the MWS
Novel Toolkit
A FREE, MINIMALIST GUIDE TO YOUR BEST NOVEL
Practical craft guidance, exercises, and checklists to help you build a stronger novel.
What's inside
50 pages of practical help with
Story + structure
Characters
Scenes
The messy middle
Endings + meaning
Revision
Your Best Book Checklist
collected from deCades of guiding novelists
The Novel Toolkit is a bare-bones collection of the craft lessons and exercises we use in the MWS novel workshops. It's designed to help you get unstuck, make stronger choices, and keep your draft moving.