So You Want to Know How to Write a Book?
Well, You've Found The Best Place To Help You Get It Done!

We asked writers what they needed to write a book and have it published.

See if this sounds like something you would say:

“I can't figure out where to start writing!”
“Feedback would be really helpful.”
“Sometimes I get stuck and need to know what to do.”
"Accountability! I need someone to make sure I am doing what I said I would do!”

Comments Like These Inspired Us to Build the Author Learning Center. The Best Website for Writers. Period.

As a member of the Author Learning Center, you have access to a unique combinations of benefits you can't find anywhere else.

1

An Author-Designed Planning Tool

You need to know what you're writing, how you'll write it, and on what schedule. Our one-of-a-kind Book Launch Tool is designed by authors, for authors.

2

Help When You Need It

You need to be able to get support, encouragement, or feedback when you most need it. Done. As a member you can have private online writing groups called Author Circles.

3

Expert Advice

You need relevant and timely answers to your questions, when you're stuck or uncertain. We have more than 5,000 interviews, articles and webinars to help you.

Ideas. Drafts. Edits. Feedback. All In One Place.

As a member of The Author Learning Center, you will have your own Author Space.

It’s the one place where you can keep track of everything related to your book. So the days of searching for drafts and versions are over.

Tracking on spreadsheets and Post-It notes?

Forget it.

Plus if you tell us what topics you are interested in, we will make sure you have helpful advice from experts every time you log in.

Your Author Space is your command center on the ALC.

Christine Durrant
"Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm a first timer and my book is currently in the submission process. This site is proving to be of great assistance. After reading your article I now know that I've made the right choice."
ALC member Christine D.
Megan Suzanne Anderson
"I really enjoyed the interview! I admire Reg for writing about his heartbreak to help others. I found it amazing the impact his book had on the world. We may just be a drop of water in the ocean of life but just that one drop can create a ripple."
ALC member Megan A.

Make a Plan. Set Deadlines. Track Progress. Reach Your Goals.

The custom-built Book Launch Tool makes that easy. It lets you keep track of your writing projects across each step of the writing journey.

Each task comes with suggested resources from our library of thousands of interviews, articles and recorded webinars.

Set deadlines for each task. Get reminders when they're coming due.

And if our tasks aren't right for your book? You can make your own.

A planner. A calendar. A research source. A deadline tracker. The Book Launch Tool is all of that and more.

Set task-specific deadlines, add custom tasks, get helpful information, and never miss a step.

Get advice from more than 5,000 articles, interviews, and recorded webinars.

Successful writers. Literary agents. Big Five publishers and editors. Hollywood screenwriters.

They shared their expertise with us so we can help you.

Ben Esch
"I ended up having a lot of stuff I couldn't use, when I wrote without an outline. But when I used a treatment, I lost some of the joy of discovery. I think maybe there's somewhere between the two."
Author Ben Esch
speaking about To Outline or Not: What's Right for You?
Brian Yansky
"The story should start wherever the situation of the novel begins… you struggle to find the place to start the story of the novel as close to the action as you can. That’s what revision is for."
Author Brian Yansky
speaking about How Does a Writer Know Where to Begin a Story?
Randall Wallace
“I didn’t begin to write the story for ten years. I knew the story was overwhelming. I knew I had to grow into it, come to a time when I was ready to explore it. I waited until I knew I had to do it.”
Author and screenwriter Randall Wallace
in Randall Wallance on Writing Braveheart

You Don't Have to Do This Alone.

Our Author Circle tool helps you create your own private online writers group.

Writing is a solitary activity but the journey doesn’t have to be. We all have questions. Is this cover exciting enough? Does this make sense for this character? Is this diagram easy to understand?

Am I even doing this right?

These are the questions you ask your peers, in your writing group.

At the ALC, you can build your own private writers group using the Author Circle tool.

It has a private message board, for discussions. Ask questions, run polls, solicit opinions—whatever you need for your book. This is your space.

Upload document for your Circle members to download and comment on—they can upload their edits back to you. No more lost emails, no more weird forwards. Everything stays in one place.

Your Author Circle is your space to collaborate with other writers.

We're so sure the Author Learning Center will help you write your book we'll let you use it free for 30 days.

After that, it's $9.99 per month for as long as you need it.

R.L. Stine
“What an awesome webinar! So many creative ideas to explore in writing. I totally loved it. As a matter of fact, my 10-year-old daughter was writing too. Thank you!”
Attendee Feedback
from the webinar Get it Done: A Writing Workshop
R.L. Stine
“It was all so valuable! I am a new writer and the presenter was clear and concise. She was easy to follow and she gave great examples to explain the tips she provided in the PowerPoint.”
Attendee Feedback
from the webinar The Fundamentals of Writing Fiction
R.L. Stine
“The depth she went into alongside her outline was FANTASTIC! Great specific examples on each of her fine points of building the character and their traits and how the scene/setting itself, should/could be viewed as a character.”
Attendee Feedback
from the webinar Creating Captivating Characters in Fiction

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