Editorial Toolkit: Coaching Writers

Because coaching is expensive, personal, and requires trust, it’s unlikely that a random client will see your website and immediately sign up for services. They need to get to know you first. And this is a good thing! There are some people I’m not a good coach for because our personalities and approaches don’t mesh…

As developmental editors, we often have authors come to us when their manuscripts are not actually ready for a developmental edit. I’ve known editors who turn such clients away, saying exactly that: “Your manuscript is not ready for a developmental edit.” But writers wouldn’t be coming to us if they didn’t need help! So, coaching…