14 weeks of high-touch coaching & Full Manuscript Evaluation
Revise Your romance
refine your story from meet-cute to HEA
REVISE YOUR ROMANCE is a fourteen-week high-touch coaching package to turn your romance into an unputdownable novel. I will provide a detailed manuscript evaluation and create a personalized agenda to refine your story.
With biweekly one-on-one meetings and weekly feedback, I will help you clarify your protagonist’s arc, conflict, romance, pacing and overall story question. Together, we will map out your story from the big picture plot points down to the individual scenes so you can finish your novel and publish a book your readers will love.
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I will review your draft or outline in detail and provide a detailed editorial letter on how best to proceed with revisions. I will then create a personalized agenda to guide us through our fourteen-week partnership.
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We’ll meet virtually for 45 minutes once every other week for fourteen weeks. In each meeting, I will assist you in analyzing and clarifying your story and provide you with clear next steps on how to tackle these issues.
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After each meeting, I will provide the next assignment for you to work on throughout the week. Although these will be in alignment with the agenda, I’ll tailor each one after our meetings to reflect your story and momentum. Weeks we do not meet, we will consistently be communicating and editing via email.
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Coaching doesn’t stop after our virtual meetings. Instead, you’ll work closely with me via email during the 14-week coaching package. Once you send me your answers to each assignment, I will return it with feedback within 48 hours of my office hours and follow up with additional advice.
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Price: $1600 USD
Stand out from the crowd by writing an unputdownable book.
Who NavigatE your ROMANCE is for
→ You want to strengthen writing in the romance genre.
→ You want to write an unputdownable novel.
→ You love your story, but feel that something is missing.
→ You seek clarity with your structure and/or characters.
→ You have researched story structure, but now are overwhelmed with the amount of knowledge you have when it’s time to write.
→ You want a wing woman for your journey to help guide you to the finish line.
The Romance Genre
I love a good romance. That’s my only requirement when I read. I want it to grip me from the first page and steal me away from my crazy life to live an even crazier one.
My goal as a book coach is to help romance novelists write gripping books that keep their readers up all night.
I love to work on and read nearly all genres of romance. I love thrillers and cozies. I love a workplace alpha boss as much as a blue alien, or even better, an alien alpha boss who’s running from their omega mate. I have worked on MM, MF, and MFM books and have read beyond.
I am not a very sensitive reader and can handle most triggers. And happy to talk through this with you!
My only focus is to get your characters to shine on the page and tell their stories in a way that will pull your readers in.
If you have any questions for me, I’m happy to answer them!
vdavis@revisionroadmap.com
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“Violette is an amazing book coach and editor! You can tell she really cares about writers and helping them tell the best stories they can; her passion shines through her work.”
Robin Nemesszeghy, Author of Convergence Point
What is book coaching?
Book coaching is having personal support while you are in your writing journey. It can be one-on-one or in a group setting. A book coach helps build your skills as a writer, gives you personal feedback on your writing, and guides you through your process.
A book coach is a trained specialist in finding your voice and strengthening your writing skills. Beyond the novel as a product, we are trained in mentoring writers through difficult times and making sure you celebrate your victories.
As an Author Accelerator certified Book Coach in fiction, I have been trained to guide writers from the first pinprick of an idea all the way to pitching to agents and deciding what publishing route is best for you.
What exactly is the difference between one-on-one coaching and A Developmental Edit?
With a Developmental Edit, the editor reads and analyzes your whole draft. You will get inline comments throughout the entire document focusing on big picture issues. I dive into each scene to make sure that it’s doing its job for the novel as a whole. A Developmental Edit is best when you have worked on many drafts of your manuscript and are ready to get new, professional eyes on it with feedback.
One-on-one coaching focuses on you as a writer and how to move your draft forward no matter where you are in your writing journey. You might still be in the plotting stage or you can’t seem to finish your draft. It is for writers who would like to work with someone to help them create a clear path to a finished draft.
What exactly does one do on a coaching call?
Each call we will focus on your goals for your manuscript, the feedback you received from that weeks focus, and how to tackle your next steps. My goal is to have you feel good about your story and know the direction you are taking so you are always moving forward. In a world of easy access information, distractions and opinions, I’m here to declutter your writing world so you write the unputdownable book that is at your fingertips.
FAQs
i have a finished draft but I’m not sure if its good enough for a developmental edit.
No worries! I’m happy to discuss with you the pros and cons of getting a developmental edit at your stage. In general, I recommend your story be as seamless as possible before hiring a developmental editor so they can really concentrate on thorny revisions. For example, if there are huge gaps in your story, your editor will concentrate mainly on those instead of the details within each chapter.
I have received feedback from beta readers but I’m overwhelmed with the amount of mixed feedback I received.
Beta readers are fantastic tools in the writing journey. And sharing your work can be extremely scary, especially when you are asking for feedback. The difference between a beta reader and a professional developmental editor or book coach is we can explain why there are stuck points, how to overcome them and you will receive specific next steps to focus on.
What if I have additional questions?
I’m always here to answer your questions! Feel free to email me at vdavis@revisionroadmap.com