The Incubator

An 8-week program of intensive support, accountability, and community for advanced writers looking to make radical headway on a book manuscript.

The Autumn Incubator is predicated on the belief that community and morale are the invisible necessities of any multi-year creative undertaking. Co-led virtually by editor/writer duo Anna Vodicka and Colleen Kinder, this first-of-its-kind Incubator combines the structure of an MFA with the empathy and individualized support of psychology-based coaching.

The Incubator can’t magically deliver writers to the last page of their books. But its singular combination of broad support and daily structure will immeasurably deepen and advance any manuscript, and propel writers forward with greater clarity and velocity, plus talented peers and readers for the longer haul.

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The Incubator was a miraculous way to feel like I was working “in the trenches” alongside colleagues. Even if my project (a deeply-researched work of nonfiction) was different from those of my peers, it was the experience of collective process and journey that was priceless, and it transformed the way I work and approach book challenges, even after the Incubator wrapped.
— Sam Culp, author of a forthcoming book about futurism with Crown Publishing
The Incubator is a turbo-charger, a force-multiplier, an antidote to procrastination and loneliness. I can’t recommend it highly enough.
— Brian Benson, author of Going Somewhere