PROJECT GUIDE + CREATIVE COACH
$999$1,125
THE PROJECT GUIDE + CREATIVE COACH
Guidance through the process of making something real.
This is for when the problems are bigger than one breakthrough, one clear roadmap, or one good conversation that gets you excited for three days (before the project starts mutating again.)
Maybe it’s a talk, show, set of stories, keynote, pitch, course, or larger creative endeavor. Maybe you know what it wants to become. Maybe you even have a strong direction.
But every time you actually work on it, the thing changes shape.
New problems appear. Old decisions stop making sense. The clean outline gets muddy. The part you loved on Tuesday starts looking suspicious by Friday. Suddenly your project has grown extra legs and it feels like it's out to get you.
That does not mean the project is doomed. It usually means the project is alive, and you need help making smart decisions as it grows.
I’m an award-winning performance storyteller, writer, and coach. I’ve performed Off-Broadway, at the National Storytelling Festival, and at major festivals across the U.S. and Canada, so I’ve spent years learning what makes stories, talks, and performances actually land with real audiences.
The Project Guide + Creative Coach package helps you move through the larger creative process without getting re-lost every time the project grows.
Over eight hour sessions, we’ll work through the project as it develops, making stronger choices about structure, writing, performance, audience experience, revision, and what needs to happen next.
This is not just “feedback.”
Disorganized feedback can leave you with more opinions than direction. This is ongoing guidance, practical problem-solving, and expert perspective while you make the thing.
We’ll work together to answer questions like:
What is the strongest next version of this project?
What should change now, and what should wait?
Where is the project getting clearer, and where is it getting weaker?
What needs more structure, clarity, surprise, humor, emotion, or heat?
Where might the audience drift, resist, or disconnect?
What choices will make this easier to perform, publish, pitch, teach, or sell?
What is the next right problem to solve?
How do we keep the project moving without losing the point of it?
This is best if you don’t just need help finding the shape of the project. You want someone to help you stay oriented while you build, revise, strengthen, and prepare it.
You’ll leave with stronger ideas, clearer frameworks for making decisions, and expert guidance through the process of making it real.
Stay oriented. Make better choices. Keep the project moving.
Steffani Raff, Storyteller, Author
“Paul is able to identify specific moments in a performance or story that can be polished to increase its overall effectiveness. He is a story technician at heart and can give you ideas on specific things to try in order to improve the moment in the story you are working on. Then he helps you practice the skill or technique you need to be more successful. Each skill he teaches then becomes replicable in other performances and stories. He is very in tune with the teller and honors their connection to the story, their personal style, and what they want from the coaching experience. He is naturally positive and encouraging. He truly cares about helping you not only understand but also feel confident and successful in what he teaches or works on with you. I highly recommend Paul as a coach and mentor.” — Steffani Raff, Storyteller, Author, Podcaster
Andy Russell, Storyteller and Musician
“Paul’s process is a way to stay in touch with your own creativity, no matter how busy your schedule or disjointed your life may be. It raises your awareness in ways that are completely adaptable throughout your life, and helps you celebrate your successes rather than beating yourself up over your shortcomings.” — Andy Russell, Storyteller
Dr. Charla Hathaway, Author, Performer
“I want to tell you what a great time I had working with Paul Strickland and learning how to get my material together for a one-woman show. He helped me with things like ordering my stories, adding depth, giving the audience permission to laugh, placing characters, building characterization, and tying my stories together with a theme. He gave me so much more confidence, and it was worth every penny. I hope you enjoy working with Paul.” — Charla Hathaway
Kristin Pedemonti, Storyteller/Speaker
“Paul's coaching style of deep active listening combined with adroit skills in connecting dots to pictures you might not have been aware were possible while simultaneously speaking in vivid metaphors allows a preferred path to solidify, a path upon which you feel fired up to journey! Thank you Paul for opening up possibilities!”