Research to Writing Bootcamp

Course lesson preview on book proposals with Joanna Wolfarth

From Idea to Ready: Write with Confidence

Join the Research to Writing Bootcamp: a flexible course for nonfiction writers, academics, and anyone else who wants to shape their research and ideas into a clear, compelling book proposal, essay, pitch, or research summary.
You'll get expert guidance, real tools, and the chance to work alongside me as I refine my own book proposal in real time.

Is This for You?

This is for you if you’re:

  • Sitting on a big idea but not sure what form it should take: article? pitch? book? research funding proposal?

  • Struggling to turn messy research into a clear, persuasive structure

  • Ready to get something submission-ready, but unsure what’s missing

  • Burnt out on vague advice and craving concrete tools, templates, and guidance

  • Curious to see how a working writer refines their own project in real time

Whether you're writing a nonfiction book proposal, research proposal, longform essay, or editorial pitch, this bootcamp will help you shape your ideas into work that lands.

What You’ll Get

What’s Inside the Research to Writing Bootcamp:

  1. Short recorded video lessons: clear, practical breakdowns on structure, argument, research integration, voice, and more

  2. Live Q&A sessions: submit questions in advance or join live

  3. Private online community: connect with others writing and refining their ideas

  4. Templates for book proposals, essays, research summaries, pitches

  5. Optional feedback from me: you can book 1:1 feedback (single or multiple rounds) or mentoring.

See the Process in Action

You’ll Write Your Piece, As I Write Mine

You won’t just get theory; you'll see what it really looks like to shape raw research and draft pages into a sharp, submission-ready piece.

During the course, I’ll share my own process refining a nonfiction book proposal:

  • How I integrate messy research into a clear throughline

  • Real-time revision notes, challenges, and strategy

  • Lessons from working with agents, editors, and peers

  • Writers, researchers, academics, creatives; anyone developing a nonfiction idea into a clear, compelling pitch, essay, funding application or proposal.

    Or perhaps you don’t know what you’re writing yet, but that’s ok too!

  • Book proposals, research summaries, essays, article pitches, grant proposals, anything that takes your expertise or ideas and puts it into structured writing for others to read.

  • Feedback on drafts is available as an optional add-on and you can book one round or multiple rounds. You can also sign-up for a one-to-one mentoring session too, either during the course or at a later date.

  • Course Structure & Timeline

    Start date: Autumn 2025
    Format: Self-paced video lessons + Q&A sessions
    Live component: Submit questions anytime
    Feedback: Optional, pay-as-you-go
    Community: Private group (platform TBC)

    You’ll move at your own pace, but not alone.

Ready to Get Started?

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Join the waitlist for first access, an early bird discount, and priority booking for limited feedback spots.

About Joanna Wolfarth

This isn’t my first time grappling with a big idea, or helping others shape theirs.

I’m a writer, researcher, and experienced mentor with a background in both academia and publishing. Over the years, I’ve worked with dozens of undergraduate and postgraduate students to help them clarify their research ideas and develop them into cogent essays and dissertations. I’ve also worked on massive funding applications, so know how to write clear, and persuasive copy.

I’m currently working on my second and third non-fiction book proposals.

In 2019, I drafted my first nonfiction book proposal, which led to offers of representation from four agents. With the expert input of Jo Unwin (my agent at the time) and a sharp-eyed editor, I refined that first pitch into what became MILK, a book that went on to sell to a publisher in a five-way auction.

Since then, I’ve continued to secure funding and editorial support for my work, including from the Society of Authors, a Developing Your Creative Practice grant from Arts Council England, and more.

But my proposal-writing experience started long before all that. In 2009, I wrote a PhD research proposal that won me full Arts and Humanities Research Council funding. I’ve since helped craft and support major grant applications, academic research proposals, and dozens of student dissertations. All with a focus on clear, purposeful writing.

All this is to say: I know what it takes to shape a bunch of tangled idea into something convincing, compelling, and ready to share.

If you’ve got questions, or you’re curious whether the bootcamp is right for you, just get in touch. I’d love to hear from you.

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