Schedule of Weekly Therapy Topics

  • Saturday: Loosen up! Books, gadgets, and other miscellaneous items to help us write!
  • Monday: Nurturing the Soul
  • Tuesday: Doc's Exam (a look at writing craft!)
  • Wednesday: Presciptions: Exercises and How-to's -- a follow up to the Doctor's Exam!
  • Thursday: Case Studies: Examples from current movies and books..
  • Friday: House Calls - critique of your work from the BT team!

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  • God has blessed you with an amazing talent--not only in your writing but in helping others. I was just amazed at how many ideas you had for my story off the top of your head. No wonder you whip your books out so fast! :) It's like words and scenes are just bubbling up inside you, a part of you! :) Author Barbara C.
  • I just wanted to thank you again for sharing your gift of storytelling with me. You gave me many great ideas to choose from and helped me think of new ways to make the emotions zing in my story. Our talk and your emails were definitely what I needed to move me forward on this story. ~ Rose M.
  • Your Book Therapy really, really helped me get a handle on what I *knew* was in there somewhere and needed to pull out. :) Isn't that what therapists do? ~ author Lynette S.

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In Book Therapy you are guided through the elements of a book, learning one-on-one with someone who has crafted words (sometimes misbehaving words!) into successful stories and suffered through the process of bringing fiction to life. You’re going to get “tools” from book therapy, questions to ask yourself or your characters, exercises to help yourself grow as a writer and storyteller. You will walk away as your own book therapist, armed with the ability to talk a book off the ledge and onto the shelf.

Because we think a synopsis and book chapters go hand in hand, we don’t separate them out when we do Book Therapy. We look at the entire proposal, from the ideas, the marketability and the story arc to the characters and pacing and even word craft. In short, a Book Therapy session is comprehensive. We do deep “musculoskeletal” therapy for a whole book proposal using our top secret Deep Therapy methods.

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Susan May Warren

  • As an award-winning author of nearly twenty books, Susan May Warren has been an American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) BOTY (Book of the Year) and Genesis judge, a Romance Writer’s of America RITA judge, and an IRCC (Inspirational Reader’s Choice Contest) judge. Susan taught the past four years at the ACFW national conference, including the 2006 Beginning Writer’s track. Susan holds a B.A. in Mass Communication and English from the University of Minnesota school of journalism. She excels in characterization, and creating a story with impact.

Rachel Hauck

  • Rachel Hauck is a multi-published author of romance and chick lit. Readers and reviewers agree Rachel writes tight prose and great characters. Setting, dialog, voice and pacing are her strengths, as well as looking for a story's unique spiritual angle. Rachel also has a keen editorial eye for symbolism and underlying themes. Writing for over twenty years, Rachel has a BA in Journalism from Ohio State University. Rachel is also teaching the Chick Lit continuing education course at the 2007 American Christian Romance Writer's conference in Dallas.

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