The Story Lab Process - Fiction
•introductory call - discussion of goals, explanation of process, questions answered, set
committed call (day/time)
• 60mn calls/Zooms: full discussion about craft (voice, pacing, plot, characterization and
character arcs), discipline (are you motivated by word count, specific number of hours of
writing?) and story idea (do you have an outline, are you interested in being guided by a
synopsis or do you just want to start writing?)
• Weekly submission of pages and weekly calls/Zooms (goal is to support you in continuing to
write forward, any discussion about pages is to clarify challenges, work out blocks and facilitate
the process of continuing to write the book)
• Available during the week to answer emails, provide quick responses/feedback
• When first draft is complete, I will undertake a full read of the manuscript, provide revision
suggestions/feedback verbally, then follow up with written revision notes
• Discuss revision process, answer any questions
• Weekly calls to check in on revision work (no submission of pages) until second draft is
complete