Your story deserves to be published.
Master Your Craft
Discover the art of storytelling through hands-on exploration of genres, dynamic character development, and vivid sensory writing using all five senses. Learn how to build tension that keeps readers engaged while experimenting with different points of view to shape voice, perspective, and emotional impact. Whether crafting fiction or personal narratives, students develop the tools to create immersive and compelling stories.
Build Your Career
Gain the practical knowledge needed to build a successful writing career by learning how to track expenses, protect your work through copyright, and hire the right editor for your project. Explore the difference between marketing and publicity, develop an effective social media presence, and create a professional author website. Students will also learn the essentials of setting up and managing a writing business with confidence.
Make Lasting Connections
We guide serious writers through the craft of finishing a manuscript and the business of getting it into the world, with expert support that doesn’t disappear when the course does.
Testimonials
Dawn did an amazing job helping me publish a memoir written by my father. She helped with cover design, formatting, grammar and printing. The end result was a beautiful heirloom that will be treasured by members of our family and future generations.
Dawn provided encouragement, support, and her tried and true tips, tactics, and tools led to great success in my first public outing of a novel. She embodies everything one could wish for in a coach and mentor.
I was referred to Dawn at Blue Dragon by a friend. I trusted him to steer me straight and did he ever! I immediately found Dawn to be a professional in every sense of the word. I’m a new author and needed a lot of help! Dawn worked with me to determine what I needed to get started with editing and then publishing my book. Although I thought my book was in pretty good shape as a result of having used several competent proof-readers and Grammarly, Dawn showed me just how much more needed to be done to make my manuscript shine. She also helped me think through and then start the process of writing a book overview to use in marketing my manuscript, and eventually for the book cover. She edited that product, too, and I’ve gotten incredibly positive feedback on it. Finding Dawn was a bright spot in the challenging book writing and publishing process. I highly recommend her to anyone who wants to make their book the best it can be.
Master Your Craft Program Goals
- Understand the foundations of compelling writing
- Develop stronger characters, voice, and structure
- Learn editing and revision techniques
- Build a consistent writing habit
- Complete a polished writing sample or chapter excerpt
- Create a personalized roadmap for finishing a manuscript
Build Your Career Program Goals
- Create a basic business structure for a writing career
- Organize and track writing-related income and expenses
- Identify and analyze publishing options
- Understand copyright basics and protect original work
- Evaluate and hire appropriate editorial professionals
- Distinguish between marketing and publicity strategies
- Develop a sustainable author social media plan and website
- Build a practical action plan for long-term career growth
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