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Resources for Writers

This is a collection of self-contained resources for writers who are stuck in a specific place and need clarity more than encouragement.


Some are focused reviews and feedback pieces — bounded, one-off engagements where you bring a defined problem or artefact and receive considered, diagnostic feedback aimed at helping you understand what's actually happening and what follows from that. A submission letter that isn't landing. A synopsis that feels muddy. A decision that keeps circling without resolving.

 

Others are craft resources you can work through independently — guides and materials designed to help you see a particular problem or piece of work more clearly, at your own pace.
Nothing here assumes or leads to ongoing engagement, though some people do use these as a way of deciding whether deeper collaboration would make sense.


The emphasis throughout is on clarity rather than momentum, and on decision-making rather than reassurance.


New resources are added as they're ready. Below you'll find what's currently available, with scope and fees set out plainly.

The Creative Disconnection Diagnostic

For writers and creatives who sense something has shifted — when writing feels heavier, quieter, or harder to access, and self-discipline no longer explains the distance.

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Overview

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A concise diagnostic tool designed to help writers identify where creative pressure may have replaced creative safety.

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Rather than offering strategies, productivity systems, or motivational prompts, this document reframes creative “block” as misdiagnosis — mapping five common stages of disconnection that often masquerade as laziness, failure, or loss of talent.

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The aim is orientation, not correction.

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It helps writers name what is happening inside their creative system without escalating self-blame — and without immediately trying to fix the output.

 

Format

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​A one page diagnostic took delivered by email.

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Fee: Free

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Your Confidence Is Not Evidence​

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For writers and creatives who’ve reached the hardest point of the work — when confidence stops helping, and the real decision is whether to continue or let go..

 

Overview

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A concise, text-led essay examining a common but rarely named phase of creative work: the point at which internal judgement stops correlating with what the work is actually doing.

The focus is not on improvement or reassurance, but on orientation under uncertainty.

 

Format

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  • Standalone PDF (24 pages)

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Fee: £9.99

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Submission Package Assessment

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A written assessment of how a complete submission package — letter and synopsis — positions a project to a cold industry reader, and where clarity, signal, or narrative logic may be working against each other.

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Scope

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  • One submission letter (query) - maximum 1000 words

  • One synopsis (maximum 3,000 words)

  • Close reading focused on:

    • ​Clarity of premise and positioning

    • Alignment between letter promise and synopsis delivery

    • Narrative logic, causality, and escalation

    • Points of confusion, overstatement, or signal loss

  • ​Written response identifying where understanding falters, misaligns, or diffuses.

 

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Not included

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  • Line-by-line rewriting

  • Sample pages or manuscript reading

  • Ongoing correspondence or follow-up

  • Advice on submission strategy or agent targeting

  • Judgements about the quality, viability, or marketability of the novel itself

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​​​Fee: £270

 

 

 

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Submission Letter Reading

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A written assessment of how a submission letter positions a project to a gatekeeper, and where its promise, logic, or emphasis breaks down for a cold reader.

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Scope

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  • One submission letter (query) - maximum 1000 words

  • Close reading focused on clarity, signal, and alignment

  • Written response identifying points of confusion, misdirection, or overstatement

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Not included

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  • Line-by-line rewriting

  • Sample pages or manuscript reading

  • Ongoing correspondence or follow-up

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Fee: £120

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Synopsis Reading

 

A written reading of a novel synopsis, focused on how it is likely to register with a cold industry reader, and where clarity, emphasis, or logic may be breaking down.

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The emphasis is not on whether the synopsis is “good” or “bad”, but on what it actually communicates: what kind of novel it appears to promise, how clearly the story is shaped on the page, and where meaning may be compressing, distorting, or slipping.

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Scope

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  • One synopsis, up to 3,000 words

  • Close reading focused on narrative logic, causality, and stakes

  • Written response identifying where understanding falters, compresses, or misaligns.​

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The focus is on reader perception, not author intention.

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Not included

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  • Rewriting or restructuring the synopsis

  • Line-level editing or polishing

  • Manuscript reading or sample pages

  • Advice on submission strategy or agent targeting

  • Ongoing correspondence or follow-up​

  • Judgements about the quality, viability, or marketability of the novel itself

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Fee: £180

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One-Off Session

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A single, time-limited conversation focused on a specific creative decision, block, or point of uncertainty that has become difficult to resolve alone.

 

Scope

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  • One live session (60 minutes)

  • Focused discussion of a defined problem, decision, or impasse

  • Direct questioning and judgement aimed at clarifying what is being avoided, misread, or prematurely resolved

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Not included

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  • Advance reading of manuscripts, synopses, or other materials

  • Ongoing coaching or follow-up

  • Broad project development

  • Emotional support or motivational work

  • Accountability beyond the session

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Fee: £

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