Invest in your writing career!
Essential Tools Course:
Seven Weeks to Perfect Your Novel
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Whether you bring a new idea or a complete manuscript, this seven-week course delivers a proven toolkit to
perfect your current project.
Structured in deliberate stages, these integrated tools efficiently
identify problems and point you toward creative solutions. They also foster inspiration, improving your
story without losing momentum. Mastering them produces compelling novels that earn readers'
love.
From there, our guidance and support will give you the confidence to build a fulfilling writing
career.
Complete a compelling novel's foundation with these:
Tool 1: Minimum Complete Story (MCS) Told aloud in 90 seconds.
Set up your story for coherent evolution that guides your writing.
Tool 2: Character Equation / Developer (CED)
In three steps: equation, detail and interaction.
Construct investable characters by adding detail to basic ingredients and blending.
Tool 3: Value Triangle (VT) Genre readers reward from plot, characters and bonus.
Discover your novel's unique value to satisfy readers and succeed commercially.
Tool 4: First Chapter Meet the foundation, energy and direction requirements.
Write and test a first, sample chapter that makes readers click buy.
Tool 5: Retelling Watch and listen to beta readers for invaluable info.
Gather spontaneous feedback to assess your novel's impact and target revisions.
Tool 6: Continuity and Value Delivery Spreadsheet (CVDS)
Three columns and one row per chapter yield satisfaction.
Carefully plan your chapters so each delivers value while building momentum.
Tool 7: Publishability Index™ (PI)
The ultimate way to precisely evaluate your efforts.
Confirm you're ready to self-publish or query with a 23-dimension checklist.
Each week you’ll receive:
- An online class led by an Ivy League author / educator.
- An additional small group session to practice that tool.
- Office hours for questions, discussion or a bit of encouragement!
- As well as individual coaching to get or keep your career on track.
CLASS STARTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 24 @ 1PM EASTERN
SPECIAL OFFER (SPACES LIMITED):
$395
regularly 599.99
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As much as we’d like to think that writing a book is something we can do alone, it’s not. Bardsy is different from other critique groups because they consciously select competent, supportive and focused writers for every Elite group so that each session is productive and effective with high quality feedback. No time is wasted. I’ve made more progress in the past six months on my manuscript with my group than I have in four years alone or with any other critique group. -- Sarah K.
Bardsy has been a game-changer for my writing. Tools like the Minimum Complete Story and Publishability Index™ are essential parts of my drafting process. The high-level feedback I receive in my directed writing group is incredibly helpful, and the craft lessons continue to help me develop my storytelling skills. My first traditionally published novel releases this fall, and you better believe Bardsy and my directed writing group are in the acknowledgments! -- Allie O.
When I first heard of Bardsy, I was skeptical of their writers’ groups. How wrong could I be?! I have received amazing personal coaching that has improved my writing and helped keep me motivated.
My writers’ group has given me honest, impartial feedback that I have needed and craved. The result is that my writing is better, my scenes are tighter, and I now have a trusting community to turn to that is devoted to helping me succeed as an author. -- Stacey C.
My writers’ group has given me honest, impartial feedback that I have needed and craved. The result is that my writing is better, my scenes are tighter, and I now have a trusting community to turn to that is devoted to helping me succeed as an author. -- Stacey C.
I already had a large chunk of of my story of my story written before joining Bardsy. But, these meetings have helped me immensely.
Bardsy's directed writing group has been EVERYTHING I could've asked for. The other group members have been a pleasure to work with and get to know. Simply put, I'm a far better writer because of what I've learned with Bardsy. -- Andrew E.
Bardsy's directed writing group has been EVERYTHING I could've asked for. The other group members have been a pleasure to work with and get to know. Simply put, I'm a far better writer because of what I've learned with Bardsy. -- Andrew E.
The feedback provided during Bardsy’s first chapter contest was superb and elevated what had been a decent first chapter to something so compelling that it won the competition.
I got to try out Bardsy’s Elite Workshops, and I was hooked halfway through the first one. These curated groups are led by Bardsy’s experienced and highly educated staff, and include like-minded writers who take their craft seriously. Sharing your WIP is exciting and productive rather than scary. I’m proud to say Twenty-twenty Boom is a Bardsy novel. -- Lynda W.
I got to try out Bardsy’s Elite Workshops, and I was hooked halfway through the first one. These curated groups are led by Bardsy’s experienced and highly educated staff, and include like-minded writers who take their craft seriously. Sharing your WIP is exciting and productive rather than scary. I’m proud to say Twenty-twenty Boom is a Bardsy novel. -- Lynda W.
Today, I am a published novelist writing a second book. Five years ago, I was a recently retired engineer/business person. I found Bardsy through a short story contest, but what I really found was coaching and inspiration.
Bardsy’s sessions keep me accountable to make regular progress . The professional guidance from Bardsy staff has improved my story development and taken my writing to a level worthy of publication. Writing is like playing golf. It takes work and coaching to make doing it well look easy. -- David D.
Bardsy’s sessions keep me accountable to make regular progress . The professional guidance from Bardsy staff has improved my story development and taken my writing to a level worthy of publication. Writing is like playing golf. It takes work and coaching to make doing it well look easy. -- David D.
Joining my Bardsy writing group 1.5 years ago was one of the best decisions I could’ve made for my stories. The amount of growth I’ve been able to accomplish through the individual coaching and feedback from peers has resulted in my ability to construct stories quicker, diagnose issues sooner, and produce satisfactory stories for my readers.
Bardsy has helped me not only grow in my craft, but my confidence, and now I get to say I’m a published author with more stories in the works! Not to mention I’ve met some of the most incredible people through it. Highly recommend! -- Ariel J.
Bardsy has helped me not only grow in my craft, but my confidence, and now I get to say I’m a published author with more stories in the works! Not to mention I’ve met some of the most incredible people through it. Highly recommend! -- Ariel J.
I discovered Bardsy a year ago and have attended both group and individual sessions. Each time, I have learned valuable lessons about the writing craft that I have applied to my work. The review process includes a scoring system that provides writers with a focused view of areas that need improvement. I have also been rewarded by reading the developing works of great writers with unique styles and voices, who in turn offer their impressions of my work. -- Tunji O.
Bardsy has been an amazing experience for me. I started by stumbling upon it for the first chapter contest and then was welcomed into an amazing writing group. My writing has soared, and with their help, I believe my book has changed for the better. My book is well on its way to being wonderfully polished all thanks to the help of the Bardsy process! I would highly recommend this for any writer. -- Jocelyn C.
If it weren't for Bardsy, this book might not have found a home. The feedback I received from my directed writing group and facilitator was specific, targeting exactly what was needed to get my story into publishable condition. The guidance I received directed my revisions, and the group's encouragement led to my polishing the story. The end result was a publishing contract! -- Pamela R.
The Bardsy writing group provided invaluable support and constructive criticism that were instrumental in securing both literary representation and a traditional publishing contract.
The thoughtful feedback and encouraging community fostered an environment conducive to refining my manuscript to a professional standard. For authors seeking serious guidance and a supportive network in their publishing journey, this group comes highly recommended. -- Diana W.
The thoughtful feedback and encouraging community fostered an environment conducive to refining my manuscript to a professional standard. For authors seeking serious guidance and a supportive network in their publishing journey, this group comes highly recommended. -- Diana W.
My experience with Bardsy has been wonderful. Not only was I able to achieve a long-sought-after goal of having one of my stories published as an anthology winner, but the feedback I have received from the two contests I have entered has been invaluable.
As an Elite workshop member, I receive guidance from their exceptional editorial staff and my fellow writing peers. The workshop is fun to participate in and helps me with focus, content and deadlines. -- Christine R.
As an Elite workshop member, I receive guidance from their exceptional editorial staff and my fellow writing peers. The workshop is fun to participate in and helps me with focus, content and deadlines. -- Christine R.
About Us:
Celeste Davidson and Adam Simon founded Bardsy as an alternative to writing sites that bombard talented
writers with false hope, gimmicks and little else. Their passion for great storytelling and compassion
for other writers, as well as abundant experience in publishing and academia, led to the creation of a
writing program that actually works. Bardsy’s unique, research-proven method provides support to writers
at every step of the process, from that first, lightbulb moment to a completed manuscript, and beyond.
Celeste is the best-selling author of Who Was William Shakespeare? (Grosset & Dunlap) and
One Leaf Rides the Wind (Viking), and several other award-winning titles, including
Julia Morgan Built a Castle (Viking), Snapshots: The Wonders of Monterey Bay
(Viking)
and
The Queen’s Progress (Viking), having sold over 600,000 copies, to date.
She has taught creative writing and English literature for over twenty years. Her students know that she speaks from experience, and see her as an empathetic model who offers advice likely to multiply their chances of success.
She has taught creative writing and English literature for over twenty years. Her students know that she speaks from experience, and see her as an empathetic model who offers advice likely to multiply their chances of success.
MIT drop-out, UCLA Ph.D. and former Yale visiting professor, Adam is the author of
The Winning Message (Cambridge University Press), Mass Informed Consent
(Rowman and Littlefield) and over a dozen peer reviewed social science articles, as well as
Bardsy's Social Media Primer with Alex Thieme.
Among his awards are a NSF Graduate Fellowship and a share of a MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. He is known for commitment to his students' success and devotion to coherent storytelling, not to mention an all-consuming love of science fiction and empirical research.
Among his awards are a NSF Graduate Fellowship and a share of a MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. He is known for commitment to his students' success and devotion to coherent storytelling, not to mention an all-consuming love of science fiction and empirical research.
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