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The Practice 

The Practice is an evolving  collection of  self-contained interventions for creatives who are stuck in a specific place — and need clarity more than encouragement.

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Each option is designed to help you see a particular piece of work, decision, or bottleneck more clearly: a submission letter that isn’t landing, a synopsis that feels muddy, a choice that keeps circling without resolving.

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These are not ongoing engagements. They are deliberately bounded pieces of work, with a clear scope,  intended to be useful in their own right. You bring a defined problem or artefact; I respond with focused, considered feedback aimed at helping you understand what’s actually happening — and what follows from that.

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Some people use these as one-off interventions. Others use them to decide whether deeper collaboration would make sense. Nothing beyond the intervention itself is assumed or required.

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

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Below you’ll find the current options, with scope and fees set out plainly.

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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Orientation​

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A short, no-cost intervention designed to help clarify whether a specific creative difficulty is likely to benefit from external input — and if so, what kind.

 

Scope

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  • A short set of written questions to complete about the difficulty you’re facing

  • A brief written response describing how that difficulty appears to an external reader, based solely on what you’ve provided

  • An indication of whether further intervention is likely to be useful, and in what form

 

Not included

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  • Coaching or dialogue

  • Reading of manuscripts, synopses, or other creative material

  • Problem-solving, advice, or strategy

  • Follow-up or ongoing contact​

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Fee: Free

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COMING SOON

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: £

COMING SOON

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