One-on-One Coaching

$150 an hour

Package of 5 hours for $600

I had someone with me every step of the way as I wrote You Don’t Look Adopted. I don’t know if I could have kept going without him cheering me on, without him telling me the book was important and that I had to keep going, especially during the times when I was so deep in the telling I could no longer see the story myself. He helped me identify my voice when I wasn’t sure who I was. We aren’t meant to tell a story in a vacuum. Storytelling is an act of communication, and generally we need an audience to feel heard.

I have the ability to see stories in people. You talk to me, and I listen for how you see the world, what questions you have, the things you have to share. I see you as a gatherer, and it’s my job to recognize the treasures you’ve collected along the way and help you shape what you’ve gathered into a narrative that pleases you.

Some people divide their time with me into thirty-minute sessions because it doesn’t always take much to get you steering your ship in a direction that feels right and true.

We meet via phone or Zoom, whichever you prefer.

Write or Die – 4 Questions. Sometimes 5.

$200

Let’s work together via Zoom or phone for 90 minutes to find your voice, your story, your audience, and ways to turn blocks into doorways.

This isn’t about being the best writer you can be as much as it is about using writing to access your most authentic and powerful self. The writing is a tool to help you to be you.

Testimonials

Anne has a keen ability as a coach to take her students where we don’t want to go. Deep inside ourselves. She can take a linear/binary thinker like me safely into the world of the esoteric, making for a more courageous and meaningful story.
Ron Pontrelli

 I was ordered by a friend to enlist Anne Heffron as my memoir mentor.  Was my friend ever correct!  

Anne listens with the keenest heart-mind imaginable, always asking hard questions and making observations that push me through my own walls.  She has taught me to question every soft landing or bit of flowery narrative and to look for the more definitive truths hidden beneath those words.  And then to dig even deeper.   

Kate Wooddell

Working with Anne is a magical experience. She has offered a steady, compassionate hand to keep me focused and has helped me uncover things for my book that I never would have come up with on my own. Asking her to be my writing coach was one of the best decisions I've made.

Tim Treweek

Anne Heffron opens doors that readers and writers have not even realized existed. She lets the light into the rooms of imagination and possibilities. She is the instigator of words. She is both a writer and a writing coach. She is amazing at both of these roles.

Claire Roof

No way I would have finished my memoir without Anne Heffron. Anne is no mere coach. She is a mentor and a tireless advocate. I can’t say enough good about Anne. Writing my own story as an adoptee discovering my origin story late in life is one of the biggest challenges I have ever faced. Thank God Anne was there with me. It made the difference between writing and publishing, between journaling and becoming a published author.

Stuart Watson

Working with Anne Heffron has been nothing short of a miracle. I can't stress strongly enough how remarkable it's been to finally capture what had previously been so elusive. Anne, with her innate ability to connect with the writer inside me and that long-abandoned desire, made it happen.

 Elliott Lavine

Working with Anne continues to amaze and inspire me to write. There is a warmth, immediate sense of trust, and mutual respect that instinctively arrives from the minute Anne starts to coach you. Her dedication to encourage self-growth is delivered with an unfounded respect for everyone affected by adoption. She has helped change my life as an adoptee. Now I look forward writing and have Anne to help coach me through the feelings this creative process has unleashed.

Deanne Freeman

Anne Heffron is a midwife of authentic writing.  Her belief in the importance of the stories people have to tell is inspirational. She knows that the most beautiful telling of a good story is in the voice of the person who has lived it.  Anne will coach you to write, not for your college English professor, but for yourself .... AND for the world....in YOUR voice.   

Amy Geller

Using encouragement and wit, Anne guides me, like a yoga instructor, through challenging poses until I release my inner voice. She is that special person every writer needs among their community.

Susie Stricker

Anne possesses that rare gift of compassionate professionalism.   Attuned to what this writer needs to make it to the next chapter...she cheers, rebukes, questions, and gives orders (such as, drink lots of water)! She sees the invisible obstacles, helps me see them for myself, and sets me free to write again.  

A true author’s advocate, she possesses that rare gift of compassionate professionalism. She’s hilarious, empathetic, straightforward, and focused! Over this year, Anne’s coaching has given me the courage to tell my story and the confidence to persevere. 

Julie Landreneau 

Some people just make you smile for every reason. Anne is funny and is as real as it gets. She admittedly shares what she knows and challenges you to journey with her to figure out what she doesn’t know. On more than one occasion, she has said to me, “I’ll help you.  You go figure it out and then teach me.” She is a master of compassionate mischief and wholehearted encouragement. When I signed up for Write or Die, I knew I had some interesting stories to tell, but truth be told, I simply wanted to meet Anne. After reading her book, I felt like she had entered my brain and put words to all my crazy thoughts! Then, she enthusiastically convinced me that my words mattered, too. I treasure her and her joy.

Ruth Monnig

Anne has been mentoring me for a few years; she encouraged me to start a blog and go public with my writing. She asks questions that really get to the heart of what you know you want to write about.  I have been to a Write or Die workshop of hers and it is amazing what she can draw out of writers. Anne really takes into account the life of the writer when she is coaching. All of my interactions with her reveal something new about myself. She has given me confidence to put my work out there and to feel as though I have something to say that people will want to read.

Karri Baker

So much more than I expected! Anne has a wonderful ability of encouraging and somehow getting me to write and tell her stories that I hadn't realized I was holding onto so tightly. She is a gifted teacher and I feel like she has unlocked my heart and helped me to express my deepest feelings!

Erin O'Doherty