Strategic Semester: From Idea to First 100 Pages in 16 Weeks
This is an interest list for Strategic Semester: From Idea to First 100 Pages in 16 Weeks. You will not be charged when you join this interest list. When you join the interest list, I will reach out to you to talk more about the program and your interest in joining. The program is $1500. You will NOT be charged anything when you join the interest list.
You WILL receive a short questionnaire when you join the interest list. Please fill it out fully.
This is an interest list for Strategic Semester: From Idea to First 100 Pages in 16 Weeks. You will not be charged when you join this interest list. When you join the interest list, I will reach out to you to talk more about the program and your interest in joining. The program is $1500. You will NOT be charged anything when you join the interest list.
You WILL receive a short questionnaire when you join the interest list. Please fill it out fully.
In this 16-week cohort for Black women in higher education. You will go from being unsure of how to start your book project (fiction or nonfiction) and struggling to create a writing habit to having dedicated writing time, a blueprint for your book, and your first 100 pages.
Through this 16-week cohort, you and your fellow sojourners will move from idea to 100 pages. We begin with 4 weeks of 1:1 work on the Blueprint for a Book. Next come 12 weeks of co-writing sessions, flash coaching, and accountability partners. By the end of the semester, you will have an outline and major points for your book, your first 100 pages, and the strategies to write forward with confidence.
Highlights of Strategic Semester include:
*Blueprint for a Book. The Blueprint tool guides you through your motivations for writing, major points, and outline for your book. Your work through the Bluerpint includes a 60-minute 1:1 session with Roshaunda.
*Mission Manifesto. The Mission Manifesto tool walks you through your mindset and values about writing, why you write, what you want to do with your writing, and what you want your writing to do in the world. You’ll create a manifesto to guide your writing decisions, and you’ll get to share it with your cohort.
*12 live sessions. Twelve live weekly cohort sessions create consistency in your writing habit and forge community with you and other cohort writers. You will work with accountability partners in each weekly session and log your word count. Weekly sessions are on Tuesday mornings and last an hour and 45 minutes.
*Flash coaching. During the live cohort sessions, one member of the cohort will pre-submit questions to Roshaunda and receive live coaching. Everyone learns more about writing, and more importantly about themselves, from the ideas that surface during flash coaching.
*Co-writing. During each live session, you’ll devote 70 minutes to co-writing. This allows you to dedicate time to your word count and increase your focus through the power of body doubling.
*The next cohort begins in August 2026. The cohort will run from 8/11/26 through 12/8/26 and take off 11/3/26 (election day) and 11/24/26 (Thanksgiving week). We will meet on Tuesdays from 6:30a CT to 8:15a CT.
The cohort will have a maximum of 10 members to ensure the best experience for each writer.
Price
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This package includes
*Blueprint for a Book. The Blueprint tool guides you through your motivations for writing, major points, and outline for your book. Your work through the Bluerpint includes a 60-minute 1:1 session with Roshaunda.
*Mission Manifesto. The Mission Manifesto tool walks you through your mindset and values about writing, why you write, what you want to do with your writing, and what you want your writing to do in the world. You’ll create a manifesto to guide your writing decisions, and you’ll get to share it with your cohort.
*12 live sessions. Twelve live weekly cohort sessions create consistency in your writing habit and forge community with you and other cohort writers. You will work with accountability partners in each weekly session and log your word count. Weekly sessions are on Tuesday mornings and last an hour and 45 minutes.
*Flash coaching. During the live cohort sessions, one member of the cohort will pre-submit questions to Roshaunda and receive live coaching. Everyone learns more about writing, and more importantly about themselves, from the ideas that surface during flash coaching.
*Co-writing. During each live session, you’ll devote 70 minutes to co-writing. This allows you to dedicate time to your word count and increase your focus through the power of body doubling.