Coaching & Consultation
Looking for something more personal?
Classes are wonderful, but there comes a time in every author’s process when they need the sustained attention of a close reader, editor, or coach. Perhaps you’ve finished a draft of a manuscript and want someone to go through it with a sharp eye, providing revision notes or ideas for next steps. Maybe you’ve set a goal for yourself to write and publish an essay or short story or poem but aren’t sure how to actualize it. Could be that you’re looking for someone to help with your MFA application or agent query package, or you simply want an amazing writer to dedicate some of their time, creativity, and brain space to you and your work.
My friend, look no further. Writing Co-Lab has got you!
If you’ve taken a class with us, then you know that each of our teachers has an enthusiasm for writing, eagle-eye for detail, varied and deep publishing experience, and unique approach to style, structure, sentencing, and language. We’re a community-focused organization, which means our instructors are as interested in helping the artist as they are in helping your art. They will develop a one-on-one working arrangement tailored to meet your needs and priced to fit your budget.
Not sure where to start? Well, it depends on what you’re looking for. Here’s a few of our incredible community members, and what they offer:
Brian Gresko, author of You Must Go On: 30 Inspirations on Writing & Creativity, is incredible at coaching and accountability, particularly for new and emerging writers wrestling their ideas for essays and short stories onto the page and out into the world;
Chin-Sun Lee will go deep on your finished prose draft, providing you global developmental feedback and also close line notes to help you polish your sentences and scenes till they gleam;
Richard Mirabella brings his passion for and expansive knowledge of story to his coaching and mentoring relationships–he is as enthusiastic as his knowledgeable;
Soraya Palmer, a novelist as well as licensed therapist, will help you persevere and find success as an artist, while providing you tools to keep your confidence and energy up;
Amy Shearn has decades of editing experience and has published books at presses big and small, she excels at manuscript consults and coaching on novels, memoirs, story collections, and even non-fiction work like business and self-help;
To set up a consultation appointment, please tell us a little more about your writing project and what kind of private guidance you’re seeking in the form below. You can indicate which of our teachers you’d like to work with, or, if you aren’t sure, we’ll find someone who will meet your needs. Pricing varies depending on what you’re looking for, so get in touch, and let’s get the conversation started.