JUNE 2023
Welcome to book inc, Project Write Now's community dedicated to novel and memoir writers. Each month, we provide program updates as well as insights and advice on writing, revising, and publishing a book.
IMPORTANT DATES


  • August 1 - Our application period opens for our 2024 programs. Please email bookinc@projecwritenow.org if you want an email alert when our application is available.


UPCOMING PROGRAMS
BOOK BLUEPRINT
Build a foundation for your memoir or novel. 
Starting July 10

During this class, based on the Author Accelerator “Blueprint for a Book” method, you assess, refine, and improve your ideas and works-in-progress by exploring the fundamental elements universal to all good stories. By the end of class, you have a workable blueprint, including a full outline, to guide your drafting and revision and move your story forward.

Book Blueprint with Natasha de Carvalho runs for six weeks on Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m. ET, beginning July 10.
RECENT JOURNAL POSTS
DISCOVERING THE WHY OF MEMOIR WRITING

Memoir Incubator writer Tunji Oke contemplates the reason he is writing his memoir and discovers his desire to preserve his father's legacy. Read more.
SHARING MY WRITING: GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH BEING UNCOMFORTABLE

Memoir writer Elizabeth Jannuzzi talks about how she grew comfortable being vulnerable, both in her writing and as a writer. Read more.

Delighted that her garden produced vegetables, Elisheva Trenk contemplates a passage from Julia Cameron’s "The Artist's Way" and how effort is tied to results. Read more.

WHAT GHOSTWRITING CAN TEACH US ABOUT MEMOIR

After reading an article by JR Moehringer about ghostwriting, Jennifer Gaites realizes that approaching her own memoir like a ghostwriter will help her dig deeper. Read more.
MEET OUR BOOK INC WRITERS
WELCOME, TUNJI!

Tunji Oke is a product manager who has written more software requirements than he cares to remember. He’s turned his pen to writing essays and short stories, and is currently working on a memoir about his father in book inc's Memoir Incubator program.
AND CHECK OUT ...
Are you interested in writing a book, but not ready to embark on a long-term project? PWN's Writers Institute offers several classes and workshops to help you along. 

  • Write the story you were meant to tell in Memoir which runs for six weeks on Wednesdays, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET, beginning July 12.

  • Preserve your family’s legacy in Writing Family Stories which runs for three weeks on Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. ET, beginning on August 8.