Historical Fiction Book Coaching

Book or writing coaching provides a space to workshop ideas, overcome barriers to writing, and advance your craft knowledge. It combines insightful feedback with focused support that gets you closer to typing those magical words, The End. Writerly Growth is for projects in the research, planning and drafting stages. Revision support is best for completed manuscripts that have received some feedback. 

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Writerly Growth

Writerly growth is specifically designed to support historical fiction writers with the unique challenges in writing novels for the historical fiction genre. Great for writers in the planning and drafting stages. Craft-focused coaching offers personalized insight, accountability, and support to help you improve your writing and finish your book.

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Book coaching is great for: 

  • Learning to apply storytelling principles to your book and improving your skills over time

  • Checking a particular craft element such as POV, use of description and backstory, creating interiority, creating tension on a scene level, improving dialogue

  • Finding the story in your historical research that will captivate readers

  • Creating a plan with actionable steps for moving from research to writing

  • Implementing a system for research and writing that suits your needs

  • Learning to assess and apply feedback from a critique group or beta readers

  • Feeling confident you are on the right track after you have received feedback and applied your new skills

Writerly Growth Service

    1. A kick-off call to learn about your needs and set some goals (unless you hate video calls then we will do it over email)

    2. Feedback on your writing in progress

    3. Personalized homework and resources

    4. Accountability check-ins by email between sessions

    5. Email support between sessions

    6. Virtual or email coaching sessions scheduled at a pace that works for you

    • Start-up
      3 deadlines with review of work up to 10,000 words & 3 coaching sessions $1200 USD

    • Growing
      10 deadlines over 9 months with review of work up to 10,000 words & 10 coaching sessions $3200 USD*

    • Bespoke package
      Crafted to meet your needs and budget

    * Canadian clients contact for pricing details.

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Revision Support

Are you deep in the trenches of revision? Have you received beta reader feedback and don’t know how to put it to use? Are you unsure about your next steps? Revision support is great when you need a roadmap to follow and some insightful advice on how to move forward. 

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Revision support is great for: 

  • Receiving examples tailored to your main issues 

  • Reviewing the changes you made to ensure you are on the right track 

  • Managing feedback from multiple places 

  • Developing strategies for what elements to tackle and in what order

  • One-on-one Q & A 

Revision support is not good for: 

  • A second round of developmental edits or manuscript critique (no new edits will be added)

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Revision Support Service

    • Additional examples or resources created just for you to help you address issues that came up in your developmental edit or manuscript critique. 

    • One review of changes to the manuscript (no new edits will be added) 

    • Three video calls to review your questions and help support you through a successful revision 

  • Investment: $950 USD

    *Canadian clients contact for pricing details.

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