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Elisa Doucette (she/her) is a writer, editor, and entrepreneur who currently travels the world looking for great stories to live and interesting tales to share. Her first name is pronounced Eh-lissa (like the first half of Elisabeth) and her last name is pronounced Doo-set - she gets asked this a lot!

She has worked for over two decades creating compelling content, writing and editing for various businesses and publications.

Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Forbes, Yahoo! Small Business, The Shine Network, The Huffington Post, and Brazen Careerist among others. Her short stories have been published in numerous literary magazines and websites.  

Two of her columns have been syndicated (The Single Slice on MaineToday - On Dating & Relationships and Shattering Glass on Forbes.com - On Breaking Through The Perceived Limitations We Set For Ourselves) and she semi-regularly writes for CYC and on Medium. You can get her weekly essays on writing mindset and coaching in our weekly newsletter, The Writing Rundown.

Elisa spends the majority of her time working as the Founder and Managing Editor for Craft Your Content, an editorial agency that works with driven writers and solopreneurs who want to improve their writing craft by finding a true collaborative partner in the editorial and revision process.

She also serves as the Editorial Advisor to Foster (formerly Compound Writing), a Y Combinator startup in the W21 cohort. Previously, she volunteered as the Programme Curator for TEDxAberdeen 2021 in Scotland, a first-time event on their new license.

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Elisa has appeared as a guest on radio shows and podcasts around the web, such as Frommer's Radio, Entrepreneurs on Fire, The Business of Writing, The Writing Coach, and The Chris Hahn Show, as well as hosting her own show Writers’ Rough Drafts for writers and creatives. She has spoken on international stages like BlogHer, WordCamp, Word Circles, and other quality content programs. In a more behind-the-scenes capacity, Elisa has organized a number of similar events, or served as a consultant to curate the speaking content and roster. She is also frequent guest writer on writing-focused, creative, and entrepreneurial websites. 

Elisa has served as the Writer-in-Residence at The Birds Bay in Petra on the island of Lesvos in Greece and at the Captain Nickels Inn in Searsport, Maine, US, led multiple Writers Nights at The Cult of Coffee in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, and worked from the Knack Factory in Portland, Maine, US as their resident hobo writer.

Want to learn more about how Elisa (and Craft Your Content) can help you make your writing even better? Click here.

Elisa started her love affair with language before she could walk, throwing hysterical tantrums as a one-year-old if her family would not read to her on demand. Constantly curled up with books and journals, she refined her studies at the University of Maine (Stephen King's alma mater!) where she dual majored in Creative Writing and Classical Studies, with a minor in Latin. Needless to say, she had high aspirations of writing inspiring haiku poems on the pizza boxes she was inevitably going to end up delivering with those degrees (which is part of why she did not finish her degree; also, she was wasting $20K a year for an education she could have gotten for $1.50 in late fees at the public library).

She ended up in the illustrious world of insurance sales for ten years, working her way up from licking envelopes at a reception desk to becoming an agency field specialist for the state's management office. She began her traveling and entrepreneurial journeys working as the managing editor for the Tropical MBA and Dynamite Circle communities, where she spent her time strategizing, creating, and curating content and events with Dan Andrews and Ian Schoen for their audience and members. 

A location independent entrepreneur, she has lived and has traveled through many Southeast Asian, North American, and European countries. Her most notable accomplishment in travel has been getting hit head-on by another motorbike on a busy two-way street in Bali, which ended with emergency surgery in an Indonesian hospital and a month of bed-rest and rehabilitation. She fought through and has some badass scars to prove it.


Now that we have that boring "3rd person biography" part done with...

Elisa Doucette, accidentally spitting coffee

My face, two seconds after a photographer asks me to "be serious"

  • I believe two simple things:
  • Life is too short and beautiful to live the average.
  • If one life has breathed easier because you lived, then you have succeeded.
  • I am in the process of writing my own epic life story - and helping other people to do the same.
  • I work my ass off to be the change I want to see in the world.
  • I’m at my best sipping an amber pint or tonic water & lime with friends at the local pub (officially a multiple-time international pub quiz champion!) or curled up with a book in a big leather recliner listening to classical, soundtracks, and singer-songwriters.
  • My heart finds it happiest solace in singing and music – but I wasn’t even cool enough in high school to hang out with the other band geeks!
  • I really love American bacon. It should be its own food group.
  • It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy on the insides of my skin suit when I see someone succeed.
  • I adore a challenging sun salutation series, and am always striving to be a more consistent yogi.
  • If you catch me to chat, chances are our exchange will be laden with obscenities - I have a mouth like a trucker.
  • I believe every problem in the world can be solved with a vicious game of rock, paper, scissors.

Want to Book Elisa?

Elisa has appeared on numerous shows, stages, and websites. If you are interested in working directly with her in 2024-2025, she is currently accepting:

  • Podcast Guest Appearances
  • Workshops and Training Sessions
  • Speaking at Virtual Events, Panels, Summits, etc (Elisa rarely accepts in-person keynote or main stage speaking requests. She can do them (and has performed many!) but she doesn't like doing them, so she doesn't. Usually it's a favor to an organizer.)

With few exceptions, I prefer events and projects with a Speaking Roster that shows a commitment to diversity and inclusion - especially for women, women-of-color, LGBTQ+, disabled, and other marginalized voices. If you are struggling to find speakers in these categories, we have a slew of recommendations!