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Stop playing hide-and-seek with your own chapters. Your book content shouldn't feel like a digital junk drawer!
This hands-on workshop teaches you how to transform chaotic content into a streamlined organizational system that makes finding, editing, and managing your manuscript efficient and feel practically effortless.
You'll learn why separating each chapter into its own document accelerates your editing process, how strategic heading usage turns endless scrolling into instant navigation, and why folder architecture matters as much as your table of contents. Discover how to create a folder structure that mirrors your workflow (book content, front and back matter, marketing materials), so you always know exactly where everything lives.
We'll explore book templates that eliminate formatting headaches and provide professional structure from day one. Whether you're drafting your first book or managing your tenth project, you'll leave with a system that saves hours of frustration and puts your creative energy where it belongs: on writing, not searching.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Structure a multi-document Google Docs system in which each chapter is a separate document, enabling faster load times, easier collaboration with editors, and simplified version control throughout the drafting and revision process.
Implement strategic heading hierarchies and folder architecture that transforms manuscript navigation from frustrating searches into instant access, organizing content by workflow stage (active drafting, front/back matter, marketing materials) rather than arbitrary file naming.
Utilize professional book templates and formatting tools in Google Docs that maintain consistent styling across all chapters, eliminate repetitive formatting tasks, and create publication-ready documents that seamlessly transition to professional layout or self-publishing platforms.
Lynn "Elikqitie" Smargis, ghostwriter, podcast producer, speaker, and six-time author, brings her proven organizational strategies from years of managing multiple book projects simultaneously. Stop wasting precious writing time digging through digital chaos and start working like the professional author you are.
The Writers Guild of Texas presents Guest Speaker / Program meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month in person at the Richardson Public Library and via Zoom. Visitors are welcome to attend.