Writing Coaching
Description: For those looking for intensive, personalized instruction and writing coaching, we offer:
- one-to-one sessions (face-to-face or telephone meetings)
- manuscript critiques with notes
- copyediting
- screenplay critiques with notes
- individual writing coaching for business writing projects
How it Works
You send us your manuscript and we’ll spend time with it, reading and critiquing. Then we’ll meet with you to go over our comments and suggestions.
We charge by the hour for both reading and meeting time. (There is a one-hour minimum for your first session.) A good estimate is about three dollars per page for reading fiction and creative non-fiction. Then additional time to prepare overall comments and suggestions. For screenplays, we suggest you budget three to four hours of review. Then you can tell us if you’d like to schedule an additional face-to-face meeting.
(PLEASE NOTE: All fiction or creative non-fiction manuscripts should be typed, double-spaced with one-inch margins. Scripts should be in standard script or screenplay format. Business writing projects should also be typed as appropriate.)
Coaching Packages
1. Novel Review
We’ll read and review up to 225 pages of your novel and prepare a comprehensive comments report including thoughts on plot, character, language, voice and other aspects of storytelling.
After the novel is read, we’ll meet with you for a full-hour consultation.
Fee: $500, plus $2.00 per each additional page
2. Pre-Pay Package
Pre-Pay for five sessions and receive a discount on the hourly rate.
Fee: Non-Members pay $425 for five sessions; Members pay $400.
3. We also work with students on an ongoing basis, developing individualized syllabi for weekly or bi-weekly meetings. Call us for details.
Individual coaching meetings take place at our studio at 4043 N. Ravenswood, Chicago. But we are also happy to work with writers outside the Chicago area via email and phone.
Please call 773.477.7710 or email info@storystudiochicago.com for details and to set up appointments.
Date/Time: Arranged individuallyPrice: Fees are $90/hour; $85/hour for StoryStudio s
Payment is due in advance, or at the time of service. Coaching services are billed by the hour, with an initial one-hour minimum. Thereafter, services are billed in 15-minute increments.
For larger projects, call us for an estimate.
Call 773.477.7710 to arrange a coaching session.