Book Coaching
Book coaching pairs you with a dedicated editor who serves as your mentor, accountability partner, and biggest champion throughout your entire writing journey.
Book coaching pairs you with a dedicated editor who serves as your mentor, accountability partner, and biggest champion throughout your entire writing journey.
Book coaching pairs you with a dedicated editor who serves as your mentor, accountability partner, and biggest champion throughout your entire writing journey.
Book coaching is a personalized, long-term partnership between you and a professional editor who guides you through multiple stages of writing your book. Your coach provides ongoing feedback, strategic guidance, and consistent motivation as you develop your manuscript from an initial concept to a polished final draft.
Unlike traditional editing services that work with completed manuscripts, book coaching supports you throughout the actual writing process, offering real-time feedback and course corrections. More individualized than a writing group and more personalized than an online course, book coaching is fully tailored to your project, writing style, and personal goals.
Invisible Ink editors recommend book coaching to authors who fit any of the criteria below:
Step one: Submit your book concept, outline, or early chapters along with your writing goals and timeline preferences.
Step two: Get matched with an Invisible Ink editor whose expertise aligns with your genre and writing style.
Step three: Schedule your kickoff session to establish meeting frequency, discuss communication preferences, and create a customized pricing structure.
Step four: Receive your personalized writing roadmap with milestones, deadlines, and strategic checkpoints.
Step five: Begin regular coaching sessions with ongoing manuscript review, feedback, and guidance as you write.
Step six: Celebrate your completed manuscript and schedule traditional editing services with Invisible Ink.
Your editor will compose your unique evaluation based on what they think is most important to bring to your attention. Typically, authors can expect to see most or all of the following topics discussed:
Great stories are a combination of inspiration and careful planning. Your coach will help you develop a realistic timeline, set achievable milestones, avoid common pitfalls, and create a writing schedule that fits your life.
Instead of writing in isolation, you’ll receive ongoing feedback on characterization, plot development, pacing and more.
Your coach will identify issues early, suggest improvements, and help you maintain consistency throughout your manuscript, thus avoiding major structural problems that might require extensive revision later.
A successful novel fulfills, or deliberately subverts, the expectations of its readers and the conventions of its genre. Your coach will ensure you master your genre while helping you develop your unique voice.
Every writer faces moments of doubt and procrastination. Your coach is your advocate, celebrating your victories and giving you practical advice to help you through the roadblocks.
Beyond helping you write your current book, coaching prepares you for a sustainable writing career. Your coach will share industry insights and guide you toward your long-term publishing goals, whether you want to build an author platform on social media or better understand the landscape of traditional publishing.
How do you like to collaborate? Weekly video calls, regular email feedback, intensive monthly sessions? With your Invisible Ink book coach, anything’s possible so long as it supports your first draft.
We offer a number of book coaching packages for writers, based on what you need at this stage in your journey. If you aren’t sure which package you need, just fill out the form at the bottom of the page, and we’ll be happy to advise you on the best option for your needs and budget.
Direct access to a professional editor, no long-term commitment required.
Sometimes you don’t need a long-term commitment—you need an hour with someone who knows what they’re talking about. A single coaching session gives you direct, focused time with a professional Invisible Ink editor to work through whatever’s in front of you. Bring a tricky passage, a structural question, a short story draft, or a handful of questions you’ve been sitting on. We’ll make the most of the time.
Focused support to help you push through a specific stage of your manuscript
The Sprint is designed for writers who have a clear short-term goal and need professional support to reach it. Whether you’re trying to break through a structural problem, finish a difficult section, or get unstuck after months of stalling, three focused sessions with a dedicated editor can make a real difference. You’ll come in with a challenge and leave with a plan.
$450 (flat rate)
3 60-minute sessions
Includes review of up to 20 pages per session
Additional pages billed at $.0125/word
For writers who are ready to put their work into the world
You’ve done the hard work of writing and revising. Now comes the part most writers feel least prepared for—getting their book in front of the right people. The Launch Pad is a two-session package for authors who are approaching the finish line and need professional guidance on platform, submission, and the query process. We review your manuscript pages, query letter, and synopsis, give you detailed feedback, then meet again after you’ve revised to talk through next steps.
$625 (flat rate)
2 60-minute sessions
Includes review of the first 25 pages of the manuscript
Editor reviews query letter, synopsis, and elevator pitch
Session 1 (60 mins): Editor provides feedback on submitted items.
Session 2 (90 mins): Editor provides feedback on revisions and reviews action plan.
Consistent, professional support and writing accountability
Some writers don’t need an intensive program—they just need a steady, reliable professional in their corner. Ongoing Support is a monthly retainer that gives you regular access to an Invisible Ink editor for as long as you need it. The scope is designed for your project, pace, and goals, and can be scaled up and down as your writing career evolves.
Starting at $500 a month
Monthly strategy sessions & regular check-ins
Includes review of 20 pages per session
Editor reviews query letter, synopsis, and elevator pitch
Exact scope and session frequency determined after your application is reviewed
The deepest, most complete coaching relationship we offer
The Total Package is for writers who want more than editorial feedback—they want a true creative partner. This is our most involved offering: a fully customized, end-to-end coaching relationship that follows your manuscript from its earliest stages through to a polished, submission-ready draft. Your coach will know your work, your voice, and your goals as well as you do. Every element of the engagement—sessions, feedback, pacing, focus—is built around you and your project specifically.
Custom quote
Scope, session frequency, and pricing are determined after application review
This is our most comprehensive offering and our most limited—we take on a small number of Total Package clients at a time to ensure every writer gets the attention they deserve.
If you’re interested in book coaching, or want more information about how it works, use this form to get in touch. Once you submit, one of our editors will reach out for further discussions.