Your advice is no-nonsense and straight-forward, but I have to admit that I truly love your “smug bastard” approach. It’s one of the main reasons I read your blog.

I think a member’s site is a great idea. Your knowledge and advice is priceless. But knowing that you’re a fair-minded individual, I know you would want it to be affordable but not cheap. Since you would be giving detailed feedback, I suggest doing some research on other online courses.

I’m a Course Presenter for Fear of Writing. This course is unique because we do not give critiques of the work. If you’d like more information you can contact me or the course owner, Milli Thornton.

Thanks for sharing Lipsticklogic. I’ll be sure to check that out.

Can’t wait for your next series in December!

I would be willing to pay thousands for this type of course, if I could afford it. But since I can’t (and I’m sure most people can’t), I’d say you have to be pretty reasonable about it. Holly Lisle has a novel-revision course coming out Jan 2 (but open to 250 people on Monday) that costs $188 (she’s allowing 4 monthly payments of $47). I’d say if you stuck within the $150-$200 range and were flexible on payments, that would be reasonable and you’d get plenty of people signed up.

Also keep in mind, people will find ways to afford it if they feel they’ll be getting a lot of value, which in this case, they would be.

Thanks for thinking of this! I REALLY hope it happens!

jen

I missed the “what you think it’d be worth” part of that sentence until I went back and re-read after posting my first comment.

I think it would be worth more than I can afford, to be honest. That said, I could maybe go as high as $150 – $50/month – but that would really be pushing it. $75 would be better for me – $25/month.

Like so many people have had to do, my husband had to take a pay cut earlier this year and our budget is tight.

Sandra

I would think you will need to keep the number of participants low to have it work to it’s maximum potential. Do you have any idea of how many “students” you would be taking on at a time?

I am currently in a correspondence writing course that was promoted as being a mentoring experience – but hasn’t been. There hasn’t been anyway to truly dialogue with my instructor and that has been a let down. I’m an intelligent (though sometimes stubborn) person but I am finding out that I do better in a learning situation where there is more interaction – direct guidance – OK, hand holding. In particular, I think I would learn quicker and more completely if I could get feedback on my own writing and not just via examples gleaned from other author’s writings.

I know I can’t afford your fees for coaching and evaluation, (I looked them up early on as I’ve been wanting to find a mentoring/coaching situation.) even though I know they are market-reasonable. I have been able to afford your ebooks but seem to be having trouble seeing how to work it with my own story and thought processes. Being able to get feedback on what I’m doing would be such a blessing. If the cost is something I can afford and the “class size” isn’t too big, I’ll be there! I really do want to get this right and have a more viable shot at getting a book published.

Sandra

on a personal note, i finished the rough draft of my first novel attempt last night. it was like a weight was removed from my chest, and the inner demons were almost instantly silenced. Thanks for all the direction and advice Larry, without it i wouldn’t have finished this soon.