writing coach
Author's craft guide
A writing coach is someone who helps writers develop their skills, overcome obstacles, and complete projects.
Unlike editors who fix text, coaches focus on process—building habits, working through blocks, giving feedback on drafts in progress.
She hired a writing coach to finish her memoir.
The term applies across contexts from academic dissertation support to helping executives communicate more clearly.
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
- one on oneDirect between two
- feedbackReturned response data
- draftPreliminary version of text
- first draftEarliest written version
rough draft · revision · manuscript · workshop · craft · voice · storytelling · critique · guidance · support · encouragement · deadline · brainstorm · block · breakthrough · publish · narrative · structure
- writing instructorsworkshop leader
- Online Tutoringhomework help, test prep, SAT prep, essay help, science tutor
- writersauthor, novelist, poet, journalist, essayist
- coachesdefensive coordinator, Bill Belichick, Don Shula, Bill Walsh, Andy Reid
- editorseditor, copy editor, chief editors, editor-in-chief, managing editors
- educatorseducator, teacher, teachers, professor, instructor
writing coachghostwriter
Uncredited hired author
author · writer · content creator · copywriter · staff writer
writing coachliterary critic
Assesses written works professionally
book reviewer · editor · gatekeeper · judge · publisher
writing, coach, write, writes, written, writer, writers, rewrite, rewrites