(For instance, if the scheduled meeting is Thursday at 12 noon, I must receive your piece by midnight on the preceding Monday).ĭo I have to pay before I know if this is going to work for me? If you’re submitting 3000 words, then usually a 10 hour block will mean 5+ hours of editing and 5 zoom or phone consultations.įor each biweekly session you will submit up to 3000 words no later than midnight three days before the scheduled appointment. When you book your 10 hours, you and I will schedule all the dates and times for the sessions. Meetings will be held online using Zoom technology or by telephone. Most mentoring relationships are for biweekly meetings (unless another arrangement has been made). Whatever the reason you’re considering working with me one-on-one, you probably have lots of questions about how that would work. The support of a small and dedicated community as well as the biweekly feedback from me has proven so helpful time and time again, that if it’s possible for someone to join one of those workshops to do their first draft, I strongly encourage it.īut those groups begin every September and maybe this is January and you’re champing at the bit to live up to your New Year’s resolution and get that book done now. Sometimes it’s helping them work their way through the first draft of a manuscript–though I really love the “A Novel Approach”workshops for that. Sometimes it’s helping them work their way through the second draft of their manuscript. Sometimes it’s readying short pieces to submit to journals or contests. Sometimes it’s working with them to help them overcome writers’ block. Over the years I’ve helped many people fulfill their aspirations as writers. A big project like a book can be so daunting. There can be a hundred different reasons why someone will reach out for some one-on-one coaching or mentoring on a manuscript project. Or you need accountability, because unless you’ve promised someone that you’re going to produce work by this time, and you’ve put your money where your promise is, you just don’t produce.Or you need some intensive editing on short pieces that you want to submit.Or the timing of joining a workshop isn’t right for you.Or you need honesty about what’s not working and help with figuring out how to fix that.Or you need reassurance it’s working because you’ve lost perspective.You need someone to read what you’ve done and help you untangle the plot. You’re not quite sure if the story is working. You’re not at the beginning – you’ve already done a substantial amount of work but you’re a bit stuck. Sometimes workshops just aren’t the right fit for your project. Are you looking for some one-on-one coaching for your writing project?
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