Fast-Draft Your Novel With a Zero Draft
with Cara Stevens
This course includes:
10 video lessons
10 chapters
15 assignments to get writing today
Perfect If: You want to move past perfectionism and get your novel written.
Open To: Novelists and aspiring novelists of all levels.
$149.00
$149.00Enroll Now
100% money-back guarantee for 14 days, no questions asked.
You’ll Leave This Course With:
- A full understanding of the Zero Draft methodology to get your novel out of your head and onto the page.
- A step-by-step, flexible approach to your novel that combines the best of “plotting” and “pantsing”… and abolishes writer’s block.
- Everything you need to move past hesitation and overwhelm—and get your novel written.
Writing a novel is hard. But do you know what’s harder? Never finishing one because you keep second-guessing yourself, rewriting the same chapter over and over, or staring at a blank page like it personally offended you. This course is here to fix that.
Fast-Draft Your Novel with a Zero Draft is a self-guided, ten-session course designed to help you break free from perfectionism and get your story on the page—messy, imperfect, and wonderfully real. You’ll learn how to silence your inner critic, embrace a Zero Draft mindset, and keep momentum going, even when self-doubt creeps in.
You don’t need a detailed outline. You don’t need to know everything about your characters. You just need a step-by-step process, a roadmap, and a willingness to write without overthinking.
Meet Your Instructor: Cara Stevens
“Cara gave me such detailed and helpful advice while also offering me the encouragement that I needed as a new author.”
— Katie M.
What You’ll Learn
Fast-Draft Your Novel with a Zero Draft will teach you:
- How to draft quickly without getting stuck in endless revisions
- Why a Zero Draft is the secret weapon of successful novelists
- Ways to structure your story just enough without stifling creativity
- Techniques for character development that don’t require an extensive backstory
- How to build immersive settings without spending months drawing a fictional map
- Strategies for troubleshooting plot problems without scrapping your entire draft
This course is for you if you’re ready to stop overthinking and start writing. Your story won’t draft itself—so let’s get to work!
What You’ll Get
Inside, you’ll find:
- 10 video lessons (10 minutes each—because no one has time for an hour-long lecture)
- 10 written chapters, clearly laid out, with key takeaways
- 10 assignments to keep you writing instead of just thinking about writing
- A fresh perspective on drafting that turns the messy first pass into a phase of discovery
Supportive Mindset for Novelists
Included FREE when you purchase Story Structure for Novelists before Sunday, May 11!
Don’t let this be another course that sits on your hard drive unused…
Get live support and accountability in a community of other novelists—and get your novel written!
Supportive Mindset for Novelists is a four-week live group program beginning Wednesday, May 13, with novelist and Writers.com Community Manager Elle LaMarca.
Week 1: Trust Yourself & Trust the Process
You’ll let go of perfectionism and creative blocks, to free yourself to write.
Week 2: Build Resilience; Challenge Resistance
Learn how to write through ups and downs.
Week 3: Rewrite the Narrative—Building a Sustainable Practice
Set yourself up with a writing practice you can rely on.
Week 4: The Writer’s Compass
Connect, or reconnect, with your creative purpose.
Join For:
- Weekly live calls.
- A supportive community of fellow novelists.
- Creative prompts and writing exercises.
- One month full access to the Writers.com Community.
- A dedicated online space for your writing and questions.
This course includes:
10 video lessons
10 chapters
15 assignments to get writing today
Perfect If: You want to move past perfectionism and get your novel written.
Open To: Novelists and aspiring novelists of all levels.
$149.00
$149.00Enroll Now
100% money-back guarantee for 14 days, no questions asked.
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“Cara laid out a roadmap to take with my manuscript. Where it came from to where it is now—I am really proud of that.”
—Cody S.
About Cara Stevens
Cara J. Stevens is an author, editor, podcaster and book coach who has helped countless authors move past perfectionism and get their books written.
She has written more than 80 books for young readers based on video games, pop-culture trends, and beloved characters including Pokémon Go, Terraria, and Minecraft and the K-pop groups BTS and BlackPink.
With years of experience guiding writers through the drafting process, Cara knows firsthand that the hardest part of writing a novel is getting out of your own way.