Your Novel Isn't Broken. It's Stuck.

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This 12-week, small group coaching program is for writers who started a novel and hit a wall, whether that be mid-draft, at the end of a messy first draft, or deep in a revision that’s gone in circles. It’s built around three things that are almost always tangled together when a manuscript stalls: the pages themselves, the writer behind them, and the life that writer is trying to build a practice inside of.

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We'll start with your manuscript by diagnosing what’s working (and what’s not) in your pages. Then we get into who you are as a writer—your lineage, your process, your voice—the stuff that’s much harder to see about your own work. And we end with what often gets skipped in writing programs: how the heck you sustain this writing life, long after this program ends.

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The LitSet Method includes a private 1:1 session with me, developmental editing, craft instruction, and a sustainable writing practice. You’ll also get direct feedback on your pages every week. You’ll be in a small group (8-10 writers max), and you’ll finish with an actual plan.

 

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THE METHOD (Three-Phase Breakdown)

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The LitSet Method works on three levels, because a stuck draft—whether unfinished or fully written—is rarely just a manuscript problem:

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MANUSCRIPT RESET (Weeks 1–4): Diagnose what's actually happening on the page, wherever it currently ends by addressing premise, structure, and character desire. Finish with a clear roadmap for finishing or revising.

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WRITER RESET (Weeks 6–8): Understand who you are as a writer: your lineage, your process, your voice, so you're able to complete your book, not the book you think you're supposed to write.

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WRITING LIFE RESET (Weeks 9–11): Build a writing practice that survives real life by looking at your time, capacity, the publishing path, and community to keeps you going after week 12.

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(Week 5 is a built-in rest week. Week 12 is integration that focuses on your path forward, presented and refined with individual feedback.)

 

WHAT YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH

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• A clear structural diagnosis of your novel and/or a concrete plan to revise it

• Direct editorial notes from Christine, including one private 1:1 session

• A stronger sense of your own voice and literary lineage

• A realistic writing practice built around your actual life, not an idealized one

• A cohort of serious peers at your stage to help provide a real accountability structure

• A path forward for publication, mapped to where your book actually is

 

The simplified version: you leave with a book well on its way, a clearer sense of who you are as a writer, and a plan for not quitting. Most programs give you one of those. The LitSet Method gives you all three.

 

WHO THIS IS FOR

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• You have real pages, anywhere from a partial draft to a full manuscript

• You're stuck mid-draft and unsure how to move forward, at the end of a draft that isn't working, or deep in a revision that's gone in circles

• You've felt stalled in the same place for a while and can't self-diagnose why

• You want real editorial feedback, not just encouragement

• You're ready to commit 12 weeks

 

This isn't ideal for those who are still at the idea stage with no pages written yet, or for those looking for a low-commitment, browse-at-your-own-pace course. This is live, intensive, and small by design.

 

LOGISTICS

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• Format: 12 weeks, live sessions Wednesdays at 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. ET 

• Group size: 8–10 writers

• Includes: Weekly live sessions, one private 1:1 with Christine, ongoing manuscript feedback, Week 12 individualized closing session

• Start date: September 16, 2026

• Investment: $2,100 pay in full, or $700/month for 3 months

• Discount for alumni (anyone who has taken a class with Christine in the past)--reach out for code

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YOUR INSTRUCTOR

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Christine is an award-winning editor and novelist (The Moon, Her Crown and The Way You Burn). She has two decades of experience as a writer, editor, and writing instructor. She has helped hundreds of writers improve their work and has a passion for bringing forward the best of every manuscript she reads. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from California College of the Arts. She lives with her husband and three kids north of Boston, MA.

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