with
Violette Davis
Helping stuck writers finish their NOVELS
and build the skills to do it again
~ Thriller
~ horror
~ romance
~ fantasy
~ mystery
~ romantasy
~ cozy
~ Thriller ~ horror ~ romance ~ fantasy ~ mystery ~ romantasy ~ cozy
WORK WITH Violette
Book Coach & Developmental Editor
1:1 Coaching
Stuck part way through your draft? Finished multiple drafts, but still feel lost? Love writing, but feel like you have no idea what you are doing?
Together, we will navigate the landscape and chart your path forward.
You’re not alone
Feeling lost in the writing world?
I’m here to help guide you through the next steps of your process, no matter if you are trying to write your first draft or polish up your manuscript before publishing.
book Coaching is more than editing. it’s guiding you to the finish line.
Where are you in your JOURNEY?
Step one
Discovery Draft
This is the round where Pantsers write through their draft and Plotters outline or create story summaries. I love this round when the creativity is flowing, but it is also the hardest to accomplish and where most people get stuck.
Step two
Draft Revisions
These rounds of edits shore up your draft into a manuscript that is coherent and complete.
My 5 pathways to a finished draft: Genre Conventions, Protagonist’s Arc, Antagonist POV, Story Structure and Scene Strength.
Step three
DEVELOPMENTAL EDIT
For drafts you believe to be done, but you want professional eyes to check for plot holes or ways to make it stronger.
The Developmental Edit includes inline comments, a scene-by-scene deep dive and a big picture analysis.
STEP FOUR
LINE EDIT & COPYEDIT
Once your story is solid and you’re preparing to publish, allow an editor to go over your document word by word.
A Line Edit will help strengthen your voice and paragraph structure, followed by a copyedit which perfects the grammar.
STEP FIVE
PUBLISHING PATH
Familiarize yourself with the pros and cons of Self Publishing versus Traditional Publishing.
Find yourself a mentor to help with this search and prepare your manuscript to the industry’s standard for your chosen publishing path.
Book Coach & Developmental Editor
I believe in…
You have more than one book in you
The pressure we put on ourselves to write the perfect book is immense. And it slows us down, makes us grumpy, and sometimes stops us completely from finishing.
But there is no perfect book out there. And no perfect writing career.
But we choose to do it anyways because we love to write (or used to).
Thinking in terms of your body of work takes the pressure off of perfecting this one book. It’s about finding the process you love and the stories you want to tell.
T00ls, not rules
So many times, I caught myself thinking, this is it, this is the one tool I need to finally make writing easy for me! But inevitably, I found myself struggling to make it out of the woods.
But it proved that there is no “one way,” no “right way,” to write: only YOUR way.
And I’m here to help you figure out what that is.
Separate your writer hat from your editor hat.
even the greats need feedback
No matter if it’s your first book or your tenth, you need professional feedback. And it’s not because your writing is bad, it’s because you’ve lived the world too deeply.
You need fresh eyes on your pages that don’t know the rich history of your world.
