Coaching & mentorship
These packages work at any stage of a project. Take a single session for a specific problem, or go deeper with sustained development across three months. Either way you get expert feedback built around your goals — and written notes you can actually work from.
Not sure which package?
Packages & prices
$322
Sometimes you don’t need a long engagement — you need the right pair of eyes on the right problem, right now.
$1,400
You’ve finished a draft. Now you need to know if it works — honestly, specifically, and from someone who has evaluated stories at the professional level for nearly twenty years.
$750
For completed feature scripts — a detailed review identifying what works and what needs work.
$1,200or 3 monthly payments of $400 · 3 months, 6 hours total
Three months of focused, sustained work on your novel — built around the way professional development actually happens.
$1,200or 3 monthly payments of $400 · 3 months, 6 sessions
Three months of dedicated script development, from wherever you’re starting. Planning stage, mid-draft, or stuck on a rewrite — we work through it together.
For producers & production companies
Development notes, a rewrite plan, or the rewrite itself, in confidence. Quoted per project once I’ve read the script.
How it works
Tell me about the project and where it’s stuck, or book a free discovery call. If a different package fits better than the one you picked, I’ll say so.
Manuscript, script, outline — whatever the package covers. I read it properly before we speak, so the call isn’t spent on first impressions.
Every session comes with written notes — often before we speak, so the call is spent drilling into them rather than delivering them. Talk disappears; notes are something you can still work from three months later.
What writers say
“Shawn offers clear, constructive feedback that really lands. After one session, I felt a door had opened — and that real growth was actually within reach.”
“Shawn is a really great support. He is always there to respond, and the answers he gives are detailed and sincere.”
“The teacher is very dedicated, and the course is well worth the money. My novel is currently halfway through; thank you!”
Questions
Most of my own fiction is speculative — science fiction, fantasy, post-apocalyptic — and I’ve ghostwritten across a much wider range of genre fiction. But structure, character and stakes work the same way everywhere, and I’ve spent fourteen years developing material I didn’t write. Send me what you have.
No. The development packages exist precisely for work in progress — planning stage, mid-draft, or a rewrite that has stalled. The full manuscript assessment is the one that needs a completed draft.
Not primarily. My work is development: whether the story works, why it doesn’t yet, and what to do about it. Prose gets addressed where it’s doing structural damage, but this isn’t a copy-edit.
I work with writers across four continents. Calls are by video and scheduled flexibly across the engagement, so time zones are usually workable.
Once we’ve confirmed the package is the right fit, I’ll send an invoice. The three-month packages can be paid monthly at the rate shown above.
No obligation
Twenty minutes to talk about the project and work out which kind of support it actually needs.
