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I coach writers on how to create a more expressive voice.
My clients are playwrights, screenwriters, business execs, fiction writers, memoirists, and personal essay writers. Their work is produced in theaters and on screens across the country as well as in The New York Times, the Boston Globe, MIT Press. I was the subject of a profile in The New York Times that highlighted my unique work coaching rabbis on their sermon writing and preaching skills. I’m a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and I was featured in a recent profile for Northwestern Magazine. I value my work as a teaching artist and I’ve conducted writing workshops at Northwestern University, Carnegie Mellon, the Dramatist Guild Institute, ESPA, Play Penn, and Hebrew Union College.
Whether you’re writing a memoir, sermon, play, screenplay, or essay, I’ll help you reinforce your unique voice. I want you to become more confident, more excited about writing. You’ll learn to write more compelling, succinct work that connects deeply with your audience. We’ll meet for hour long session and discuss the writing you’ve sent me. I’ll give you homework and we’ll set goals. Start a new project or finish a rewrite! From your first draft to final edits I’ll be there every step of the way.
Client Success Stories
I teach my clients what I’ve learned over the last 25 years not so that they can mimic me or copy a set of formulas, but so that they can break the formulas, develop their own voice and enjoy successes of their own. The following is a selection of client’s achievements.
Mary Bacon’s Tiny Love Story, Love and Loss, appeared in the Sunday New York Times. She’s an alum of the Lowe Writers Workshop 2025 and 2026.
I worked with Diana Chapman Walsh, President emerita of Wellesley College on her beautiful memoir The Claims of Life.
Andrea Fleck Clardy, a prolific playwright, has turned to essay writing. She recently published her sixth essay in the Boston Globe.
Constance Humphrey Egan’s play Secondhand Smoke was chosen for the Black Box New Play Festival in Brooklyn. Better Living Through Chemistry was published by Feels Blind Literary Magazine issue #10. Broken Chord won third place for the Shawnee Playhouse Original Playwrights Series.
My long-time client Allison Flom is a multi-talented writer who also directs. Her comedy Trash and Other Stories premiered recently and it’s hilarious!
Amy Da Luz’s play The Leftearlies is now a compelling audio drama. Treat yourself to a listen on Spotify or on your favorite platform.
Brie Knight’s play Pancake Queen got a first-rate production at Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival.
Sharon Dilworth’s new book To Be Marquette is out! She’s also a terrific playwright and we’ve worked together for many years on her wonderful plays.
Lowell William’s screenplay, Inextricably Bound got a great reading in LA.
Clients who worked with me on their essays for admission are now happily enrolled in Dartmouth, Northwestern, Brooklyn Law, Fordham and Pepperdine.
Essays
On Blowing Up Your Practice
On Sharing My Work
Stakes: The Big Five
What are people saying?
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ALLISON LEE FLOM
PLAYWRIGHT, SCREENWRITER AND DIRECTOR
“Michele Lowe revolutionized my writing. From daily practice to execution and production, Michele’s guidance has been invaluable. She helps me stay entrenched in my work, challenging me to think critically about conflict and characters, and ensuring that I’m genuinely having fun as I hone my craft. Michele is reliable, gracious, and easy to learn from. I cannot recommend her highly enough for private coaching. Michele, you are remarkable…thank you for your support!”
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AMY DA LUZ
PLAYWRIGHT, ACTOR
“I’ve had the pleasure of working with Michele Lowe for over eight years. Simply put, she has made me a better writer. Her knowledge of the craft is unparalleled. She has a remarkable ability to identify a story's core, even when it isn’t immediately clear to me, and to clarify the objective and throughline with thoughtful questions that keep me honest. The “a-ha” moments with Michelle are always thrilling, and the work always improves. I feel incredibly fortunate to have found her.”
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DIANA CHAPMAN WALSH
PRESIDENT EMERITA OF WELLESLEY COLLEGE AUTHOR OF THE MEMOIR “THE CLAIMS OF LIFE”
“Michele Lowe, who has an uncanny gift for asking just the right question, followed the threads, noted where the reader was lost, and where the writer disappeared. We spoke weekly by phone, not Zoom. I liked that. I liked her. A whole lot. At the outset, she asked me what I wanted to do. I told her I’d written throughout my life, but not yet the beautiful book I wanted to write from the time I was twelve. We set out together to bring that wish to fulfillment, and soon found ourselves in a generative partnership that transformed us both. I can’t thank you enough, Michele.”
