Let's demystify academic
Book Writing, Together.
Let's Demystify Academic Book Writing, Together.
You way is the right way.
At Right Prose, we teach minoritized women how to embrace their writing as a way to challenge the racist and misogynistic status quo. There is no single right way to be an academic, and Right Prose is leading the conversation away from the boxes we’re taught to fit in and straight into honoring all voices. The rigid norms of academia weren’t made for you. It’s time to do things your way.
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You want to write a book.
You need to write a book.
You want to write a book.
You need to write a book.
But in all your years in The Ivory, you’ve never managed a project this big before.
- There’s no one in your department willing to guide you through this process.
- There’s nowhere you feel you can safely get feedback without your work being torn to shreds.
- And your internal monologue sounds like Reviewer #2 is giving a Ted Talk inside your head…
- So, what was supposed to be a 2-year project you could really sink your teeth into is starting to balloon into a toxic time-suck that’s killing your creativity.
It’s Normal for Writing Your Book
To Feel Completely Overwhelming.
It’s Normal for Writing Your Book To Feel Completely Overwhelming.
The scale. The timeline.
The sheer number of tasks that go into it.
If you’re trying to write your manuscript all on your own, it’s all-too-easy to find yourself:
- Avoiding your work altogether because you have more urgent (and easier) things to accomplish… like that R&R… or a chapter for someone else’s book
- Reading and re-reading (and re-reading) other people’s books, hoping more research will give you the clarity you need to move forward
- Feeling like your initial idea has become a formless mass of research and interpretations
- Losing confidence in your ability to build and maintain a consistent argument throughout, and
- Letting the potent combination of overwhelm, confusion, shame & fear stop you from sitting down to write…
What If I Told You...
There’s a less painful way to write your academic book?
One that doesn’t involve fear, shame, guilt, or feedback that feels like 1000 papercuts…
An approach that will not only help you get better at writing, it’ll make you feel better about your writing too.
What if there was a way you could write your academic book… and actually thrive in the process?
Hi, I’m Jane Jones, PhD.
I help women academic authors transform their relationship with writing.
I get that you don’t ask for help very often, so I hope you’ll allow me to say how happy I am that you’re here.
We know you can write a book... do you?
We are committed to showing up for women and non-binary scholars in academia. At Right Prose, we won’t stop until you’re ready to claim your voice, ideas, and written words. After all, you have a book to write.
- Consistent, constructive feedback on their work…
- Nurturing, supportive community of their peers…
- Guidance they need to get their writing projects done, on schedule…
...without sacrificing the rest of themselves.
Curious Why I Left?
As a developmental editor and academic book coach, I’m dedicated to providing women writers with the kind of support I wish I’d had back when I was on the tenure track.
So What Does a “Different Way of Writing” Look Like?
Academic authors work with me to:
- Make a long-term plan to get your book published and translate that into the manageable daily tasks that will bring that dream to life
- Get the training and support you need to write your book in a way that’s non-destructive to your mental health
- Have someone gently hold you accountable for making progress on your book and give you practical tips and strategies to help when you get stuck
- Receive early & ongoing feedback that nurtures and encourages you instead of tearing you down or ripping your work to shreds
- Write your books within a community with a deep commitment to and understanding of anti-racist approaches to academia
Your Book Writing Project Presents Several Different Challenges
Tackling all of them at once can be terrifying
- Not every developmental editor has experience helping academic writers navigate the very specific torture of turning their dissertation into a book.
- Not every academic editor understands the inherent biases and racial inequities that are baked into the structure of your institution.
- Not every coach has firsthand experience of the extreme and exploitative forms of pressure that you’re under…
- Or the mindset shifts and practical tips that will make establishing a sustainable writing plan feel possible.
From crystalizing your argument and having 3 solid chapters you’re not ashamed of… to completing a polished manuscript without pulling a single all-nighter…
Whatever your goal for the next 6 months, I can help you transform your relationship with writing.
Imagine What Else Will Feel Easier in Your Everyday When You Know How To:
- Develop a realistic writing plan for your entire book project, from proposal to final draft
- Structure your days so that you get your work done and have time to take a bath (or finish bingeing Bridgerton)
- Reclaim your project, your voice and ideas—and execute it
- Bite off manageable chunks of each chapter at a time and feel like you’re actually moving forward, even when you just have 15 minutes to spare
- Confidently craft a compelling, consistent argument that runs like a golden thread through your whole book
Elevate Gives You the Skills
to Achieve All of the Above
Elevate Gives You the Skills to Achieve All of all the Above
Elevate is within a nurturing community of other high-level academic authors
Whether you’re at the very beginning of your book project, still debating different directions to go or you’ve been stuck implementing revisions in your manuscript for the last two months…
Elevate gives you the ongoing editorial feedback you’ve been craving, the practical, widely-applicable writing strategies you need, and the emotional support of a community of like-minded peers.
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