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The directions you've been needing.

The Writer's Map is a focused, 12 week experience that cuts the overwhelm, stalling, and endless rewriting so you can finally write The End...for real. You'll create your very own Writer's Map so you can see exactly what isn't working in your manuscript and how to fix it, as well as my story-transforming process that's taken writers from ready-to-quit to published and thriving.

 Give yourself 12 weeks and I'll give you a stronger, better story.
YES. I WANT MY WRITER'S MAP

You're stuck between "I know it's good" and "why isn't it working".

You know you can write. You know you have amazing ideas and your drafts are clean. But you're stuck, either not finishing the way you want or getting rejected and still not sure why. Here's the tea:

You are just so beyond basic advice. You have outgrown it. 

You need help that's sharper, deeper, and has you making the right changes in the right order. You need specifics and guidance so you can get out of the No Man's Land of drafting → guessing  rejections.

Because when you know what to fix and why, everything changes.

The writing is easier. You make decisions faster. Your momentum naturally builds. You finish stories that actually deliver on their promise and you can move forward with so much confidence.

This is the difference between people passing you by or you actually

accomplishing your goals.

Demi actively re-worked her story in less than a month and landed an agent.

"I cut a lot, really tightened the plot and an agent read my book in three days and offered rep!"

Aimee went from non-writing misery to writing daily with joy.

"I couldn’t write at all. It was making me so miserable. And then your course came along...and I could write again after that. Completely changed the way I would write forever."

Mattea nailed technique that alluded her for years and landed an agent.

"It was the first time it felt like I had nailed character in the draft and didn’t need to go back and try to reconstruct or make it feel deeper."

You're talented. You're just fixing the wrong things.

You're talented. You're just fixing the wrong things.

Chrissy went from full of second-guessing and doubt to knocking out a book in three months and landing an agent.

I was hurting. Wanting it so much, but not knowing what I was missing. Now I know and it was lifechanging. I knocked my book out in three months because of it and am now agented!

– CHRISSY DAVIS, MG AUTHOR & Writer's map grad
clarity. momentum. completion.

Here's your process to achieve manuscript bliss.

The Writer's Map is all about igniting your creativity, not caging it. Making it infinitely better, not boxing it in. And that's why you won't find a fill-in-the-blank template or you-can-only-do-it-this-way process in sight. Instead, TWM is built on radically questioning and digging deeper with your story. And in that powerful excavation, you find the answers you've been needing to make yourself and your books stronger and better than ever.

 

pillar one:

Your Story Transforming Process

Right away, you get access to my powerful story transforming processes that I've personally used to coach 1:1 clients from abstract ideas to helping them write and edit books that win awards, land dream agents, and get book deals. Now you'll learn every bit of training, education, tricks and cheatcodes to make your own story go from "kind of working" to delivering big time.

Some things you'll learn:

  • What to do when you hate your book and are thisclose to scrapping everything.
  • How to make sure your MC is truly everything you want her to be and not just some list of traits and "wounds" that the reader won't care about.
  • How to make sure your plot is actually exciting and delivers on its promise.
  •  The invisible yet vital ways you have to dig deeper with your story if you want readers to love it.
  • And much, much more!

You'll walk away with a whole new perspective on your story, tons of clarity as to why things are and aren't working, and how to elevate your book into it's most readable version.

pillar one:

Your Story Transforming Process

Right away, you get access to my powerful story transforming processes that I've personally used to coach 1:1 clients from abstract ideas to helping them write and edit books that win awards, land dream agents, and get book deals. Now you'll learn every bit of training, education, tricks and cheatcodes to make your own story go from "kind of working" to delivering big time.

Some things you'll learn:

  • What to do when you hate your book and are thisclose to scrapping everything.
  • How to make sure your MC is truly everything you want her to be and not just some list of traits and "wounds" that the reader won't care about.
  • How to make sure your plot is actually exciting and delivers on its promise.
  •  The invisible yet vital ways you have to dig deeper with your story if you want readers to love it.
  • And much, much more!

You'll walk away with a whole new perspective on your story, tons of clarity as to why things are and aren't working, and how to elevate your book into it's most readable version.

Karen wrote two books and published her debut in just one year.

"Bethany knows ‘story’ so well! She is there for writers (plotters and pantsers!) at any point in their process, whether it be planning, drafting or revising a novel. Her methods and materials will help them use their own writing styles to find the heart of their stories, draft scenes that are fun and that really matter, and revise a completed story to make it the best it can be."

Karen Kent, debut author and Writer's Map grad

 

Module two: the heart of your story

The Story Compass

With your recharged excitement, it's time to get to the big questions of your story. This is where you gut check everything and see it from all angles, where you don't let anything pass your notice. Here's where your story upgrade turbocharges.

Some things you'll learn:

  • A bulletproof way to make sure your character is a true MC and not just a list of traits.
  • How to turn all your external action into internal emotion, stakes, and tension that actually move the story forward in the most entertaining way.
  • Why character "wounds" are out and what to use instead.
  • And much more!

This module will help you end the "start over loop", eliminate misaligned characters to plot, and lock in the emotional core of your story.


Some tools in this module to help you along the way include my revolutionary Story Compass, a brand new and exclusive Bear Beatsheet, and Story Compass case studies of four popular movies and tv shows.

pillar two:

Your Personalized Map

While you're learning the processes to see your story clearly and everything it actually needs, you'll also be creating your very own Writer's Map. This invaluable tool is so much more than an outline or beatsheet. It's a deep dive diagnostic on your characters, plot, themes, external and internal beats, and entire story structure. Which means: no more second-guessing, walking in cirlces and wasting years.

It's real progress in the right direction.

Your writer's map doesn't just highlight what happens. It shows you precisely what you need to change, fix, completely delete, and enhance so you can confidently write The End and move to the next level.

Emily finished her revisions in less than six months and got agented.

“Bethany’s unique writing [lessons] are NEXT LEVEL! With her help, I was able to sculpt my novel and get agented. She really knows her stuff!!”

Emily Rae, represented by Mushens Entertainment and Writer's Map grad

 

Module three: the nitty gritty

Building Pages That Work

A well-structured book isn’t enough. If your pacing is off, tension is weak, or scenes don’t pull their weight, readers lose interest fast. Never fear, because here, we zoom in on the tangible elements that mkae your pages feel alive, exciting, and unskimmable.

Some things you'll learn:

  • Pacing, tension, and immersion, oh my! You'll learn the super fun, sneaky ways to enhance and turbocharge them for max reader emjoyment.
  • Advanced scene economics that'll show you how to cut the fluff so every moment in your book counts.
  • Info dumps and saggy middles got you down? You'll learn my fool-proof method to turn the "boring" parts into high value set pieces!
  • And much more!

This module will help you craft scenes that work on multiple levels, avoid stalled pacing, and build and maintain story momentum that makes your readers truly care what happens next.


Some tools in this module to help you along the way include my amazing goof proof scene cards, the Pacing Pulse worksheet, and Springboards and Trampolines diagnostic.

pillar three:

Your Support + Accountability

The stats are clear: people who go it alone most likely won't succeed. But people with support, accountability, deadlines, partners? They make it work. And that's why you're getting 12 weeks where those things will be there for you on demand.

Some things you'll have access to:

  • Guided weekly writing sprints to help you produce solid pages
  • Coaching and Q&A so you never spiral or get lost again.
  • Surprise challenges so you keep your momentum going.
  • Author Matchmaking because accountability and cheerleading make all the difference.

This is all about really getting you executing your map, not just making it. It's about finishing your story once and for all so then you can confidently query or self pub it and move on to your next book.

 Emily revised and published her debut book.

"Bethany helped me the most with the daunting revision process. The roadmaps and exercises helped with making me rethink my characters and returning to what exactly I had in mind when I started the draft. They’re a very useful tool for a high-level overview and a way to outline before starting the first draft to limit the amount of future revisions Thank you again!"

Emily Swiers, debut author and Writer's Map grad

 

pillar four:

Tangible Examples to Make it Real

You'll never have to guess or wonder "am I doing this right?" because you'll have access to a treasure trove of resources to crystalize every single lesson in The Writer's Map. 

Some things you'll have access to:

  • The Story Compass matrix and a brand new, exclusive beatsheet, The Slumbering Bear.
  • Discovery docs and worksheets where you'll dive even deeper with the trainings.
  • Case studies of popular books, TV shows, movies and characters, such as Daredevil, Catwoman, Broadway's The Newsies, and more.
  • And so much more!
pillar four:

Tangible Examples to Make it Real

You'll never have to guess or wonder "am I doing this right?" because you'll have access to a treasure trove of resources to crystalize every single lesson in The Writer's Map. 

Some things you'll have access to:

  • The Story Compass matrix and a brand new, exclusive beatsheet, The Slumbering Bear.
  • Discovery docs and worksheets where you'll dive even deeper with the trainings.
  • Case studies of popular books, TV shows, movies and characters, such as Daredevil, Catwoman, Broadway's The Newsies, and more.
  • And so much more!
A.D. got out of her own way and excitedly revamped her story.

Honestly just three quick chats was enough to help me grow! I suddenly had this new way to plot, I had a better feel for the beats that should happen to propel my story forward. She's fantastic!

A.D., YA author

 

Module five: reader delight

Making Confident Story Decisions

By this stage, the core of your novel is solid and the story elements are really singing. Now, we're going to bring even more richness, nuance, and themes of your story to life. These are "secondary" aspects of storytelling that are often overlooked but here, you'll make sure they resonate and matter.

  • Chemistry? It's not just for science class. Learn how to make character relationships explosive with this surprising 3 part question.

  • How to make sure your side characters and subplots serve the story, not take away from it with this can't-miss exercise.

  • Discover the easy method to fix dialogue, worldbuilding, and flow so your book is as immersive as can be.

  • And much more!

This module will help you elevate the entire reading experience and make sure every plot thread and twist and character decision has payoff and feels earned and oh so satisfying.


Some tools in this module to help you along the way include Advanced Voice Work discovery doc, Story Completion Scale, Theme Audit, and The Sideplot Sanity Checker.

putting it together

What You'll Achieve

The entire point of The Writer's Map is to give you a crystal clear, easy to follow map that'll show you exactly what to do to make your book better and stronger. And it's also to give you the time to actually work on your manuscript and implement so by the end, you have a revised story.

Plus, you'll also achieve:

  • A repeatable lifetime skill that will make all your future WIPS better and stronger from the start, so you spend way less time figuring them out.
  • A creative engine that'll drive you to finishing again and again, so you can truly build a writing career instead of feeling like you only have one shot, one book.
  • More time because you'll spend so much less of it at war with your creativity, trying this or that, hitting your head against the wall and going down dead ends.
  • And most importantly, the ability to finish books you love and are proud of. 
Alex outlined, wrote, and edited her novel in less than six months.

I came to Bethany with all of the pieces that I had been working on; they felt broken and vulnerable, and also scary. She scooped them up, turned them over carefully and gave me the honesty of her thoughtful and careful feedback. You know how some people say they’ll look over your story with a fine-tooth comb? Bethany’s is micro-sized! I’m talking fine-toothed and filled with laser beams! She then helped me to organize every character, every theme, and all the essentials and held my hand through the process of outlining my entire manuscript and character journeys.

Alex, YA author

How many more passes...how many more years...do you want to endure not getting it right? 

I DON'T WANT TO WASTE ANOTHER MINUTE

After being stuck and stalled, Erica transformed her story and is querying.

"One of the most transformative classes I've ever taken. Not only did she make me realize the exact issues within my current WIP, but she also presented solutions to resolve those problems. These solutions truly gave me lightbulb moments. Plus, Bethany is a literal sweetheart who is capable of encouraging you to face your revision fears while cheering you on as you make your story stronger. I could not have asked for a better writing class or a better teacher."

– Erica O, YA AUTHOR and Writer's map grad

Show Up. Do the Work. Walk away with progress you can see.

I know there's so many writing courses out there, but this isn't about generic advice or rah-rah cheerleading that leads nowhere. It's about getting you writing the best version of your book so then you can move to the next level. And if you show up and do the work, you will have a finished, revised story by the end of your 12 weeks. 

At the bare minimum, you'll have a transformational Writer's Map that'll show you exactly how to make your book better, stronger, and much more readable.

Where will you be 12 weeks from now?

Working on the same scene you've been working on for the last four months? Or barely even writing because you're so frustrated that you can't figure it out? 

Or will you be done? Your book revised and finished and finally the way your heart always saw it? Will you be querying or self-pubbing? Will your readers finally have your book in their hands?

YES. I WANT TO FINISH MY BOOK IN 12 WEEKS
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"Worth every penny."

Bethany talked to me about the good, the bad, the ugly, but all in ways that were digestible, encouraging, and uplifting. She gave me true guidance on what I should keep doing, and where I should take more time. Not only is she a great professional, but she's a great human being.

Vanessa Fowler, Author

Trusted by respected authors

Trusted by respected authors

“Her feedback is smart, thoughtful and always helps make for a better book. I highly recommend Bethany’s service to authors in need of an extra set of eagle eyes attached to a very astute mind.” 

– tiffany reisz, bestselling author of the original sinners series

Bethany is a gem. In the few weeks I’ve known her, she has: helped me make the right decision in choosing an agent, helped me get unstuck with my WIP, and generally pushed me to do better in my writing career. I’ve spent over $1,000 on a professional editor for one of my books, and her input was nowhere near as helpful as Bethany’s. I can go on and on about how insightful and brilliant Bethany is, but TL;DR: Bethany is the best and if you want to improve your MS you need her!”

Jesse Sutanto, bestelling author of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers series

“Bethany truly cares about writers. She wants to make the manuscript better but she also wants to make the writer better. Which is what she’s shown me to do in my editing. She’s thoughtful and considerate, as well as an enthusiastic and wonderful editor. I highly recommend her, especially if you’re looking to level up in craft.”

– yasmin angoe, bestselling author of her name is knight series

“When I needed her most, Bethany came to my rescue with succinct edits and a can-do attitude. Her suggestions were thoughtful, insightful, and made my work shine in a way I never would have been able to do on my own.”

Anthony Nerada, YA author repped by the Deborah Harris Agency

Bethany’s feedback is just what I needed. She helped me with my novel, giving me encouraging comments as well as notes on how to make my prose, dialogue and action stronger. She is insightful as a reader and has a great mind for how to play to an author’s strengths.”

Catherine Bakewell, YA and MG author repped by New Leaf Literary and Media, Inc.

It is so rare to work with someone who appreciates the subtle nuance of different beliefs and cultures. Bethany worked with mine to elevate the story and characters. I wouldn’t trust anyone else, hands down.”

George Jreije, MG author repped by Azantian Literary

Your future readers are waiting.

Enroll now if you:

  • know in your bones your story is good, the premise is good, YOU are good, you just need a bit more help to make the story shine.
  • feel like you’re drowning in feedback from beta readers, editors, and critique partners, but no one is telling you exactly how to fix your book.
  • know something isn’t working in your story, but you can’t figure out what or how to fix it without making everything worse.
  • dreamed of holding your book in your hands, flipping through the pages, and knowing you finally finished it.
 
❌ If  you are not willing to do the full work inside the Writer's Map, this course is not for you.
YES. I BELONG IN THE WRITER'S MAP

"Bethany has an amazing perspective on what makes a story tick!

Her class gave me new ways to approach story-telling and character creation, as well as the confidence to apply them!

Susannah, author

A’s to your Q’s

You can make your story better starting today.

I WANT TO MAKE MY STORY BETTER

Since 2007, I've been paid to look at books and tell the author what's working and what's not.

Then together, we build a clear plan so they can make their book everything they always wanted it to be.

And inside The Writer's Map, I'll be guiding you through every exercise, method, blueprint and cheatcode that I've been using with hundreds of 1:1 clients -- which have taken them from twinkle-in-their-eye ideas to full realized, ready-to-publish (or query) manuscripts.

What you'll learn inside is NOT theory. It's not cliche. It's not the same ol' same ol' you've heard a billion times and still aren't sure how to apply it. 

This is the exact decision and creative process I use when a story needs to stop "kind of working" and start delivering big time.

I can't wait to personally welcome you into the Writer's Map. We're going to have a blast!

The trainings, methods and editorial coaching now inside The Writer's Map have helped hundreds of writers succeed. They can help you, too.

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