About Us
Writer Therapy is a story consultation company that provides story analysis and training. We help storytellers create the strongest stories in movies and television, books, theater, and more.
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Expert Knowledge
All of our analysts have been trained in the Key2Story Narrative Map, as well as all other aspects of storytelling. We provide our clients with in-depth feedback that doesn’t just point out issues, but explains why those issues affect audiences, agents, and publishers. Our continuing research ensures that we always improve our own work and keep on top of current market trends. We can then apply this to our clients’ stories.
Quality
We have a high standard at Writer Therapy. We provide more depth in our feedback than you’ll receive anywhere else. By providing clients with the best service, we help them compete with the countless stories produced each year. And we don’t want them to create just a “one-hit wonder,” but an evergreen story that will last for years to come.
Collaborative
We work in collaboration with our team and with our clients to not just give feedback for their current project, but to provide instruction on how to sharpen their skills as storytellers. We look to the heart of the story that the client wants to tell and provide catered suggestions that feel organic to the story and create an impactful connection with the target audience.
Testimonials
What People are Saying about
Writer Therapy
A new author can never get too much feedback. I have a fabulous critique partner and used several alpha and beta readers before publishing my first book, but for my next project I wanted more. I’m so glad I found Writer Therapy. Andraea’s report was thorough and insightful. When my critique partner said, “That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you!” it was an epiphany: “Ohhh. Now I get it!” Andraea explained things in a way that was easy to understand and supported her analysis with documents that provided further clarification with specific examples and concepts to help address the issues. There’s still so much to learn, but I know that all my future projects will benefit from this investment. Worth every penny!
Jacque Alanberry
Chersti is incredible and worth every penny. The depth of her analysis is second to none and I cannot recommend her enough.
Brock S.
Chersti has a deep understanding of story structure as well as a keen eye for detail. She knows how to take a writer’s raw material and guide them through their process to create the best possible version of their story.
Liesl Shurtliff
New York Bestselling Author of Rump
Chersti’s edits always help me see the deeper changes that will shape my story into the one I’ve been trying to tell all along. Her experience with sci-fi and fantasy is a huge bonus, as she helps point out how I can use (and subvert!) tropes more effectively. And as a bit more icing on the cake, her line editing is always so precise!
Shallee McArthur
Tanner is a wizard. I’ve worked with Tanner twice now on two different 50-page Reader Reports for stories I was drafting. After providing a pitch, a synopsis, and the opening pages, Tanner identified not only what I was doing well, but exposed a number of weaknesses in where I was planning to go. He sat down with me and offered in depth analysis about not just why it needed to change, but what to change, and how to change it. Following Tanner’s brainstorming suggestions, not only was I able to write the full draft in record time, it’s the cleanest first draft I’ve ever written! The second reader report, he exposed a number of world-building inconsistencies and secondary character issues that weren’t even on my radar.
Tanner has saved me SO much time (and money) by helping me draft with confidence. The reader report also gave me the opportunity to see his line by line and word by word analysis, and I am confident that regardless of which ever type of edit I need moving forward, Tanner can deliver. Aside from ability, knowledge, and professionalism, Tanner is a great person and the type of editor every author needs in their writing corner! Thank you!
Tim Facciola
Her encyclopedic knowledge of books, films, and tv series that share plot elements with your manuscript is freakishly impressive.
Susan C.
I cannot put Chersti’s brilliance into words. Her mastery of storytelling is so vast that she is able to deconstruct even the most complicated novels and take the plot and characterization to the next level. She loves the stories she edits too–as if they were her own. That passion is extended to helping build and guide authors as well.
Doc V.
I love working with Chersti! She has a fantastic editorial eye and delivers feedback in such a tactful and personable manner.
Tricia Levenseller
International Bestselling Author of Daughter of the Pirate King
Write a novel. Submit it to Chersti. You’ll receive information that is probably the equivalent of a master’s degree in writing. Not a bad deal.
Chersti provided such extensive feedback on my mystery novel that I was resistant to it at first.(I’d spent years perfecting it people!) However, with the help of follow up phone calls and complete answers to my exhausting questions(She went WAY above and beyond!(which I think she did because she knows her feedback is so valuable once the person gets it!)) and thinking about her feedback for a couple weeks, my mind opened in waves of understanding I didn’t think possible. I’d already read all the books on writing.
My experience: I sprung for the more expensive editor. It was worth 5 times that easy, or for me, invaluable. Best thing I ever did for my writing, hands down.
Writing is even more engrossing now that I understand what she taught me about character motivations and so is reading.
I’m truly grateful.
Danny Von der Ahe
Imagine if you could take a university course focused on the structure of your new book, and the professor of that course was enthusiastic about the novel and determined to help you raise it to the next level. That is what you’ll get from a developmental assessment from Chersti.
Joe Henderson
Chersti’s edits always help me see the deeper changes that will shape my story into the one I’ve been trying to tell all along. Her experience with sci-fi and fantasy is a huge bonus, as she helps point out how I can use (and subvert!) tropes more effectively. And as a bit more icing on the cake, her line editing is always so precise!