This is where ideas become stories.
a certified book coach dedicated to helping writers get started or get finished.
Hello!
I'm Siri
I am an editor-turned-book coach who is as passionate about world-building as I am about supporting writers. I work with writers across genre fiction, with particular focus on manuscripts that are fantastical, magical, or otherwise out of this world. My goal is to help you emerge from the worlds and lives you've created and turn them into a first draft.
Every person has a story to tell. Actually telling it is the hard part.
Have you always dreamed of writing a novel? But despite the passion you have for the stories in your head and the notebooks filled with characters, ideas, and snippets of scenes, do you struggle to actually start writing, or get stuck somewhere in the middle of draft one?
Whether you've written 200 pages and are stuck in a plot hole, or only have an idea for a character, I provide writers with professional insight, support and accountability, and tools and resources they need to start and finish their manuscript.
Together we will build a solid foundation on which you can continue to construct your story.
Once upon a time . . .
. . . and then what?
For those writers who love getting caught up in the fantastical worlds they create, but sometimes get lost along the way. A book coach can be your guide.
How Can A Book Coach Help?
In so many ways! A book coach can help you see the forest from the trees, guide you through revisions, help you navigate publishing, and they will also tell you when it's time to stop reworking Chapter One and just move on to Chapter Two, already!
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Because I work with writers who are often just getting started on their writing journey, my coaching focuses on keeping writers accountable, making sure they're writing forward, and helping them better understand the importance of dialogue, internal and external conflict, and other story elements. I offer the support they need when writer's block strikes, the enthusiasm they crave when they have a new idea, and the professionalism to keep them on task.
Services At A Glance
Book Coaching
Story Starter Pack
Everything you need to get started on your manuscript. We go through the Author Accelerator Blueprint for a Book to flesh out your story idea, explore your "why", develop your protagonist, and pin down your POV. We will establish a writing habit and cover topics including scene writing, dialogue, genre expectations, and many others depending on the writer's needs.
Grow Your Story
One-on-one coaching through the writing processes, whether you're at Chapter 1 or half-way through your draft. With deadlines for page submissions, this package keeps writers accountable, while also providing them with professional feedback on each new chapter.
Manuscript Evaluation
For those who have successfully completed their first draft and want to see how it holds up or have hit a roadblock in their writing and don't know how to get around it. A Manuscript Evaluation is a Big Picture look at your story that tells you how the story holds up, and offers next steps for how to continue forward or how to begin revising, without 1:1 coaching.
Editing
Copy Editing
Line Editing
Developmental Editing
Testimonials
I have worked with Siri now on two different novels, and she has been my most useful source of critique by far. I'm thorough about getting eyes on my work, and have shared my novels with over a dozen alpha and beta readers. Siri really is the gold standard. She reads attentively, knows what she's talking about, and answers everything I want to know about my stories from a reader's perspective. She is tough but fair. When she gives a compliment, I know that it's genuine, and she is so, so good at spotting weak wording, plot holes, even that one detail you wrote into a side character that you didn't expect anyone to notice.
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-Samantha E
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