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Terrible feedback sounds like: "I just don't think you have the right qualities."Helpful feedback sounds like a complime...
05/28/2026

Terrible feedback sounds like: "I just don't think you have the right qualities."

Helpful feedback sounds like a compliment sandwich. 🥪

book inc intern Emma Moriarty on what a wilderness hike taught her about giving feedback that actually lands—and how the Memoir Incubator's Reading Rounds get it right.

Read the latest installment of Emma's Angle at https://bookinc.org/from-the-trail-to-the-workshop-giving-feedback-that-helps/

What if your memoir's best metaphor is actually hiding something?book inc's program director Elizabeth Jannuzzi's latest...
05/21/2026

What if your memoir's best metaphor is actually hiding something?
book inc's program director Elizabeth Jannuzzi's latest piece in "The Brevity Blog" draws a line between the kind of recovery-speak that sounds meaningful but leaves you hungry—and the raw, specific detail that makes memoir actually land.

"The reader nods, recognizes the shape of the thing, and walks away empty."

Don't let that happen in your manuscript. Read "Don't Hide Behind the Cake" at https://bookinc.org/dont-hide-behind-the-cake-brevity-blog/

05/20/2026

đź“– You wrote a book. Now what?

If you've finished a memoir or novel and you're staring at that manuscript, wondering what comes next—this one's for you.

Join us for a free virtual workshop where we'll walk you through the choices writers face after completing a manuscript: Do you revise more? Are you ready to query? How do you even know?

We'll introduce you to two book inc programs launching in July that can help guide your next steps:
đź“ť Book Revision Lab
📬 Book Submission Bootcamp

Come with your questions. Leave with a plan.
âś… FREE
đź“… Wednesday, May 27
🕖 7:00–8:00 pm ET
đź’» Virtual via Zoom

Register at https://pwnwriters.org/course/so-you-wrote-a-book-now-what/

Meet your July Book Revision Lab PALs! 🎉 We sat down with Olivia Kenney and Kaecey McCormick to talk revision fears, ge...
05/15/2026

Meet your July Book Revision Lab PALs! 🎉 We sat down with Olivia Kenney and Kaecey McCormick to talk revision fears, getting unstuck, and what they're bringing to the next BRL cohort.

Spoiler: they both love a good walk when things get hard.

Read the full Q&A at: https://bookinc.org/meet-the-next-book-revision-lab-peer-artist-leaders

Apply for the next Book Revision Lab, starting July 16, 2026.

Do memoir rules actually exist? Sort of. And some of them are meant to be broken. In this month's Ask Tina, Tina Goodyea...
05/07/2026

Do memoir rules actually exist? Sort of. And some of them are meant to be broken.

In this month's Ask Tina, Tina Goodyear breaks down the golden rules of memoir writing—structure, scope, accountability, and why your divorce details matter less than you think.

đź“ť Read our Ask Tina column at https://bookinc.org/ask-tina-what-are-the-rules-of-memoir-writing/

100 subscribers and counting. ✨The book inc Journal is packed with essays from writers in the trenches—on revision, reje...
05/04/2026

100 subscribers and counting. ✨

The book inc Journal is packed with essays from writers in the trenches—on revision, rejection, feedback, and the long road to done. Real writers. Real process. No fluff.

Join us on Substack. Sign up at https://bookinc.substack.com/

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A Guardian feature. A literary agent. A possible film deal. And all Vickie Hardin Woods really wants is a printed copy o...
04/30/2026

A Guardian feature. A literary agent. A possible film deal. And all Vickie Hardin Woods really wants is a printed copy of her manuscript in her hands.

We love that. 🥧

Read her Writer Spotlight on the book inc Journal at https://bookinc.org/writer-spotlight-vickie-hardin-woods/

Courtney Zeni finished her novel, landed a literary agent through a Virtual Pitch Fest, and is heading toward submission...
04/16/2026

Courtney Zeni finished her novel, landed a literary agent through a Virtual Pitch Fest, and is heading toward submission to the Big 5. She's also a PhD biochemist. Overachiever? Maybe. B

But her story is genuinely inspiring—and her advice for querying writers is worth bookmarking. New Writer Spotlight on the book inc journal.

Firefly photo credit: KartheekPhoto

Check it out at https://bookinc.org/writer-spotlight-courtney-zeni/

What does reorganizing your kitchen cabinets have to do with writing a novel? More than you'd think. 🗂️✍️book inc writer...
04/09/2026

What does reorganizing your kitchen cabinets have to do with writing a novel? More than you'd think. 🗂️✍️

book inc writer (and Project Write Now instructor!) Jennifer Gaites explores the messy, nonlinear process of organizing a novel—and finds unexpected inspiration in the most unlikely place—in her latest "Mast Years" Substack.

If you've ever smiled sheepishly when someone asks how your book is going, this one's for you.

📖 Read "My Slow Organizational Brain" on the book inc Journal → https://bookinc.org/my-slow-organizational-brain-mast-years/

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