Lisa Cooper Ellison
Writer, Editor & Coach
What i do
Manuscript Evaluation
Looking for feedback before you move forward?
Developmental Editing
Need someone to help you tackle serious problems in your manuscript?
Coaching
Starting a new project or feeling stuck and overwhelmed?
Classes and Seminars
Looking for a speaker or instructor for your next event?
Mindful Writing
Getting Started
I offer a free thirty-minute initial consultation via Skype for all potential clients to discuss the scope of their projects, goals, deadlines, and budgets.
“The best part of this work has been watching other writers blossom.”
About Lisa Ellison Cooper
Lisa Ellison is a freelance writer, editor, and writing coach. She teaches memoir and the art of story telling at WriterHouse, a nonprofit writing center in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her work and life story are forthcoming or have appeared on NPR’s With Good Reason, and in The Kenyon Review, Huffington Post, The Rumpus, The Guardian, Streetlight, Gravel Literary Journal, The Rusty Nail, Charlottesville Family, and The Healthy Living Directory.
of their stories one word at a time.
Testimonials
Slow Pieces Blog
Writing Is Your Gift: How to Share It With Others During The Holiday Season
The holidays are upon us. Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, New Year’s, the Solstice, or Festivus (for the rest of us), the end of the calendar year is filled with opportunities to celebrate all that is good in our lives. As we close out the year, I invite you to view your writing as a gift rather than a vocation. Instead of imagining grand pieces you’ll one day submit for publication, let your art have a simple, rich, and immediate effect on someone else.
Harnessing the Fast Draft: Eight Essential NaNoWriMo Tips
There’s something about the end of the year that inspires us to produce more work. Perhaps it’s that extra hour of sleep we gained at the end of daylight savings time or the promise of feasting and family time motivates us to sit in our chairs. Maybe, with time running out, we can no longer ignore our inner procrastination monster’s frightening roar.
When Memories Fly: Tips for Engaging Your Involuntary Memory in the Writing Process
Over the past few months, I’ve struggled to figure out where to begin my new memoir. There are so many entry points for our stories. In fact, I wrote those words—there are so many entry points for this story—as the introductory sentence in a terrible draft I cranked...