Write on!
The Manuscript Drop-In is a place for writers of all ages, stages, and styles to go for support, guidance, encouragement, and a plan forward.
In these one-hour conversations, resolve your writerly hiccups, headaches, and heartaches. Drop-In with a single question or pages full of notes. Reconnect with your writing muse. Wrangle your words. Tackle a tricky scene or sentence or semicolon.
Drop-In once or Drop-In weekly (or monthly or every year on your birthday!). Whatever your writerly wish, there’s a plan for that! Explore the Drop-In Packages here.
Common Questions:
Why Hire a Writing Coach?
Focus, feedback, and fun! Writing is often a solitary experience. But it doesn’t need to be a lonely or aimless one. With the support of a writing coach, you have an ally who will help you dream a little bigger, work a little smarter, and write (and edit!) a whole lot more.
What Level of Support Do I Need?
From helping you wrestle with the biggest of questions (Why write?) to the smallest of punctuation marks (Em dash or semicolon?) a writing coach is there for you every step of the way.
Whether you need a one-time session to nudge your project a step forward, or a series of sessions to nudge YOU forward, there is a Manuscript Drop-In package that is, like the very best of porridges, just right.
Testimonials
Just wanted to thank you for the critique; it was both insightful and helpful. … I feel that in-depth critiques are extremely valuable to writers, and are not easy to come by these days, so thanks again.
~ Jill M.
I just want to say I’m so grateful to have had your expertise with these line notes and edits. I was stunned and pleased with so many of the proposed edits, which I think have made this story so much stronger and sharper. … Thank you thank you thank you for all your time and thoughtfulness and effort.
~ Alex K.
Thank you so much for your feedback! I went over your comments carefully and made quite a few changes. As before, your suggestions have been extremely helpful and are very welcome.
~ Christine B.
Thank you, Geneviève, there are so many great comments to work with in your critique. I have a good story on my hands, and now I can make it better.
~ Duncan H.
Thank you, Genevieve! Your edits are amazing. I appreciate the opportunity to make this story the best it can be.
~ Sylvia L.
Thank you so much for these suggestions. They are very clear and I could see I didn’t manage to capture [a fundamental theme] as much as I could in the story. … I greatly appreciate your help. And I’m really glad you liked the story as well.
~ Laura K.
I appreciate the time & effort you put into these critiques and I can already see ways to improve my story.
~ Karen B.
Thank you so much for your critique of my story! I agree with you on all points. I’m going to take some time to [think] this all this over before I rewrite. I think I can use some of your points to self-edit some of my other writing … . I can see in my head an easier and better way to tell this story. … Thanks again so much! I am sure you will hear from me again.
~ Nirushan S.
Thank you again for critiquing these stories. I applied your comments to [one of the pieces] and that story has now been accepted for publication.
~ Megan S.
Geneviève Wynand 