I decided to leave Writer’s Atelier at the end of June 2024, blissfully unaware that it would be the least ground-shaking change of my summer. It’s not that I wasn’t happy as WA’s “admin.” (“Admin” because, as the founder will tell you, I happily wore many other hats. I invented a good number of them for the fun of it.) I loved the work and believed in the company. That job helped inform who I was as a writer and the role I played in the Orlando writing community, and I was deeply proud of the work I put in. Recently, however, I felt the pull towards story coaching become…