Course Overview

Overview

Not all blocks are the same illness, and treating them all with the same fix is why nothing’s working. Some blocks are fear. Some are exhaustion. Some are a project that isn’t working and you secretly know it. This course teaches you to triage your own creative shutdown the way an ER nurse would — fast, accurate, no moralizing. Four weeks. Twenty lessons. By the end you’ll have a personal Block Chart you can revisit ANY time you stop writing and don’t know why. It’s a clinical course, with the warmth turned up. We are not here to perform compassion. We are here to NAME the thing so you can do something about it.

What’s inside

• 4 modules, 20 lessons — short, clinical, useful before noon
• Mindset Maven Test that diagnoses your CURRENT block (it changes; the test is reusable)
• 4 guided meditations averaging 8 minutes — paired to each block category
• Toolkit: the Block Decision Tree + the Personal Block Chart you build through the course
• Lifetime access, unlimited retakes — block returns, test returns, intervention returns
• Companion blog post per module — public, perfect for sending to the friend who’s also stuck

Who this is for

• The editor who’s stuck on their own work but spends all day fixing other people’s
• The ghostwriter who can write anyone’s voice except their own
• The speechwriter who’s lost the thread on their own keynote
• The coach who keeps stalling on the book they’ve been promising clients

FAQs

I already know I have writers block. Why do I need to diagnose it?
‘Writers block’ is a symptom name, not a diagnosis. It’s like saying ‘I have a stomachache.’ Could be six things, each with a different fix. This course finds the actual cause.

Is this a therapy course?
No. It’s a triage course. Therapy goes deep into the why. Triage figures out what to do NEXT. We’re doing the second one. Both are valid; we’re not doing the first.

What if my block doesn’t fit any of the categories?
Module 4 covers Hybrid Blocks and Rare Birds. Most students think they’re a rare bird in week one and learn they’re a textbook case by week four.

Can I use this for my client’s blocks if I’m a coach?
Yes, with attribution. The Block Chart is designed to be a tool you can use IN your coaching practice — name it, link to it, point clients to it.

How is this different from BM-005 (The Unfreeze Protocol)?
BM-005 is for the writer who knows they’re frozen and wants to unfreeze. BM-007 is for the writer who doesn’t know WHY they’re stopped and needs to figure that out first. Take them in either order; they pair well.

Can I retake?
Yes. Unlimited. You’ll retake this one. Block returns. So does the diagnosis.

What one student said

★★★★★

“I bought this to use with my one-on-one clients. The Book Maven is clear in the course that you can reference the four-block model in your own practice, which was the deal-maker for me. What I didn’t expect: I’d run it on myself first. Turns out the block I’d been calling ‘fear’ for a decade was actually identity. I’m still chewing on what to do with that information. My clients are getting better triage from me now. I’m getting an uncomfortable mirror. Both wins.”

— Marquise R., writing coach