100 Day Book
Finish an amazing book in 2021.
You have this feeling deep in your gut that your book will be amazing.
People have even told you, “You need to write a book!”
But on top of that, it doesn't help that writing can be incredibly hard. You run into problems like:
You always believed you would someday write a book, but you can't help but worry:
My name is Joe Bunting, and I've written nine books. I've also trained thousands of people on how to write books of their own.
But writing didn't come to me naturally. In fact, I have always struggled to write. In high school, I decided I wanted to become a professional writer, but I couldn't even finish one chapter of a book.
In college, I even studied creative writing, but that just made it harder since I knew how bad my own writing was compared to the writers I loved.
After college, I worked as a journalist and then traveled the world to write, but every time I tried to write a book, I failed miserably.
It went on like this for years.
A Proven Process to FINISH Writing Your Best Book
The 100 Day Book Program also includes these exclusive expert guides and resources to boost your writing process:
That includes everything you need to write your book. BUT what about AFTER you finish your book? These bonuses, available at various package levels, will help you write, edit, and publish your BEST book:
Ready for your second draft? 100 Day Book: Draft 2 includes everything in the original 100 Day Book program, plus these new resources:
Each lesson breaks down a technique, a piece of the writing process, or a common pain point. After going through each lesson (or choosing the lessons that matter most to you), you’ll be able to write with confidence—on both your current and future books.
How to Use the Workshop
How to Use the Course Site
100 Day Book Orientation
Summer 2022 Kickoff Webinar Replay
Your Syllabus
What to Expect if You've Written a Book Before
How to Prepare to Write Your Second Draft
The Essential Guide to Critiquing
How to Give and Take Better Writing Feedback
Your Book Plan
4 Key Reasons Planning a Novel Speeds Up Your Writing Process
Writing a Book Outline: 5 Essential Sections That Build a Solid Story
Plot Treatment: 4 Simple Steps to Plan A Story’s Second Draft
Your Word Count Goal
What's your goal? (SUMMER '22 SESSION)
100 Day Book Library
About This Series
Meghan Tschanz
Callie Sutcliffe
FREE PREVIEWRuthanne Reid
Jeff Goins
Tim Grahl
S.J. Henderson
Jeff Shinabarger
Jeff Elkins
Paul Willis
Summer 2022 Class List
Why we're here
FREE PREVIEWFirst Chapter Checklist
FIRST DRAFT: What Should Be Included in Your First Draft?
EDITING: How to Revise a Novel: A Revision List to Edit With Confidence
MEMOIRISTS: Are Memoirs Nonfiction: Important Rules of Memoir Writing
Be a More Productive Writer
5 Productivity Tools
Scene Outline: How to Write Faster by Developing a List of Scenes
Plotter vs. Pantser: When to Plot, When to Pants, and When to Combine Them
Writing Success: 3 Easy Steps to Develop Your Writing System
10 Writing Hacks to Actually Finish Your Book
Book Editing: How to Survive the Second Draft of Your Book
The Write Structure
The 10 Types of Stories and How to Master Them
Story Arcs: Definitions and Examples of the 6 Shapes of Stories
Introduction to Characterization
What Is Characterization?
The Strongest Form of Characterization
The Weakest Form of Characterization
Heroes
Villains
What’s Characterization? What a Writer Really Needs to Know
Introduction to World Building
World Building Tip: Craft Your Story Setting
Introduction to Point of View
Point of View Definition
The 4 Types of Point of View
Don’t Make This Point of View Mistake
First Person Point of View
Second Person Point of View
Third Person Point of View
Which Point of View Will You Use?
Stories are Made of Conflict
6 Ways to Create Conflict and Get Your Protagonist in Trouble
Introduction to Dialogue
Focus On WHY, Not Just on WHAT Your Characters Are Saying
What Is a Dialogue Tag?
How Often Should You Use Dialogue Tags?
A Critical DON’T For Writing Dialogue
Dialogue Tags: What Are They and How To Use Them
Realistic Dialogue: 16 Observations Writers Should Know About Real Life Talk
When to Show/When to Tell
Developing Voice
Writing is hard. So what?
Ending of Stories: How Planning an Ending Will Help You Write Faster
Introduction to Writing Style
5 Steps to Finishing Your Book by Your Deadline
Deadlines for Writers: 3 Easy Steps to Try as Your Deadline Looms
Learning to Deal With Feedback
How to Apply Writing Feedback (And How to Know What You Can Ignore)
How to Edit a Novel: The Foolproof 9-Step Book Editing Process
Writing Feedback: Why You Should Stop Asking If Your Story Is Good
Deadline Has Passed
After 100 Day Book: Resources and Next Steps
What Is Developmental Editing? The Writer’s Guide to Developmental Editing
The Ultimate Guide to Beta Readers
Publishing 101 with Abigail Perry
You might think, no one can write a book in 100 days. And certainly not a good book.
You might even feel like a program like this is just a quick fix. Writing a book should take longer. It's about the experience!
But let me ask you this: When was the last time you spent 100 days completely focused on your writing?
This level of focus can be life-changing. You'll write more than you ever have (plenty for a book). Best of all, you'll feel creatively invigorated and alive.
This is why Stephen King said:
The first draft of a book—even a long one—should take no more than three months, the length of a season.
Writing a book in a short period of time like this gives an energy and focus to your writing.
That's why we believe that 100 days is the perfect length of time to write the first draft of your book.
Yes, your book will need more work afterward, so we'll walk you through the editing process, too.
However, after 100 days, you will have accomplished the most important part: You will have written a book! And that's something to be very proud of.
Daily Lessons: Each day, you’ll get an email with encouragement, writing prompts, quotes from great writers, and video lessons to help you get fresh ideas on how to finish your book and make it as good as it can possibly be.
Weekly Deadlines: Every Friday, you will turn in one chapter of your book, giving you a practical structure to finish your book over the course of the program.
Incentive: If you meet all your deadlines and finish your book, we will give you $100!
Accountability: Each week, we will check-in with you to see if you met your weekly deadline. If you miss a week, we will send you a warning. If you miss 3 weeks, you will miss out on the $100 incentive!
Feedback: You’ll get a year’s worth of access to The Write Practice Pro, our writing community, where you can workshop one chapter per week for the next 12 months.
Everything in the Basic Package
Office Hours with Joe Bunting: Every week, you’ll meet with Joe Bunting and an exclusive group of up to 20 writers for live video chat office hours. Joe will answer your specific writing questions, and you’ll connect with other writers.
This exclusive package is by application only, and will be capped at just 20 writers.
As a shopping cart add-on, you can also get:
Professional Critique on your Book Plan + First Word Count Submission: Getting the first pages of your book right is SO important, especially as you write the rest of your book. That’s why we highly recommend opting into professional feedback on your book plan and your first week of writing. With this upgrade, we’ll team you up with one of the Story Grid certified editors on our team to give feedback on your plan and first writing. This will make the rest of your writing process MUCH easier.
Get all the support you need to write and publish your book in the next year! In our One Year to Publish mastermind group you’ll get the extensive support, encouragement, and accountability to make your passion a reality. Here’s what’s included:
Exclusive monthly mastermind calls with Joe Bunting, your “One Year to Publish” community, and special guests, including agents, editors, and bestselling authors
Two semesters of 100 Day Book to write the first and second drafts of your book
Prominent placement of your published book on the Write Practice website, as well as promotion to the Write Practice community of writers
Optional professional editing on your first 5,000 words and a Story Grid Diagnostic editing package to prepare you for your second draft
Limited to 12 participants
A proven track record of writers finishing their books.
We run three 100 Day courses a year. The spring session starts in February, the summer in May, and the fall in September. However, as soon as you sign up, we’ll guide you through the preparation process, helping you hone your idea and create your book plan.
If you’re in the middle of a book—or even rewriting a previously finished draft—that’s great! You are the perfect person to join this program and get the focus and accountability you need to finish.
Yes! We’ve designed 100 Day Book: Draft 2/Editing Track specifically for writers who are editing their books. You’ll get all the lessons, structure, and accountability of the original 100 Day Book course, plus exclusive content focused on the editing process.
This challenge is available to both fiction AND nonfiction writers. We’ve helped thousands of authors of both fiction and nonfiction finish their books. We would love to help you too!
This course is open to all authors and aspiring authors, whether in the United States, Europe, Australia, India, or elsewhere. If you want to write a book, this course is for you.
We’ve tried to make this program affordable by breaking up the full price of the program ($588) into 12 payments that you pay once a month over 12 months. You can also choose to save 20 percent by paying for the program in full. See the pricing section above for details.
This program begins with 100 days—a 100-day race to finish the first draft of your book—but at the end of those 100 days, your book won’t be ready for publication. You’ll still need to edit (or fine-tune if you've completed the Editing Track) your book and prepare it for publication. That’s where The Write Practice Pro, our workshopping community, comes in. In Pro, you can continue to get feedback on your manuscript for up to a year.
Participants will get $100 back if they complete their book in 100 days and get less than three strikes. The payments will be sent out about a month after the end of the 100 days, or after 5 payments have been completed.