Your complete roadmap from idea to published and prospering!

Author Nation is your ultimate partner on the path to nonfiction success. Whether you’re an aspiring writer or a seasoned author, Author Pro opens the door to a world of resources, action steps, and expert guidance. It’s for anyone who dreams of turning their idea into a published book and seeks a supportive community to help them get there.

You’ll access a supportive community of writers and experts and:

• The Book Success Blueprint with 5 comprehensive stages
• Weekly writing sessions to boost productivity and creativity
• Monthly group coaching sessions for personalized guidance, plus much more!

Your path to success begins with Melody Ann Owen’s 3 Months Access to Author Pro Membership

Get a head start on your creative writing journey.

Kickstart your creative writing adventure with our comprehensive guide, especially for new writers who want to learn about the world of storytelling. From exploring genres to mastering word counts, this guide is your roadmap to writing with confidence and clarity.

You’ll:

• Navigate through the landscape of genres and subgenres to find your perfect narrative niche
• Understand the essentials of word counts, points of view, and the building blocks of compelling writing
• Learn innovative techniques to generate story ideas that resonate and captivate readers from the first page

Become a confident storyteller with Kevin Berry’s Creative Writing for Beginners

Grab readers from the first page with this killer first-chapter formula.

Inside this go-to guide for aspiring authors, you’ll learn how to craft irresistible opening chapters that hook readers fast.

You’ll get:

• A step-by-step formula for writing killer first chapters
• Exercises to refine your opener and match genre expectations
• Insider tips to grab attention from page one

PLUS! Get a BONUS checklist to ensure your first chapter’s success.

with Ella Barnard’s How to Write a First Chapter That Sells

Discover 12 creative archetypes to unlock your creativity and authentic voice.

Deepen your understanding of your creative flow and expand your self-expression with creative archetypes. These cover the whole spectrum of the creative world described in detail, showcasing their abilities and vulnerabilities. Whether you’re a beginner or a lifelong creative, you’ll discover which creative archetypes can support you in unlocking new levels of your creativity and authentic voice.

You’ll:

• Discover how to identify your primary creative archetype
• Identify potential pitfalls of your creative archetype and learn how to avoid them
• Understand how your archetypes may change depending on the projects

Unlock new levels of creativity with Camilla Fellas Arnold’s Meet Your Creative Archetype

The proven writing system to become a prolific writer.

Ideal for writers who want to avoid putting pressure on themselves to write 500 or 1,000 words a day and instead just set a target that works!

You’ll learn how to:

• Say goodbye to self-doubt and perfectionism and hello to a writing routine that sticks
• Let your ideas flow, get your book started and make real progress
• Discover how New York Times best-selling authors write and approach their creative projects.

Get into the flow with Bryan Collins’s Conquer Writer’s Block

Captivate readers with page-turning first chapters that create raving fans and more sales.

Prepare to learn how to get words down on the page, faster and better than ever without feeling directionless using a first chapter strategy not taught anywhere else! You’ll receive a combination of knowledge-sharing lessons and action-taking tasks to help you write riveting first chapters that convert readers into buyers using the only training that incorporates reader psychology into the process of writing first chapters that sell.

After working through the 7-day challenge, you will:

• Learn techniques (that no one is teaching) that incorporate reader psychology and synergistically builds book sales into your writing
• Write your first chapter faster with richer and stronger passages and less rewrites and revisions
• Get fewer book returns, better reviews, and long-lasting, raving buyers

PLUS! You also get 20% off any first chapter critique, exclusively available in this Super Stack deal.

Hook your readers and keep them hooked with Rebecca Hamilton’s The First Chapter Challenge

Discover how to craft the powerful prose that transports readers to another world.

Taught by an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author, this workshop will teach you the skills to help you hook and enthrall your readers.

You will:

• Learn how to pull readers deeper into your story by using hooks and strong sensory appeals
• Avoid poor cliches and master metaphors and similes to surprise your reader
• Boost the power of your narration and dialogue to enchant your readers

Master valuable storytelling skills with My Story Doctor’s Writing Enchanting Prose.

Learn how to reach the writers on your list most likely to attend a writing retreat.

If you want to run a retreat, but your current marketing isn’t working, this workshop will show you the exact steps to attract email subscribers who are most likely to purchase a spot. Includes ideas you can use in your email newsletters plus how to use your email marketing together with social media for extra impact.

After the workshop, you’ll:

• Know how to create and use opt in forms and lead magnets to attract writers who are a perfect fit for your writing retreat.
• Grow a community of writers who will want to attend your writing retreat as soon as you announce it.
• Have a way to talk directly to interested writers about your retreat.

PLUS! Get the List Building 101 Workbook to customize your List Building Plan.

Fill up your retreat list with keen writers with Lisa Shaughnessy’s Email List Building for Writing Retreat Hosts.

Learn how to (easily) create a synopsis agents and editors will love.

Say goodbye to the dread of writing a book synopsis in this workshop that shows you how you to handle this important part of your pitch with confidence.

You’ll learn how to:

• Work with an outline
• Decide what’s important and what’s not
• Make a synopsis sound so amazing, editors and agents will want to read it.

Never fear writing a synopsis again with Susan Palmquist’s Writing the Synopsis Workshop.

Discover how to create marketable story concepts that you’ll love to write and readers will love to read.

Learn from a USA Today Bestselling Author their go-to process for creating concepts for hundreds of bestselling novels.

You learn how to:

• Identify core character elements (and not height, eye color, and favorite meals. We want the stuff that will keep your readers glued to the page).
• Identify the conflict that will have your readers talking about your story (even if you’re writing low-drama romances).
• Create marketable story concepts that you’ll love to write and readers will love to read without wasting hundreds of hours and thousands of words. 

Take your writing to the next level with Dana Pittman’s Heart of a Novel Writers Workshop: Developing Addictive Story Concepts.

Unleash your storytelling powers with unforgettable characters!

Dive into a comprehensive course designed to supercharge your storytelling game and ensure your characters leap off the page and captivate readers.

You’ll learn how to:

• Develop characters that resonate with your audience, and add depth and authenticity to your stories.
• Break through creative blocks and master techniques to breathe life into characters to make them memorable.
• Learn the art of creating relatable characters that keep readers invested from the first page to the last.

Create your next bestseller with Alana Terry’s Create Compelling Characters.

Turn your ideas into stories that sell!

Dive into a self-paced course designed to hone your creative voice, inspire your imagination, simplify enigmatic processes, and build writing habits that help you beat writer’s block.

By the end of the course, will have the tools to:

• Know where your story is going even before you start writing it.
• Understand the mechanics that make writing compelling.
• Have the tools to craft an engaging narrative flow.

Go from idea to done with Nicholas Kotar’s The Art of Storytelling: Guideposts to Structure and Style.

Get a storytelling edge by learning the eight writing crafts and the secrets of how to engage readers.

Most books on writing specialize in one, two, or three writing crafts, this award-winning book gives a structured overview of all eight writing crafts. Great for both aspiring writers and writers who are a few years into their writing journey and might like a compass though the writing weeds.

Explore new writing territories, including:

• The psychology of storytelling and how to use the eight writing crafts to engage readers
• The adversity cycle: The origin of fiction writing outline and a new perspective on the shapeshifting writer’s block
• Protagonistic and antagonistic genres, stories, and scenes

Get a solid grip on storytelling with Stefan Emunds’s The Eight Crafts of Writing: The Map of Storytelling.

Unlock depth and intrigue in your stories with the ultimate A-Z guide to character fears.

Packed with over 777 fears, this comprehensive ebook and workbook is designed to help you weave fear into your characters, and enrich your storytelling with authenticity and depth.

You will:

• Dive into an extensive collection of fears and phobias, each uniquely suited to add complexity to your characters.
• Utilize our guided questions to precisely identify and integrate fears, enhancing your characters’ realism and relatability.
• Learn to use fear as a pivotal element in creating compelling plotlines and conflicts, driving your narrative forward.

Deepen your character development with Linda Toms’s A Writers Guide to Character Fears Bundle.

Discover simple, tried-and-true steps to heighten the romantic tension in your novels.

Get ready to uncover the secrets to creating romantic tension in today’s inspirational/sweet markets with humor and heart. Filled with tips to ramp up the WOW factor in romance that is both sweet and swoon-worthy, you’ll explore tried-and-true methods with before and after examples.

You’ll learn how to:

• Get inside the hero’s head with internal monologue and use dialogue to escalate tension
• Maximize the use of beats in dialogue and build romantic tension with anger
• Use all five senses for heightened effect and make the most of touch, response and the many faces of a kiss plus much more

Intensify your romance writing with Julie Lessman’s Romance-ology 101: Writing Romantic Tension for the Inspirational and Sweet Markets.

Discover how to bring your story to life with vivid imagery.

Unlock the full potential of your storytelling with this concise guide. Designed for authors seeking to refine their craft, this guide offers practical techniques to vividly bring your narrative to life. Learn to effectively use setting, description, and voice to transform your writing from flat to captivating.

You’ll:

• Discover how to use setting and description to create immersive experiences for your readers.
• Learn the art of selecting impactful words that resonate deeply with your audience.
• Gain valuable insights quickly, allowing you to focus more on the actual process of writing your story.

Revolutionize your writing journey with Tristi Pinkston’s Setting, Description, and Voice: The Write It Right Series.

Increase your sales and grow your business with the ultimate guide to writing a book.

Get the ultimate guide to motivate and inspire the world and turn your story, business, or podcast into a bestseller.

You’ll learn how to:

• Unleash your writing potential and boost your business. 
• Establish your authority and build customer loyalty.
• Promote and market your book effectively for maximum impact.

Reach more clients with Melanie Johnson’s Elite Online Publishing Book Bundle.

Learn how to bring your characters to life for your readers.

Open new doors in your writing life with the ability to describe your characters so that readers fall in love with them.

Includes:

• How to describe characters in rich detail, including physical description, movement, gesture, and voice.
• Practical advice, exercises, and examples to make your character description compelling.
• How to make your characters come alive to your readers

Get the guidance to describe characters in rich detail with Now Novel’s How to Write Real Characters: Character Description.

Access the power of the pros to promote your books with Storiad.

If you’re an author looking to promote & publicize your book(s), Storiad has you covered. Easily build and manage a comprehensive book promotion and publicity campaign to promote one or all of your books.

With Storiad, you’ll get:

– Customized book marketing plans

– A customized, one-click author website

– Access to the book publicity contacts database of over 44,250 records

– Automated emailing and money- and time-budgeting tools

– One on one support

Get 25% off the regular monthly subscriptions for six months (the first seven days are free); cancel anytime.

Write your best nonfiction book possible with this comprehensive checklist to keep you on track!

Add the perfect tool to your toolkit to make sure your nonfiction book is compelling every step of the way. Uncover everything you need to remember – and avoid – while you write, revise, and edit your book.

You’ll learn how to:

• Avoid costly nonfiction writing mistakes
• Save money on revision and copy-editing services
• Make your nonfiction book the most compelling it can be

with Leandre Larouche’s The Ultimate Nonfiction Book Writing Checklist.

Hook readers with conflict-rich trope twists they’ll love.

Learn the secret power of tropes to forge deep emotional connections with readers. Ideal for various stages of writing, from brainstorming to character development and revision, it teaches you how to twist familiar tropes to create engaging, conflict-rich narratives that resonate with your audience across genres like romance, mystery, and science fiction.

You’ll learn how to:

• Strengthen your storytelling with tropes that build not only plots, but also meaningful character relationships.
• Use tropes creatively to deepen your narrative, break through writer’s block and improve your revision
• Understand the nuances of tropes and their role in creating conflict.

Craft your best stories with Jennifer Hilt’s Trope Thesaurus Audiobook.

Get your book into the hands of new readers consistently and predictably, and grow your reach, readership, and royalties.

Learn how to create authentic, relatable characters readers will love.

Especially geared to new writers looking to understand the structure of solid characters to create people who live in their stories with the authenticity of a friend or a family member.

You’ll learn:

• How to use archetypes to the best advantage without becoming cliche
• How to make your characters unique and memorable
• A clever method for tracking the changes in your characters as they grow and change

PLUS! A special section on Dialogue to keep your book’s conversations moving along and adding value to the story.

Take your novel to best-seller status with Lana McAra’s How To Create Multi-Layered Characters

Say goodbye to being stuck and hello to a consistent writing habit.

Straight from the desk of a bestselling author and productivity expert, these two ebooks are packed with practical writing advice and proven tactics. Includes two hours of personalized one-on-one coaching to put your newfound skills into action.

You’ll get:

• The Chunky Method Handbook: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Finish That Book Even When Life Gets in the Way
• How to WRITE When Everything Goes WRONG: A Practical Guide to Writing Through Tough Times
• Two hours of 1-on-1 coaching to devise your personalized plan

Take your book all the way to The End with Allie Pleiter’s Writers Productivity Package

Get a thorough line edit on 25 pages of your manuscript from a professional editor.

Ready to see your manuscript shine? Dive into a collaborative editing experience where clarity meets creativity, and every grammatical tweak comes with a lesson. It’s not just about commas and clauses; it’s about taking your writing to its fullest potential.

You will:

• Benefit from an editor who not only polishes your grammar but enhances your storytelling craft, all while explaining the ‘whys’ behind every edit
• Receive personalized guidance that improves your writing skills alongside your manuscript, turning editing into an educational journey
• Enjoy a straightforward, pay-as-you-go payment structure with complete visibility into the editing process through Google Docs

Take your story to the next level with Beth Fehlbaum’s 55% Discount on a 25-page Manuscript Edit

Improve your writing and eliminate 76% of the most common writing errors identified by Grammarly.

Designed to teach beginner and intermediate romance authors how to “Show Don’t Tell” by varying sentence structure, correcting verb tenses, ambiguous pronouns, and overused pronouns, as well as how to change Passive Voice to Active Voice and improve your Author Voice by using Power Verbs, similes, and metaphors. Experienced authors will also find the information an excellent review of writing basics.

 You’ll be able to :

• Produce an engaging reading experience using concise, efficient words
• Create a faster-moving narrative that puts your readers “in the moment”
• Clean up sentences and prevent grammatical errors

PLUS! Each workshop comes with a detailed handout exclusively available in this Super Stack deal.

Boost your writing craft with Paula Judith Johnson’s 3 Writing Mistakes You Don’t Want To Make (3 Part Workshop)

Get the step-by-step system to quickly create a solid outline for your next cozy mystery.

If you’re looking to write a cozy mystery this outline masterclass will get you started and ready to write in less time than ever before. Use the included workbook and you’ll have everything you need to write a successful reader-favorite cozy mystery.

This course will give you an understanding of:

• What readers expect
• The proper pacing a cozy mystery needs to have
• How to streamline your outlining process to create a great read for your audience

Write your next book with confidence with Natasha C. Sass’s Outline in 90 Minutes – A Cozy Mystery Masterclass

Discover the secret to crafting stories like J.K. Rowling.

Designed for writers of all levels, learn in an easy and fun way how to craft stories like J.K. Rowling does it in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

You’ll learn how to:

• Create character arcs, point of view, voice, archetypes, and build a world
• Outline a three-act structure, weave a story, and create tension and conflict
• Apply all these elements to your writing and why they matter to the reader.

Dive deep into the craft with Clark Chamberlain’s Advanced Novel Writing with Harry Potter

Make your query letter stand out to agents with these top strategies.

Learn the inside secrets to catch a literary agent’s eye with your query letter. If you want to submit your fiction to literary agents and publishers for representation and publication, or if you are getting rejected, or aren’t sure if your work is ready to submit, or are just starting to write your letter, this clinic is for you.

You’ll learn:

• What needs to be included in each section – and what doesn’t
• The best way to present each section to elevate your book idea
• Secrets for how to craft the hook for your book (hint: it’s not your story)

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Submit your work with confidence with Jennifer S. Wilkov’s Query Letter Clinic: How to Write a Query Letter That Gets Manuscript Requests

Generate inspired and unique story ideas with Oracle Cards.

Ready to unlock the enchanting power of oracle cards and breathe newfound depth into your writing? Don’t miss this opportunity to transform your writing journey. Join us for this lively workshop replay where you’ll use five oracle cards as brainstorming tools.  The oracle cards will offer you fresh perspectives and plot twists you never saw coming.

You will:

• Discover how to connect with your inner muse through thought-provoking journaling prompts
• Gain unexpected and insightful ideas for your stories
• Get inspired by the dynamic insights shared by the writers who joined live

Tap into your intuition with Stacy Juba’s Writing Wizardry With Oracle Cards Journaling Workshop

Create a single template that helps you brainstorm, plot, and outline your book in just 30 minutes’ time.

You know you want to write a book, but how do you turn a pop of inspiration into a full-fledged story? And how do you know if an idea has already been done before? 8-time bestselling author Kristen Martin answers these loaded questions and many more!

In this 30-minute workshop, you’ll learn:

• How to actively listen for book ideas and capitalize on them with out-of-the-box brainstorming methods
• How to clarify your book ideas through the G.A.T.S. process (an essential foundation for any writer, beginner or experienced)
• How utilizing a single template can save you from rigorous outlining, writer’s block, and the dreaded “I started writing my book but never finished it…”
• How mind-mapping can keep you focused on your plot while still allowing for creative inspiration throughout the writing process

Gain focus and inspiration for your story ideas with Kristen Martin’s Story Mindmapping Workshop

Say goodbye to saggy middle blues and hello to page-turning tension.

Discover how to overcome the pitfalls that crop up at the dreaded half-way point in a novel. Whether it’s the plot or writer’s block causing you to run out of “oomph” you’ll soon learn how to fix it in this two-part masterclass.

Tips include:

• How to strengthen a story’s structure for optimal pacing
• Fun and innovative ways to keep the plot from falling flat
• Techniques to fall back in love with your story

Keep your story moving fast with Romy Sommer’s The Saggy Middle Cure: Techniques to Cure Your Story’s Saggy Middle

Learn the essential principles of novel-writing in 6 weeks!

Never again feel cringe when you read your writing, or waste time searching for answers. Whether you are a beginner writer needing to learn the basics or an intermediate writer seeking to hone your craft, this 3-part email course will fulfill your needs perfectly. You’ll learn: Story Structure, On Characters, and Drafting & Editing. 

Includes:

• Twice a week, you’ll receive emails with writing lessons and writing assignments, and
• A plot worksheet, links to all of my favorite writing resources, plus
• 3 bonus workbooks to guide you through finishing (or refining) your novel

Watch your story unfold with S.J. Siedenburg’s How to Write a Novel: An Email Course for Writers

Learn how to make simple wording tweaks that deliver big energy to a scene.

Verbs are the workhorse of your stories at the line level, so one of the simplest and quickest ways to improve your writing voice is to learn how to harness the power of verbs. You’ll discover which techniques work (and why) by deconstructing three sentences from a published novel.

In just three days of bite-sized lessons, you’ll learn…

• The 3 types of powerhouse verbs (+ psychology-based strategies for using them in your own work)
• Healthy, repeatable writing habits (that will instantly improve your prose)
• How to eliminate weak, messy prose (before you even write it)

Save time and energy editing with Sue Brown-Moore’s Bombshell Verbs: A line-editing primer course

Discover 14 easy ways to generate inspiration and ideas for your writing!

Are you tired of staring at a blank page, struggling to come up with new ideas for your writing projects? Look no further than this award-winning screenwriter’s course on generating ideas for writers! Whether you’re a seasoned writer looking to break through a creative slump, or a beginner hoping to develop a more intuitive approach to writing, this course is perfect for you.

Includes:

• Proven techniques and strategies that show you how to see the world around you as a source of endless inspiration for your writing
• A comprehensive workbook, designed to help you develop and expand upon the ideas you generate during the course.
• The guidance of a seasoned professional to harness your creativity and channel it into your writing to produce original and captivating stories

Tap your full creative potential with Katarzyna Adamus’s Generating Ideas For Your Writing Projects

Discover the elements all bestsellers have in common and how to use them in your book.

Unlock the formula that bestselling authors use, often unknowingly, to craft stories that captivate and sell. You’ll demystify the elements of successful storytelling, blending the art of narrative with the precision of science.

You will:

• Learn the underlying structure common to all page-turners, and apply it to your writing without stifling your creative voice
• Make your manuscript irresistible to agents and editors in a competitive market
• Gain continuous guidance with an exclusive Facebook group and a personal story consultation with storytelling expert Angie

Step out of the slushpile and into the spotlight with Angie Fenimore’s The Secret Science of Storytelling

Discover the easy way to write a book that sells!

If you’re interested in crafting captivating novels, this AI-assisted novel writing course is a perfect choice. It follows a way to use AI that will make readers excited for your next book, no matter what your genre. Perfect for both budding authors or seasoned writers.

You’ll access:

• Easy, repeatable, legal, step-by-step techniques
• Expert guidance and cutting-edge technology that you can use in storytelling
• The knowledge to produce compelling novels that sell

Unlock the power of storytelling with Devlin Blake’s Novel Writing With AI

Create immersive and engaging fictional worlds without getting lost in the details.

Become a better worldbuilder with the award-winning method that shows you how to go from idea to fully fleshed out story and world—without completing endless checklists, getting lost in the weeds, or succumbing to worldbuilder’s disease and inventing a detailed world with no actual story to show for it.

You’ll learn:

• A proven step-by-step process for building a fictional world that will delight readers
• In-depth workbooks to guide you in constructing your world and integrating it with your plot and characters
• A story bible template to help organize your world’s details

PLUS! PDF guides on worldbuilding and writing topics such as character creation, plot development, languages, mapping, and more!

Discover the proven method to make your book’s world come alive with Leslye Penelope’s Imaginary Worldbuilding: Creating Fictional Worlds for Writers

Discover how to turn your book-writing dreams into a best-selling reality.

Designed to guide you from initial concept to completed manuscript, at the end of this course you’ll not only have a manuscript you’re proud of, but also possess the tools and confidence to captivate your readers.

You’ll:

• Get a step-by-step roadmap that takes your idea through to a polished manuscript, demystifying the writing process along the way
• Learn how to banish self-doubt and embrace a confident, inspired writing practice that keeps the words flowing
• Acquire the skills to create vivid scenes, dynamic characters, and gripping conflicts that ensure your novel is unputdownable

Get the tools to turn the pages with Sarah Williams’s How to Write a Bestseller