​Your story is deeply personal and it may be difficult to entrust it to someone else. Yet there are many benefits of working with the right collaborative writer. 

• You may simply be stuck—you have your book in your head but need some help getting it on paper. 

• You may be an excellent writer, but have other personal or professional responsibilities that limit the time you have to focus on your project. 

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Through interviews and close collaboration, you provide the big picture and create content, while I help you focus that content and do the time consuming work of writing, rewriting (and rewriting—repeat as necessary), editing and proofreading.

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It can be a daunting process. You could go it alone, or turn it into an exciting collaboration that brings your story to life—your perspective, your voice.

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If you have your overall concept and content ideas, let’s dig to unearth the details. If you have a first draft in hand, let’s start with assessment, then structural and content editing. If you have a mature draft, I can help with editing and final polish.

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Let’s write!

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Discovery

• Dig—interviews, discussion to gather content

• Clean—transcribe, arrange, identify themes and focus on the right content for your book

• Lay out the pieces—outline as structural blueprint, remove pieces that don’t fit

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Manuscript—Draft 1

• Initial assembly—a beautiful mess (you have a draft!)

• Assessment— content may not be in the best order, some content no longer a good fit, gaps appear

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Manuscript—Draft 2 (and maybe 3)

• Cut content that doesn’t fit (but save it for your next project)

• Fill in gaps—develop existing content to add depth, add missing pieces

• Reorganize for the most logical and engaging structure, flow

• Assessment— overall structure, content fit, content order, gaps

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Manuscript—Final Draft 

• Line editing for concision and clarity

• Proofreading

• Manuscript layout in MS Word

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Looking for something not listed? Please contact me to discuss the details of your project and develop a customized plan. I'd love to help you share your story!