At Mystery Publishers, we help you tell your story your way. Every writer has a unique voice waiting to be discovered and refined. We offer personalised, expert writing coaching to help you unlock your full potential, whether you’re a beginner or a professional and want to hone your writing skills. Our coaching sessions are tailored to your needs, providing constructive feedback, actionable insights, and dedicated support throughout your writing journey.
Our Promise
- Provide expert guidance and feedback throughout the program.
- Offer resources and tools to facilitate the writing process.
- Maintain regular communication and support.
- Ensure the program stays on schedule and the author delivers a complete manuscript at the end of 18 weeks, subject to the author’s commitment to the process.
Beginner
Newbies and beginners- Duration: 18 Weeks
- If you are just starting out, you have some basics of writing and know how to go about writing, but you have not taken any writing programme to develop your skills.
- Objective: To guide authors through the process of writing, editing, and preparing their manuscripts for professional publishing and marketing.
Hybrid
Intermediate writers- Duration: 12 Weeks
- Get a 15% discount on the publishing fee.
- Self-paced Online Learning + Coaching: Combines the scalability of an online course with the personalised touch of live coaching.
- You have developed moderate proficiency and can handle writing tasks with ease. You have taken one or two writing programmes or workshops but want to hone your creative writing skills.
- Objective To guide authors to hone their creative writing skills through self-paced learning at Mystery Creative Writing Training Institute and personalised guidance to writing any genre the writer has chosen.
Programme Structure
Week 1: Setup and Planning
Activities:
■ Assist in selecting appropriate writing software.
■ Set clear writing goals.
■ Establish mandatory page counts.
■ Decide on meeting days and times for follow-up sessions.
○Coach’s Responsibility:
■ Provide guidance on software selection and goal setting.
■ Offer templates for planning.
○Author’s Responsibility:
■ Choose your preferred writing software.
■ Set personal writing goals.
■ Commit to meeting schedules.
Week 2: Conceptualisation
Activities:
■ Decide on thebook’s theme, content matter and target audience.
○Coach’s Responsibility:
■ Facilitate brainstorming sessions.
■ Provide market research insights.
○Author’s Responsibility:
■ Define thebook’s purpose and audience.
Week 3: Setting and Characters
Activities:
■ Develop the setting and main characters, both for fiction and non fiction texts.
○Coach’s Responsibility:
■ Offer character development exercises.
■ Provide feedback on character sketches.
○Author’s Responsibility:
■ Create detailed character profiles and persona.
■ Describe thebook’s setting vividly.
Week 4: Plot and Chapter Outline
Activities:
■ Outline the plot and chapter structure.
○Coach’s Responsibility:
■ Guide in creating a cohesive plot.
■ Review and suggest improvements to the outline.
○Author’s Responsibility:
■ Draft a chapter-by-chapter outline.
Weeks 5: Chapter Goals and Daily Writing Targets
Activities:
■ Set specific goals for each chapter.
■ Determine daily page count targets.
○Coach’s Responsibility:
■ Help break down the manuscript into manageable sections.
■ Monitor progress and adjust goals as needed.
○Author’s Responsibility:
■ Commit to daily writing targets.
■ Submit weekly progress reports.
Weeks 6-16: Weekly Check-ins
Activities:
■ Regular meetings to discuss progress, challenges, and feedback.
○Coach’s Responsibility:
■ Provide constructive feedback on submitted chapters.
■ Offer solutions to overcome writing obstacles.
○Author’s Responsibility:
■ Submit completed chapters on time.
■ Actively engage in feedback sessions.
Week 17: Rest Period
Activities:
■ Take a break from writing to gain perspective.
○Coach’s Responsibility:
■ Encourage reflection on the manuscript.
○Author’s Responsibility:
■ Let the project rest, and share it with a trusted friend or colleague who can offer constructive feedback.
Week 18: Self-Editing and Preparation for Professional Editing and Publishing
Activities:
■ Learn self-editing techniques.
■ Prepare the manuscript for professional editing, illustration, and publishing.
○Coach’s Responsibility:
■ Teach self-editing strategies.
■ Provide resources for professional editing and publishing.
○Author’s Responsibility:
■ Apply self-editing techniques to the manuscript.
■ Prepare the manuscript for submission to professionals.
Bonus Session: Book Marketing and Promotion, Book Launch, and and Post-Launch Strategy
○ Activities:
■ Learn about market readiness and promotion, launching, and post-launch expectations.
○ Coach’s Responsibility:
■ Provide marketing strategies and post-launch plans.
○ Author’s Responsibility:
■ Develop a marketing plan.
■ Prepare for post-launch activities.
Programme Structure
Week 1: Setup and Planning & Conceptualisation
Activities:
- Assist in selecting appropriate writing software.
- Set clear writing goals.
- Establish mandatory page counts.
- Decide on thebook’s theme, content matter and target audience.
- Decide on meeting days and times for follow-up sessions.
○Coach’s Responsibility:
■ Provide guidance on software selection and goal setting.
■ Offer templates for planning.
■ Facilitate brainstorming sessions.
■ Provide market research insights.
○Author’s Responsibility:
■ Choose your preferred writing software.
■ Set personal writing goals.
■ Commit to meeting schedules.
■ Define thebook’s purpose and audience.
Week 2: Outlining, Plotting, and Characterisation
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- Activities:
■ Develop the setting and main characters, both for fiction and non-fiction texts.
■ Outline the plot and chapter structure.
○Coach’s Responsibility:
■ Offer character development exercises.
■ Provide feedback on character sketches.
■ Guide in creating a cohesive plot.
■ Review and suggest improvements to the outline.
○Author’s Responsibility:
■ Create detailed character profiles and persona.
■ Describe thebook’s setting vividly.
■ Draft a chapter-by-chapter outline.
Weeks 3: Chapter Goals and Daily Writing Targets
Activities:
■ Set specific goals for each chapter.
■ Determine daily page count targets.
■ Regular meetings to discuss progress, challenges, and feedback.
○Coach’s Responsibility:
■ Help break down the manuscript into manageable sections.
■ Monitor progress and adjust goals as needed.
○Author’s Responsibility:
■ Commit to daily writing targets.
■ Submit weekly progress reports.
Weeks 4-8: Weekly Check-ins
Activities:
○Coach’s Responsibility:
■ Provide constructive feedback on submitted chapters.
■ Offer solutions to overcome writing obstacles.
○Author’s Responsibility:
■ Submit completed chapters on time.
■ Actively engage in feedback sessions.
Week 9: Self-Editing and Preparation for Publishing
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- Activities:
■ Learn self-editing techniques.
■ Prepare the manuscript for professional editing, illustration, and publishing.
○Coach’s Responsibility:
■ Teach self-editing strategies.
■ Provide resources for professional editing and publishing.
○Author’s Responsibility:
■ Apply self-editing techniques to the manuscript.
■ Prepare the manuscript for submission to professionals.
Programme Features
Week 1: Setup and Planning & Conceptualisation
Activities:
- Assist in getting started with the writing programme and selecting the appropriate course.
- Set clear study and writing goals.
- Decide on meeting days and times for follow-up sessions.
○Coach’s Responsibility:
■ Provide guidance on online course and and goal setting.
■ Offer templates for planning.
■ Facilitate brainstorming sessions.
■ Provide market research insights.
○Author’s Responsibility:
■ Choose your preferred writing course.
■ Set personal study and writing goals.
■ Commit to meeting schedules.
■ Define the book’s purpose and audience.
Week 2 – 11: Self-paced Study and Coaching Period
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- Activities:
■ Author takes online classes and consults the coach every now and then.
■ Regular virtual classes and live/group coaching sessions.
■ Develop the setting and main characters, both for fiction and non-fiction texts.
■ Outline the plot and chapter structure.
■ Set specific goals for each chapter.
■ Determine daily page count targets.
■ Regular meetings to discuss progress, challenges, and feedback.
○ Coach’s Responsibility:
■ Offer character development exercises.
■ Provide feedback on character sketches.
■ Guide in creating a cohesive plot.
■ Review and suggest improvements to the outline.
■ Help break down the manuscript into manageable sections.
■ Monitor progress and adjust goals as needed.
■ Provide constructive feedback on submitted chapters.
■ Offer solutions to overcome writing obstacles.
○ Author’s Responsibility:
■ Create detailed character profiles and persona.
■ Describe the book’s setting vividly.
■ Commit to daily writing targets.
■ Submit weekly progress reports.
■ Draft a chapter-by-chapter outline.
■ Submit completed chapters on time.
■ Actively engage in feedback sessions.
Week 12: Self-Editing, Professional Editng, and Preparation for Publishing
- Activities:
■ Learn self-editing techniques.
■ Prepare the manuscript for professional editing, illustration, and publishing.
○ Coach’s Responsibility:
■ Teach self-editing strategies.
■ Provide resources for professional editing and publishing.
○Author’s Responsibility:
■ Apply self-editing techniques to the manuscript.
■ Prepare the manuscript for submission to professionals.
Bonus Session: Book Marketing and Promotion, Book Launch, and and Post-Launch Strategy
○ Activities:
■ Learn about market readiness and promotion, launching, and post-launch expectations.
○ Coach’s Responsibility:
■ Provide marketing strategies and post-launch plans.
○ Author’s Responsibility:
■ Develop a marketing plan.
■ Prepare for post-launch activities.