The Gilliam Writers Group is committed to providing actionable, practical feedback that helps every client become a better writer, no matter their training or goals. Figuring out how to write for AI, whether for business or creative purposes, can spell the difference between generating a valuable, time-saving output and receiving a sub-optimal response that creates more work for you in the long run.   

To this end, we believe that a prompt engineering coach should offer not only tips and technical support, but a collaborative, participatory learning experience to each individual they work with.

Accordingly, GWG’s prompt engineering coaches and tutors take a hands-on approach to teaching how to use AI for writing. Meeting on Zoom and Google Docs simultaneously allows us to engage with written text in a uniquely tactile, organic way; using shared digital documents, we can shift seamlessly between dialogue and demonstration, idea and experiment, critique and revision. When learning prompt engineering, this environment allows coaches and students to experiment in real time with inputting prompts, discussing results, and refining approaches depending on the desired output. 

If you’re still feeling uncertain (or excited!) about the logistics of one-on-one prompt engineering classes online, we invite you to schedule a consultation call. A representative from our company’s leadership team will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Whether you are new to AI technology or well-versed in how AI can be used to generate the most accurate and relevant outputs, we hope you’ll consider building a long-term creative partnership with your GWG prompt engineering coach. Why? Because the longer you work with a writing coach, the more impactful their insight becomes. A coach’s most valuable assets – nuanced interpersonal awareness, an intuitive grasp of clients’ evolving skill sets, and deep familiarity with their work – just aren’t available off-the-shelf. 

These layers of comprehension take time to emerge, relying as they do on knowledge from months and even years of regular meetings. As time passes and the client-coach relationship deepens, this knowledge becomes understanding, and informs our work as a writing coaching service in countless beneficial ways. For example, we rely on trial and error to gain perspective on which interventions lead to the greatest improvements in a given client’s writing. The more thoroughly we know our clients as individuals, the more precisely and impactfully we can apply our expertise to their writing – a process that mirrors how AI algorithms produce more accurate results as they process more data over time.

Many of our senior faculty members have met with the same clients weekly for years; in fact, several of GWG’s very first customers are still active in our community today. Long-term collaboration is a core value of the Gilliam Writers Group, foundational to both the sustainability of our business and the quality of our services.

The Gilliam Writers Group faculty is composed of highly trained writers, expert editors, and experienced prompt engineering writing consultants. Scroll through our team page and you’ll see graduate degrees in writing and literature from the country’s top MFA and PhD programs; years of professional experience in the publishing industry, media, business, and education; and strong track records of literary publication. 

Writing by our faculty and emeritus faculty appears in top publications including Slate, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Bookforum, Artforum, CNN Opinions, Granta, Foreign Policy, JSTOR Daily, Vice, Longreads, Al Jazeera, The New York Review of Books, Electric Lit, The Rumpus, Catapult, Los Angeles Review of Books, Food & Wine, and more. 

We have been published by Simon and Schuster and Penguin Random House, among other presses large and small, and have earned multiple awards and prizes for fiction, poetry, and criticism.

Before hiring an online prompt engineering coach through the Gilliam Writers Group, we invite you to request a writing sample from their portfolio. That way, you can experience for yourself the exceptional combination of talent and training our team has to offer.

To connect with a prompt engineering consultant on the Gilliam Writers Group faculty, we invite you to first schedule a free, 15-minute consultation call with a representative from our company’s leadership team.

During this phone call, we’ll guide you through a series of standardized questions about your background, experience, and goals, taking detailed notes on your responses. These notes will form the basis of your client brief – an internal document central to GWG’s client-coach matching process. The client brief ensures that we can help you find a prompt engineering coach who suits your particular needs and preferences. After answering any lingering questions, your representative will conclude the call and email you two important documents. 

First, you’ll receive our new client onboarding brochure, a PDF containing useful resources including a list of best practices, contact information for everyone on our leadership team, and the link to a feedback form you can submit at any point during your work with the Gilliam Writers Group. Second, you will receive a link to our service agreement (fillable online). We co-sign this form with all new clients to establish clear terms of engagement and, above all, to protect your interests – for example, to legally bind ourselves to nondisclosure. You can later dissolve this agreement at any time, for any reason, with just 24 hours’ notice.

Within 24 hours of your consultation call, your newly assigned writing coach will reach out via email and text to schedule your first session.

At this point, they’ll already have a clear sense of your background, needs, and preferred meeting schedule; it is our policy to always read a new client’s brief before making contact. This mitigates redundancy in GWG’s onboarding process; as you establish communication with your business writing coach, you won’t need to rehash the basics of your interest in online business writing classes, for example, or the personality profile of your ideal business writing helper. Your coach will already be in the loop.

Our online prompt engineering coaching sessions take place on Zoom and Google Docs, and emphasize guided, real-time practice combined with immediate feedback.

The structure of your first session will depend largely on your particular needs and the discernment of your coach; there is no standard formula, though most such meetings are necessarily focused on gathering information, assessing the client’s writing and goals, and developing a plan of action. After your first session, we suggest that you and your coach agree on a regular weekly or biweekly (once every two weeks) meeting time and stick to it. Over the years, we have found that consistent weekly or biweekly sessions generate the clearest improvements in our clients’ writing and writing processes. 

The Gilliam Writers Group is primarily an online company; however, if you’re interested in setting up in-person prompt engineering classes near you, please contact us. In certain cases, we may be able to offer a professional AI writing course in NYC, which is home to a large part of our community.

If you find that you and your prompt engineering coach aren’t a match, or you decide to work with other GWG faculty in the future, our leadership team can support you in choosing another business writing coach on our team.

Before matching you with another faculty member, we will usually suggest that you first tell your coach as clearly as possible what you believe is missing in your work together. Open, honest dialogue is essential to the service we offer; all GWG coaches possess strong interpersonal skills, but none of us can read minds. 

If clear communication does not yield the hoped-for results, or you no longer want to work with your coach for any reason, just let our leadership team know. We’ll initiate a new, more streamlined client-coach matching process, supplementing your original client brief (the one created during your initial consultation call) with updated information to reflect both your progress and the reasons you are pausing work with your previous coach.