This is a Group session
This Cohort (Cohort 4) begins Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 6-9pm EST via Zoom. Tuition for Phase 1, 2, and 3 is $300 each phase. Tuition for Phase 4 is $270. Phases are paid separately but the entire year is $1170. Classes fill quickly. Limited to 5 participants in each group.
Out of the Shire Book (Group) Coaching
You want to (finally) finish your book. (Or meet your other BIG writing goal!)
Get the expert help you need – accountability, feedback, motivation, and practical guidance from someone who has been there and back.
Out of the Shire Book-Coaching Group
This 4-Phase Writing Adventure will ensure YOU get support you need to reach your writing goal.
You can trust Lori to bring you all the hard-earned knowledge and the wealth of experience she gained writing six traditionally published, award-winning books all while balancing a full-time day job, managing a writing/speaking/coaching ministry, teaching weekly women’s Bible study, serving on worship team at church and caring for her husband and family (without losing her mind).
Lori designed this unique group-coaching with you in mind. Her goal is to help you create a writing habit you can maintain without intensive support and to provide you with every assistance to finish your book, craft your proposal, or develop a freelance writing career. Lori has coached over 100 Christian writers. You will receive nuts-and-bolts instruction and quality guidance as a key member of a supportive small group of fellow writers.
This class will be limited to a maximum of five participants. One makeup class will be scheduled for each of the three-hour workshops and all sessions will be recorded for any participant who has a last-minute conflict.
Don’t let another year pass without giving that book every opportunity to become a reality!
You have a book inside you. Get it on the page, at last! Expert help is here, designed with you in mind!
**GRADUATES of Out of the Shire are then eligible to join The Wrinklings, a monthly writing support group.
This package includes
- ANNOUNCING COHORT FOUR!!
- Phase 1: Start Strong—January, February, March. Set up for success.
- In the kickoff three-hour workshop choose from Tuesday, January 28th, 6pm-9pm EST you will prepare your schedule, determine your writing goals, mentally/spiritually prepare, and create a course of action you’ll test out.
- The second three-hour workshop Tuesday, February 25th, 6pm-9pm EST will be to discuss the outline (plot points for fiction), focus, audience, approach, and theme of your individual books or your articles goals as well as tweak your plan from January.
- March involves four weekly one-hour Zoom check-ins for accountability and with conference preparation, business education, and continued writing instruction. (Tuesdays 6pm-7pm EST (3/11 will be 7:15-8:15) ).
Cost for the 10 hours of facetime plus email support between meetings for this phase is $300.
Phase 2: Build Momentum—April, May, June. Don’t stop now!
- April we’ll scale back to twice monthly Zooms (Tuesdays 6pm-8pm) for accountability check-in and brand/platform/writing/revision/editing instruction. (4/2 and 4/23)
- May involves one individually scheduled 60-minute Zoom, with initial critiques on the writing.
- June we’ll have twice monthly meetings (6pm-8pm) for accountabilitlity, check-in, and brand/platform/writing/revision/editing instruction (6/4 and 6/24)
Cost for individual Zooms, group Zooms time plus email support between meetings for this phase is $300.
Phase 3: Hitting Stride—July, August, September. Maintain momentum.
- July: 4 one-hour Zoom check-ins for momentum which will include critiquing writing samples and instruction on editing. (Tuesday 7pm-8pm) (7/1, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29)
- August involves two 90-minutes workshops on proposal writing (8/5, 8/19)
- September involves one-on-one Zoom coaching to review individual progress and developing your Phase 4 steps and maintenance of solo writing.
Cost for the equivalent of 10 hours of support plus email support between meetings for this phase is $300.
Phase 4: Write Strong—October, November, December.
- October involves one 3-hour training (10/7) on conference prep/brand/platform.
- November will include two 90-minute meetings (11/4, 11/18) for accountability and further instruction in brand/platform/publishing/business.
- December involves one final 3-hour workshop (12/2) celebration and sharing of progress and individual work.
Cost for the 9 hours of support plus email support between meetings for this phase is $270.
With this support and diligent work between meetings, you could have a solid first draft, a completed proposal, a fledgling freelance career, or even a ready manuscript in 2026.