If you are a fiction writer who focuses on character-driven plots in your stories, this workshop will guide you in making strategic hero growth arc choices that tie into key plot moments.

This is a true masterclass, not the popularized fluffy kind that many book coaches offer for free (where you learn just enough to need more, so they can upsell you something super expensive). 

My Story Snapshot Method workshop is detailed and in-depth, and it will probably strain your brain (in the best way). So you should already know the basics of writing (and finishing) a manuscript. If you are brand new to writing—or want help writing either plot-driven fiction or any kind of non-fiction—this workshop may not be what you need.

This workshop is a digital product that lives inside my online university and has downloadable files. I have a general no-refunds policy for this type of program.

If you're not sure it will be right for you, email my team at hi@suebrownmoore.com and we'll help you decide. (But keep in mind that we try to observe moderate weekday working hours and may not be able to respond to your email before any limited-time offers expire.)

Not for this special, deeply discounted enrollment price. I do offer 2-month and 3-month split-pay options on the full $347 price.

The workshop steps you through the Story Snapshot Method technique, so the first time you watch it, you'll need the full workshop time to learn HOW to map out the framework. But the total amount of working time inside the workshop—the parts where you brainstorm and map out your hero's growth arc—is around 60 minutes.

As you become more experienced with the technique, you may be able to finish all the exercises in less than 60 minutes. One hour is the goal, but it's okay to give yourself some extra time if that's how your brain works best.

Regardless, this technique has been proven to decrease story planning time and minimize heavy manuscript rewrites.

As long as this program lives in my online university, you can log in and access it. Some people call this "lifetime" access, but I find that confusing. Whose lifetime? Mine? Yours? Instead of saying "for the lifetime of the course", I just say ongoing access. (I currently have no future plans to retire this program.)

When I first launched this workshop as an on-demand course, I sold it with a 1-year time limit for viewing access. But after being on the student side of a few courses like that, I decided I wanted to just make it always available. Once you purchase your enrollment, it is yours. No expiration. No renewals.

(If you previously purchased this on-demand course—NOT the live version this course was created from, that was a separate one-time workshop—and your access has expired, email hi@suebrownmoore.com and we will get your access reconnected!)

This workshop is my unique signature approach to story planning and revision. It is built on years' worth of my personal editorial insight, brainstorming, planning, and revision experience.

I truly believe that this workshop is TRANSFORMATIONAL for character-driven fiction writers of intermediate+ level. For the long-term value and confidence this workshop builds, $347 is a fair price. You will likely revisit the recordings over and over as you learn and practice the techniques I teach inside.

I charge significantly more (4-figures) to run it for private groups. So this on-demand version is the next best thing, and is far more economical.

The Story Snapshot is a short, high-level description of the starting and ending point in your hero's growth journey. It is rooted in the hero's psychological growth as a person.

By understanding what mindset your hero begins their story with and identifying what mindset SHIFT you want them to achieve by the story's end, you can confidently map out the middle of their transformation in the plot.

Liar, Liar is a revision tool that introduces the most important Character Core Values which drive your hero's story. While it can help you plan your story, its real strength is in guiding you through spot checking for critical plot problems in an existing manuscript.

The Story Snapshot Method teaches you the framework for how to plan your hero's growth arc using those (and more) CCVs. and it empowers you to write a cleaner first draft by working from a transformative, intuitive drafting framework.

Where Liar, Liar, Plot on Fire is an excellent introduction to my unique approach to storycraft, the Story Snapshot Method leans into the full scope of my experience as a developmental editor and revision coach. Working through this technique along with the video is like borrowing my brain for 4 hours.

No, but it definitely helps. If you haven't seen The Proposal (starring Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock), I recommend watching it either before or after the workshop itself for context. But even if this movie is totally new to you, don't worry!

I introduce each micro-writing sprint with an example scene from the movie to demonstrate what type of story and character elements you should be focusing on in the next exercise.

You'll find everything you need inside of my online university. If you're already a student, you'll find your new workshop inside your course dashboard. If you're a new student, you'll get email instructions for logging in.

You can ask questions directly on the "lessons" inside my online university. Just leave a comment there. I do regular checks of all my courses and respond when I can. I likely won't answer personally specific questions or teach any higher-level concepts via comment, but I will definitely try to clarify any major points of confusion about the Starter Kit and its contents. 

Asking in the course comments makes our dialogue visible to the other students as well. Someone may have the same question as you (and vice versa), which saves us all time and energy.    

My team and I would be happy to chat about it! Email us at hi@suebrownmoore.com

We answer most emails within 48 hours unless it's over a weekend or one of us is traveling. (But keep in mind that we try to observe moderate, healthy weekday working hours and may not be able to respond to your email before any limited-time offers expire.)