Service · 1:1 Book Coaching

THE STUDIO · 1:1 BOOK COACHING

A serious editorial partner beside you while you write.

Dr. Shelly in your corner, fortnight by fortnight, until it’s written. Delivered by Shelly herself.

Coaching is for the writer who wants someone properly in their corner while they write the book, not a verdict once it’s too late to change anything. Here’s how it goes: we meet on Zoom every fortnight, you’ve got us in the Studio through the week, and every two weeks we read twenty-five of your pages and write back properly. Real, steady progress, and none of the lonely second-guessing you’ve been doing on your own.

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IDEAL FOR

Writers with a book underway, or one they keep starting and stopping, who want structure, honesty, and someone who reads the pages and tells them the truth. Shelly teaches real architecture, the Ordinary World, the Destabilising Moment, the beats that hold a book together, then leaves you plenty of room to make something properly yours.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

Bi-weekly 60-minute coaching calls on Zoom, with Dr. Shelly
Daily Studio access through the week, for quick questions and short passages, in business hours
Bi-weekly written feedback on 25 pages, straight to your inbox
A personalised coaching plan: milestones, page targets, and the order we work in
Milestone reviews, and a written summary with next steps at the close

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THE PROCESS

Step 1 – Intake Call** (60 minutes, Zoom)**

We meet before any contract is signed. You walk Shelly through your project, your stage, your goals, and what’s been blocking you. She tells you whether 3 or 6 months is the right shape.

Step 2 – Coaching Plan

A personalised plan: milestones, page targets, the questions we’ll work through, and the order we’ll work in. It arrives with your contract.

Step 3 – Onboarding & Kick-Off Call

Contract signed, first invoice settled, Studio access granted. We meet to lock the plan and book the first six fortnightly sessions in one go.

Step 4 – Bi-Weekly Coaching Calls

Every two weeks, 60 minutes on Zoom. You bring 25 pages and your questions. Shelly brings the editorial brain. You work through both.

Step 5 – Daily Studio & Manuscript Reviews

Quick questions, progress updates, and short passages during business hours. Every fortnight, 25 pages of written feedback land in your inbox.

Step 6 – Milestone Review & Coaching Close

End of month 1 and end of the block: a deeper review of the full section. The final call wraps with a written summary and next-step recommendations.

INVESTMENT

from £900

3-month block £3,000 (£1,000/mo). 6-month block £5,400 (£900/mo), a 10% saving for going the full distance.
Billed monthly, on the 1st of each coaching month.
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GOOD TO KNOW

How fast will I write?

Most coaching clients deliver 25,000 to 60,000 manuscript words across a 3-month block. The point isn’t speed for its own sake, it’s finishing the right book.

Can I cancel part way through?

Yes, with 30 days’ written notice. Unused months of a 6-month block convert to credit at the 3-month rate, usable across any Scholar & Story service within 12 months.

After coaching?

Many writers move into a Manuscript Diagnostic, a Start-to-Finish package, or take the manuscript out to query. We discuss the right next step at your final call.

From Our Clients

“I’d been stuck for over twenty years wanting to write a novel. I’d get a couple of chapters in, start doubting myself, and give up. This finally helped me focus.”

Nikki

“Before working with Shelly, I didn’t have a story, just my notes, and that was the risk of going it alone. Now it reads like a real story, something people will read in bed because they want to know what happens next.”