Story Development Coaching for Fiction and Memoir Writers
Turn your story idea into a clear, focused blueprint before the draft runs away with you.
You have the idea. Maybe you even have a few chapters, notes, character sketches, timelines, and a folder full of scenes that all seemed terribly promising at 11:47 p.m. But when you try to pull it together, the story gets slippery, the plot wanders, and the characters blur. The middle sags before you’ve even reached it.
Story Development coaching helps you step back, find the shape of the book, and build a practical story blueprint so you can write with direction, confidence, and far fewer “what on earth am I doing?” moments.
Who It's For
This is for you if:
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You have a novel idea but don’t know how to turn it into a coherent book.
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You’ve started writing, but the story keeps expanding, tangling, or changing direction.
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You keep rewriting the opening because you don’t yet trust the structure underneath it.
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You want thoughtful feedback before you invest months or years in the wrong version of the book.
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You don’t want a rigid formula, but you do want a clear plan.
Benefits
By the end of Story Development, you’ll have:
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A clearer understanding of what your book is really about.
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A stronger sense of your protagonist, central conflict, emotional arc, and reader promise.
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A practical blueprint you can return to whenever the draft gets foggy.
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More confidence about what belongs in the book and what can be lovingly escorted from the premises.
Features
The package includes:
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A two-part Story Development workbook based on Author Accelerator's Blueprint for a Book.
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One-to-one coaching and feedback at key stages.
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A complete Story Blueprint.
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Detailed feedback on your first 20 pages.
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Clear next steps so you know how to move from planning into drafting.
Investment
Most writers begin with Story Development and use that solid foundation to guide their writing. If you like, you can add Chapter Feedback for your first two chapters. It’s optional, not required, but that bolt-on gives you extra polish early.