PACKAGED SERVICES
Dissertation Coaching & Editing Packages
Completing a dissertation requires sustained writing under conditions that most doctoral programs do not adequately prepare students for. The genre conventions of dissertation writing — what a literature review is actually supposed to argue, what a methodology chapter needs to establish, what “done” looks like for a given committee — are rarely taught explicitly. Most doctoral writers are left to reverse-engineer these expectations while managing committee relationships, teaching responsibilities, and the isolation of the later stages of doctoral work.
Strategic Writing Consulting offers structured coaching and editing packages for doctoral writers at any stage of the dissertation, designed by Rhiannon Maton, Ph.D., a Full Professor with 25 peer-reviewed publications, a co-edited Routledge Handbook, and ongoing experience as the leading editor of academic journals. Packages combine live coaching sessions with asynchronous document review, structured around your timeline rather than a fixed weekly schedule.
Hourly consulting and document review are also available for writers who prefer flexible, as-needed support. See the Book Now page for details.
Dissertation Packages
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Best for: Writers who need focused momentum on a specific problem — a stalled chapter, a proposal under revision, a literature review that isn't convincing your committee, or a stretch of the dissertation that needs concentrated attention.
Investment: $1500
What's Included:
Session Bank: 4 coaching sessions (60 min. each)
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Draw on your sessions as needed across the month — front-loaded, spaced out, or clustered around a deadline. Sessions are not scheduled weekly by default; you direct the pacing.
Document Review: up to 6,000 words
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Send drafts and receive annotated written feedback within 2–3 business days.
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Focused on argument structure, genre conventions, and how the document will read to a committee audience.
Session Conversion
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Any unused session may be converted to 3,000 words of additional asynchronous document review on request
Unused Components: Unused package components (e.g., coaching sessions & document review) expire 60 days after the package end date.
Additional review: Document review beyond the included 6,000 words is available at $0.06/word, confirmed in advance. For larger documents, please contact rhiannon@strategicwritingconsulting.com before booking.
Best for: Writers navigating a sustained stretch of dissertation work — drafting or revising across multiple chapters, working through a significant round of committee feedback, or rebuilding momentum after a period of stalled progress.
Investment: $3300
What's Included:
Session Bank: 8 coaching sessions (60 min. each)
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Use your sessions across the three-month period as your preparation requires — Clustered around committee deadlines, spaced for accountability, or front-loaded at the start of the engagement. You direct the pacing.
Document Review: up to 6,000 words/month (18,000 words total)
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Annotated written feedback returned within 2–3 business days. Unused monthly word count rolls over within the package timeframe. All accumulated unused review capacity expires at the package end date, with a 60-day grace period.
Session Conversion
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Any unused coaching session may be converted to 3,000 words of additional asynchronous document review on request
Unused Components: Unused package components (e.g., coaching sessions & document review) expire 60 days after the package end date.
Additional review: Document review beyond the included 18,000 words is available at $0.06/word, confirmed in advance. For larger documents, please contact rhiannon@strategicwritingconsulting.com before submitting documents that exceed the monthly cap.
Best for: Writers who want consistent strategic and editorial partnership across a major phase of the dissertation — from proposal through early chapters, across a full draft, or defended proposal to submitted manuscript.
Investment: $6000
What's Included:
Session Bank: 14 coaching sessions (60 min. each)
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Fourteen hours of live coaching to draw on across six months, directed entirely by your priorities and timeline. Sessions can be used for chapter strategy, committee navigation, argument development, writing process, or any other dimension of the dissertation work.
Document Review: up to 6,000 words/ month (36,000 words total)
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Annotated written feedback returned within 2–3 business days. Unused monthly word count rolls over within the package timeframe. All accumulated unused review capacity expires at the package end date, with a 60-day grace period.
Session Conversion
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Any unused session may be converted to 3,000 words of additional asynchronous document review on request
Unused Components: Unused package components (e.g., coaching sessions & document review) expire 60 days after the package end date.
Additional review: Document review beyond the monthly 6,000 word cap is available at $0.06/word, confirmed in advance. Contact rhiannon@strategicwritingconsulting.com before submitting documents that exceed the monthly cap.