WHAT EXACTLY IS BOOK COACHING, You ask?
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A book coach provides accountability, emotional support, and guidance for the writers they work with. This can be done in a variety of ways such as low-touch, short-term coaching or high-touch, long-term coaching, but the three main pillars of my coaching practice in general are check-in, critique, and correction.
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As a book coach, I provide check-in calls or other means to help clarify goals before, during, and after coaching sessions. I do this because I want to make sure that you’re actually thriving and learning, not just passive consuming material.
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One of my primary jobs as a book coach is to provide holistic feedback regarding your work shape a more positive mindset. All feedback is given within the intention of strengthening what’s working, clarifying confusing areas, and shoring up weaker parts of the work. In these ways, we’re preparing your story to be its best for the next revision.
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Similar to what an editor does, I give in-depth textual corrections on your planning materials, working manuscripts, and even pitching materials at certain points in the coaching process. Depending on how much feedback you’d like, I do my best to use my eagle eyes to spot any clerical, linguistic, or structural errors in your prose and plot.
Is low-touch coaching right for you?
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30-Minute Coaching Session
As an Author Accelerator-certified fiction book coach, I'm trained to get to the heart of all sorts of writing problems and solve them. Give me thirty minutes of your time, and if I can't give you a solution to what you're working on, I'll give you your money back with no questions asked.
$50 flat fee.
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"Find Your Why" Coaching Session
It all starts here. In just one hour, I’ll help you get crystal clear on the “why” of your story so that you dive into your story with confidence. This exercise is also particularly helpful for those experiencing writer’s block or are having doubts about the commercial viability of their work.
$100 flat fee.
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Mini Blueprint Coaching Session
The next step after finding your why is deciding if you’d like a taste of what an Author Accelerator-certified book coach can do for you and your story. Popularized by Jennie Nash in Blueprint for a Book, the Blueprint Method helps you hone your story vision and nail down your story’s structure in fifteen questions. The Mini Blueprint is a shorter version and just as robust.
$200 flat fee.
How about high-touch coaching instead?
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Monthly 1:1 Coaching Program
If you’d like a bit more slowed-down, long-term, personalized support to help with planning, polishing, and pitching your novel, any of my three-month coaching programs will help with just that. The programs start in January, May, and September, respectively.
Currently $50 per month for a limited time.
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Monthly Group Coaching Program
Find your fellow writers, stay accountable to yourself and others, and grow right alongside an incredible community. Through weekly one-hour coaching sessions, hands-on workshop activities, and weekly exercises, I’ll help you plan, polish, and prepare to pitch your novel in just under a year.
Currently $100 per month for a limited time.
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Silent Retreat
This isn’t an actual service that I provide yet, but it could be in the future. Essentially, I would love to host a silent retreat somewhere with 12 amazing writers and give them the gift of two weeks away to study the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. I would love to see what Secular Buddhism and mindfulness could truly do for their writing. If you’d be interested in something like this, just send me an email, and I’ll add you to my growing list!
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