Stop Wondering What Happens Next in Your Story

You have an idea for a middle grade novel. Maybe you already know who your main character is. You may even have a few chapters written.

But somewhere between that exciting idea and a finished manuscript, things can get complicated.

What happens next? How do you keep the middle from sagging? Where should the turning point occur? How do you weave in subplots without losing track of the main story? And how do you bring everything together for a satisfying ending?

Write a Middle Grade Novel in One Month gives you a clear plan to follow.

Instead of trying to figure out the entire novel at once, you’ll work through your story in manageable sections, planning and writing five chapters at a time.

Nancy I. Sanders guides you through the process step by step, showing you how to develop your characters, build your plot and subplots, create conflict, raise the stakes, and move your story toward a satisfying conclusion.

You’ll be learning about middle grade fiction, but more importantly, you’ll be writing your own middle grade novel as you go.

By the end of the four sessions and accompanying writing assignments, you’ll have worked your way from Chapter 1 through Chapter 20.

One chapter at a time. One section at a time. Until you have a complete draft.

Everything You Need Is Ready to Download

This course is designed to make it easy to learn, plan, and write at your own pace.

As soon as you enroll, you’ll have access to four complete audio workshop sessions with almost four hours of instruction from Nancy I. Sanders. You’ll also receive more than 25 downloadable handouts, worksheets, charts, and planning pages to use as you develop your novel.

Print the pages you want to work with, punch holes in them, and keep everything together in your own three-ring binder. As you move through the course, your binder becomes the working plan for your novel.

You’ll have pages to help you develop your characters, organize your plot and subplots, plan individual chapters, track important story elements, and work your way through all 20 chapters.

And because this is a self-study course, there’s no class schedule and no deadline.

Download the materials. Listen to the sessions. Work through the exercises. Write your chapters.

Then return to the course whenever you need it—even when you’re ready to plan your next middle grade novel.

A Clear Path from Your First Idea to Your Finished Draft

You don’t have to sit down on Day One knowing exactly how your entire novel will unfold.

That’s what Nancy’s system is designed to help you discover.

The course takes you through your novel in four focused sessions, with each session building naturally on the one before it. You’ll develop your story, strengthen it as it grows, keep it moving forward, and learn how to bring everything together in a satisfying way.

And you won’t simply listen to Nancy explain the process.

You’ll use what you’re learning to work on your own novel as you go.

Nancy has taken the guesswork out of what to work on and when. You can concentrate on your story while following a clear process that keeps you moving toward a finished manuscript.

One idea. Four sessions. A complete 20-chapter first draft.

You bring the story.

Nancy shows you how to turn it into a novel.

More Than 25 Practical Resources to Help You Along the Way

Sometimes knowing what to do isn’t enough. It helps to have something in front of you that keeps your thoughts organized and gives you a place to work through your ideas.

That’s why Nancy has included more than 25 downloadable handouts, worksheets, charts, and planning pages with the course.

These aren’t pages to read once and forget about. They’re working tools you’ll use as you develop and write your novel.

Print the resources you need, punch holes in them, and add them to your three-ring binder. As you work through the course, you’ll create your own organized collection of notes, ideas, plans, and worksheets for your novel.

And because the materials are downloadable, they’re yours to keep. You can return to them whenever you need them and print fresh copies when you’re ready to work on another novel.

No staring at a blank page wondering what to do next.

You’ll have Nancy’s instruction to guide you and practical tools to help you put that instruction to work.