Emily Hanlon Opens Doors To Your Imagination While Teaching You All The Fiction Writing Techniques Need To Succeed!​

The freedom to enjoy the challenge of creativity while we write is vital for fiction writers, but all too often we focus on our limitations instead of the vast potential of our imagination.

When this happens, we walk the narrow channels of what we think we should write instead of seeing the potential and possibilities of the stories and characters who wait for us to throw open the doors of the creative unconscious and invite them onto the pages of our stories. 

After having had eight works of fiction published by major New York publishers, I can say without hesitation, I never write the book I think I am going to write. Sure I lose my way (as every writer does or should) and I write a lot of messy first draft writing (as every writer does or should), but by trusting the journey and the gifts of the unconscious, I discover the real story I wanted to, needed to write.
Our best characters and plots  born from the unknown landscape of the creative unconscious are richer and more complex than anything the mind alone can come up with. What I know now, after a lifetime of writing, is there is no failure so long as I don't stop writing. For truly, writing is the song of my soul and I am a better, person for listening to its call.


 ​As your writing coach and mentor, I know how to guide you to the edge, give a little push and watch you fly!

I'm not saying this is an easy journey, but if you have hunger to write fiction and need a coach, explore my Mentoring Program, individualized writing programs, group writing workshops, and annual weeklong Women's Writing and Creativity Retreat.
​"In one session, Emily hit on what I suspected was wrong with my writing but had never been told. She said a writer has to dive into the "creative unconscious" to come up with what makes people laugh, cry and sigh. She led me to the edge of the pool, gave me a nudge, and said, "Jump in." I floundered a while, but she was there to support me. The process now feels as if I'm a seagull swooping down to the prize that awaits me under the water." ~ Angela Tehaan Leone 
​* Angela's novel, Swimming Toward the Light, was published in 2007
"I read your critique of my novel last night. Amazing how you picked up the things I felt weren’t there, yet didn’t know why or what to do about them. You have been a great teacher and friend. I'm sure there are others like me who would be trapped in our minds and darkness if you hadn't coaxed us, with your sincere encouragement and non-judgment." ~ Susan Omilian 
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To accomodate all budgets, I offer hourly sessions, monthly programs and weekly writing workshops. My coaching methods have developed from my more than thirty-five years of coaching and my seven published works of fiction as well as my Writer's Workbook, The Art of Fiction Writing.