Free Classes – How to write a book in 2025

How to start and end a book

Do you get lost in the middle of messy manuscripts and then end up losing thousands of words? Do you never get to type The End? Do you see the value of plotting, but just can’t (and don’t really want to) force your story into a rigid and often boring plan? We need to change the way we think about plotting and novel-writing. 

If you don’t want to plot and you don’t want to get lost again, but you do want to finish your book there is another solution. During the “How to Write a Book” class, you will learn about plotting, but also about what it really takes to start and finish a book. 

Register to attend the free classes.

December 2024

Tuesday, 10 December 2024 at 11 am (GMT+02:00) 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇿🇦

Tuesday, 10 December 2024 at 9 pm (GMT+02:00)  🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇿🇦

Wednesday, 11 December 2024 at 11 am (GMT+02:00)  🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇿🇦

Wednesday, 11 December 2024 at 9 pm (GMT+02:00)  🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇿🇦

January 2025

Monday, 6 January 2025 at 11 am (GMT+02:00) 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇿🇦

Monay, 6 January 2025 at 9 pm (GMT+02:00) 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇿🇦

Tuesday, 7 January 2025 at 11 am (GMT+02:00)  🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇿🇦

Tuesday, 7 January 2025 at 9 pm (GMT+02:00) 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇿🇦

You only need to register for one session on  Day 1 and one session on Day 2. 

Who should attend

  • Writers who want a flexible plan to finish their books. 
  • Writers who have a draft they want to whip into shape.
  • Writers who don’t plot, but would like to learn how to.
  • Writers who have a new story idea they would like to explore.

You can also change your city/timezone in Zoom when you register. 

In this class

The class is divided into two parts: 

Day 1: How to start your book
 
  • Mind over manuscript
  • Trusting your story 
  • What plotting is and isn’t 
  • Ideas vs Plots
  • Inciting moment and story goal 
  • Conflict
  • The three acts
 
Day 2: How to End your book 
 
  • Four core characters
  • Five important scenes
  • The PDF method
  • Getting out of your own way 
  • Showing up to the page
  • Making it easy for yourself

We will be writing a lot.

During the class Mia will discuss the 52 Scenes in 52 Weeks Challenge and how it will work in 2025.

Recordings will be available, but for a limited time. 

Who is Mia?

Mia has been a creative writing coach for more than 13 years. She created the Deadlines for Writers, which as the name implies, is a deadline-driven, online critique group that helps writers beat procrastination and perfectionism and overcome self-doubt because she has learnt that a deadline is the fastest way to fill a blank page.

Please register using the links above.