Are you having trouble getting started or staying focused on a current writing project?At PVWW, we are first and foremost writers ourselves, so we understand intimately the frustrations, hurdles, and doubts that come along with this territory. Our goal is to help you meet your writing goals, whether it be to motivate me to write more, to set up a regular routine, to complete a project, or to get your work out there in the world. Coaching can happen in-person or long-distance and can be tailored to whatever specific writing-related goals or issues you'd like to work on.
A writing coach can...
- Offer support, mentorship, and feedback during sustained or lengthy writing projects such as novels, memoirs, or story collections.
- Help you move past blocks and hurdles and get you writing again.
- Motivate and inspire you to generate new work through prompts and creative exercises.
- Guide you through exploring your voice, style, and process.
How Writing Coaching Works at PVWW
Writing coaching at Pioneer Valley Writers' Workshop happens in monthly packages. Each month-long coaching package includes the following services:
• 2 in-person (or phone/Skype, if you prefer) hour-long coaching sessions (or one 2-hour long session).
• Brief phone/email check-ins between your sessions with your coach.
• Small assignments, prompts, reading recommendations, and feedback on your work.
* Coaching can also happen more frequently, though we find that two sessions a month (or one two-hour long session if that works best for you) is an ideal amount of time to get more in depth with your coach while also giving you enough time to write in between coaching sessions. Depending on your unique situation, coaching sessions can include reviewing your work and offering feedback, goal and bench-mark setting, outlining, small assignments to get you inspired, and discussing the direction of a current project. Please let us know if there is a particular instructor you'd like to work with!
**If your primary reason for seeking coaching is feedback and consultation on a current manuscript of any length, our editing and manuscript consultation services might be what you're looking for.
• 2 in-person (or phone/Skype, if you prefer) hour-long coaching sessions (or one 2-hour long session).
• Brief phone/email check-ins between your sessions with your coach.
• Small assignments, prompts, reading recommendations, and feedback on your work.
* Coaching can also happen more frequently, though we find that two sessions a month (or one two-hour long session if that works best for you) is an ideal amount of time to get more in depth with your coach while also giving you enough time to write in between coaching sessions. Depending on your unique situation, coaching sessions can include reviewing your work and offering feedback, goal and bench-mark setting, outlining, small assignments to get you inspired, and discussing the direction of a current project. Please let us know if there is a particular instructor you'd like to work with!
**If your primary reason for seeking coaching is feedback and consultation on a current manuscript of any length, our editing and manuscript consultation services might be what you're looking for.