How can you level up your writing to achieve your next big goal?

Your passion for words and storytelling drives you to develop your craft. Despite your best efforts, you find yourself struggling to make significant progress on your own.

You thought about applying to an MFA program because it would include input, deadlines, and a cohort of writers pursuing similar goals...but the overwhelming investment of time and money leaves you hesitant to take the leap.

Perhaps you joined writing groups locally or online hoping to find the support and resources you need. While the people are great, these groups lack the structured elements necessary to truly cultivate your growth as a writer.

Then you heard about an eight-week intensive led by a seasoned writing coach with a proven track record. Designed to provide the instruction and support you need to thrive—alongside a community of like-minded writers—this program will set you up to become the writer you know you can be.

Let me introduce you to...

The Art & Craft of Writing (ACW)

This eight-week intensive combines recorded and live training with peer input, model texts, workshopping, and ongoing interaction to set you up for success. You'll elevate your writing skills and create a compelling piece you'll be proud to show an editor or agent. 

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO HONE YOUR CRAFT

Everybody’s got an opinion on what “good” writing is. You've heard that conversational content connects with readers. Then you hear you can only entice editors with writing that sings.

What does that even mean? And how do you pull it off?

Every writing project requires a pleasing balance of depth and simplicity, substance and style, clarity and cleverness, the freedom of art and the discipline of craft.

The secret to hitting all the marks?

Training. Practice. Input.

During this eight-week intensive, I combine recorded and live training with peer input, model texts, and ongoing interaction to help you gain skills and confidence.

You don’t have to dive into an MFA program to get the direction you need.

By the end of our time together, you'll have the skills you need to complete your 3,000-word piece (or multiple smaller projects that add up to 3,000 words) because in ACW you learned, experimented, and played with new techniques.

What's in this writing intensive?

Before you sink thousands of dollars and years of your life into an MFA program, get the benefits of structure, analysis, training, deadlines, relationships, and personalized input for a one-time payment of $1,997—and a group of writing friends you can turn to for encouragement, input, and support.

I help established and emerging writers be more curious, creative, and productive.

ACW is for anyone who wants to…

Refresh their writing skills at the project level all the way down to word choices

Your writing will improve when you assess it from both the big-picture level of developing a writing project and the micro level of learning how to experiment with small adjustments—word by word, sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph. This process is how the best version of your work emerges.

Transform all their projects with writing tools and techniques

Whether you’re an established writer ready to sharpen your craft or a writer in startup mode, nervously sending your first words into the world, you’ll strengthen your skill set in this intensive. Long after the course is over, you’ll use the principles and tools you learn to improve all of your projects, both big and small. 

Build confidence as a writer through the act of writing itself

You’ll develop a writing project throughout the eight weeks, applying what you learn to result in a stronger piece than it was after your first effort. You’ll see the transformation and realize you have new ways to produce stronger prose.

Connect with writing peers on a similar path

The intensive is a cohort-based program, which means you have an opportunity to build relationships with writers who have similar goals. This rare networking opportunity means you can rise together, supporting each other’s work and cheering each other on, and it really happens. Cohorts become a community.

Work with a writing coach to get input on their work

You’ll have access to sought-after writing coach Ann Kroeker, who will be on your team for eight weeks as you interact in group sessions and in the community space. At the end of the intensive, you’ll submit your big project to Ann for review. That’s right! You get her eyes on your work, and she’ll offer specific input so you can see how much you’ve grown.

When you join Ann and your cohort for this eight-week intensive, you'll overcome doubt, elevate your skills, and find—or refine—your voice so you write with greater clarity and confidence.

How It Works

Each week for 8 weeks I release short recorded training you work through to learn and practice new skills. You'll swap a short piece of content with another member of the cohort to offer input on each other's work. And we'll meet live via Zoom to answer questions and workshop someone's short submission. You'll make progress on your project—it's productive and fun! Each week focuses on an aspect of the writing process (see below).

What's the price for this 8-week coaching experience?

Enroll for $1997

(Buy Now, Pay Later installment options available)

Develop skills you can use for a lifetime

One day an editor or agent is going to ask you for a sample of your writing. Or you’ll pitch an article or submit an essay.

Some industry professional will read and evaluate your work.

What if you sent in a chapter you were really proud of—prose that conveyed your idea in a style that sounded like you?

In The Art & Craft of Writing, you’ll become a better writer and create a compelling piece you’ll polish and prep to pitch or submit.

And you'll do so with skills you can carry with you and apply to your work long after the eight weeks are over.