BM-031 — Resistance Repair (Why Writing Feels Heavy)
Six modules on the deeper avoidance — perfectionism, shame, identity stakes. The course for when “discipline tips” stopped working a long time ago.
Resistance Comes In Three Flavours. Yours Has A Specific Recipe.
Course Overview
Six modules on the deeper avoidance — perfectionism, shame, identity stakes. The course for when "discipline tips" stopped working a long time ago and you suspect there's something underneath. There is. We name it. We repair it. The writing gets lighter.
What You’ll Get
- 6 modules on avoidance audit, self-paced, no cohort, no calendar
- Resistance workbook + audio companion
- 6 Mindset Maven Tests that name the pattern instead of scoring you
- 6 Book Maven Meditations — audio, roughly 63 minutes of it
- 12 printable toolkits
- 6 writing prompts, submitted or not — that part's yours
- 6 original essays from L.A. Walton, written for this course
- A DARE in every module. They're small. That's the trick.
This Course Is For
- Novelists who keep running into avoidance audit
- Memoirists who keep running into avoidance audit
- Screenwriters who keep running into avoidance audit
- Anyone who has read about this problem and still has it
- Writers who will actually do the small thing: Name which of the three heavies is loudest in your current project
Course FAQs
How long does this take?
About 5.5 hours across 6 modules, and it's self-paced, so that's a floor not a schedule. Most people take longer because the DARES are the point and the DARES take days.
Is this craft or mindset?
This one sits on avoidance audit. I don't teach commas. I teach courage — and then, where the craft genuinely is the fix, the craft.
Do I need a manuscript in progress?
No. The prompts work on whatever you've got, including nothing. If you're mid-draft you'll move faster, but a blank file is a legitimate starting position here.
What's actually in a module?
An overview lesson with the FAQs, a mantra and a quote, an audio meditation, two printable toolkits, a Mindset Maven Test, an original essay, a companion blog post, and a writing prompt you can submit. Eight pieces. You do not have to use all eight.
Where does it start?
Module 01 — "Three Kinds Of Heavy." "This is hard" is not a diagnosis.
- 6 Sections
- 36 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
- Module 01 · Three Kinds Of Heavy8
- 1.1Module 01 · Three Kinds Of Heavy30 Minutes
- 1.2Which Of The Three Is Your Heavy?” — The Diagnostic20 Minutes1 Question
- 1.3Weigh The Heavy” — 10 Minutes10 minutes
- 1.4Writing Prompt — Module 01
- 1.5The Three-Heavies Diagnostic Sheet10 Minutes
- 1.6The Heavy-Specific Repair Recipe Pack10 Minutes
- 1.7The Year I Mistook Identity-Heavy For Perfectionism (And Suffered Accordingly)” — A Personal Essay15 Minutes
- 1.8Heavy Is Three Things. Don’t Run Perfectionism Fixes On A Shame Problem.10 Minutes
- Module 02 · Perfectionism-Heavy8
- 2.1Module 02 · Perfectionism-Heavy30 Minutes
- 2.2How High Is Your Standard, Honestly?” — The Calibration20 Minutes1 Question
- 2.3Lower The Bar On Purpose” — 8 Minutes8 minutes
- 2.4Writing Prompt — Module 02
- 2.5The Halved-Standard Session Contract10 Minutes
- 2.6The Standard-Calibration Worksheet10 Minutes
- 2.7The Halved-Standard Chapter That Was The Best One In The Book” — A Working Essay15 Minutes
- 2.8Halve Your Standard For One Session. The Work Gets Better. Brace Yourself.10 Minutes
- Module 03 · Shame-Heavy8
- 3.1Module 03 · Shame-Heavy30 Minutes
- 3.2Whose Eyes Are You Writing Under?” — The Witness Sorter20 Minutes1 Question
- 3.3Take The Witness Out Of The Room” — 11 Minutes11 minutes
- 3.4Writing Prompt — Module 03
- 3.5The For-No-One File Template10 Minutes
- 3.6The Witness Exit Card10 Minutes
- 3.7The Chapter I Wrote In A File Called ‘no_one_will_see’ That Became The Book’s Centrepiece” — A Personal Essay15 Minutes
- 3.8Write The Shame-Heavy Passage In A File You’ll Never Share. Then See What Happens.10 Minutes
- Module 04 · Identity-Heavy8
- 4.1Module 04 · Identity-Heavy30 Minutes
- 4.2Who Are You Refusing To Become?” — The Identity Consent Sorter20 Minutes1 Question
- 4.3Meet The Future Identity And Decide” — 12 Minutes12 minutes
- 4.4Writing Prompt — Module 04
- 4.5The Future Identity Consent Form10 Minutes
- 4.6The Identity-Heavy Reset Card10 Minutes
- 4.7The Book I Almost Refused To Finish Because I Wasn’t Ready To Be Its Author” — A Personal Essay15 Minutes
- 4.8You’re Not Procrastinating. You’re Refusing To Become The Author Of This Book.10 Minutes
- Module 05 · The Honourable Rest Audit8
- 5.1Module 05 · The Honourable Rest Audit30 Minutes
- 5.2Was That Rest Or Was That Avoidance?” — The Three-Question Audit20 Minutes1 Question
- 5.3Honest Audit Of Yesterday’s Rest” — 7 Minutes7 minutes
- 5.4Writing Prompt — Module 05
- 5.5The Three-Question Rest Audit Card10 Minutes
- 5.6The Weekly Rest Tracker10 Minutes
- 5.7The Three-Question Audit That Ended Two Years Of Calling Avoidance ‘Self-Care'” — A Personal Essay15 Minutes
- 5.8Run The Three-Question Audit On Your Rest Day. The Truth Is Useful And Slightly Embarrassing.10 Minutes
- Module 06 · The Maintenance Of Lightness8
- 6.1Module 06 · The Maintenance Of Lightness30 Minutes
- 6.2What Day Of The Week Is Your Heavy Loudest?” — The Maintenance Calibrator20 Minutes1 Question
- 6.3The Sunday 15 — Heavy Check” — 15 Minutes15 minutes
- 6.4Writing Prompt — Module 06
- 6.5The Sunday 15 Maintenance Sheet10 Minutes
- 6.6The Heavy-Patterns Annual Tracker10 Minutes
- 6.7The Fifteen Sunday Minutes That Have Kept My Writing Light For Three Years” — A Working Essay15 Minutes
- 6.8Spend Fifteen Minutes On Sunday Catching The Heavy Early. Your Whole Week Gets Lighter.10 Minutes
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