MAY 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



UPCOMING PROGRAMS
READ LIKE A WRITER:
THE PROMISE BY DAMON GALGUT
Analyzing craft to inspire your own writing. 
Starting June 14 

Over three weeks, we read the Booker-Prize-winning novel The Promise by Damon Galgut and delve into various craft aspects of the novel, such as point of view, dialogue, place, and interiority. Pencil in hand, we take on key paragraphs, excavating practical techniques in the process. Leave with new tools for close-reading your own and others’ work.

Read Like a Writer: The Promise by Damon Balgut with Jennifer Carson runs for three weeks on Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. ET, beginning June 14.
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

book inc Peer Artist Leader Shanda McManus began her Baldwin For The Arts residency with high expectations. But she quickly learned, she is the initiator of her distractions. Read more.

Memoir Incubator writer Eileen Toomey reviews the rejections she received from literary magazines, and resolves to keep submitting. Read more.


After achieving several writing goals including completing a memoir, Elizabeth Jannuzzi pushes imposter syndrome aside and relishes in a newfound confidence. Read more.