Hi. I’m Michelle Caplan, a writer, editor, coach and meaning maker.
My life is about creating. I help artists and all types of creatives like you frame and execute your narratives— whether they are written stories (novels, memoirs, screenplays) or blueprints for the way you move through your life—with concrete strategies, personal coaching, and a "sooner rather than later" attitude.
I spent most of my career behind the scenes, writing and supporting hundreds of creatives (authors—both new and established, publishers, agents, producers) as a literary midwife to conceive and execute marketable creative projects across all areas of publishing and film through coaching, editing, rewriting, collaboration, ghosting, individual tutorials and writing workshops.
As editor-in-chief of a small publishing house in the greater NYC area, I commissioned and grew authors, as well as managed editorial, production and publicity with an incredibly talented team. I have a proven track record of success with well-reviewed and featured books—edited and ghostwritten (NYTimes, Today Show, Meet the Press, WSJ, PW, Kirkus, and NYRB among other major publications. I understand the publishing and film industries and what it takes to position your product.
In addition to my extensive literary background, I am a certified creativity coach, so whether you need technical expertise in bringing your project to life or visionary guidance to address your creative flow, I support and elevate both the art and the artist.
How do you keep writing or living your current life even when it doesn’t feel meaningful?
Just as a writer must consciously decide each step of the way which elements will form the design of their masterpiece, everyday creatives like you (artists, performers, entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, mothers, empty nesters) must choose to value something or stand for something or to give something to life in order to create meaningful opportunities.
Where do you want to invest meaning?
Invest in your creative efforts and life choices and I will help you embrace and master the creative anxiety that comes when you are doing something great.
You are in charge of the narrative for your life.
Are you ready to reignite your courage and create behaviors that support your values, principles and dreams?
Let’s use your skills and talents and desires to organize and grow your life in the direction of your best work and life.
Are you tired of going through the motions every day and want to infuse your life with purpose and meaning and JOY?
I am a skilled mentor and coach and will help you identify and align yourself with your life purposes as well as rejuvenate your relationships.
Become a quick-acting and effective CEO of your life.
Let’s bring your maximum vitality into everything that you do.
We all have a need for personal expression and meaningful experiences.
Let me help you write and live your unique work of art.