The Seven Week Revision Intensive

This seven week course (April 17-June 3) walks you through the revision process Julie uses with her coaching clients and her own writing. A combination of live lectures, self-assessment, craft lessons, and exercises will guide students throughout.

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Learning Objectives

1. Terms of Service and Community Guidelines
2. Technical Details and Where to Get Help
1. Welcome to the Seven Week Revision Intensive
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2. Book Recommendations
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3. Additional Resources
4. Please introduce yourself to the community
5. Understanding Genre and Age Category
6. Genre Reference Guide
1. MONDAY MEET-UP - Welcome Session and Course Q&A
2. Is it Middle Grade or YA? That is the question!
3. Seven Week Revision Intensive Workbook 1
4. Week One - Query Audit
5. Understanding Deep Revision, a discussion between Book Coach Julie Artz and Her Client and Friend, Suzette Mullen
6. Understanding Deep Revision - Audio only
1. Welcome to Week Two - Four Tools for Reverse Outlining
2. MONDAY MEET-UP - Hot Seat Coaching on The Big Picture
3. More Help with your Query Audit
4. Video Recording: Query Audit Coaching Session
5. Audio Recording - Query Audit Coaching Session
6. SUBMISSION ONE: Submit Your Query
7. Video Lecture - The Synopsis Audit
8. Tools 1 & 2 - The Tent Pole Scenes Outline and the Messy Synopsis
9. Tool 3 - The Inside Outline
10. Tool 4 - The Book Map
11. EVENT: Working Session
1. Welcome to Week 3
2. MONDAY MEET-UP: Hot Seat Coaching on the Synopsis Audit and the Four Tools
3. AUDIO ONLY - Week Three Hot Seat Coaching
4. Video Lecture - Character Motivation
5. Seven Week Revision Intensive Workbook 4 - Character, Subplots, and Theme
6. EVENT: Revising for Plot with Plot Wizard Rebecca Petruck on May 3
7. SUBMISSION TWO: Plot Structure
8. EVENT: Working Session
1. Welcome To Week Four
2. MONDAY MEET-UP: Hot Seat Coaching on Plot and Character
3. Video Lecture: Understanding Scene
4. The Six Building-Blocks of Scene
5. Seven Week Revision Intensive Workbook 5
6. Writing Emotion at the Scene Level
7. Event: (Shorter than normal) Working Session
1. Welcome To Week Five
2. MONDAY MEET-UP: Hot Seat Coaching on Scene
3. EVENT: Revising for Voice with Author Diana Ma
4. Week Five - Don't Press the Panic Button Yet!
5. Introduction to Point of View (POV)
6. Using Standard Manuscript Format
7. EVENT: Working Session
1. Welcome To Week Six
2. MONDAY MEET-UP: Hot Seat Coaching on the Process of Revision
3. Seven Week Revision Intensive Workbook 6
4. Video Lecture - Tracking Thematic Threads Through Your Revision
5. Video Lecture - Introduction to Beat Sheets
6. SUBMISSION THREE: Your Opening Scene
7. Event: Working Session
1. Welcome To Week Seven
2. MONDAY MEET-UP: Hot Seat Coaching and Q&A
3. Finding Fresh Eyes for Your Story
4. Getting to Done (And How to Know When You're There!)
5. EVENT: Course Wrap-Up Celebration
6. Video Lecture: When to Call in a Pro
7. Course Wrap-Up Celebration - Publishing Paths and Next Steps

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The Seven Week Revision Intensive

Learning Objectives

Terms and Technology

Welcome to The Seven Week Revision Intensive

Week One - The Big Picture

Week Two - Four Tools for Reverse Outlining

Week Three - Revising for Character and Plot

Week Four - Understanding Scene

Week Five - Revising at the Scene Level

Week Six - Tools for Tracking and Project Management

Week Seven - What Comes Next?

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Create a revision plan that works, with expert guidance from Book Coach Julie Artz.