Writing Coaching

Writing Coaching is for women seeking support and counsel at any stage in their writing process or project.

Some of the biggest hurdles that women face when we begin to write are fear, getting started and a lack of structure.

Free initial consultation

Sessions are available weekdays from 11 am – 6 pm PST

Welcome!

My name is Marn Norwich, and I specialize in coaching women writers. I have a 28-year background as a writer, editor, consultant and workshop facilitator.

I also have decades of experience as an intuitive energy therapist. The combination of counselling, consulting and energy therapy, when applicable, are what distinguish my coaching services.

When we work at issues at both the conscious and energetic level, shifts and epiphanies are frequent.

It would be my great pleasure to work with you and support you wherever you are in your writing process!

If you feel stuck, I will be delighted to support you overcome your blocks and write again.

In the process, I will love to work with you to gain self-understanding, grow confidence, adopt great writing habits, get inspired and learn techniques to keep you motivated.

If applicable, I will guide you toward healing through long-standing issues and help you to feel a greater sense of self-connection, calmness and grounding.

Along the way, I will guide you to develop a strategy that works for your book or project and support you to organize your material.

For clients who choose, I will serve as an editor for your work as you develop it toward its potential.

My work is woman-centred, trauma-informed and non-hierarchical.

How can energy work support my writing?

I use energy work to focus on the auric field and energy centres of the body to support a writer toward clarity and full expression. It is a safe, gentle, yet powerful tool that can be used in-person or at a distance. Coupled with my intuitive reading, the energy-work component of my coaching offers clients deep insight, emotional release and practical concepts for forward movement.

How it works

Sessions are 60-90 minutes and are available by phone, Zoom, FaceTime or in-person.

Sessions begin with an intake where you are invited to speak about your writing process, project and any blocks you are experiencing.

Deep yet really practical and real

“Marn is a wonderful healer - both deep yet really practical and real. I would highly recommend her energy work. I felt heard and experienced many breakthrough moments after our time together.”

Anna Martin

Vancouver, BC

Marn’s coaching has been a profound and magical experience for me

“Our time together has been transformative — a huge turning point for me with regard to building confidence in myself as a writer. I chose Marn for her empathy and gentleness and found that we were aligned, that I could trust her with my writing. No matter what she says, it’s positive coming out of her mouth. Inquisitiveness and trustworthiness are her core qualities. Our sessions inspired me to share my work with other writers, to grow an intimacy with my writing and expand what I’m willing to put on the page. Trusting others with my writing helped me to override my second-guessing and self-criticism. Without Marn I would have given up, quit, walked away. My memoir is at 450 pages now, and I’m proud of it every time I read it! I could never repay Marn for the impact her coaching has had on my development as a writer.”

Cathy Wade

ICD.D, Vancouver, BC, Director at PDAD

I couldn’t recommend her more highly

“I feel so lucky to have found Marni Norwich when I began searching for an editor for my first children’s book. What caught my attention were her professional yet simple website and the many different editing/proofreading packages she offered. She exceeded my expectations. She was professional and thorough. Her knowledge and expertise was obvious and invaluable. I have no doubt that my work is much better for having gone to Marni! I couldn’t recommend her more highly.”

Maritza Oliver

Author and illustrator of Milk and Cookie a Little Spooky

I couldn’t have asked for a more poignant consultant

“I cannot thank you enough! I am so happy to have made this decision and have you work with me! I just read your notes and was blown away! I think you have a wonderful perspective of my writing, both the challenges and the insights. I couldn’t have asked for a more poignant consultant. I will be referring back to this document again and again this weekend!”

Trina Ferguson

Writer, Vancouver, BC

Sessions Offer...

Insight about and release of blocks
Healing for writing and communication issues
Tools to get writing and stay writing
Prompts
Inspiration
Structural planning and organization
Accountability support
Editorial feedback on any part of your work

Sample Coaching Clients

Writers seeking to change genre/adapt their work to a new genre
Mid-career and established writers
New writers + writers at work on their first book
Memoirists
Journalists
Screenwriters
Playwrights
Poets
Songwriters

Session + Packages

Free initial consultation

Note: When possible, sessions and packages are available at a reduced rate for low-income people.

Free Your Voice, 3-month package

This package is for committed writers who would like to move more fully into the freedom of written expression with the warm + staunch support of a mentor. This package is for you if: you’re experiencing a block or have trauma around writing; you want to experiment with new genres; you’re starting a writing project and need support; you feel isolated with your writing; you feel like a writing imposter; you’re in search of your writing voice; you’re recovering from codependency; you feel muzzled by the effects of the patriarchal culture.

Sample package-options include:

Two coaching sessions with energy work per month, 90-minutes each. In-person or via phone, Zoom or FaceTime
Two, boot-up sessions/month (coaching/energy work), 15-minute phone
Two hours’ editing/month: Clarity, flow, structure
Participation in monthly online women’s writing group

Benefits:

Super-shots of guidance, healing, techniques and inspiration to heal through trauma or blast through your blocks and gain valuable self-insight
Inspiration and ideas as you begin to incorporate in new genres
Regular sessions to provide you with an opportunity to build on the work
Supportive editorial feedback as you grow and experiment
A warm and motivating coach to hold you accountable as you reach for your writing dreams

Birth Your Babe, 6-month package

This accelerated, 6-month package is for writers who desire an intensive experience of growth and support as they write or complete a writing project.

This package is for you if you are ready to jump-start, or in the midst of, a writing project or book and want a guiding angel to coach, support and lift you in your process!

Sample package-options include:

Project initiation session with intention-setting, individualized prompts, energy work, vision creation
Two, 90-minute coaching sessions with energy work/month: in-person or via phone, Zoom or FaceTime (two in addition to project initiation during the first month)
Three, 15-minute phone boot-up sessions per month (coaching/energy work)
Two hours of editing per moth
Participation in monthly online women’s writing group
Copy of original guidebook, “Cultivating writing power”

Benefits

Sustained and intensive personal support, insight and intuitive energy work while you develop yourself as a writer and/or develop your project or manuscript
Project-launching with attention to organizational input, agenda-setting, inspiration, individualized prompts, daily schedule, story plan, flow, process, discipline and space creation
Counselling and energy work to address issues that arise, flow-enhancement/block breaking, resistance, motivation, inspiration
The opportunity to delve deeply into your writing with the warm, solid and consistent encouragement of a coach at your side
Professional and regular editorial input to strengthen your writing and increase your capacity for impact with your words
An accumulating library of guidance and writing techniques personalized for your use over the course of your creative life
An accumulating library of guidance and writing techniques personalized for your use over the course of your creative life
The opportunity to heal old issues through counseling and energy work over a sustained period, allowing you to deepen and expand your process
Expanded inspiration and motivation to blast through your blocks and gain valuable self-insight
The opportunity to delve deeply into your writing with the warm, solid and consistent encouragement of a coach at your side

Techniques

I offer a variety of techniques to support you to open to your creative flow. These include:

Counseling for your writing issues and related life experiences
Brainstorming ideas for your project
Structural and organizational support
Intuitive energy therapy (i.e. reiki + related modalities) to help understand reasons for blocks and dissolve them
Intuitive and practical insights into what you can do to overcome blocks and other emotional issues that obstruct your creative flow
Guided visualization and centring techniques
Co-writing i.e. writing together to support you to gain comfort with your writing
Personalized writing prompts designed to help you break through blocks
Personalized techniques to access your story
Supported writing, as in therapeutic letters to your higher self or to those who you are in conflict with

Acute and empathetic, experienced and talented

“I am an experienced journalist who has a soon-to-be published memoir. But I was stuck—the proverbial writer’s block. With Marn’s professional guidance, I was able to be at one with my Mac again. Over the course of several coaching sessions, I wrote an extremely personal piece with Marn as my editor. She was acute and empathetic, experienced and talented—in fact, nothing short of brilliant. I ended up with a piece so polished that I submitted it to a national newspaper. I am confident it will be published. Thank you, Marn.”

Rosemary Keevil

Journalist, Vancouver, BC

Highly skilled at editing, yet does not pander to your whims

“Marn Norwich was the obvious choice for the edit of my memoir this year. In the past, I had taken a few writing courses with her, and I enjoyed her remarkable ability to bring out the most creative aspects of my writing. I have been enthused by her points for consideration and her sensitivity to my story. She offered a range of thoughts with regard to my subject matter as well as a selection of possible avenues to take in the direction and arc of my story. She is highly skilled at editing and in catering to your needs as a writer, yet does not pander to your whims. She gets her point across with direction and distinction, offering a multitude of thoughts to consider. I highly recommend her for any writing endeavor you may undertake.”

Trina Ferguson

Writer, Vancouver, BC

Without Marn’s intuitive insights and healing energy, this could have drawn out for a lot longer and been the cause for a lot more suffering.

“My husband had been in terrible pain for 12 days with a kidney stone and was getting no help from doctors. Within half an hour of receiving distant healing from Marn, he got out of bed, had a bath, got dressed and called the B.C. NurseLine. This resulted in going back to ER, getting better medication, better information and proper pain relief. Within 48 hours, my husband passed the stone. We were both so grateful and relieved! Without Marn’s intuitive insights and healing energy this could have drawn out a lot longer and been a cause for a lot more suffering. We are so grateful that no surgery was required. Thank you, Marn for your love, care and powerful gifts!”

Anaya Hawk

Relationship Coach & Sound Healer in Nelson, BC

Wonder woman

“Marn is a wonder woman. She’s kind and deeply intuitive. She authentically engages with her clients and helps guide them to a stronger understanding of self, all the while listening and never imposing. I’ve had several long distance sessions with Marn and always leave protected, loved and more aware than before. A gift!”

Anastasia Koutalianos

Business strategist, Vancouver, BC