Rebecca Pickens

Certified Book Coach and Developmental Editor

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Category(ies): Coaching | Experts for Doctors | Writing | Publishing

Rebecca Pickens is a writer, editor, and book coach who works with writers at every stage of their creative journey. She is also host of Self-Editing Essentials, a group coaching program for writers who have finished or almost finished writing a memoir or novel and are ready to learn the art of self-editing. Her short fiction has been nominated for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers and, most recently, The Pushcart Prize. Rebecca is currently at work on a novel. To learn more about the way she supports writers, subscribe to her newsletter (https://rebecca-pickens-coaching.ck.page/freenewsletter) or visit her YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@RebeccaBookCoach.

Note: You can consider enrolling in Rebecca Pickens’ coaching course, here. A small percentage of the course will be paid to SoMeDocs, to help keep us running, at no additional cost to you.

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I help fiction and nonfiction writers start, finish, and get their stories out into the world.

Rebecca Pickens

I help fiction and nonfiction writers start, finish, and get their stories out into the world.

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Lecture(s)

The Character Problem

Rebecca Pickens delivers a craft-focused exploration of how to create emotionally complex characters with contradiction, interiority, blind spots, and competing desires across fiction, memoir, and narrative nonfiction.

Where to Begin: Building a Strong Foundation for Your Novel or Memoir

Rebecca Pickens delivers a practical lecture helping physicians identify the right writing project, shape their experiences into story, and begin with greater focus, direction, and purpose.

Triage Your Draft: Diagnose What’s Broken and Treat the Right Problem First

Rebecca Pickens, developmental editor and book coach, shares a triage-based approach to diagnose root manuscript issues and prioritize structural edits that move drafts forward.

The Path to Publication

Rebecca Pickens explores traditional publishing, hybrid presses, self-publishing, and querying to help writers navigate the publishing process with greater confidence and strategy.

The Revision That Changes Everything: Beyond Surface-Level Edits

Rebecca Pickens provides revision tools and techniques that help writers identify what needs fixing so they can revise with greater efficiency and precision.

Building a Story That Pulls Readers Forward: Creating Momentum, Consequence, and Tension

Rebecca Pickens delivers a craft-focused lecture explores how to build stories with momentum, tension, and consequence that hold together structurally and keep readers emotionally invested.

Write a Fabulous First Page: Tips and Techniques for Crafting Your Book’s Best Beginning

Rebecca Pickens, Certified Book Coach & Developmental Editor, says a novel’s first page should shine! Discover tips and techniques to ensure your novel’s beginning hooks readers and grabs agents’ attention.

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Inquiries

Business inquiries only please: journalists looking for quotes, businesses looking for advisors/consultants, podcasts looking for guests, or events looking for speakers. Be sure to include your best contact details so they may easily get back to you. NO MEDICAL ADVICE OR INQUIRIES please.

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