One on One: Writing Insight Consultation

Your writing practice evolves throughout your life, but sometimes you need some guidance to give you insight, feedback, encouragement. 

One Inner Truth Inspiration Session is one-hour. Some ways we can use our time together:

• Share the first 10 pages of a story, or a sampling of pages from different chapters/sections of your work of fiction or creative non-fiction (Double-spaced, 12 pt font) before the call— nonfiction and fiction are my purview, but I'm open to any genre. 
• Get advice on writing a query letter to an agent and feedback on your query letter, plus a sample letter
• Get advice on a nonfiction proposal, with feedback on structure and my sample proposal

HOW THIS WORKS

I'll read the 10 pages and we'll have a conversation about the work you're doing, how to map out your writing plan, and the future you want for this work. I won't be line editing these pages, but we will touch on voice, structure, writing that query or proposal, how to position the work with a prospective agent. 

Afterwards, I will write you a letter from me, with insight, advice, helpful writing/reading resources, prompts and questions to ask yourself, tailored to your specific project, as you embark on the arduous and beautiful journey to your book.

About the Author | Tanaïs (née Tanwi Nandini Islam) is a
multidisciplinary artist, novelist, memoirist, and perfumer.
They are the author of the forthcoming novel Stellar Smoke, which will be published by Dutton in October 2026. Their work In Sensorium: Notes for My People, won the Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction, and offers an alternative history of South Asia through the lens of scent. Their critically acclaimed queer coming-of-age debut novel, Bright Lines, was a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award, and the Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize. They studied at Vassar College and Brooklyn College, and founded the independent artisan perfume house Studio Tanaïs. Their writing and perfumes have been featured in Vogue, Vogue India, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, The Cut, The Nation, and more. 

Testimonials

"Tanais' voice is so clear, and so precise, and so compassionately direct that whenever I'm having trouble honoring my process, it's easy for me to tap into that voice and imagine their feedback in advance. Tanais is truly a one of a kind soul, and their attention to my work has stoked a confidence in me that I didn't even know was still alive and burning. If you book coaching sessions with Tanais, your creativity and your purpose will be honored completely, and that alone will teach you what it takes to become an authentic writer." — Olabimpe Olaniyan

"I can't overstate how worthwhile and powerful it is working with Tanaïs. They are so wise and loving and insightful. I couldn't have unlocked by voice and words if it weren't for my sessions with them" — Anam Raheem

" Grateful for our work together and the clarifying feedback, conversation, and notes." — M.K. Thekkumkattil, author of the forthcoming The Sexuality of Care (Feminist Press)