The One Week Writing Workshop Book is Here!

I’m thrilled to announce that my new book The One Week Writing Workshop: 7 Days to Spark, Boost or Revive Your Novel is finally here! It’s for anyone wanting guidance as they write their first novel. It’s also for writers who’ve been at the craft for a while but are looking for fresh inspiration, or a new way of looking at things… (we’re always learning, aren’t we?).

This is my first non-fiction book, but it’s based on a lot of years sharing my process with groups and classrooms (I can’t believe I started in 2010!). Having seen that showing others how I wrote could help them to spark ideas or get out of a rut was my motivation for putting together my workshop sessions in a book. My hope is to reach even more people who know they have a book in them, but aren’t sure how to begin or have gotten stuck along the way.

I had my workshop sessions in mind as I laid out all the book’s (70+ !!) tasks. I’ve tried hard to keep my instructions brief, encouraging and to-the-point so that you can immediately start creating and writing—just like in a writing workshop. We go through the whole novel writing process from start to finish so that you learn and practice a method that will serve you now and for years to come. I think the format is what I’m most proud of and what I hope you’ll enjoy, too—you write as you read.

I also love how gathering my workhop sessions into a book allowed me to include everything. Live, in-person workshops are awesome—especially for the ability to have discussions. But those discussions often mean you have to dial back the activities…not so in a book!

…and YET…BECAUSE it’s a book, you can go at your own pace. You can do it in a week or take longer. And you don’t have to do everything the first time around. You can pick and choose what appeals to you and what feels most “right on” for your project. Then…you can come back to the book later, or for another project, and do a whole other set of activities if you’d like. (In fact, an online video course based on the book is set to release soon, too—so please stay tuned!)

I’m really happy with how the book came together, and if you read it you’ll notice that I have a lot of people to thank in the acknowledgments. I’m also very grateful for the positive feedback I’ve been receiving from readers and reviewers. I especially love hearing that the activities in the book have sparked new ideas and kindled (or rekindled) the joy of writing for many of them. That’s what it’s all about, isn’t it?

If you’re dreaming of writing, writing already, or wanting to add to your idea-sparking and creative-block-busting strategies, I hope you’ll check out The One Week Writing Workshop today!