Writing with Feeling

This course was designed specifically for writers who:

• Have completed and revised a manuscript, but whose readers just aren't connecting with the protagonist. Let's get that emotional connection sparked!
• Are drafting and are struggling to know when and how to communicate what their characters are thinking and feeling. I've got your back!
• Want to hone their writing craft—regardless of what stage their WIP is at. Let's do it!

This course is NOT for you if...

• you're looking for feedback on or support for world-building or story planning.
• you're drafting your first novel and aren't in a mental space to step back from getting words on the page to think about how those words are being presented to your reader.
• you're looking for feedback on your story as a whole. (But feel free to check out my manuscript evaluation service.)
• you're determined to write a plot-driven novel and don't care about affecting your readers emotionally.
• you're writing your novel purely for yourself and not to make a difference in the world through storytelling.

Note: While we deeply believe everyone who wants to write their story should and can, we also know that talking about emotions (especially the heavier or harder ones) can be triggering for those who are navigating mental health crisis or trauma care. Please be mindful of your own emotional bandwidth in enrolling. I am available for one-on-one coaching for writers who may be navigating harder seasons and for whom this might not be a fit.

The lessons in this course are all pre-recorded videos and/or written lectures.

The only live element is the weekly hour-long group coaching call, where I will answer questions and give live feedback on selected homework assignments. The timing for the calls will be determined via a poll once registration closes on April 15th.

On Monday, April 17, 2023, when the course begins, you'll gain access to the Section 1 materials.

Each week on Monday the next section of the course will become available, and the previous week's group coaching call video will also be shared in case you had to miss the live call. These recordings will stay within the course itself (in other words, behind a password) to preserve everyone's privacy.

You will have access to the video lessons and the group coaching call replays until the course closes on May 31, 2023.

While writers of all levels can benefit from this course, it will be most helpful for writers who have a basic understanding of the foundations of story: theme, character arc, and plot arc. These foundational elements are things that I refer to at times during the lessons, but don't spend time defining.

If you'd like to prepare yourself with a foundation before the course starts, I highly recommend reading part 1 (at the very least) of Tiffany Yates Martin's Intuitive Editing (find it here).

The framework I teach in Writing with Feeling is based in my decade-plus of working with authors as an editor and now book coach.

This framework also draws from:

The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maass

The Emotions Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi

Wired for Story by Lisa Cron

I do not offer individualized feedback on each assignment in this course.

However, those writers who submit their assignments on time will be eligible to be picked for hot seat coaching in the weekly course call. I will peruse the pool of materials and choose those I feel the cohort would benefit from discussing the most.

The answer to this question will be different for everyone.

However, I recommend budgeting about 3 hours per week to go through the materials and complete the assignment(s).

This does not include the hour-long group coaching call.

Yes, we’ve included captions on the videos so that it’s accessible to hearing and HOH/Deaf people alike!

No, this course is structured to include group coaching calls.

I would love to hear about how I can help you with my 1:1 coaching and/or editing services! 

We get it—life is busy! In the first few days of the course there will be a poll to help determine the days/times of the live calls. If you can't make the scheduled calls, you'll be able to watch the recordings of them through the course log-in. This way, even if you can't participate in the hot seat coaching yourself, you'll still be able to benefit from what's discussed on the calls.

(These videos will only be accessible to those enrolled in the course to preserve everyone's privacy.)

Yes! Writing with Feeling will absolutely be available again later this year.

If you are interested in being notified next time it is available, just click here to join our wait list. Doing so will give you "first dibs" on a spot in the next cohort!