• Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Twitter
Contact The Writing Coach today

The Writing Coach

Literary Consultancy and Coaching for Writers from Jacqui Lofthouse

  • Home
  • About The Writing Coach
    • Meet The Business Team
    • Testimonials
    • Novels by Jacqui Lofthouse
    • Media and Journalism
  • Services
    • Coaching and Mentoring for writers
    • Coaching Fees
    • Literary Consultancy
    • Literary Consultancy Fees
    • The Ultimate Literary Coaching Programme
    • Coaching for Poets
    • Proofreading and Copyediting
    • Online Writing Course
    • Get Black on White: A Guide to Productivity and Confidence for Writers
  • Membership
  • Workshops
    • The ‘Writer of Impact’ Workshops
    • Developing your Novel or Memoir Course
  • People
    • Meet the Team
    • Meet The Business Team
    • Clients
    • Recommendations
  • Blog
    • Archives
    • Popular Posts
  • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Cookie Policy
  • Clients Area
    • Members Login
    • New Client Area (Literary Consultancy)
    • Literary Agent Submissions

How The Writing Coach Helped Me Build a Writing Career

August 10, 2021 by Jacqui Lofthouse Filed Under: Confidence, Guest post, Inspiration, Motivation, The writing coach, The writing life, Writers Leave a Comment

We asked one of our clients, Mary Fletcher, to share her experience with The Writing Coach and how our services have helped her.

Mary Fletcher, Writing Coach Client, Potteries Prize

Writing Coach Client Mary Fletcher reads from her work

For me, it began with a dream. Distant fantasies of a writing career were the safety-net I’d fall into when the grittiness of real-life and redundancy, zero-hour contracts and soul-crushing interviews set my spirits tumbling. I wanted to turn my ambition and multi-faceted writing into a career—wanted my words to be published and spread across the farthest corners of the internet. The problem? Excuses. Lots of them.

For something to change, I needed to stop making excuses and act. So, one grim Sunday night, I got online and started looking for a writing coach. Whilst there were plenty of services that would help me to complete my novel, I wanted a writing service that would offer long-term support and give me real practical advice to build a writing career. I soon found The Writing Coach and was quickly impressed with its wide variety of services, experts, and commitment to clients.

Though I was uncertain of which coach to work with, after filling out a—surprisingly in-depth—form, I discovered I was best-suited to working with Jacqui as her expertise in business and life-coaching suited my writing priorities perfectly. Our first meeting was quickly arranged and despite the flurry of nerves (and web-cam embarrassment!) I was soon put at ease and the coaching really began.

What to expect each month

As well as regular feedback on your writing project, each month you can fill out a pre-meeting form for your upcoming coaching session to discuss whatever aspect of writing you want to explore. After each meeting, you can fill out another to reflect on your development, any eureka moments, and—most importantly—set your ‘action points’ to meet by the next session.

I love the action points as they help make me accountable for my own writing progress and help me to overcome that pesky procrastination each time I’m tempted to let things slide. Jacqui is able to question me about my goals and, should I struggle to meet any of my writing or business targets, offer guidance to help get me back on track. Furthermore, Jacqui will go the extra mile to make sure I get the best possible advice—even offering the expertise of another coach who specialised in my novel’s genre, and recommending regular Writing Coach online networking events.

What has changed in my writing life

Since joining The Writing Coach, I’ve finally discovered a sense of purpose and direction which I’d been desperately lacking. Despite only having signed up in December, I have made plans to host writing workshops for new writers and young people (even gaining experience of guiding local youth by taking a temporary position in a school), have begun to write online business content by harnessing my previous marketing experience, and had the courage to start a new, exciting novel thanks to the enthusiasm and wisdom of my writing coach.

The future is no longer something to be grudgingly approached, but now is something to be explored and savoured. There are no more excuses—no more ‘one day’s. Thanks to The Writing Coach, there is simply ‘this day’ and, with the support and unerring encouragement of Jacqui and the rest of The Writing Coach team, I can’t wait to see how my writing journey will continue to grow and thrive.

Join the conversation

In our Literary Community on Facebook

Join In

or

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

✨Join us this Saturday for our Workshop "Writer' ✨Join us this Saturday for our Workshop "Writer's Devotion"✨

If you are a writer who desires to connect deeply to your writing work – to understand your motivation and utilise it so that you are truly drawn to your writing desk – our online workshop on Saturday 7th May “Writer’s Devotion” is perfect for you. 📚

🖋📖 This workshop will support you as you commit to your writing in an entirely new way. In our time together, we’ll examine our individual relationship with our writing work and we’ll consider how we can become more connected with our writing, so that we write with a sense of ease and flow. 

✨ The first workshop ‘Writer’s Devotion’ covers:
• The full blueprint relating to Mindset as a writer
• How to leverage your unique writing purpose
• Developing deep self-belief that will sustain your practice
• Practical steps to enable you to commit to your writing
• How to develop a writing ritual
• Knowing we are working on the ‘right’ project
• How to use these tools to become a serious writer
• Resilience as a writer
• Commitment to your craft
• Q & A with Jacqui Lofthouse

I would love to meet you there! You can discover more about our follow up workshops on Writer's Alchemy and Writer's Connection here too... ✨

Link in profile

#writingcoach #writingworkshop #amwriting #writinglife #writinghabits #writingritual #writersofinstagram
We love these sketches of our ‘Fragile Borders,F We love these sketches of our ‘Fragile Borders,Fragile Bodies’ event last Friday by our Founder @jacquilofthouse’s husband, live-illustrator @davidlewiscartoons.

It was such a fascinating evening with Miranda Gold, @alicejolly_  @ana.sefer and #FranLock @sunseekerspoetry raising £780 which we will be donating to @warchilduk 

#literature #liveillustration #visualiser #graphicfacilitation #warchild #literaryevents #tintabernacle
We’re thrilled to welcome @annasianjeffersonauth We’re thrilled to welcome @annasianjeffersonauthor to our team - she is a qualified coach, published author, playwright and strategic thinker. Who will be her first client via us, I wonder? 

 “Anna is a fiction writer and playwright. She has written for stage and screen since 2005. She has had two novels published with Orion, Winging It and Nailing It and is currently working on her third novel. She is the founder and co-director of Broken Leg Theatre and has written and toured five plays. Anna is an experienced workshop leader and facilitator. She is Co-Director of Writing Around the Kids. The project enables mothers of young children to write creatively, working in partnership with regional museums and a network of published female authors.

As a trained Life Coach with Relation Dynamics 1st, Anna incorporates coaching into her practice. Anna works part-time as Theatre Relationship Manager at Arts Council England and lives in Brighton with her husband and two children.”

#lifecoaching #writing #writingcommunity #writerssupportingwriters #authorssupportingauthors #writingcoach
Posted @withregram • @ana.sefer Thanks so much t Posted @withregram • @ana.sefer Thanks so much to everyone who came to Fragile Borders, Fragile Bodies on Friday, which raised £780 for #warchild Illuminating discussion and great readings from @alicejolly_  Fran Lock, Miranda Gold and myself :) .. beautifully chaired by @jacquilofthouse 
And what a wonderful venue The Tin Tabernacle Church in Kilburn is!
We are really looking forward to tomorrow's event We are really looking forward to tomorrow's event 'Fragile Borders, Fragile Bodies', at The Tin Tabernacle church in London at 6.30pm. 

This week we wanted to introduce our guest speakers who will be joining us tomorrow, and today we'd like to introduce Ana Seferović.

Ana is a poet and writer from Belgrade, interested in the relationship between systems and the individual.  She is especially fascinated by outcasts, particularly the outcast in each and every one of us, because an outcast is where either a system or an individual (or both) are breaking. She has co-authored a radio show and art platform PornoPop, examining sex and body as a battlefield of politics, art, literature and culture.

Find out more about Ana, Fragile Borders, Fragile Bodies and book tickets via the link in our bio. All proceeds will be donated to the charity War Child @warchilduk

In addition, the Laura Kinsella Foundation has generously agreed to double any donations we receive up to a limit of £300.

#RefugeeCrisis #UkraineConflict
Follow on Instagram

Become a Client

We work to support you as you develop a writing life that is engaging, sustainable and productive.

Learn about our Coaching and Mentoring Services for ongoing support of your writing.

We also offer Literary Consultancy for tailored manuscript assessment and a Membership for ongoing classes and community.

Get the Newsletter

Become a subscriber and receive Jacqui's free ebook Get Black on White: 30 Days to Productivity and Confidence for writers.

Copyright © 2022 · The Writing Coach · Privacy Policy · Terms of Service · Design customised by Goburo