CATALYST TO CATHARSIS
Your manuscript.
Two coaches.
Dedicated Support.
A six-month concierge intensive where both of your coaches read your pages, know your story, and work through it with you.
See What's IncludedYou're in deep, and something isn't working.
Maybe you have a full outline. Maybe an entire draft. Maybe you're somewhere in the messy middle, where the book stops being an idea and starts being a problem to solve.
You know something is off. The plot isn't moving forward. The characters are flat. The villain reads like a cliche. You've been so close to this story for so long that you can no longer tell which parts are working and which parts you've just gotten used to.
What you need isn't another course. It's a dedicated team who is in it with you and who have actually read what you're working on.
- You're feeling stuck on how to get the story in your head out onto paper.
- The feedback you've gotten has been too vague to act on, or too critical to make you comfortable continuing writing.
- You don't have readers who you trust to know how to diagnose your story.
- You want direction and deadlines, not another self-paced course that you'll never finish.
Coaching that takes place inside your manuscript.
Catalyst to Catharsis is a six-month concierge coaching intensive with a 2:1 relationship. You get two coaches and both of them read your work. Every session starts from what's actually on your pages, with two people who are on your side ready to help you move forward.
What's Included
Six months of structure, two coaches who know your story, and everything StoryCraft has behind it.
📅 Monthly 2:1 Coaching Sessions
Six monthly sessions, 45 minutes each, with both coaches in the room who have read your latest pages before you sit down, so the work starts the moment your session begins.
📖 Manuscript Reading
Up to 10,000 words a month, read by both coaches. If you're moving faster than that, additional word-count add-ons are available.
🌀 Mindset Coaching, Woven In
If you're struggling less with the story and more with imposter syndrome, time management, etc, we can focus on that.
🧭 Genre & Audience Refinement
Coaching grounded in where your story actually sits on the shelf.
📐 StoryMetrics™ Applied to Your Pages
Guidance, exercises, and advanced worksheets built around your material. You learn the framework by using it on your own book, not in the abstract.
✉️ A Weekly Coaching Email
One async coaching email every week, for the questions that surface between sessions and won't wait a month.
🔓 All-Access to the StoryCraft Library
Every course, workshop, and resource we have, including gated features, for the 6-month length of your intensive.
⭐ Priority Access
First in line for workshop hotseats, guest-speaker Q&As, and our virtual and in-person retreats.
Space is limited.
We take a small number of writers at a time, because both coaches read every manuscript.
Meet Your Coaches
You'll work with both of us, every month, for six months. Here's who will be reading your pages.
Luca Ceccarelli
Story & Structure
Luca spent 25 years in the film industry, where story problems get diagnosed fast and out loud. He's now a story coach for novelists, a co-founder of StoryCraft Academy, and the creator of StoryMetrics™, the narrative framework this program runs on.
Anna Claire Boyd
Mindset & Process
Anna is a co-founder of StoryCraft Academy and an ICF-accredited coach with more than 15 years helping people do hard, high-stakes work without coming apart in the middle of it. She's also a novelist and avid beta reader, so she knows the process you're going through.
Between them: the craft of building a story, and the psychology of finishing one. You get both perspectives in every session.
How It Compares
If you're weighing this against the Accountability Track, here's where the two diverge.
| Accountability Track | Catalyst to Catharsis | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $699 one-time, 6 months | $1999 one-time, 6 months |
| Coaching team | Your choice of a mindset or story coach, per session | 2:1 — both coaches, every session |
| 1:1 sessions | 3 sessions, scheduled anytime | 6 sessions, monthly, 45 minutes |
| Has your coach read your book? | No — coaching works from what you describe in session | Yes — both coaches read your pages before every session |
| Manuscript reading | Not included | Up to 10,000 words a month, read by both coaches |
| Mindset coaching | Available as a session choice | Woven into every session, never a trade-off |
| Genre & audience refinement | Not a defined focus area | Included, grounded in your actual material |
| StoryMetrics™ | Conceptual, through courses and conversation | Applied directly to your pages |
| Between sessions | Not included | One coaching email a week |
| Content library | Included | Included, plus gated features |
| After six months | Add sessions a la carte, or move to Personalized Coaching | Continue at $347/mo for as long as it's useful |
Is This the Right Fit?
This is for you if…
- You have real pages to work from: a working outline, a partial draft, or a full manuscript.
- You're feeling stuck and you aren't sure how to get to the end.
- You want coaches who have actually read your work.
- Six months of structure, deadlines, and two people expecting to see progress is the accountability you want.
- You're ready to hear the truth about your draft, delivered kindly and directly.
Come back to this if…
- You aren't in a place where you want to actually write yet. Start with The Accountability Track or an Academy Membership, then come back when you have material to work on.
- What you actually need is a line edit or a full developmental edit. That's a different service, and we're happy to point you toward it.
CATALYST TO CATHARSIS
Six Months. Two Coaches. Your Pages.
- Six monthly 2:1 sessions with both coaches
- Up to 10,000 words a month read by both
- Mindset coaching woven into every session
- Genre & audience refinement
- StoryMetrics™ applied to your material
- A weekly coaching email
- All-access to the StoryCraft library, gated features included
- Priority access to hotseats, Q&As, and retreats
$1999
one-time, for the full six months
You can continue at $347/mo afterward if you choose.
Space is limited.
Not sure yet? Let's talk.
Six months and two coaches is a real commitment, and it isn't right for every writer or every manuscript. Book a free half-hour consultation and we'll tell you honestly whether this is your next step, or point you toward the one that is.
Pick a time that works for you
Half an hour, no pressure, no pitch deck. Just a conversation about where your manuscript is and what it needs next.
Frequently Asked Questions
Enough for your coaches to work from: a working outline, a partial draft, or a finished manuscript. If you haven't started drafting, the Accountability Track or an Academy membership is the better place to begin, and this will be waiting when you have pages.
Two coaches, one writer. Both read your pages every month and both are in every session. You're not assigned a single coach, and you're never choosing between story help and mindset help in a given month.
Yes, and it's the whole point. Up to 10,000 words a month, read by both of us, before your session. That's why we take a limited number of writers at a time.
Word-count add-ons are available. Tell us the pace you're working at and we'll sort out what you need.
No. Coaching works on the decisions behind the pages: structure, character, stakes, genre fit, and the process of actually finishing. If what you need is a line edit or a developmental edit, ask us and we'll point you in the right direction.
Not at all. It's a natural next step if you loved that structure, but Catalyst to Catharsis is open to any writer ready for this level of depth.
You can continue at $347/mo for as long as it's useful, or step back out. There's no obligation either way, and plenty of writers finish a draft and take a breath.
A small number, on purpose. Both coaches read every manuscript in the program, so the roster has a hard ceiling.
