Navigating your novel
a four-week intensive coaching package to take your story from good to great
4 weeks of one-on-one coaching
Give yourself the unique experience of working side by side with an editor.
Navigating Your Novel
NAVIGATING YOUR NOVEL is a four-week intensive coaching package to take your story from good to great. Iāll help you:
Define Your Readers
Deepen Your Characters
Clarify Your Structure
Chart a Roadmap
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Weāll meet virtually for 45 minutes once a week for four 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, Iāll tailor each one after our meetings to reflect your story and momentum.
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Coaching doesnāt stop after our virtual meetings. Instead, youāll work closely with me via email during the 4-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.
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This 4-week package is a one-time cost of $450 USD.
Stand out from the crowd by writing an unputdownable book.
Who Navigating your novel is for
ā You want to write an unputdownable novel.
ā You love your story, but feel that something is missing.
ā You want to strengthen writing in your genre.
ā You seek clarity with your structure and/or characters.
ā You have researched story structure, but now are overwhelmed with the amount of knowledge you have when itās time to write.
ā You want a wing woman for your journey to help guide you to the finish line.
I coach genre fiction
I love a good romance, romantasy, fantasy, mystery, thriller, coming-of-age, heroās journey, performance, dystopian, or basically any fiction adventure.
I am not a very sensitive reader and can handle most triggers. And happy to talk through this with you!
Unfortunately, I do not work on memoirs, non-fiction or literary fiction. There are just too many great coaches out there that live in those worlds. Iām happy to give suggestions if you email me.
vdavis@revisionroadmap.com
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āViolette 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.ā
Robin Nemesszeghy, Author of Convergence Point
Where are you in your JOURNEY?
Step one
Discovery Draft
This is the round where Pantsers write through their draft and Plotters outline or create story summaries. I love this round when the creativity is flowing, but it is also the hardest to accomplish and where most people get stuck.
Step two
Draft Revisions
These rounds of edits shore up your draft into a manuscript that is coherent and complete.
My 5 pathways to a finished draft: Genre Conventions, Protagonistās Arc, Antagonist POV, Story Structure and Scene Strength.
Step three
DEVELOPMENTAL EDIT
For drafts you believe to be done, but you want professional eyes to check for plot holes or ways to make it stronger.
The Developmental Edit includes inline comments, a scene-by-scene deep dive and a big picture analysis.
STEP FOUR
LINE EDIT & COPYEDIT
Once your story is solid and youāre preparing to publish, hire an editor to go over your document word by word.
A line edit will help strengthen your voice and paragraph structure, followed by a copyedit which perfects the grammar.
STEP FIVE
PUBLISHING PATH
Familiarize yourself with the pros and cons of self publishing versus traditional publishing.
Find yourself a mentor to help with your search and prepare your manuscript to the industryās standard for your chosen publishing path.
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 itās 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 canāt 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, Iām here to declutter your writing world so you write the unputdownable book that is at your fingertips.
FAQs
i have a finished draft but Iām not sure if its good enough for a developmental edit.
No worries! Iām 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 Iām 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?
Iām always here to answer your questions! Feel free to email me at vdavis@revisionroadmap.com