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or have written a book and want feedback,
help, a writing coach,
or someone to mentor the process, I
will work closely with you on it. Working
one-to-one over phone calls,
emails, or in person,
I’ll help you find the points at which to strengthen
your book, advise you on how best
to do that, and discuss your redrafts.
I'll also support you in the working process
| Rates (per word) |
UK Pounds |
US Dollars |
| Editorial critique |
£600 |
$900 |
| Workshopping & Mentoring |
£50 p/h |
$75 p/h |
Rates are
an estimate, depending on book length, and will be confirmed
by email. Workshopping & mentoring: minimum £150
/ $225.
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COACHING CLIENTS : SECTORS : JOB TYPE
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What's book coaching?
In short, help writing a book. This rests
on three pillars:
- practical: helping people separate a
huge project into stages, set targets, and manage the process,
while keeping their creativity
- conceptual: discussing ideas, developing
the book’s shape, advising on creative activities
to explore and rearrange concepts
- language: getting the tone right, expressing
ideas clearly, developing a personal style guide, and making
the final text as professional as its content
I’m happy to pick up the slack where someone needs
me to, but also empower people to improve their own abilities.
I’m committed to process teaching – understanding
why and practising how, not just learning
what; keeping the focus and always keeping the fun.
Editorial critique
If your book is already in progress, the first
step is an editorial critique, to indentify its strengths
and weaknesses, based on your finished book or on
a synopsis and sample chapters.
For fiction, this includes looking at…
- prose style – tense choices, point of view, mood,
recurrent foibles
- plot – structure, tension, pacing, deepening
- characterisation – complexity and development of
main characters, richness and role of secondary characters
- time & place setting – resonance, point of view,
originality
- themes & symbols
For non-fiction, it includes...
- prose style - formality / informality, accessibility,
appropriateness
- arrangement of information within chapters, sections,
and parts; logical flow of the whole book
- aspects that need more explanation or examples and the
strength of arguments
I read and spend some time working through your book - usually
at least a fortnight. I type up my feedback and send you my
notes, then we arrange a time to discuss it over the phone
(for about an hour) for additional feedback and discussion.
This critique is charged at a flat fee. If you want further
workshopping and mentoring, we then move on to an hourly rate.
Workshopping & mentoring
Each person's project is different and each individual has
their own preference for how much input or support they want.
Some of the follow-on workshopping that people find useful
includes...
- progress monitoring & support
- working together on planning or replanning the plot &
characters or the structure, ideas, and flow
- feedback on rewriting and redrafts
- help with prose style
- advice on writing synopses and submitting to publishers
or agents
- creativity & creative writing exercises
What next?
Email me - let me know what kind of book it is, what it's
about, how long it is (in words), and how far you've got with
it. If you can, attach a sample page or two. If you'd like
a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) first, I can send you one.
email
me
And in the meantime, have a look at my help
for writers on my personal site and read feedback
from other people I've coached.
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