Upcoming Classes / Individual Consultation
Individual Writing Consultation
I have a craft-focused approach to writing. While I am interested in helping you develop the process skills that will enable you to get to the deep subject of your writing, I begin with a practical and straightforward elements-based critique of your work.
Individual sessions will focus on your strengths as a writer and might include custom exercises, directed reading and writing and suggestions to keep you going.
I charge $40/hour for these services. We can set up a specific series of deadlines and conversation times, or you might prepay for a certain amount of time that you can "spend" on your ongoing writing concerns as you see fit, within a set time period.
Manuscript Critique
Approximate costs for close reading and substantive critique for a 60-page manuscript is $350 (see rates below). Custom contracts are also available for smaller projects or particular services, arranged according to your needs.
Rates/Available Services:
- Groups of poems (10-15 pages), once or as an ongoing mentoring project, builidng up to a book: $110
- Chapbook manuscript refinement, editing, arrangement: $200 for (18-32 pages)
- Full length book; arrangement only: $200
- Full length book; arrangement and line editing: $350 (for 45-82 pages)
Free estimates based on sample poems or book manuscript. Please contact me at: julietpatterson@earthlink.net
For me the pleasure of writing includes feedback from a trusted reader. Juliet Patterson is a breathtaking reader. She sees into a poem. She becomes its champion. How fortunate I've been to have the benefit of her insights and suggestions. The range of her poetic knowledge is exceptional. She's able to tune into a poem's unique voice, while also holding an overall perspective on issues such as timing and coherence. I recommend her
services as a teacher and coach, without reservation.
—A. Douglas
Juliet Patterson is a gifted teacher. She has been able to bring out the essence of my work, nurture my development as a poet, supply me with an intellectual framework and motivate me to keep writing. She has a unique ability to see into the work, make interventions, and never impose herself on the writer. She is unfailingly kind and unflinchingly challenging.
—E. M Sanders
I have worked with Juliet Patterson in a formal, academic setting and in a less structured, independent context. In both situations, Juliet excels as a guide and mentor. I can attest to her abilities as thinker, poet, writer, editor, and teacher. As a long time professional educator myself, I’ve come to recognize engaging, productive, learner-centered instruction when I experience it. Juliet has helped me grow and develop in ways I can only describe in a poem. I count myself charmed by the universe to work with her.
—Christopher Title, English Instructor/The Art Institutes International Minnesota
Juliet possesses tremendous technical skill, is well read and has always provided me with challenging ideas and comments in regard to my own work. I highly recommend her as a teacher.
—Niki Neems, Iowa City, Iowa
