Things that we know works: Do write almost every day, even if a little. Set aside time and stick to it. Have rituals. Team up with friends/other writers. Don't wait for inspiration, magic, instructions from paid coach or deadline. Write, edit, rewrite, edit, rewrite, write.
As for writing coaching: after years of being embedded in communities of people who *do* write a lot (and no experience writing before) what I saw was that successfull writers wildly differ. But they all write/rewrite/edit/rewrite a lot. I think hiring editors is a good idea.
-
-
I definitely agree with you on all those points. And those are parallel with all coaching I’ve experienced. Plenty of fitness coaches pass off their rigid dogma as advice. Maybe I over-read but it seemed like you were throwing all writing coaching out with the bath water.
-
Honestly, I can’t really imagine paid coaching for writing being useful beyond fairly basic stuff—let alone rigid guidelines. But maybe there are some hidden gems that no something beyond the many many many writing help books that all say the same thing? Skeptical but okay.
- Show replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

It’s the one I make an exception for, because good sports coaching is at least possible! I see a lot of rigid, useless writing advice and I was responding to another round of it.
That's straight up snake-oil—charitable interpretation is someone passing off their own rigidities/issues as writing advice.