Invest in A New Class Story by Chavisa Woods
Creative Investment is an innovative new approach to artistic patronage that treats creative labor as something worthy of financial backing, with transparency around artistic risk and potential return.
Through this model, contributions provide the time and focus I require to complete the most successful possible version of my work in progress. When the book sells, Creative Investors may recoup their contribution and earn an additional return.
This Campaign will end 03/31/2026
at which point Creative Investor percentages will be locked in.
At the investment campaign end, you will receive a signed agreement outlining the terms of your creative investment.
As a Creative Investor, you have a chance to recoup the entire amount of your contribution, plus a sliding bonus return once the book is sold. If the book sells for an amount higher than the total raised by this campaign, all funders will receive 100% of their invested funds plus up to 10% return on your original investment amount.
Contributor returns will be proportional to each contributor’s share of the total amount raised by this campaign. For example, if Contributor A provided 80% of the total raised and Contributor B provided 20%, they will receive 80% and 20%, respectively; if the sale proceeds are less than the amount raised; repayments will be proportionally reduced.
In other words, your actual bonus amount will be scaled proportionally based on the amount by which the sale price exceeds the total amount raised by this campaign, capped at 10%.
After the conclusion of this campaign, you will receive a signed agreement noting the final contributed amount and outlining the terms of your creative investment.
Investment Structure, potential outcome examples:
Example 1 (large upside → full bonus)
Total Amount Raised: $10,000
Book Sells for: $50,000
Creative Investor A contributed $1,000 (10%)
Creative Investor B contributed $5,000 (50%)
Because the sale price far exceeds the amount raised, investors receive their full contribution returned plus the maximum bonus of 10%.
Creative Investor A receives:
$1,000 + $100 (10%) = $1,100Creative Investor B receives:
$5,000 + $500 (10%) = $5,500
Example 2 (downside → partial repayment, no bonus)
Total Amount Raised: $10,000
Book Sells for: $8,000
Because the sale price is less than the amount raised, no bonus applies. Repayment is proportional to contribution size.
Creative Investor A (10%) receives:
10% of $8,000 = $800Creative Investor B (50%) receives:
50% of $8,000 = $4,000
Example 3 (modest upside → partial bonus)
Total Amount Raised: $20,000
Book Sells for: $25,000
The sale price exceeds the amount raised by $5,000, which is 25% above the total raised.
Therefore, investors receive 25% of the maximum 10% bonus, or 2.5%.
Creative Investor A contributed $2,000 (10%)
Bonus: 2.5% of $2,000 = $50
Total received: $2,050Creative Investor B contributed $10,000 (50%)
Bonus: 2.5% of $10,000 = $250
Total received: $10,250
TIME TO WRITE A NEW CLASS STORY BY CHAVISA WOODS
TIME TO WRITE A NEW CLASS STORY BY CHAVISA WOODS
ABOUT THE BOOK
My in progress work of nonfiction challenges dominant cultural narratives about class mobility and individual responsibility in the United States.
Written in direct opposition to the theology laid out in Vice President J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy, this book offers a literary account of life and a culture shaped by structural inequality. It examines the history of the Appalachian Diaspora from a firsthand perspective, exploring how that culture has shaped America from the shadows.
Funding will allow me to dedicate sustained time to finishing, revising, and preparing the manuscript for publication, ensuring that this project reaches readers with the depth, rigor, and care it demands.
If you prefer to make a tax deductible donation through my fiscal sponsor, A Gathering of the Tribes, click here.