STORY STRATEGY & BOOK Coaching
Let’s Write Something Beautiful Together
You started your novel dreams with a vision. I’m here to help you build the strategy, confidence, and momentum to make it real.
Meet Your Coach
Hi, I’m Cate. I’m So Glad You’re Here.
I spent years writing in the margins of my own unbalanced, busy life — making mistakes, figuring things out the hard way, and eventually finding a creative path that felt both purposeful and productive.
I believe strategy and soul aren’t opposites. The best books are written with both — clear story strategy and a deep connection to your “story soul.” That’s the kind of support I bring to every client.
How We Work Together
Services Designed for Where You Are Right Now
Whether you’re just starting out with an idea, have written yourself into a messy middle, or are ready to find a home for your finished book there’s a path forward designed specifically for you.
Most Popular
1-on-1 Coaching
Deep, personalized coaching for who who want a trusted story strategist and creative partner. We work through your biggest challenges and build a clear roadmap to completing your novel.
Community Connection
Book Club Group
Join a group of ambitious authors for monthly strategic analysis, peer review, and collective wisdom of writing craft and fiction books. Read like a writer, write like a pro.
Intensive Focus
WiP Strategy Day
A powerful half-day or one-day intensive where we dive deep into your book, break through your biggest bottleneck, and create a clear, actionable plan for manuscript momentum.
Client Love
Real Results from Real Women
“Working with Cate changed everything. Within three months I had my first act completely written. I finally feel like I’m in my author era.”
Jane A.
Romance Writer
“I came in overwhelmed and directionless. Cate helped me clarify my genre, choose a story idea, and build a story strategy I can write with.”
Rachel K.
Women’s Fiction Writer
“The Story Strategy session was the single best investment I’ve made in my writing. We accomplished in 90 minutes what would have taken me weeks to untangle.”
Amanda T.
Aspiring Writer
“Cate has a gift for seeing what’s holding you back and showing you the exact steps to move forward. I feel so excited about my writing again.”
Charlotte B.
Romance Writer
Free Resources
Start Here — These Are On Me
Not ready to invest yet? Start with these free resources and get a feel for how I teach. No strings attached.
Digital Download
Goal-Setting Workbook
Stop setting goals you forget by February. This step-by-step workbook helps you set goals that stick — with quarterly planning pages, weekly check-ins, and a full-year roadmap.
Digital Download
Pricing Confidence Guide
Learn how to price your services without apology. Includes a pricing formula worksheet, a script for raising rates, and a mindset guide for overcoming undercharging for good.
Digital Download
5-Day Business Reset Email Series
Five days of focused prompts delivered to your inbox to help you reset your mindset, refocus your strategy, and reignite your momentum.
Writer Resources
The 5 Layers of Story
• S – Setup (Exposition & Inciting Incident): Establish your protagonist’s ordinary world, their immediate desires, and the catalyst—the inciting incident—that disrupts their status quo. This layer forces the hero to leave their comfort zone.
• T – Tension (Rising Action): Introduce obstacles, subplots, and rising stakes. This layer creates cause-and-effect scenarios where the hero is tested, fails, and must adapt to an increasingly unfamiliar world.
• O – Obstacles (Midpoint & Reversal): Challenge your characters physically and emotionally. At the midpoint, a major plot twist or false victory reverses the story’s trajectory, leading the protagonist into the “black moment”.
• R – Resolution (The Climax & Falling Action): Bring the primary conflicts to a head. The protagonist pays a heavy price but ultimately applies their learned skills to face the villain or primary problem, tying up subplots.
• Y – Yield (Theme & Transformation): Show how the protagonist has fundamentally changed. This final layer delivers the story’s core emotional weight, answering the “so what?” by conveying a profound moral, lesson, or philosophical truth.
Ready to Begin?
Your Best Book Year Starts Here
You don’t have to figure it out alone. Let’s work together to write something you’re genuinely proud of.
