Sometimes a group isn't the right room. That's fine.
One-on-one sessions give you a dedicated space to work through a specific piece, a recurring block, or a voice that hasn't quite found its footing yet.
For writers who want a quieter kind of attention.
Individual coaching suits people who feel a little exposed in group settings, or who have a specific project they'd rather develop with one steady conversation partner. It also works well for writers returning to the page after a long break, when the first sessions are less about craft and more about remembering how it feels to write without judging every line.
Coaching doesn't replace the group program. Many members use both: coaching for the deeper, ongoing project, and group circles for weekly practice and community.
Every session bends around what you bring in.
Voice Check-ins
Looking at a passage together and talking through why certain sentences feel like "you" and others don't yet.
Story Structure
Working through pacing, scene order, or how a personal essay finds its shape, without forcing a rigid formula onto it.
Character Depth
Digging into a character's contradictions, wants, and blind spots so they stop feeling like a list of traits.
Direct Feedback
Specific, honest notes on a piece you bring in, delivered at a pace that matches what you're ready to hear.
Momentum Planning
Setting a realistic writing rhythm for the weeks between sessions, sized to your actual schedule.
A conversation, not a critique session.
Sessions are held over video call, typically on a recurring schedule that you set based on your availability. Before each meeting, you send over whatever you're working on, whether that's three paragraphs or three pages, and the coach reads it in advance so the time together is spent talking rather than reading in silence.
There's no assumption that your writing is headed toward a query letter or a manuscript submission. Some people are working on a memoir chapter for their kids. Others are just trying to finish a short story they started years ago. Both are treated with the same care.
Want to know what coaching would look like for your project?
Send a note describing what you're working on and we'll talk through whether coaching, a group circle, or both make sense.