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Until November 30th, I’m running a Black Friday special on a coaching/editing punchcard: 5 hours for $495 (At my usual hourly rate, 5 hours costs $900). Click on button below to learn more or buy a card.

Writers can get stuck on any step along the way. We have trouble getting started. We often can't see the big picture in the weeds of our own pages, and we can have terrible trouble staying on track without deadlines. Wherever you are in the writing process, I can help. My consulting and editing clients usually have a deadline set with me a few weeks or a month out. This really helps get the work done!

My Editing & Coaching Services Include:

🔹Idea discovery and organizing sessions (Common topics: Discovering your memoir's "story" and structuring your memoir)

🔹Help with navigating the publication process and building an author platform

🔹Reviewing an essay you want to submit to the NYTimes' Modern Love column

🔹Advice on submitting applications for residencies, grants, contests, MFA programs.

🔹General review of drafts of essays, memoir chapters, book proposals and query letters--via written comments or written comments and Zoom meeting combined.

🔹Close edits of essays, proposals, letters, chapters, applications in preparation for submission

🔹Writing group talks on the topics via Zoom on a variety of topics.

Welcome! Let me introduce myself—I’m Theo Pauline Nestor (I go by Theo with she/her pronouns). Author of two memoirs + numerous essays, I teach other writers the concrete steps they can take to realize their publication dreams.

Please check out my online classes while you’re here, including the on-demand classes Taylor Swift Writing Lessons, How To Write a Modern Love Essay and Find and Query Agents for Your Memoir.

I also offer editing and consulting services.

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And, check out my two books —How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed and Writing Is My Drink.

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