Writing Coaching
Transform your writing project with dedicated, personalized coaching.
Let’s spend three months focused on your writing, with supportive feedback and care to deepen your craft.
Now booking for January 2025
I’ve seen writers I’ve worked with do brave and beautiful things with their writing…
- Re-envision their writing life and boundaries to make space for their creative life’s work
- Move through self-doubt, comparison, and procrastination to pursue their dreamiest writing goals
- Become the bravest and most intentional version of themselves in their writing life
- Finally finish their book
What are your dreams for your writing life?
- Do you want clarity about the next steps in your writing journey?
- Do you want to move forward in a way that feels supportive and sustainable?
- Do you want to let go of fear and overwhelm so you can write your most luminous words?
- Do you want to feel deeply supported to hone your craft?
- Do you want to write brilliantly and without burning out?
HELLO, I'M RACHEL!
Author and Literary Magazine Editor
I spend my days supporting luminous writers like you to write, publish, and shine.
I’m here to help you hone and move forward in your writing, build a sustainable and joyful creative writing practice, and write your most luminous work.
I’ve worked with hundreds of brilliant writers of memoir, lyric essays, fiction, poetry, and hybrid projects, and I’ve seen what’s possible when we’re brave enough to shine the light of our words into the world and to let go of limiting beliefs about our voices and what we are here to say.
Rachel Thompson is the truth.
Rachel deeply cares about helping emerging and established writers. She believes in building and cultivating writing communities—spaces for writers to meet, share work, get feedback, and grow.
Working with Rachel Thompson transformed my writing by opening avenues to publications, developing community, and furthering my commitment to craft. Rachel is a fantastic mentor.
Here’s what I believe is possible for you…
A writing life that lights you up, a writing practice that is simple and spacious, where you can hone in and grow and achieve your writing goals.
Here’s what we can Do together ...
Find clarity, focus, and direction for your writing practice
Develop and craft your writing
Create a writing habit that lights you up
Find more ease and flow in your writing life
Develop momentum for your writing routines and rhythms
Overcome obstacles and cultivate a practice that fits you
Bring more intention and purpose to your creative life
Make a plan of action you will follow through on
You will have my support every step of the way!
what exactly happens during the writing coaching?
During my coaching, we’ll have four video calls and weekly connections to keep you on track with deadlines and (optional) tailored assignments. I also offer bi-weekly reviews or your writing and an editorial review at the end of our time together.
Booking for January 2025
If you’d love to feel deeply supported in your writing journey, I would be so honoured to work together.
If you’d like to apply to work together, please complete the form below. I look forward to connecting with you!
Here’s What’s Included:
Four Coaching Calls: We’ll connect in four 45-minute one-on-one coaching calls to explore your writing, address your aspirations, and overcome any obstacles. I’ll guide you through tailored craft exercises and assignments, supporting you in honing your writing and aligning with your creative rhythms.
Voice Message or Email Support: I’m always available via DM or email for accountability, guidance, and encouragement. We’ll have structured weekly check-ins, and you can reach out anytime you need support.
A Private Space for You: Your dedicated page will contain all session recordings, intentions, tasks, and action steps, with further resources to keep our work organized and accessible.
Bi-weekly Writing Review: Receive detailed feedback on up to ten pages every two weeks to deepen your writing and guide your next steps.
Manuscript Review: Get my editorial review of up to 100 pages of your manuscript at the end of our coaching sessions with in-depth insights and recommendations for your writing.
Your investment
Four monthly payments ofor pay once: $1795 (save $100)
- Four one-hour coaching calls to get support on your writing process and feedback on your writing progress
- Ongoing weekly deadlines and support through voice memo, email, or direct message
- Resources, prompts, and suggestions for your writing practice
- Bi-weekly writing review—feedback to deepen your writing and guide your next steps (up to 10 pages)
- Final manuscript review—editorial review of your writing at the end of our coaching session (up to 100 pages)
- A plan at the end of our connection so you are ready for the next steps
Sliding-scale pricing available (see below).
Sliding Scale Details
I offer a sliding scale pricing model in the hopes to provide more access for writers at this moment when so many of us have lost jobs or have had our income drastically reduced. I believe in and trust the model of a sliding scale and believe and trust in all of you who join. I also offer Reconciliation Pricing for BIPOC and/or Trans Writers (see below).
Standard Price Tier For employed or retired writers, writers with access to personal or generational wealth, and writers who want to support my sliding-scale practice. Full price.
Support Tier 1 (10% reduction of total cost)
For recently unemployed writers or writers experiencing reduced income and who do not have access to generational or personal wealth. Applicable to full or monthly payments.
Support Tier 2 (15% reduction of the total cost)
For writers experiencing financial insecurity and who do not have access to personal or generational wealth and/or savings. Limited to one spot each year; please choose another tier if you have the means to do so. Applicable to full or monthly payments.
BIPOC +/ Trans Reconciliation Pricing (20% reduction of total cost)
I offer Reconciliation Pricing in recognition of how colonialism, white supremacy, and capitalism concentrates resources and wealth into the hands of the few at the expense of the many.
This pricing is offered ONLY to Black, Indigenous and other writers of colour and transgender writers because systemic racism and transphobia create financial disadvantages for these communities.
Because I can only offer this tier on a very limited basis, if you are a BIPOC and/or trans writer with means or funding, you may wish to choose one of the above sliding-scale tiers instead.
Prices in USD and include applicable taxes.
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Answers To Your Questions
How do I know if I’m ready to invest in myself and my writing?
In truth, there’s no perfect answer to this question as it will depend on your circumstances. Whenever the time is right for you I will be right here and so honoured to have the opportunity to support you in your writing journey. You can book a discovery call with me to help you decide if you would like to move your book project forward with intention together.
What type of writers do you work with?
I work with writers working on memoir, lyric essays, fiction, poetry, and hybrid projects. What all of the writers who work with me share in common is they write to reach out to the world with luminous words. I can help you shape and hone your work into the form and genre it wants to be in.
What is expected of me in our connection?
I’m all in with the writers that I work with, so I ask that you’re all in, too.
You will be expected to show up for yourself by showing up in our connection together. You will be expected to dive deep, be present in our connection, accept feedback on your writing (if you choose that option), and move forward at a pace that suits you and your circumstances. (We will explore this in our first meeting together.)
What happens once we’ve finished working together?
I continue to celebrate writers who work with me long after we finish working together. I’m always just a DM or email away if you need a encouragement in your journey after our engagement.
I have more questions, how can I get in touch?
You can reach out to me using the contact form below or email me directly at hello@rachelthompson.co.