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Investment: $150

Sometimes the hardest part isn’t writing, but figuring out why this idea won’t go away and what it all means.

Story Focus is a working session for writers who want to brainstorm before making decisions about pages, structure, or direction.

This session is about exploring the idea to its fullest and seeing the paths it could take. There isn’t any judgement or final decisions here. Story Focus creates a safe space for you to talk through everything in your brain and discover where this idea might go.

Best for writers who:

  • have a story kernel, but don’t know what they want to write about

  • need space to info dump without keeping track of what they say

  • want to explore an idea without committing to a larger project

Story Focus

Story Focus is a working conversation about your idea.

Before we talk, you’ll fill out The Baseline, a set of guided questions of everything you know about your idea so far. It is the starting point and will help me plan questions for our session.

During our 75–90 minute call, you talk. I listen. I ask questions and take notes. I brainstorm with you to stretch the idea out if that is what you need.

After our call, I will draft a Story Focus Summary with everything we talked about and patterns that are present in the idea.

This session is all about exploration and discovery.

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What the process looks like

What You Get

  • The Baseline
    An exploratory worksheet of what you have so far and what you know about the idea. Used as context for the session.

  • Story Focus Summary
    A written summary reflecting what surfaced in our conversation. It captures the main questions, patterns, and themes that showed up. This summary includes a small set of actionable next steps. Delivered within 10 business days of our call.

  • Coaching Call
    Dedicated calls to talk about the idea, ask questions, and brainstorm potential story plans. One 60-minute call scheduled after receiving feedback.

  • Audio Recording
    A recording of the session. Delivered within 2 business days.

  • One-month completion window
    To be completed within one month of booking.

What this isn’t

  • An evaluation of market potential

  • Outlining or plotting

  • A commitment to future work

If you’re interested in Story Focus, the first step is a free discovery call.

This call is to talk about your goals, get to know each other, and evaluate if we are a good match. Book Coaching is based on building trust. This call is an important first step in that relationship.

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