Before you can move forward, you need to understand what you’re working with. In Week 1, you’ll take an honest, structured look at your current manuscript. Through a guided diagnostic, you’ll identify what’s strong, what’s unclear, and what’s missing so you can make informed choices, not guesses.

By the end of this module, you will:

• Map out your draft’s current state
• Pinpoint recurring issues with pacing, tone, or structure
• Clarify your goals for the next stage of work

Every strong draft is anchored to something deeper. This week, you’ll re-engage with the heart of your project and rediscover your story’s emotional arc and narrative drive. You’ll remember why you wanted to tell it in the first place by realigning with your characters, premise, and point-of-view with your current vision.

By the end of this module, you will:

• Refine your story’s core question and central promise
• Reassess your character arcs and voice decisions
• Reestablish creative connection to the work

Now that you know what you’re writing and why, it’s time to rebuild the bones. In Week 3, you’ll create a flexible revision roadmap that helps you triage what to keep, what to rework, and what to let go. You’ll leave with a practical structure to support your next draft.

By the end of this module, you will:

• Identify key structural shifts needed to improve clarity and flow
• Draft or revise a working outline for your manuscript
• Prioritize changes so revision feels doable, not overwhelming

This final week helps you bridge the gap between planning and doing. You’ll create a customized Draft Revival Plan that outlines your next steps and keeps you moving. You’ll also explore strategies to maintain momentum and stay connected to your work long after the course ends.

By the end of this module, you will:

• Finalize a clear, motivating revision plan
• Set up sustainable systems for progress and accountability
• Leave with a renewed sense of creative direction

• How to assess your draft’s strengths, breakdowns, and blind spots
• How to reconnect with the emotional and structural core of your story
• How to re-outline, reorganize, or rebuild your manuscript
• How to develop a clear, personalized revision plan
• How to return to the page with clarity, energy, and a sense of direction

This course is for writers who:

• Have a half-finished, half-revised, or long-abandoned manuscript
• Feel disconnected from a draft they used to love but aren’t ready to give up on
• Want practical, low-pressure tools to re-enter the work
• Are ready to make meaningful progress, but aren’t sure where to start

Ideal for writers of novels, short stories, flash fiction, memoirs, or long-form nonfiction.