Get Expert Feedback on your Nonfiction Writing
Bring your draft, your outline, your stuck chapter, or your back-of-the-napkin notes to our consultation.
Walk away knowing exactly what to fix, how to fix it, and why it works.
If you're at the top of your field and have a story to tell, then we should work together.
It doesn't matter what field you're in.
Using my Reader Psychology approach, you'll be able to craft a compelling manuscript, sharpen your message, and ensure your ideas resonate with readers.Do you need...
If you're an expert or thought leader, nothing grows your credibility, expands your audience, and leverages your skills like the right book.
I'm William Fitzpatrick.
I spent more than a decade as English professor at a top-tier research university in South Korea. As director of the writing program, I helped experts and thought leaders turn important ideas into clear, effective writing.
Now, I'm helping experts like you craft compelling manuscripts, sharpen their message, and ensure their ideas resonate with readers.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much writing should I send you before the call?
Let's say 3,000-5,000 words—enough for me to see the patterns in your writing, but not so much that the feedback becomes scattered.
If you have a full manuscript, send the section you're most unsure about.
If we get into line edits, one session is usually enough to dive in closely to 2-3 pages.
What if I don't have a draft yet?
That's fine—not every call needs a manuscript.
You might be trying to figure out whether a book is even the right move, or weighing self-publishing against traditional, or wondering how to build an audience around your expertise before you start writing. These are all things we can work through together.
Before the call, send me whatever's on your desk—notes, an outline, a proposal, a list of questions—and I'll come prepared to give you a clear, honest assessment of where you are and the most direct path to where you want to go.
Will you line-edit my writing?
This isn't a proofreading service.
We'll focus on the big picture: structure, argument, pacing, clarity, and reader engagement.
If a sentence-level issue is part of a larger pattern, I'll flag it. But the goal is to help you see your writing the way a reader sees it (not to fix commas).
What's Reader Psychology?
It's my approach to evaluating and improving nonfiction writing, built on how readers actually process information.
Most writing advice focuses on either the writer or the text—for the writer, you'll hear banalities like find your voice or follow your curiosity; for the text, you'll find maxims like vary sentence length or avoid passives.
Reader Psychology flips that. It asks: what does the reader know, what do they want to know, and how can we be sure that they perceive the value in your ideas?
All writing decisions proceed from our obsessive focus on your specific reader.
Can I book more than one call?
Yes. And honestly, this work is most effective as an ongoing collaboration.
But I understand wanting to test the fit first.
So let's start with a single session. Then, based on your project and goals, I'll recommend either a 5- or 10-session coaching package.
If you decide to sign on, your first session is on the house. The single-session fee gets deducted from the package price.
Can you help me with fiction?
My professional expertise is nonfiction, so I can't offer the same systematic, Reader Psychology approach I'd bring to a nonfiction manuscript.
That said, plenty of fiction writers find me through YouTube or the blog and have found my feedback valuable.
As a lifelong reader of literary fiction with an undergraduate background in English literature, I can give you an honest, craft-informed read of your draft.
Just know going in that it'll be more subjective than strategic, and I can't advise on fiction publishing.
You already did the hard part: you became the expert.
Now let's turn that expertise into a book that matters.
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