WHAT IS BOOK COACHING?

This service is for writers who don’t have a finished manuscript yet and who need ongoing help with any of these things:

• Getting ideas

• Turning an idea into an outline

• Creating an overall structure for your book

• Fleshing out characters

• Worldbuilding

• Overcoming writer’s block or getting unstuck

• Figuring out why something “just isn’t working” (even if you don’t know exactly what that something is)

• Forming a convincing argument

• Plotting out a storyline

• Fixing slow or boring sections

• Planning your next book

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Of course, each writer and each manuscript is different. But in general, here’s how it works:

• You and I have regular one-hour calls (up to four times per month) to discuss whatever is on your mind about your manuscript. Here are some possible topics:

  • 1. • Narrowing down your target audience and tailoring your writing to them

       • Structuring your plot (for fiction) or argument (for nonfiction)

       • Working out character arcs and development

       • Developing the fictional world of your story and fleshing out details such as government, social structure, geography, climate, supernatural elements (e.g., magic), and so on.

• You can email me anytime with smaller questions. If a question is too big to answer in an email, we’ll schedule a call instead.