Saturday, November 14, 2026 • 10–11:15am PT • WEBINAR

Nine Ways to Revise Your Novel

Turn revision from an overwhelming task into a process of discovery. Christine Walker’s Nine Ways approach gives fiction and memoir writers a flexible framework for identifying what their manuscripts need, strengthening essential story elements, and moving a draft forward with clarity and purpose.

A flexible, inspiring framework for turning your draft into a stronger, more purposeful manuscript with Christine Walker

Ideal for fiction and memoir writers ready to move a partial or complete manuscript toward greater clarity, completion, and publication.

Writing is discovering; revising is discovering more.

Once words are on the page, a new set of questions emerges: What is this story really about? Whose story is it? Who gets to tell it—and how? Which elements need to be expanded, sharpened, reconsidered, or let go?

In this practical and inspiring webinar, Christine Walker introduces her Nine Ways approach, a flexible framework for approaching revision with greater focus, curiosity, and purpose. Rather than treating revision as simply “fixing” a draft, you’ll learn to use it as a process of deeper discovery—one that can reveal your story’s intentions and help you make more deliberate choices on the page.

Drawing on examples from masterful fiction and memoir, Christine will explore the essential elements that shape compelling long-form work, from character, point of view, place, tension, and time to emotion, imagery, theme, and the senses. You’ll discover different entry points into your manuscript and learn how to identify the particular balance of elements your story needs.

Whether you’re deep in a draft, returning to a manuscript that has been sitting untouched, or looking ahead to the revision process, Nine Ways offers a practical structure for moving your work forward with renewed clarity and confidence.

What You’ll Learn

  • How to evaluate and strengthen essential story elements, including character, point of view, place, tension, time, emotion, imagery, and theme
  • How to identify the distinctive balance of elements that best serves your particular story
  • How to enter a revision from different angles and use focused practices to rediscover your intentions
  • How to answer the essential question—“What’s it about, anyway?”—and use that understanding to guide your revision

This Webinar is Ideal for

Fiction and memoir writers with partial or complete manuscripts in progress

Writers approaching revision for the first time and looking for a clear framework

Writers returning to an older draft who aren’t sure where—or how—to begin

Writers preparing a book-length manuscript for completion, submission, or publication

Nine Ways to Revise Your Novel

$55.00

Saturday, November 14, 2026 • 10–11:15am PT • WEBINAR

You'll Walk Away With

A flexible, repeatable framework for approaching both writing and revision

Practical techniques for tackling deep, challenging revisions without losing sight of the larger story

Greater agility in recognizing, balancing, and strengthening the elements of accomplished fiction and memoir

Renewed direction, motivation, and purpose for moving your manuscript toward completion or publication

Christine Walker

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Christine Walker

Christine Walker is a visual artist, author, strategic visioning facilitator, creative consultant, and teacher. She uses visual-thinking practices to develop curricula and teach writing craft through community literary programs, bookstores, and online.

Published in fiction, nonfiction, memoir, and children’s books, Christine is also the author of two books for Sibyl Writing Craft: A Writer’s Resolution: A Guided Journal for Realizing a Rewarding Writing Practice and the forthcoming Nine Ways: Writing Masterful Fiction and Memoir (2027).

Her Nine Ways approach was inspired by the philosophy of her MFA in Writing and Literature program at Bennington: “Read one hundred books. Write one.”

Join Christine Walker and learn nine ways to approach your manuscript with fresh eyes, stronger craft, and a clear path forward

Sibyl Writing Craft Workshop FAQ

Yes! Most of our workshops are streamed live on Zoom, allowing you to learn in real time and interact with the instructor. If you can't make it, don’t worry—we will send you a link to watch or download the recording within 24 to 48 hours after the session ends.

Yes! If you can’t attend live (or want to revisit the material), you’ll receive a recording after the session. You can watch it on your own schedule.

Our webinars and workshops will have built in time for Q&A at the end. Some workshop instructors may respond to questions throughout the session, depending on the workshop format.

Many workshops include slides, worksheets, or resource lists that you can download and keep.

No preparation is required unless otherwise noted. Some instructors may offer optional prompts or materials to help you get even more out of the session.