How can you tell if coaching can make your work more exciting and rewarding? No two writers' problems are exactly alike, but here are some signs it may be time for you to seek expert advice:

• You've lost your edge; rarely are you excited by a story.
• You procrastinate. You spend far too much time reporting, gathering too many notes you won't use. Your leads don't sing.
• You have difficulty organizing the material. Outlines don't seem to help.
• You write safe, cookie-cutter stories for your editors, not original, innovative stories for your readers.

If you're an editor, the symptoms differ, but the malady is as real:

• You dread having to assign stories to writers you think of as your "problem children."
• You know that stories need fixing, but you can't put your cursor on what's wrong.
• You feel rushed, under constant pressure. You never seem to have time to give stories the polish they deserve.
• You are rarely excited by the finished product.

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