"Alex has been assisting me with several writing and research projects for more than a year. They are very insightful, understanding, and helpful.
Alex provides excellent advice and support on all aspects of the process of writing: ideas, development of a framework, fleshing out raw drafts and outlines, encouraging effort, reviews and edits, and valuable feedback and support throughout the process.
Most important, they are dedicated to the project, understanding and inspiring to help make it a success. Alex's deep knowledge and experience with all forms of literature and creative endeavors is an invaluable resource." - David N
"I’m so happy I treated myself to a coaching session with Alex! My writing had been feeling stagnant for a while despite my passion for the novel I’ve been working on. I’m usually quite guarded about my creative processes as they’re very personal to me but Alex was able to guide the session in a way that made me feel completely at ease and safe to explore my project with them. At the same time, their insightful questions challenged me to consider exciting new perspectives and fresh ways forward.
Their professional experience shone through every step of the way and I’m super grateful for all the invaluable input I’m taking away from the session! Plus, I’m very proud of myself for facing the 5-min writing task they spontaneously presented me with (and that one shy part of me really did NOT want to do). Thanks to Alex’s warm yet professional encouragement, I was able to overcome this flash of inhibition and write a few lines. To anyone who has not struggled with writing before, this might not sound like much at all – but to me it highlighted just how inspiring and uplifting it was to work with Alex. I left the session grinning, buzzing with excitement and determined to build up a consistent writing routine to bring my visions to life. Thank you!" – Sophie H.
"Alex had come highly recommended for creative projects, but I was uncertain how they would react to a request for a boring medical text. Luckily Alex was enthusiastic, and not at all deterred by my tight deadline. With less than a day before my submission deadline, Alex had my paper read and returned within just a few hours.
They had made plenty of suggestions, caught several errors missed by my colleagues, and even found mistakes in my image captions which I had completely forgotten to proof read! They also asked ahead of time if I was looking only for spelling/grammatical errors or if I was looking for content/clarity edits as well.
Alex was helpful, supportive, and gave plenty of feedback without seeming overly-critical or pedantic. In this instance I only needed their service once, but in the future I would feel comfortable coming back for assistance earlier in the writing process to get the benefit of a professional hand guiding my work."
- Dr. Kate H.
"Alex reviewed a piece of fan fiction for me that featured a blind character. Not only did Alex's gramatical and structural suggestions technically elevate the piece, but Alex also encouraged me to question some of my character's behaviour to make it more aligned with the experiences of a person with disabilities. This approach added depth to the story and enhanced its credibility in portraying the struggles of a blind person in an ableist society." - Fanfiction writer in_a_pickle
"Alex uses their decades of experience and passion to provide high quality, personalized writing instruction. They carefully read through every chapter of my novel and thoughtfully discussed their feedback with me point by point. Would highly recommend!" - Ben J