Book Coaching

The Lookout: Mini-Blueprint + Opening Pages

Map Your Memoir

It’s Your Time: 1:1 Coaching

Woman reading a book and reflecting on her story during memoir book coaching with Ellie Barton

The Lookout: Mini-Blueprint + Opening Pages

Unsure how to focus your story? Wondering if readers will care?

Writing a memoir is a journey like no other, and it’s easy to get lost in the forest. Whether you have a first draft or you’re just getting started, the Mini-Blueprint will give you a mountain-top perspective on your story, the pivotal moments, the takeaways for readers, and the marketability of your book.

You’ll work through a one-page Mini-Blueprint developed by Author Accelerator and submit 10 opening pages. I’ll provide written feedback, using comments in the margins, on the worksheet and pages. Then we’ll meet for a 50-minute Zoom call to discuss your vision for the book and next steps. You’ll gain clarity about your book and keenness to see it through.

Investment in your memoir:

$350 CAD (~$250 US)

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Map Your Memoir

You’re wandering around in a forest without a compass. You don’t know how far you’ve gone or where the trail will end. You’re too distracted by this situation to notice the greenness of the moss and the glint of granite.

But imagine if you had a map! You’d know where you were going, and you’d be free to explore the terrain.

Map Your Memoir is a proven process for connecting with your purpose in writing and creating a flexible, working outline.

You’ll receive:

Investment in your memoir:

$1,200 CAD (~$860 US)

Optional Add-on: Feedback on Your First Two Chapters

You can add chapter feedback to Map Your Memoir for $600, either now or down the road when your chapters are ready for review. The first chapters are the hardest to write, because they have to orient readers to the story and keep their attention. My feedback will help you start strong.

Get Started

A two-part Map Your Memoir workbook (based on Blueprint for Memoir by Jennie Nash)

Editorial feedback, through comments in the margins, on each part

Three Zoom calls to work through questions and share ideas

An editorial letter that organizes my feedback for easy reference and recommends next steps

You'll take away:

A flexible, working outline for your memoir

Specific and doable next steps

Clarity and enthusiasm

Memoir writer mapping her story outline with coaching support from Ellie Barton

“When we began to write this book, we knew this venture was going to be unlike anything we’ve done before. But we never imagined how far we’d journey beyond our comfort zone. We also realized that Art Embracing Awareness wouldn’t be possible without assistance. So we want to extend our deepest thanks to Ellie Barton, our editor, for her ongoing support and insightful feedback. You helped us transform our prose/poems into this book. You are a gift to us.”

Frantisek Strouhal and Chantal Robert

Hands typing on a laptop during one-on-one memoir coaching with Ellie Barton

It’s Your Time: 1:1 Coaching

As a memoir writer, it’s possible that you haven’t studied the craft of writing. You’ve been living your life, and you have a rich vein of experience and expertise to draw upon.

Maybe you’ve started writing but couldn’t stay motivated. Maybe you’ve written bits and pieces but don’t know what you’re really trying to say. Maybe you do know what you want to say, but it’s not coming out on the page.

1:1 coaching meets you where you are in your writing life, invites you to commit to a writing practice, and gives you the tools you need to tell your story in a way that interests readers who don’t know you.