Deb Norton

Deb Norton is a writing coach for screenwriters, novelists, and nonfiction writers globally. She leads writing workshops internationally, is a master teacher at Hedgebrook, and teaches immersive retreats in story structure and archetype for writers and novelists. After graduating from the master's acting program at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, she spent an eventful ten years dutifully pursuing her acting career before her desire for a deeper connection to Story led her to...See more

Deb Norton is a writing coach for screenwriters, novelists, and nonfiction writers globally. She leads writing workshops internationally, is a master teacher at Hedgebrook, and teaches immersive retreats in story structure and archetype for writers and novelists. After graduating from the master's acting program at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, she spent an eventful ten years dutifully pursuing her acting career before her desire for a deeper connection to Story led her to pen her own plays and screenplays. Her full-length play, The Whole Banana , has been optioned for a movie. She lives in the Northern Sierra Mountains in California. See less