Courageous Strategy Session with Bethany Hegedus$0


2.5 Hours of Connection, Coaching, and Strategy with Bethany

Bethany’s mission is to empower creatives to thrive at each phase of the literary life.

Bethany is always in creation mode not only when it comes to her writing life but ALSO supporting you in yours. She has set aside two days per month to work with writers for 2.5-hour exclusive creative strategy sessions. Bethany will bring the same laser focus and generous heart she brings to the CTC monthly offerings, the same deep craft and industry know-how she brings to her long term mentees that are publishing — publishing well — and generating income for themselves and their families.


So what is a Courageous Strategy Session? 2.5 hours devoted to you, your challenges, your goals, your development!


How does it work?

Hour 1: Passion & Purpose

Before your Creative Strategy Session, you will be asked to:

  • Draft and share your Big Why
  • Share your annual goals for the last 6 months of 2023


Bethany will familiarize herself with your goals and your Big Why, and during Hour 1 together, you will dig deep into your passion & purpose and goals, shape your hoped-for milestones, and add to the writing habits and self-care habits needed to get you to where you want to be.


Hour 2: Doing the Work

Our second hour is tailored to where you are in the journey to publication. You will choose one of the following:


On the Querying Quest

  • Share up to 4 PB pitches or a novel query turned in ahead of time
  • Query review with comments
  • An Agent to Meet YOUR Needs: Bethany will review a list of up to 15 agents you are interested in, and after a discussion based on your needs, will verbally share what she knows about each.


Shared Vision: Working with Your Agent

  • What is working/what isn’t
  • Scheduling a Vision Call: the ask and what to cover


Income Generator (Additional $200) - If you choose this option, please select the add-on for Income Generator at the bottom of the purchase page.

  • A review of your school visit presentation and pricing
  • Engaging Engagements: Create a keynote or pitch a craft class with Bethany on the spot
  • Revenue goal setting


Culminating in the Last Half Hour: Courageous Clarity

The final half hour will focus on YOUR specific Courageous Clarity Plan.

  • Next steps craft wise
  • Next steps industry wise
  • Prep for challenges that may arise, even as you have newfound clarity


You will leave the Courageous Strategy Session with an action plan, rooted deeply in your passion and purpose, taking into account where you are in your literary life, and where you are headed NEXT. Writers will be grounded in courage and confidence with a greater capacity to put yourself and your work out into the world, all the while believing your books and your career into being!


*Courage to Create members receive a discount of more than 50% on Courageous Strategy Sessions! Learn more about the CTC and join the waitlist for when we open to new members soon.


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  • Preferred option
    One-time payment ($1750.00)$1750.00
  • Preferred option
    Split pay (2x $900.00)2x $900.00

Choosing the Income Generator option for Hour 2?

Select this add-on to include a school visit review with your purchase!
The Income Generator option for Hour 2 includes:
  • A review of your school visit presentation and pricing
  • Engaging Engagements: Create a keynote or pitch a craft class with Bethany on the spot
  • Revenue goal setting

"Studying and working with Bethany one-on-one is what really took my writing to the next level. I had been sitting on my recent nonfiction idea for a couple of years. After my last rejection, Bethany said, “it’s time for you to write it. If you don’t, someone else will.” She gave me two weeks to get a draft to her. I’ve never worked that hard to produce a manuscript. The edits from Bethany paid off! In BIG ways!"

Robyn McGrath
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“Bethany helped me realize that I had a unique voice in my work and that I should trust my instincts when writing. She helped make my work read and sound so much more authentic when I let my own "-isms" shine and worry less about how other writers would portray something.”

Jason June
NYT Bestselling Author

“I chose a lit life coaching package because Bethany’s knowledge of and insight into the kid lit world is vast — she’s a real pro. I already have an agent and a wonderful, consistent critique group, so if I was going to add another layer to my writing support schedule (and to my writing expenses!), it needed to be something that went above and beyond. Bethany’s one-on-one sessions are just that. In them, we talk about specific texts, have conversations on more broad literary topics and questions, or even spin out future writing ideas and plans. Needless to say, our hour races by!”

Kerry Ferguson
Agented, Pippin Properties

“The word coach comes from the same word for a carriage or stagecoach: a vehicle that brings you to your destination. That kind of coaching answers the important HOW questions of getting from point A to B. How do I get and keep an agent and know that agent is right for me? I landed an agent and a book deal: now what? How do I deal with the many twists and turns that make up the Lit Life? Wherever you are on your writing journey, Bethany will help you get there, with that perfect balance of a warm heart and a clear mind. She’s been in the room where it happens, and that insider knowledge was absolutely vital for me, an emerging BIPOC writer with disabilities living abroad. Yet even more invaluable was her guidance on the WHY questions, which took our one-to-one sessions to another level by shifting my perspective from the margin to the center. Like a guide who surveys the entire terrain, Bethany encourages us to be clear-eyed advocates for ourselves—and to always ask for what we need, so that we and our work will thrive. With heart and humor, Bethany’s coaching offers a beautifully expansive vision of what our Lit Life can be, one rooted in service and authenticity.”

Nadine Pinede
2 Books Under Contract

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