Process
A Writing Community Groups:
(8 Telesessions, for 2 hours each): People who have an idea for a book, or who have actually begun a manuscript, participate in a series of telesessions that offer them support through group collaboration and coaching.
- Wondering if your ideas are worth sharing? Translation: Will anybody read what I write??? Receive support from your group and get laser coaching from Carol around what is holding you back from believing in yourself.
- Feeling that you are on the right track... but just slightly off what you really mean to say? Learn some practices that will support your gaining clarity around your writing.
- Finding yourself in a mood that is not supporting your writing progress? Experience a method to choose a mood that will support progress and learn steps in how to shift into the mood of choice when you write.
- Desiring to share your latest writing spurt with people who understand the writing process with all its unevenness? Celebrate with other writers who "get it".
Note: Some people may choose to register for additional sessions in sets of 8 until completion of a manuscript. The magic of A Writing Community can only truly be appreciated by experiencing it. Writing doesn't have to be a lonely endeavor!
Individual Coaching:
Private sessions are offered to anyone who wants individual support while in the writing, editing, self-publishing and/or marketing phases. These can be held monthly, weekly, or whatever best serves the writer. Sometimes a writer wants a few sessions to discover and move through whatever may be getting in the way of completing the book. Other times, a writer may discover that the book is a threshold for moving into a new phase of life... even a new way of being. A 3-6 month period of time with a coach will support this life "growth spurt".
Editing Process:
When your manuscript is ready for the editing process, you join the ongoing weekly hour long sessions for those ready for this process. This includes editing the book personally and then submitting it to a professional editor and then editing it again... and again. Professional editors will be invited on the calls to answer questions. Celebrations are shared among all the writers as they reach their goals. Laser coaching is offered at each session to those who have encountered personal barriers to moving ahead in this tedious and sometimes difficult phase... the phase that supports or stops the book from becoming real.
Self-Publishing Process:
Groups ready to begin the self- publishing process are formed monthly and participate in 4 sessions, one hour each week. The self-publishing process will be explored for the advantages and possibilities available. Writers will be supported with laser coaching as well as guidance through all the steps. Specific topics include:
- Overview of the entire process & decisions that you will be making along the way to self-publishing your book
- Discussion of specific options:
- e-books (Kindle, Nook, etc.) vs. p-books (printed books),
- print-on-demand options,
- audio books, and more.
- Experts in book (page & cover) design, indexing, illustrations... whatever the group needs... will join the calls to support the authors.
- A special focus will be on the emotions that arrive with waiting for and then actually seeing/feeling the manuscript "be born" into a live book. This includes the highs/the lows and all the emotions in between as the book is offered to the world.
Marketing Process:
3 telesessions, for one hour each, will be held to explore ways of marketing your book via social media and other sources. Marketing experts will join the calls to offer ideas and answer questions. Celebrations will be held as each author begins to see their book receive the attention it deserves
