One-on-one support for you and your writing to become more confident, creative, and persuasive.
Another chair at your writing desk.
Good writing doesn’t require a tortured soul alone in a cabin with only a bottle of scotch for company. Nor does it need a corporate editor, or someone giving it a grade every step of the way.
Good writing needs confidence.
I know from my decade plus working with hundreds of students at a top-ranked college that confidence comes from sharing and refining ideas collaboratively in a warm and encouraging one-on-one environment.
-Kate
Here for you for projects big & small:
Personal writing
Personal essays, writing in response to grief and joy, family histories, guided writing practices, and more.
Professional writing
Cover letters, web content, mission statements, artist’s statements, and more.
Creative writing
Bring your creative project and your vision, however nascent, and we’ll take it from there!
Applications & admissions
Personal statements for admissions and applications including undergraduate college essays and more.
Find info about my approach, my background, work with English language learners, and testimonials. And here is information about pricing and financial aid.
But nothing beats you and me talking about you and your project. Reach out and let’s set up a first conversation (totally for free).
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WATCH: Who am I? Who are you?
Listen up & follow along.
I have a weekly podcast of homemade, spoken writing. The idea behind it is to create a platform to share personal narratives. The idea is to breathe life into all these words we’ve typed. And I mean “we.” I share pieces I’ve written, I interview folx about their writing process, and I turn the mic over to friends and clients.
If you want more content from Kate about writing, procrastination, and general silliness, check out @wrencowriting on Instagram.
“I write to discover what I know.” —Flannery O’Conner
“A blank piece of paper is God’s way of telling us how hard it is to be God.” —Sidney Sheldon
“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.” —John Steinbeck
“Tears are words that need to be written.” —Paulo Coelho
“Writers live twice.” —Natalie Goldberg
“Half my life is an act of revision.” —John Irving
“Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.” —Herman Hesse
“You can make anything by writing.” —C.S. Lewis
"One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple." --Jack Kerouac
“If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go I can’t allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.” —Elmore Leonard
“When you make music or write or create, it’s really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you’re writing about at the time.” —Lady Gaga
“Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything really good.” — William Faulkner
“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” —Douglas Adams
“A word after a word after a word is power.” —Margaret Atwood
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-Kate
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