coaching options
coaching option 1: tutoring/coursework support
Do you need someone to help you unpack and decode writing assignment instructions? Would you like personalized help mastering grammar and mechanics issues that crop up repeatedly, without being made to feel bad about yourself? Do you sometimes struggle with brainstorming topics, planning compositions, and revising/editing your work in your English, history, or humanities classes? I can help you! We can meet weekly, biweekly, or monthly to discuss your progress and work through guided practice tailored to your goals and needs. In between, I’ll provide you with personalized, specific, timely, actionable feedback on your works in progress.
Prices start at $120, which includes one hour-long session plus one hour of personalized feedback or curation of exercises and supports.
coaching option 2: support reaching a specific target/goal
Do you have one or more graduation speeches, application essays, common app essays, or personal statements to write? Do you want personalized support coming up with topics, writing drafts, finding and developing your best ideas, and sounding like yourself? Let’s do this! We can meet weekly, biweekly, or monthly as your big day or deadline approaches to ensure that you’re ready and sounding your very best on the page or on the podium.
Prices start at $120, which includes one hour-long session plus one hour of personalized feedback and drafting/revision suggestions on your drafts.
coaching option 3: creative writing support
Not getting your fill of creative, expressive, inventive writing in your life or at school? Do you have a story to tell? Always wanted to write your memoir, or the Great American Novel? Want to try your hand at fanfic, short stories, or poetry? I can help you nurture your germ of an idea into a finished product. We can explore ways to find your audience, and I can walk you through the ins and outs of submission, acceptance/rejection, and publication! You’ll get targeted feedback on your drafts that will keep you energized to return to the page, and I can provide a steady stream of prompts and exercises to keep the creative juices flowing and sharpen your editing eye.
Prices start at $120, which includes one hour-long session plus one hour of personalized feedback and drafting/revision suggestions on your drafts, and/or the creation/curation of personalized exercises and publication opportunities.
“Andrea helped me get all my thoughts on the page (no matter how reluctant, self-conscious, or stuck I am / was). I still use your strategy of being “conversational” with myself as I write everything from essays to emails and it helps me immensely. ”
“Andrea is the best teacher I’ve ever had! She helped me win multiple national Scholastic awards, gain publication in a dozen literary journals, and gain acceptance to multiple prestigious writing programs. I credit her teaching to helping me become a better college essay writer as well, which eventually landed me at Yale, my dream school. But besides all these technical “wins,” she’s taught me a more important lesson: to write authentically. Andrea helped me harness my voice and this power has helped peers alongside me find a newfound love for a writing. Anyone who works with her will progress dramatically as both a writer and human being.
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“Andrea’s feedback and teaching was always constructive and personalized. She had a skill for identifying the strengths in each student’s work while gently pointing out areas for improvement. This balanced approach boosted my confidence while motivating me to keep refining my skills. By the end of the year, I felt I had grown tremendously as a writer.
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“Andrea instilled in me a great sense of creativity, which has informed both my writing and critical thinking. Working with her, I felt Inspired, supported, playful, engaged, piqued, intrigued, invested, and drawn out.
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