On July 9th, 3x HarperCollins novelist & founder of The Book Incubator™, Mary Adkins, will host a free, online workshop to share the 3 new tools she’s currently using to write her novel-in-progress. If you've found Mary's Four Notebooks Method or 52 Prompts helpful, you won't want to miss this.
In the workshop (did we mention it’s free?), Mary will screen-share the actual documents she’s using right now—brand new content she's never taught live.
You’ll walk away with:
Mary’s real-time, better-than-an-outline grid for shaping your story while writing (and you'll get a template for your own work)
Her “how-are-other-authors-doing-it?” spreadsheet for when you get stuck on an existential craft question (like “How on earth do I describe an angry person without resorting to cliché?”)
A sample kitchen sink document for keeping track of things like characters’ birthdays, scene ideas, and chains of events—basically a way to herd those 80,000+ beastly words
WHEN: Thursday, July 9, 2026 @ 10:30am CT // 11:30pm ET
WHERE: Zoom (link provided upon registration)
COST: Free
WHO: Novelists, aspiring novelists, and novel-curious voyeurs
Yes, there WILL be a recording in case you can't make it live, but you'll need to register to get it.
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Who’s leading this again?
Your instructor, Mary Adkins, is the author of the novels When You Read This (an Indie Next Pick and “Best Book of 2019” by Good Housekeeping), Privilege (a Today.com “Best Summer Read”), and Palm Beach (a New York Post “Best Book of 2021”). Her writing program, The Book Incubator™, is a 2025 Inc. 5000 company that has helped hundreds of writers finish their dream books—94% complete their drafts within a year. The 12-month program offers live, intimate instruction led by Mary and Pen/Faulkner and Kirkus Prize finalist Rufi Thorpe, whose novel Margo’s Got Money Troubles is now a hit AppleTV mini-series. In-house editing is offered by Andrea Robinson, former acquisitions editor for Penguin Random House, and 2025 Kirkus Prize Winner Lucas Schaefer, among others. Apply in 5 minutes at thebookincubator.com.
