My coaching, like the writing process, is dynamic and spontaneous. Whether my client is a seasoned author looking to polish their manuscript, or a new writer just dipping their toes in the literary world for the first time, I help him or her bring the pieces of their creation together in an articulate, honest, and effective form.

What I help my writing clients do is to uncover their brilliance. I guide them to use their creative abilities, with the specific tool of writing, to shape the lives of their readers. My coaching is really igniting their creative intelligence to craft not only words, but also new life perspectives for them and their audience.

In my coaching, I share everything I know about writing, and living, too. I believe that they are entwined. It’s not scientific, it’s only my theory, but there seems to be a chemical response that helps you know yourself better through the written word.

Writers are unique, and their coaching process will be as well. I suggest that we have a telephone interview to discuss where you feel you are as a writer, what your goals are, and what you are committed to attaining in the coaching and writing process. We can then design a plan that will best suit your intentions.

I offer different coaching plans designed to help guide you in the writing process, and in the actual editing of your work. The different options are meant to help the beginning writer build a foundation, and the seasoned writer to become prolific. You can upgrade at any time.

To contact me about the possible coaching plans available to you, email marilyn@clarityofvision.com or call me at 503-460-0014. I look forward to hearing from you!

As your writing coach, I will guide you on the write path, from concept to the marketplace. I will help you get to the heart of what you are driven to say, and to do it with clarity and authenticity. Here are the principles that I promise to bring to our time together:

My one-on-one work over the past four years with the 100+ authors of the Guide to Getting It Life and Business Coaching book series has given me incredible insights on the writing process and how it can be used to help in your reader’s and your personal, spiritual, and business life. Through my writing coaching and work with coaches, I have discovered a wealth of healing and growth available by using the creative process of writing.

My passion and strength as a writing coach is guiding writers to discover their true selves through their stories. I write from my own experience. I encourage my authors to write from theirs. I have found that there is tremendous growth and discovery as you write your own story, even though your intended audience is another reader. In the end, the greatest reward is that both you and the reader are transformed.

As a Writing and Life Coach, I use humor, compassion, and a strong sense of a writer’s abilities to support and motivate my clients to become published authors. I have found that my purpose in life is to give a voice to subjects that benefit others. My mission is to provide truthful, clear, and motivating information to those who passionately desire more in their writing. My vision is to use my two passions—coaching and storytelling—to convey this information to as many people as possible.

I graduated from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon with a Bachelor of Science degree in Technical Journalism with emphasis in Business Management. After working for several years as a technical writer contracting to high tech companies in the United States and Pacific Rim countries, I veered from the writing path and started my first business, M’s Tea & Coffee House, in Corvallis.

In 1998 I enrolled in Coach University and started Clarity of Vision, a Business and Life Coaching practice. The law of attraction soon worked its magic, and my experience in writing soon began drawing writing clients to my business.

Looking for a way to combine my coaching and writing experience, I decided to create a book series that would be written by coaches and that highlighted principles and ideas supported in the coaching process.

Thus, the Guide to Getting It Life and Business Coaching book series was born. There are now seven titles published in the series, with three more slated for 2006.