"If a story is in you, it has to come out."
William Faulkner
Journey Packages
Journey Packages are one-on-one coaching solutions to give you individualized
feedback, ideas, and support.
Every journey package starts with a 30-minute free discovery call.
And every focused, Zoom coaching call includes a recording and AI-generated summary notes.
Select the package that's just right for where you are in your journey.
Choose any two packages and receive 10% discount.
Journey Packages
One-on-One Coaching
Make Your Basecamp
Know yourself as a writer. Build your foundation for success.
Start your journey with clarity, confidence, and commitment.
Before you can write with purpose, you need the right conditions. Create Your Basecamp is a mindset and habit-focused coaching package designed to help you set yourself up for success.
You will:
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Set meaningful intentions for your writing life
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Create a space that supports your creativity
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Build habits that keep you focused and inspired
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Tackle your doubt devil and boost your confidence
What's in your pack?
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Tools to uncover assumptions, strengths, and challenges
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Three, 1-hour, focused coaching calls
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Recordings and summary notes.
You'll take with you:
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A writing practice that fits your life
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Strategies to overcome resistance and stay motivated
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A specific plan to get you on the trail.
Set Your Compass
Clarify your vision and capture your essentials.
Scope out your project to know where you're headed.
Get a bird’s-eye view of your journey. You have great ideas; now put all the essentials down. These are the basic components of your story that enable you to set off with the right destination in mind.
You'll determine:
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Your motivation for writing this story at this time
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Your story’s message, arc, and main plot points
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Your character’s external and internal arcs
Your pack includes:
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A 30-minute prep call
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A one-page worksheet to uncover the essentials
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A 1-hour, focused coaching call
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Recordings and summary notes
You'll take with you:
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A clear picture of your project and your story’s essential components
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A solid understanding of where your story fits in the marketplace
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Inspiration to begin (or continue) shaping your story
BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL!
Set Your Compass PLUS
Everything in the Set Your Compass journey package PLUS:
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An editorial review of your first 3,000 words
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Margin comments
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Summary analysis with recommendations for next steps
*Available until December 1, 2025
Plot Your Path
Shape your story to create a page-turner.
A strong map means fewer detours.
Whether you’re a natural “plotter” or “pantser,” you need a story that keeps your reader eager to turn your pages. Plot Your Path helps you organize your ideas into a story plan with depth, structure, and direction.
You'll explore:
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Your central message and reason for writing
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Your ideal reader and why they’ll care
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Plot structure, point of view, story arc, character arcs, stakes, turning points, conflict, and tension
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How your character interprets events and creates a cause-and-effect flow
Your pack includes:
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Tools to tease out the essentials and develop a clear direction
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A character-driven story map using Author Accelerator’s Blueprint process
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Five, 1-hour, focused coaching calls for iterative revisions
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Recordings and summary notes
You'll take with you:
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An effective story map for strong narrative drive
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Detailed character and story arc plans
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A clear path forward for your writing sessions
Accelerate Your Trek
Sustain your momentum and finish strong.
Write your way forward, with the wind at your back.
I’ll be your ongoing companion on the writing road. In this long-term coaching engagement, we’ll start with the activities of the Plot Your Path package, then we’ll meet regularly to keep you moving forward swiftly. Get expert guidance, encouragement, and accountability as you write forward.
With help, you will:
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Draft your manuscript with regular support
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Solve challenges, plot holes, and conundrums in real-time
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Stay on track through the inevitable twists and turns
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Ensure your story arc and character arcs are unfolding effectively
Your pack includes:
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Tools to check the effectiveness of your story, your character’s backstory and interiority, your narrative drive, and scene structure
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Accountability “write-alongs”
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Editorial review of pages submitted with margin comments and recommendations (maximum 7,500 words/month)
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Collaborative brainstorming and problem solving
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Real-time education about effective story craft
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Two, 1-hour coaching calls each month
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Recordings and summary notes
You'll take with you:
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A steady writing rhythm and consistent progress
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Expert feedback and targeted solutions
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A completed draft of your manuscript (or partial, depending on your commitment timeline)