In November, RevPit is hosting Fall into Fiction, a mini-event to provide support, accountability, and a welcoming, inclusive community for fiction writers who are drafting, editing, or querying a novel this fall.
Our editors have put together an incredible calendar to help keep you working on your writing goals, including:
- A place to post your fall writing goal and find accountability partners
- Freebies when you sign up for our Substack (includes badges, workbooks, templates, and more!)
- Editor-hosted writing sprints throughout each week on BlueSky
- Daily writing prompts and inspiration
- Pitch critiques with Mockpit
- Opportunities to find critique partners (CPs) and new writing pals
- And an editor video panel to answer all your questions!
Schedule
- Fall into Fiction: November 3rd-21st
- Daily prompts
- Every Monday and Wednesday: Evening (7pm ET) writing sprints on Bluesky
- Every Tuesday and Thursday: Morning (9am ET) writing sprints on Bluesky
- Every weekend: track your goals via our Google form and spreadsheet
- Friday November 7th: MockPit
- Friday November 14th: CP matching
- Friday November 21st: Editor video panel
Details
- Freebies - sign up for our Substack to get access!
- Prompts - Join us on Bluesky and keep an eye out for prompts, advice, and more using #RevPitFiF!
- Writing sprints - Hop on Bluesky and follow the #RevPitFiF hashtag. Editors will be leading sessions where everyone can write for an hour at a time with occasional check-ins! And keep an eye out for bonus, unscheduled sessions from our editors!
- Track your goals - Set your personal goals and report on our form how your week went. Then check out the spreadsheet to see your progress!
- Fill out the tracking form every week
- Check your progress on the reporting spreadsheet
- Mockpit - Join the #RevPitFiF and #MockPit hashtags on Bluesky where you can test out your pitches. Post your pitch and get feedback from editors and other participants. Feel free to jump in with advice and compliments!
- Critique Partner Matching - For those seeking critique partners, check the #RevPitFiF feed on Bluesky. Use #RevPitFiF #CP + your age category and genre to introduce yourself & to find potential matches. Hopefully you will find other writers whose work you might be interested in swapping with to get valuable feedback and make writing connections. Here are some genre/age category hashtags:
- #A - Adult
- #MG - Middle Grade
- #YA - Young Adult
- #PB - Picture Book
- #F - Fantasy
- #H - Horror
- #R - Romance
- #T - Thriller
- #SF - Science Fiction
- #M - Mystery
- #WF - Women’s Fiction/Book Club
- Editor Video Panel - Send in your questions for our editors by using #RevPitFiF and tagging the main account. Then watch the video where we answer your questions at the end of the event!