The Writer’s Transformation Project
five months to a transformed creative self
In this uniquely supportive coaching program, you’ll hone your craft, discover your authentic voice, and work through your creative blocks so you can confidently complete your writing project and become the joyful writer you’ve always wanted to be.
"Jaime's coaching truly changed my life. While working with her, we uncovered some deeper stories I was telling myself about writing and were able to develop tactics for how to begin to see myself differently."
Courtney Bowers, author of the Half-Life Substack
program structure
I designed the Writer’s Transformation Project to provide the comprehensive support that writers working on longer projects so desperately need, including: accountability, motivation, feedback, mindset shifts, and community connection.
So, each month in the program, you’ll receive:
four one-on-one coaching sessions
one seminar with your writer cohort
unlimited email support from me
“Before the program, I was struggling to find any time for writing. Now I find myself writing almost every day, and the whole day at work, I’m thinking about writing.”
–Mark B.
my coaching clients have:
finished and revised full-length manuscripts
gotten published in major literary magazines
signed with literary agents
gained admission to top-rated MFA programs
won national writing grants
published books at indie presses
sold books to major publishing houses
been nominated for Pushcart Prizes
had their fiction go viral on Twitter
who works with me
The Writer’s Transformation Project is for you if:
You’ve had a lifelong love affair with writing, but so far your writing efforts haven’t taken you as far as you want to go.
You’re looking for supportive, insightful guidance that will help you make significant strides with your writing.
You’ve felt isolated as a writer and are longing to connect with creatives like yourself.
You’ve struggled with self-criticism, perfectionism, and/or creative anxiety
answering your questions
Many writers consider coaching but are uncertain whether it's the right choice for them. When I chat with these folks, they ask me:
Will coaching really work for me?
Am I ready for a program like this?
Can I really justify the investment of time and money?
How can I even think of writing when the world is in such a state of upheaval?
These are all great questions, so in this video, I’m going to answer all of them so you can make an informed choice about whether coaching is the right next step for you!
comprehensive writing support
What makes The Writer’s Transformation Project different from other types of writing programs?
In the chart below, you can see how my coaching program offers the most multi-faceted support for writers––and it’s all tailored to meet your unique learning needs.
“Before Jaime’s coaching program, I felt uncertain as a writer. now, I've not only completed a manuscript and nonfiction book proposal that I'm happy with, but I also feel confident and prepared as I begin to query agents."
Susan Arenella, contributing author to Law Moms
how to join
Interested in The Writer’s Transformation Project?
Book your Coaching Conversation—a free 60-minute conversation with me to clarify your biggest writing goals, discuss your current obstacles, and assess whether the Writer’s Transformation Project is a good fit for you.
At the program’s end, I host a celebratory graduation reading, where each writer shares an excerpt of their work in a room full of friends, family, and supporters.
when it happens
I offer the Writer’s Transformation Project twice a year, with one session running from April–August and one session running from October–February.
The Writer’s Transformation Project is $4995 for the entire program, or $1050 per month if paying monthly.
Since the coaching program requires a significant investment, it’s best suited for writers who are ready to make a sustained commitment to their writing development over the next five months.
your investment
the “why” behind the project
When I first started Fresh Ink, I focused primarily on teaching writing workshops.
After a few years of teaching workshops, though, I began to notice a pattern.
I'd run into a former student at a coffee shop or a BookPeople reading, and I'd ask them, "Hey, did you ever end up submitting your short story?" or "How's your book manuscript going?" Pretty consistently, I would get the same answer: "Oh, I haven't done anything with my writing since our last workshop!"
Often these writers, after recalling how much they missed their work-in-progress, would sign up for another workshop and begin to make progress again. But after the workshop ended, they returned to hardly writing at all.
It was then that I started to realize that workshops were missing something that writers––especially writers with big goals (and big feelings around writing)––really needed.
In addition to feedback on their craft, these writers needed:
insight into how to create and sustain a consistent writing practice
help working past creative blocks that were often too specific or vulnerable to discuss in a workshop environment
sustained support that could carry them through drafting a longer piece and buoy them up during the often-arduous process of revision and seeking publication.
That was when I decided to shift my focus at Fresh Ink from workshops to coaching—and the results over the past few years have been amazing!
Coaching allows me to make a life-changing impact on writer's lives, and to see them step into their identities as writers with newfound confidence and joy. That’s why The Writer’s Transformation Project is such a passion project for me, and why I am just as excited about it now as I was when I first launched the program in early 2022!
Graduation reading for the first session of The Writer's Transformation Project
Jaime deBlanc-Knowles introducing the nine graduating writers in the program
G.L. Chairez reads from her novella
Sarah Orman reads from her essay "Quitter," which was published in Narrative Magazine
Debra Porter reads from her memoir
Cloud Tree Gallery, where the reading was held