Lisa Poisso

Writing a novel shouldn’t feel like throwing darts wearing a blindfold.

Learn how stories work while writing your own.

What if you’ve read the writing books and taken the Zoom workshops and video courses, but your manuscript still isn’t coming together?

There’s a better way than jamming the parts together by yourself, then handing things over to an editor to rescue. Story coaching shows you how to become your own story specialist. Learn what’s going on under the hood. Become the mechanic of your own storytelling engine.

[Lisa’s] material takes it from theory to practice. Brilliant!—Scott Jarol

This is your book, but better. Your writing, but fresher.

Fiction editing

• Developmental (story) editing and critiques
• One-on-one coaching
• Troubleshooting and brainstorming coaching via email, phone, or video consultations
• Specializing in early feedback: alpha reading, Story Audit outline reviews, partial edits
• Line editing

Lisa is undoubtedly some manner of sorceress when it comes to identifying and fixing the dissonance that can so easily creep between the story you thought you wanted to tell and the one that landed on the page.—Luke R. Mitchell

Story coaching

• The Story Incubator: The on-ramp to an edit-ready manuscript. Two to four months of high-impact coaching for your story, scenes, and writing
• The Plot Accelerator: A developmental edit in a bottle. Eight weeks of story development for your plot, character arcs, and themes.
• The Scene Accelerator: Build effective scenes that move the story forward and deepen the story world.

(Lisa’s) the real deal. Simply awesome. In the last six months, I have learned so much. And more than that, the voice inside my head has changed her tune. Now I hear “You’re going to do this.”—Emile Horne

Get it right from the start

A professional communicator for more than 30 years, I’ve coached developing journalists, content writers, and bloggers. I hold degrees in journalism and fine arts. Now I work with emerging and established authors to bring clarity to their novels.

Here are four ways I can help you right now—all free:

1. Grab my FREE Manuscript Prep guide
2. What clients tell me they wish they’d known before they started writing their first novel
3. There’s more to being an author than making the bestseller lists: The author’s guide to publishing goals
4. Which type of publishing is right for you and your book?

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Years in the field: 31
Years freelancing: 25