Are you ready to get your chapter into shape?
In this facilitated 10-week Book Chapter Shortcut, which runs from January 27 to March 31, you'll work alongside a cohort of authors to revise a messy draft into a solid, argument-driven book chapter. Through practical, manageable prompts, you'll learn how to plan structural revisions and implement them. And along the way, you'll develop writing and revision strategies that fit into your life—doable within your schedule, adapted to your writing habits, and responsive to your source material.
The core of the course will be our weekly 90-minute Zoom meetings, which will be held on Tuesdays from 1 to 2:30pm Eastern. I'll also offer one bonus (optional) coworking session per week on Fridays at 1 pm Eastern. And we'll have a discussion board and a library of video clips, plus I'll post recordings of the meetings, so you can easily catch up if you have to miss a session.
**Use the code EARLYBIRD through January 9 for a 15% discount!**
This course is designed for authors who have existing writing (notes, a dissertation chapter, conference papers, seminar papers) and need to revise that writing into a monograph chapter. It is NOT designed for authors who merely have an idea for a chapter but have not yet written material.
I can't guarantee that you'll have a finished draft by the end of the course, since a lot depends on how much time you have to spend on it outside of our weekly meetings. But we'll work in a way that will allow you to tackle the biggest issues first, and save the smaller ones for later—so even after the course is finished, you'll be able to keep working with the tools you've acquired. And because you'll have permanent access to the materials after the course is done, you can go back at any time and catch up or review.
I recommend that you obtain a copy of The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook, although you aren't required to do so. The Chapter Shortcut will use exercises from chapters 14-15 of the workbook, though they'll be presented in a different form.
"After feeling stuck, I learned to trust my initial idea/interest in my topic again by following the very actionable steps proposed by Katelyn and Allison. From the overall framing and research questions to troubleshooting points of tension/weaknesses in my argument and even considering what the project is NOT, Katelyn and Allison's workshop provided the guidance we all needed regardless of whether this was our first or second project or even third.
By making us feel like we are making progress, Allison and Katelyn create a sense of community so palpable that we all felt seen, heard, and accompanied."
- Manuel R. Cuellar, The George Washington University
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