Ready to make headway on your novel or memoir this May?
A book begins with the author's innate story wisdom, and gets finished with those same guiding principles.
Tapping into your story wisdom is a practiced skill.
Story WISE can help you hone that skill to write deeper, and with more confidence.
Join us in May for:
Four live calls and ongoing community support
Guidance and Accountability
Actionable Writing Goals and Prize Drawing
Led by Developmental Editors:
We don't believe there is one right way to write a book. Writing, structuring, and revising a book is a long, sometimes arduous, but always deeply personal and meaningful journey.
Our goal is to create a supportive space for you to lean into the joy of writing that got you started on your book in the first place!
As developmental editors, we also know that successful books require crafting.
We offer proven guiding principles for story and structure that will help you write, assess, and revise your book.
Abigail Raeke is a developmental editor based in Portland, Oregon. Abbie is on a mission to help aspiring authors achieve their publishing goals. Creative writing can be taught. Her instructive style demystifies the narrative process and breaks down how to build a strong book! Learn more at abigailraeke.com | Libby Baker is a developmental editor based in Los Angeles, California. Libby helps screenwriters become novelists, and novelists write their best books. Stories are powerful! Libby has devoted her 25+ year career in the arts to telling meaningful stories and guiding others to tell theirs. Learn more at the-story-guide.com |
Story WISE*
Generative Workshop & Accountability Series
Live Support - Zoom Calls
- 4 Friday check-in calls with hour-long live writing sprints.
- Each call lasts for 1.5 hours.
- Q&A with Abbie and Libby.
Structure
- Monday emails with exercises to inspire and deepen your story.
Community
- Post your responses, questions, triumphs, and frustrations in our private community forum.
Real Incentive
- Post and reach your personal writing goal; get entered to win a coaching session with Abbie & Libby.
Writing goals are self-regulated, no judgment or critiquing involved.
Authors thrive in community, with accountability and measurable goals.
*Write Intuitively/Suspend Editing
The Details:
Join Story WISE:
1. Set your personal writing goal for April
For Example: Word count; Page Count; Daily/Weekly Writing Time; Chapter or Section of your book.
2. Start writing!
3. Join check-in sessions and writing sprints on Fridays at 3pm Pacific Time.
An overview of Friday sessions as follows:
- Introductions.
- Libby & Abbie give a brief overview of that week's exercise and how you can use it to help shape your book.
- Join a short breathing/grounding exercise to get you centered to write.
- Write.
- Stay for Q&A with Abbie and Libby for any craft/writing questions or support meeting your goal.
Shelve your inner editor and critic and produce the material you need for your novel or memoir. Editing comes later. You can do this!
Additional Support:
Introduce yourself to our intimate writing group and support fellow writers on a shared community board.
Each Monday, receive an email with an optional exercise to delve into The Five Ps that will become the underpinnings of your book.
- Passion
- Protagonist
- Plan/Prejudice
- Pitch
Post and discuss assignments, ask questions, and cheer each other in the community board!
Live Zoom Calls and Sprint Writing Sessions will be held:
May 9th @ 3:00pm PT
May 16th @ 3:00pm PT
May 23rd @ 3:00pm PT
May 30th @ 3:00pm PT
Post goal accomplishment by Wednesday, May 28th, and get entered to win a one-hour coaching session with Abbie and Libby.
Who should join the Story WISE Series?
If you are a writer who:
- Wants to prioritize your novel or memoir in May
- Is open to community and group-coaching support.
- Seeks to get out of your own way and get that book written.
- Energizes with support and accountability!
| What participants say: | |
|---|---|
"My goal … to somehow pull together 50K for a submission to a class. It meant sitting down and putting together a lot of words I'd already written, then revising and adding to them to try to make a consistent whole. I've managed, somehow, in part thanks to this. THANK YOU!" | "Thanks to our wonderful coaches Libby and Abbie. You two are truly awesome and I really like the way you conducted this class with so much professionalism and good spirit." |
FAQs:
Can I use a novel/memoir that I’ve already started writing?
Absolutely! The goal of Story WISE is to hold you accountable to your writing project, motivate you to show up to the page, and support you as an author!
What if I’ve never written any part of a novel/memoir before?
Welcome! This is a great way to start.
Will I be required to share my work, or will you give me feedback on my pages?
No, we believe that it’s not in a writer’s best interest to worry about feedback in the generative stage.
We want you to feel free to follow your writer’s intuition. Put perfectionism and critiques, even (especially) your own criticism, aside.
Books are largely edited into print, but you have to write from the heart in order to produce material for the editing phase!
What if I can't make all of the live calls?
Come to as many (or as few) live calls as you wish.
As long as you meet your personal writing goal and post your success on the community page, you will be entered to win the coaching prize!
What if I can't complete my writing goal?
That's okay!
If you participate and end up partially completing your goal - that's a win! You'll still be an important part of the community. We'll simply encourage you to repeat your progress again the next month, and the next ... we all have our own processes and timelines.
But clear goals and the power of community often push us to accomplish more than we imagine!
How it works:
Step 1: Click one of buttons to join the community with a secure Stripe payment.
Step 2: Receive your first welcome email with Zoom link for live calls.
Step 3: Set and share (optional) your personal writing goal for May 2025.
Step 4: Stay on track with weekly emails, Friday Zoom check-ins and writing sprints, and community writers' board.
Step 5: Celebrate reaching your personal writing goal. Get entered to win a coaching session to reinvigorate next steps for your novel or memoir!
Refund Policy
We realize that sometimes life derails the best-laid intentions. Unfortunately, once the challenge has begun, we won’t be able to issue refunds. You will have access to all community board resources through June, 2025.
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We're counting down to our May kick-off!
Doors to Story WISE close on Wednesday, April 30th, as we prepare to celebrate our small group of committed writers.
Numbers are limited, so join now!
