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Jumpstart-Your-Writing Package
"All writing is communication; creative writing is communication through revelation -- it is the self escaping into the open. No writer long remains incognito."
-- E.B. White
This coaching package offers writers at various stages of their development the individual attention, feedback, and encouragement they need to progress quickly. Designed to build and strengthen foundational writing skills, these coaching sessions cultivate each writer's inherent abilities and talents -- all within the context of such personal goals as, for example, the following:
- Some writers are eager to begin work on a memoir, and may use the writing jumpstart to warm up prior to writing their first draft.
- Other writers may want to write a nonfiction book about their area of expertise or practice, or begin a work of fiction or literary nonfiction. The techniques learned in their writing jumpstart sessions can provide the confidence and skill to start writing with enthusiasm, while encouraging the necessary persistence to progress with, and complete, their manuscript.
- Still other writers may want to realize their dream of writing regularly and well. They can use the writing jumpstart to draft a series of short stories or essays, begin a book manuscript, or approach freelance writing for the first time. Other writers may want to know whether an MFA program in creative writing is the right choice for them, and writing jumpstart sessions can provide the context for making an informed decision.
The Jumpstart-Your-Writing Package is offered in groups of three, one-hour phone coaching sessions at the special rate of $50. for each session (and if you live anywhere within the United States, there is no additional phone charge: your writing coach will call you). Most writers complete several three-session packages back-to-back, in order to benefit from ongoing support and guidance over time.
Between sessions, there are writing and reading assignments, with three to ten pages of feedback, lessons, encouragement, and a new assignment, all emailed prior to each session. The amount of time between sessions is flexible (usually two to three weeks), and varies according to individual needs and schedules.
Perhaps most importantly, every session is wholly unique and structured solely in response to each writer's ongoing progress, evolving needs, and changing aims. This is essential, as no two coached writers are alike -- particularly as they begin to sharpen and refine their writing skills.
Writers who are willing to work with mature dedication, who have specific personal goals in mind, and who would enjoy supported but independent study and practice, will gain the most from the Jumpstart-Your-Writing Package (this holds true of the Jumpstart-Your-Book Package, as well).
"Quite by accident, I stumbled across Laurel Marshfield, but there are no accidents in life, they say, and it would have been a misfortune for my beginning writing life had I not found her.
Laurel has the greatest gift for aligning herself with the writing that simmers within you, helping you structure your work with simple but powerful techniques that allow you to construct a piece, section by section, until it grows into a beautifully completed essay or story.
It is with great excitement that I look forward to learning more and more from Laurel's lifetime of writing, editing, and publishing."
-- Carol Feder, Court Reporter, Writer, Toluca Lake, California
Please complete the Contact Us form -- tell us about the Jumpstart-Your-Writing needs you are facing, right now. (And be sure to check off "Jumpstart Your Writing Package" in the third question under "General Information.")
We look forward to helping you jumpstart your writing!
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