Live Story Coaching That Helps You Finally Trust Your Writing

What if feedback didn't leave you second-guessing yourself… but helped you hear your own story more clearly?

"Writing isn't about creating something technically perfect. It's about creating something true."

The problem with most feedback...

You're left alone with other people's opinions, trying to work out which voice to listen to.

You send your manuscript off. Notes come back. Comments. Suggestions. Changes. Some of it makes sense. Some of it doesn't. And you're left alone with a document full of other people's opinions, trying to work out which voice to listen to.

Including your own.

I've been a children's author for over two decades. I've written 25 books. Before that, I spent nearly twenty years as a therapist, sitting with people as they found their way through things that felt impossible.

And what I learned there is this: The answers are almost always already in you. They just need the right conditions to surface.

This is not traditional manuscript feedback...

I read your story with you. Live. In real time.

I tell you the exact moment I get confused as a reader. The line that pulls me out of the story. The place where I stop feeling. The sentence that almost lands, and why it doesn't quite.

And then something happens that surprises most writers.

You start to know, before I say anything, what needs to change. Because you're reading your story through my eyes and through your own at the same time. And the writer in you wakes up.

I make a suggestion. You push back. We stay in that alive, slightly uncomfortable space until we find the truth underneath both our positions. And when it lands, it really lands.

"That's what written feedback can't do. It delivers a conclusion. It can't be there for the discovery."

This is for you if...

You already know something isn't landing.
You just can't quite see what.

🟡 You've received feedback that left you more confused than clear

🟡 You know something in your story isn't working, but you can't see what

🟡 You don't want your voice overwritten, you want it strengthened

🟡 You want to understand why something isn't working, not just be told to change it

"The most enduring thing a story can do is make a child feel less alone. That's not sentiment. That's medicine. And it's what you're here to write."

What we work on together...

Every session is shaped by what your story needs most.

Story Structure & Plot

Where your story moves, where it stalls, and how to build momentum that keeps young readers turning pages.

Theme & Resonance

Finding what your story is really about underneath the plot, so it lands in the body, not just the head.

Character & Emotional Truth

Bringing your protagonist fully to life so children can't help but root for them from page one.

Voice & Age Appropriateness

Writing to children, not down to them. Getting the humour, pacing and pitch exactly right.

Note: I work on story architecture and emotional craft — not line editing or proofreading. Once your story is solid, I'll point you toward trusted editors for prose polish.