Great piece! A key lesson I learned from Author Accelerator is that not every coach is the right match for every writer—and that’s perfectly fine. I also learned how to gracefully step back when I sensed a misalignment, and to refer the writer to someone who might be a better fit (or where they might find them).
This is great. I have often thought that an advantage young athletes have that helps in all aspects of life is the experience of being coached. I learned how to trust and work with coaches—and also how and when to trust myself. I try to bring some of that coaching spirit to my teaching too.
Interesting article. Thank you for writing it. You mention establishing trust. What steps would you suggest to establish that trust? One approach could be keeping appointments and due dates for deliverables. Doing so would foster a degree of trust on which to build. Thoughts?
I mean yes -- that is the bare minimum. But there is so very much more. A lot of the pieces I include in the Book Coaching 101 series address this. You can find it allin the navigation for this Substack.
I like your blueprint approach, but the lack of commitment from my trainee coach was evidenced by three short notice requests for postponements which blew their credibility. It was clear from her aggressive comments on our video chat that the story I wanted to write was not her cup of tea.
Richard,I thought you were asking me an actual question about building trust between coach and writer-- which is indeed a thing I teach people how to do. But it is now revealed your comment was a passive-aggressive way of laying blame on a coach (who I am presuming is one of the hundreds who are in training in my program) and wanting me to hear it. I don't know what you are doing here. in this thread... It's a bummer you had a bad experience. It sounds like you need to move on
Thanks for this helpful analogy! The writing itself might feel hard, but the book development process should feel smooth. The writer is in charge of the destination (the vision of the project), but the coach is steering the ship to get them there. I guess maybe it breaks down when you consider that the writer is in some ways responsible for putting the wind in the sails—actually doing the work to move things forward. So the coach steers the ship and adjusts the rigging to make the most of the wind, but the writer has to provide the wind. Would you agree? Anything to add or clarify there?
Great piece! A key lesson I learned from Author Accelerator is that not every coach is the right match for every writer—and that’s perfectly fine. I also learned how to gracefully step back when I sensed a misalignment, and to refer the writer to someone who might be a better fit (or where they might find them).
This is great. I have often thought that an advantage young athletes have that helps in all aspects of life is the experience of being coached. I learned how to trust and work with coaches—and also how and when to trust myself. I try to bring some of that coaching spirit to my teaching too.
Interesting article. Thank you for writing it. You mention establishing trust. What steps would you suggest to establish that trust? One approach could be keeping appointments and due dates for deliverables. Doing so would foster a degree of trust on which to build. Thoughts?
I mean yes -- that is the bare minimum. But there is so very much more. A lot of the pieces I include in the Book Coaching 101 series address this. You can find it allin the navigation for this Substack.
I like your blueprint approach, but the lack of commitment from my trainee coach was evidenced by three short notice requests for postponements which blew their credibility. It was clear from her aggressive comments on our video chat that the story I wanted to write was not her cup of tea.
Richard,I thought you were asking me an actual question about building trust between coach and writer-- which is indeed a thing I teach people how to do. But it is now revealed your comment was a passive-aggressive way of laying blame on a coach (who I am presuming is one of the hundreds who are in training in my program) and wanting me to hear it. I don't know what you are doing here. in this thread... It's a bummer you had a bad experience. It sounds like you need to move on
Thanks for this helpful analogy! The writing itself might feel hard, but the book development process should feel smooth. The writer is in charge of the destination (the vision of the project), but the coach is steering the ship to get them there. I guess maybe it breaks down when you consider that the writer is in some ways responsible for putting the wind in the sails—actually doing the work to move things forward. So the coach steers the ship and adjusts the rigging to make the most of the wind, but the writer has to provide the wind. Would you agree? Anything to add or clarify there?
I have.