Are you ready to write your non-fiction book proposal?
Have you begun to build a platform but aren’t sure where you want your writing career to go?
Do you have an idea for a book but need help organizing your content?
Awesome.
Five Weeks to Book Proposal is here to lead you through the intimidating process of taking your amazing ideas, story, and energy, and turning it into a traditional book proposal that you can use to sell your story.
But this workshop isn’t just about the proposal, it is about the blueprint for your life as a published author.
Next Session - 20 November 2025 -
Next Session - 20 November 2025 -
Five weeks. Five live Q&As.
Lifetime access to five modules.
Feedback on your writing.
A community of writers telling their story.
Live Q+A’s on Thursdays (afternoon/evening)
and Sundays (mornings/afternoon).
In this five-week course, we will develop and craft a first draft of your book proposal, including the four main pieces of your pitch - overview, marketing plan, chapter summaries, and sample chapter. In each class, we will focus on different elements of the proposal and submissions process.
Five Weeks to Book Proposal is here to lead you through the intimidating process of taking your amazing ideas, story, and energy, and turning it into a traditional book proposal that you can use to sell your story. Through five taped modules and five live group sessions, you'll be led through the main parts of your book proposal: the proposal overview, marketing section, chapter summaries, sample chapters, and query letter and submissions process.
Five Weeks to Book Proposal is here to lead you through the intimidating process of taking your amazing ideas, story, and energy, and turning it into a traditional book proposal that you can use to sell your story. With the private coaching plan, you also receive two private thirty minute sessions with NYT-bestselling editor and coach Kristen McGuiness. Spots are limited!
“Rise Literary helped me to find my voice, and translate it on the page. Kristen is an amazing thought partner and voice of encouragement. I felt like Rise Writers believed in me on the days where it was hard for me to. I am so grateful for their confidence in me and the message I want to share with the world.”
— Dr. Portia Jackson,
author of Less You Can
“Rise Literary does more than just coach you through your book, they help you to figure out how your words can impact the world. I have worked with Kristen on four books and can say that I wouldn’t be the writer I am today without their kind and sometimes fierce support.”
— Leon Logothetis, author of Go Be Brave (BenBella Books, 2023)
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What’s Inside Five Weeks to Book Proposal
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Week One
Grab the MIC
We establish the meaning, intent, and confidence of your message so you can begin to develop the promise, approach, and positioning for your book - and proposal overview.
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Week Two
Find Your Hook
We dive into your platform and the audience for your book - establishing your community, reach, and how to create a marketing strategy for today and the day when your book is published.
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Week Three
Unpack Your Stories
We begin to establish the mechanics of your story, creating an outline for your book and drafting your chapter summaries for the book proposal.
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Week Four
Rise to Write
It’s time for the sample chapter. We’ll create a simple strategy to write the first draft of your sample chapter, identifying genre, tone, and the threads of your story - and strengths of your storytelling.
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Week Five
Query, Query, Query
We discuss the querying process, sharing what agents are looking for, and how you can begin to not only write your proposal, but build relationships in the literary community.
Are you tired of dreaming of being a writer but are now ready to become one? Do you wonder about self-publishing, indie-publishing, or even where to begin—let alone what kind of book you want to write? Do you have a lot of questions but aren’t sure where to find the answers?
Five Weeks to Book Proposal is a fun and engaging deep dive for those who are ready to start THEIR path to publishing.
Because we have all been there. We have had the great idea, the the big dream of being a published author. It was my dream too once, but today, it’s a reality. I have written and edited multiple bestselling titles, I have co-authored over 20 published books, I have been published in multiple major publications. And I have created a career as a published writer and as a celebrated author.
Through a combination of craft talks, writing prompts, worksheets, and live Q+A’s, this deep dive into your creativity will get you started on your path to publishing, but more than that, it will show you how to fulfill your creative dreams.
We can't wait to help you get there!
“Rise Literary helps and allows an author's highest voice to come through. If you are looking for a collaborator - someone brilliant and funny - Kristen is your person and Rise Literary is the place to be! They are book doulas in the highest form.”
— Christopher Rivas, author of Brown Enough (Row House Publishing, 2022)
Five Weeks TO Book PRoposal
Five Weeks to Book Proposal is here to lead you through the intimidating process of taking your amazing ideas, story, and energy, and turning it into a traditional book proposal that you can use to sell your story. Through five taped modules and five live group sessions, you'll be led through the main parts of your book proposal: the proposal overview, marketing section, chapter summaries, sample chapters, and query letter and submissions process.
FIVE WEEKS TO BOOK PROPOSAL WITH PRIVATE COACHING
Five Weeks to Book Proposal is here to lead you through the intimidating process of taking your amazing ideas, story, and energy, and turning it into a traditional book proposal that you can use to sell your story. With the private coaching plan, you also receive two private thirty minute sessions with NYT-bestselling editor and coach Kristen McGuiness. Spots are limited!
