AUGUST 26TH & 28TH, 2026
Why You Keep Getting Stuck & How to Finally Finish Your Novel
3 secrets for turning your ideas into a complete first draft—without getting stuck in the middle, constantly second-guessing, or spending years rewriting instead of finishing.
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1,000+
WRITERS TAUGHT
TOP 0.5%
FICTION WRITING PODCAST
10+ YRS
COACHING & EDITING
In this free training, you’ll discover…
You’ve probably already learned a lot about writing. But knowing what makes a good novel isn’t the same as knowing how all the pieces fit together—or what needs to happen first. That’s what I want to show you.
1️⃣ Story Development: The Missing Step Between Having an Idea and Writing a Novel
Why you can have characters you love, scenes you’re excited about, and tens of thousands of words on the page—and still reach a point where the novel stops working. I’ll show you the five questions every story has to answer, then use a book you already know to show why changing just one answer can change the entire novel.
2️⃣ The Process Gap: What Craft Books, Podcasts, and Plotting Methods Leave Out
Why you can understand plenty about writing craft and still struggle to make all that good advice work inside your own novel. I’ll show you why craft books, podcasts, and plotting methods can all be useful and still leave you stuck, where outlining fits in the bigger process, and why knowing what to work on first changes everything.
3️⃣ Drafting Momentum: What to Do When You're 40,000 Words In and Something Changes
Why your first draft will still change as you write it—even with a solid outline—and why those discoveries don’t have to send you backward. I’ll show you how to protect the writing time you actually have, decide what really needs your attention now, and keep moving toward “The End” instead of spending session after session fixing pages you’ve already written.
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MEET YOUR MENTOR
Savannah Gilbo is a developmental editor, book coach, and host of the top 0.5% Fiction Writing Made Easy podcast, with 3.5m+ downloads and counting.
Over the last 10+ years, she’s coached fiction writers from scattered ideas to finished drafts, evaluated hundreds of manuscripts, and helped more than 1,000 writers develop stronger stories and make meaningful progress toward “The End.” Her students have gone on to finish and publish their novels, land agents and publishing deals—and a few have even have their work optioned for film.
But many of them started in a place you might recognize: with a story they couldn’t stop thinking about, plenty of writing advice under their belt, and no clear path to “The End.”
“While the concepts of a story were not new, the application was. The way a story’s elements fit together to create something interesting to read takes real thought—and Savannah teaches us how to do this in a simple way.” —Lindsey
“Her clear and direct method of teaching the concept of process cut through a big chunk of the brain fog I had accumulated due to information overload.” —Sherry R.
“I’ve taken a lot of courses, and most of them just repeat the same things I’ve heard over and over. This was the first time I felt a lightbulb go off, and now I can see a much clearer picture of the book I want to write.” —Mia G.
“You will most definitely come out the other side with more clarity and a much better story with her help. She has a way of teaching that is fun and easy to understand.” —Amanda S.
“Savannah uses her laser-like editorial ability to cut through layers of information to deliver simple, clear instructions that help free you from overwhelm paralysis… I had been stuck for two years… and now I have a novel outline and I’m writing daily!” —Pamela B.
“I've worked with Savannah in the past and consume all of her free content (some of it over and over again!), but I still had a breakthrough… No matter what stage of the process you're at, and no matter how many times you've done this, Savannah will strike a chord and motivate you to excel! Time with Savannah is time well spent.” —Sylvia
“I had an idea for writing my second book, but taking this class made it so simple to feel secure in moving forward and that the idea had substance. Savannah is an excellent teacher in how she breaks things down and the examples she uses to support each lesson.” —Connie M.
“I instinctively knew that it was missing ‘something’ that would communicate and carry its message throughout the whole novel. The gaps and missing elements became obvious… I have no doubts that the book will be much stronger as a result of it.” —Anna R.
Questions? I've got answers.
Who is this training for?
Will this work if I'm a discovery writer?
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Your Story Doesn’t Have to Become Another Draft You Started But Never Finished 📚
If you’ve been collecting writing advice, second-guessing your story, or going back over the same chapters without getting any closer to “The End,” come join me. In 60 minutes, I’ll show you a different way to think about finishing your novel—starting with what has to happen before you outline or draft, where all the craft advice you’ve collected actually fits, and how to keep moving once you’re writing.
Choose the session that works best for you:
📆 Wednesday, August 26 at 10 am PT
📆 Friday, August 28 at 1 pm PT