Why Hire a Writing Coach?

Years ago, I hired a closet declutterer to help me organize my office shelves.  And just last summer, I found someone to teach me how to set up a spreadsheet for business accounting.None of these tasks came naturally to me. Neither did throwing a Frisbee, following a recipe or figuring out the tip for a restaurant bill!But with guidance, I learned how. And I got better at them.Writing isn’t any different. Finding that perfect opening sentence, riveting middle or satisfying ending doesn’t always come naturally. Some of us get stuck at the start. Some lose our way, midstream. Many of us can lose perspective  - and our confidence – in the whole project because we are just too close to the material.That’s where an experienced, patient and tender-hearted writing coach can make a difference.Maybe you are pursuing a degree and your academic writing assignments are taking far longer than you think they should. You need help organizing your thoughts and getting them onto the page.Maybe you are good at your job, but your co-workers are not responding to your emails and reports as you would like. You know these could be better summarized, less wordy and more to the point.Maybe you’ve been writing personal essays and you are ready to run them by a thoughtful reader. You want feedback from someone who can provide you with concrete suggestions about how to make them better. You want more feedback than what you feel you are getting with your critique group.Or maybe you are looking to explore your creativity, to experience what Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi calls the flow, doing something for its own sake. To get your toes in the water, consider registering for one of my writing workshops this fall.Three hours of coaching can jump start you on a project or help you complete one already underway.For a ready-to-go project, - take a look at my one-month, three-month and one-year programs.Shake your life up just a bit. Make something by hand.What if writing - whether it’s for fun, publication, a business or school assignment - could open you up in a different way?What if writing could lead you to personal discovery? For more information, hop over to my website or send me an email.