Coaching for Writers without Time to Write

Get clear. Get consistent. Get confident.

You’ve been writing since you can remember. It’s how you make sense of the world around you.

Yet when it comes to writing, you simply don’t have the time.

Your ideas don’t fit the ‘norm’. Perhaps you are part of the diaspora and you often feel your story is too brown for white audiences and too white for brown folks. You have access needs. You might live with chronic illness that leaves you too tired to write. Or you’re neurodivergent and don’t know how to focus on your writing ideas.

Yet writing is the one thing in this world you have to do.

But you just can’t do it consistently.

You start and stop. You second-guess yourself. You get overwhelmed wondering where to go next. Exhausted, you doom scroll social media and promptly feel worse seeing other writers dazzle.

“You’ll never amount to anything, you are a failed writer,” your brain says, and you nod in silent agreement as you keep scrolling, eating raw cookie dough from the back of the fridge- may as well crash and burn all the way, at least that you can accomplish.

If you’re honest with yourself, you recognize that you say writing is a priority, yet you don’t treat it as such.

And you don’t know why.

What you do know is you want to be consistent in your writing.

You want writing to feel fun. Like when you were a kid. You want that ‘yes’ feeling when things flow and you know what you're writing is good. 

Here’s what else you know: 

• it’s taking more energy to not write than it would to write

• you want to speak your truth without fear of judgement

• you want to see progress over perfection

• you want to maintain your own motivation throughout a piece of writing

You’ve tried it all: residencies, workshops, classes, accountability groups. These help, sorta.

While you’re in that program, you’re writing, you’re flowing.

But soon after the program or workshop is over, the writing energy wanes. Fades. Stops.

Here’s the thing: 

There’s writing. And then there’s your THOUGHTS about your writing.

These are actually two different things. And the second, the THOUGHTS about your writing, is what I’m here for.

Hi, I’m Phi Petigara

I work with writers and artists without the time to write.

I help you identify the exact THOUGHTS that stop you from writing. And I teach you TOOLS to write consistently and confidently.

I’ve been a writer for 20+ years. I get the struggle. I’ve lived it. I taught myself to write over twenty years ago. I know imposter syndrome, perfectionism, fear of judgement.

When I began to examine my thoughts about my writing, it changed everything.

My thoughts stopped being booming voices of authority (and doom). I chipped away at a lifetime of perfectionism. I learned to set tiny writing goals and achieve them. 

And then, I truly came into myself as a writer. 

I help you with just this.

What you really need to write consistently

I help you to:

• create tiny, manageable goals so your writing shuffles forward

• identify the exact thoughts that are sabotaging you and reframe them

• set a writing plan that works for you- your energy, your neurodiversity, your chronic illness, etc.

The Consistent Writer Coaching Program

An 8 week 1:1 coaching program to help you:

• get clarity on the thoughts that sabotage your writing

• create a writing rhythm that is consistent and friction-free

• get grounded in your values so you speak your truth confidently

• shift your aim from perfectionism to progress

 In our 8 weeks of one-on-one work, you’ll get:

• 8 1-on-1 coaching sessions valued at $1450

• follow up notes, including highlights, insights and writing prompts valued at $200

• rituals for opening and closing your writing practice valued at $50

• personalized worksheets to deepen and integrate the practices valued at $200

• meditation recordings for the hard stuff (eg. release heavy emotions, ground before writing) valued at $ 200

• monthly “Writers’ Social”, meet other writers in the program (aka on a similar journey) valued at $100

Program Value: $2200

Your investment: $1800

This is for you if you want to:

• write consistently, with less hesitation and more flow

• write confidently, even if it’s just for you

• share your your voice, your truth

• not hyper-fixate on having something be “publishing quality right now”

• practice progress over perfection, excitement over avoidance 

• feel joy and pleasure in your writing practice once again (like when you were little)

  
  

This is not for you if:

• you’ve never written before

• you want to learn the craft of writing

• you want to write about a traumatic event that you haven’t had therapy around 

• your plate is too full to carve out one hour of writing time each week 

Week by Week Program Breakdown

Session 1: Lay of the Land + Your Writing Plan

• clarity on YOUR exact writing blockages so you can identify them forever more

• clarity on where you want to get to at the end of the program so we meet your goals

• a writing plan that works for your needs so it’s sustainable

Sessions 2 and 3: Your Why & Your Who

• clarity on why you write

• breakdown of your why on the macro level (your larger why) and the micro (for individual projects)

• clarity on who you write for so your writing is confident, true, and self-motivated

• guided meditations to get you rooted solidly in your why and who

• the why and who become your compass and your way back to your flow

Sessions 4-8: Befriending Your Thoughts (aka the fun stuff!)

• we identify your thoughts as they arise in our container

• you learn tools to work through each thought so they no longer sabotage you

• you learn to be your own witness (what gets you stuck) so you can be your own coach (get yourself unstuck)

FAQ

Q: Do you teach writing in this program?

A: The focus of this course is not writing itself, but on your thoughts about your writing. At the same time, there’s a bit of crossover (especially because I’m a writing teacher) and we dip into craft when it serves the larger purpose. Please note, if you’re looking for a course on HOW to write, this is not for you.

Q: I don’t have a specific writing project, can I still join the program?

A: Yes! You don’t have to have a project you’re working on at the moment. Though you might end up with one you’re super stoked about by the end of the course:)

Q: I’ve tried so many writing courses, how do I know this will work for me?

A: Writing courses teach writing itself: dialogue, scene, story arc. This course is about your THOUGHTS about your writing. It’s your thoughts that stop your flow or send you second-guessing. 

It’s like your writing gift is the slick car you own- but it keeps stalling on the highway. This program teaches you to be your own mechanic so your ‘car’ always runs smooth. You always have the right wrench in your back pocket (people use wrenches on cars, right?) to get yourself back ‘on the road’. 

Q: I can’t pay the full amount, can I break down the payments?

A: Yes, please ask me about my extended payment plan.

Q: How much time will I need to commit to the program?

A: We have our 60 minute weekly coaching calls. 

The rest of the time commitment is up to you. You may choose to write for one hour per week, or more or less (we talk about all of this a lot). This very thing is part of our work: how much time do you commit to writing and WHY.