Happy Tuesday, WriteByNighters!
"For many of us, the word 'coach' summons images of some square-jawed dude or dudette gripping a clipboard in his/her meaty paws, a shrill whistle around his/her beefy neck, and a demonic, otherworldly red face out of which pour buckets of spittle and furious commands to give 110 percent, to be aggressive, and to leave some vague 'it' out on the field or court, because in order to succeed, 'you’ve gotta want' some ostensibly different but
equally vague 'it.'
"Right? Maybe I have bad associations with 'coach' because I’ve only dealt with athletics coaches.
"Does 'writing coach' conjure similar impressions? Maybe it summons no images at all? Although we here at WriteByNight constantly and shamelessly brag about our staff of talented writing coaches, with good reason, lately we’ve received several emails asking, 'What is a writing
coach?'"
