction on a revision topic plus assignments to help you apply concepts to your own work. Also includes weekly workbooks to help distill the information.
Accountability + Community
With weekly Q&A coaching sessions you'll get your unique questions answered, plus you'll be learning in a community of other aspiring authors.
Feedback
Includes feedback on 2 assignments: your novel's outline, and the first ten pages.
As an add-on, receive weekly feedback on submissions of up to 6500 words as your revise.
About Me
Karyn Fischer is an Author Accelerator Certified Book Coach and former literary agent with BookStop Literary Agency. She helps aspiring bestselling fiction authors write better books so they're more likely to get published. She lives in Northern California with her family and two dogs. When she's not reading or coaching, she's hard at work on her own novels and is probably drinking entirely too much cinnamon tea.