Overcome your Writing Hurdles:

Personalized Coaching from David

I offer one-on-one coaching sessions to help you improve your craft and overcome writing challenges. Here’s what I offer:

• Experience: Over 15 years of supporting writers, as a coach and university instructor, combined with more than a decade of publishing as an independent author.
• Approach: Offering personalized strategies and techniques to enhance your writing, as well as support and encouragement to overcome your writing challenges.
• Genres: Short fiction, novels, and screenplays, but also assisted on grant applications, synopsis, cover letters, essays, and other writing.
• Focus: Plot structure, storytelling, and working through writer’s block, but have given customized feedback and guidance on a variety of projects.

Here’s what you can expect from a session:

• Format: Remote sessions for convenience, using either FaceTime, Google Meet, or Zoom.
• Flexible Schedule: Choose a session time that works for you, with me completing all the preparatory work completed beforehand.
• Booking Options:
  • 10-minute consultation (free) with me to discuss your writing project and see if I can help you on your creative journey.
  • 30-minute session (CA$50) covers 8-10 pages of traditional fiction or non-fiction writing or 20-30 pages of a screenplay, tailored to your project's needs.

Testimonials:

• “David Gane’s monthly writing sessions have significantly impacted me as a writer. While he is an excellent help with grammar, his true talents are guiding the writer to understand their story and characters better.” — Jordan G.
• “David Gane is a wonderful writing instructor, and I feel lucky to have been in his classes. I genuinely feel my writing has improved greatly because of his influence.” — Laura P.
• “David’s style of teaching was very refreshing and engaging... He thoroughly uplifted people’s creativity and created an environment that fosters different opinions—not to mention that he genuinely cares about the people in his classes.” — Calic T.
• “David is extremely dedicated to his craft, always giving attention to the finest details, and always challenging himself with each new project... His creative process never takes a break.” — Lucas F.
• “David was a fantastic professor. I was nervous and intimidated by the weekly meetings at first, but he is so friendly, personable, and easy to talk to. He was always kind, made an effort to get to know me and my life and goals, and was very encouraging of my writing and my ideas.” — Student
• “David Gane is passionate about writing, and it came through in his questions and feedback.” — Student