The Ultimate Rewrite Guide

Finally, There’s a List!

With over 1200 writing classes out there, only
The Ultimate Rewrite Guide teaches the what, why, and how of rewriting

Rewriting can be dreadful. You don’t need vague suggestions—you need concrete advice.

  • What do I change?
  • What do I leave alone?
  • What’s wrong with the way that’s written?
  • What do you mean I should “consider adding more substance here?” How do I do that?
  • I love that passage! Why doesn’t it work?
  • I thought I had included resonance!
  • That’s my unique voice! I’m not changing it just become some editor doesn’t like it!

Stop driving yourself nuts trying to figure out what to do and how to do it.

Register now for
The Ultimate Rewrite Guide

Free 1st Session!
  • A complete index of the fifty most common content disruptions and deal breakers, why they’re a problem, and how to fix them
  • Introduction to techniques, tools, definitions, and Ghostwriting Psych so you can ghostwrite your own book
  • Eliminate issues that turn off agents and publishers, stop readers from turning the page, and provoke negative reviews
  • Assembled over 35+ years from nearly 250 projects
  • 10 live, interactive webinars
  • Taught by Claudia Suzanne, The Ghostwriting Expert

The Ultimate Rewrite Guide will not be repeated live ever again

First session: March 17, 2026, 10am Pacific (yes, all sessions will be recorded)

Free 1st Session!

What you’ll learn:

  • Rewrite is not Editing: Book Creation Sequence | Rewriting  Editing | Rewriting = Improvement Opportunities | Ghostwriting Psych | SOAG: Musical Line Editing | Rewriting = Problem Solving | Problem Solving is not Organic | Taste of What’s to Come
  • Routine Missteps: Suggest, assert, proclaim | Dull pedantic writing | Journalistic approach | Mechanical errors | Unsegued digressions | Seminar presentation | Verbal technique | Editorializing | Looping
  • Common Distractions: Bifurcated audience | Repetition | Expert Syndrome Info Dumps| Expert Syndrome Info Gaps
  • Creator Faux Pas: Lifted quotes | Multiple voices (plagiarism) | Excessive block quotes | No filter | Info stuffing | AI assistance
  • Authorship Deal Breakers: Pride of accomplishment | Pride of Association | Pride of Authorship | Pride of Exclusivity | No Pride, No Meat | Misfocused | Disjointed | Unpersuasive or Inappropriate
  • Memoir Hurdles: Fictionalization | Halo Syndrome (aka Mendacity) | Lacks resonance
  • Fiction Craft to Correct: Right foot/left foot | POV jumps | Stage-direction placement | Lacks energy (Drive)
  • Story Un-Structured: Sequence of events / one-dimensional characters | Delayed / missing / contrived inciting incident | Character / plot implausibilities | Pacing (plot-point / action / scene spacing)
  • Architectural Mishaps: Missing / underdeveloped scenes | Unrelated subplots | Multiple climaxes | Overlong dénouement | Movel construction
  • Author Intrusion and Fiction Pride: “But the reader needs to know!” | Editorializing / reporting | Studies on the page | Implausible premise | Stream of consciousness narration
Free 1st Session!