BM-032 — Soft Discipline (For The Tired Writer)
Six modules on sustainable practice for the burned-out, the caregiving, the chronically ill, the just-plain-exhausted. No hustle culture. Real systems.
The Battery Is At 12%. The Protocol Is Different. Let's Calibrate.
Course Overview
Six modules on sustainable practice for the burned-out, the caregiving, the chronically ill, the just-plain-exhausted. No hustle culture. Real systems. The course for the writer whose battery is at 12% and who still wants to make the thing.
What You’ll Get
- 6 modules on burnout, self-paced, no cohort, no calendar
- Low-energy curriculum + sustainability planner
- 6 Mindset Maven Tests that name the pattern instead of scoring you
- 6 Book Maven Meditations — audio, roughly 53 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 burnout
- Memoirists who keep running into burnout
- Journalists who keep running into burnout
- Anyone who has read about this problem and still has it
- Writers who will actually do the small thing: Calibrate today's writing target to your actual battery level
Course FAQs
How long does this take?
About 5.0 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 burnout. 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 — "The Low-Battery Protocol." A 100% battery writer needs different systems than a 12% battery writer.
- 6 Sections
- 36 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
- Module 01 · The Low-Battery Protocol8
- 1.1Module 01 · The Low-Battery Protocol30 Minutes
- 1.2What’s Your Honest Battery Right Now?” — The Calibration20 Minutes1 Question
- 1.3Honest Battery Check” — 6 Minutes6 minutes
- 1.4Writing Prompt — Module 01
- 1.5The Battery-Tier Schedule10 Minutes
- 1.6The Honest Daily Battery Log10 Minutes
- 1.7The Year I Wrote A Book At An Average 30% Battery (And Why It Was The Best One)” — A Personal Essay15 Minutes
- 1.8You’re Writing With A Different Battery Than Hustle Culture. Calibrate Accordingly.10 Minutes
- Module 02 · Three-Word Wins8
- 2.1Module 02 · Three-Word Wins30 Minutes
- 2.2What’s Your Minimum-Minimum?” — The Floor Calibrator20 Minutes1 Question
- 2.3Honour The Three Words” — 5 Minutes5 minutes
- 2.4Writing Prompt — Module 02
- 2.5The Three-Word Tracker — 365 Days10 Minutes
- 2.6The Bad-Day Win Pad — 50 Tear-Offs10 Minutes
- 2.7The 240 Days I Wrote Three Words And Then Finished A Book” — A Working Essay15 Minutes
- 2.8Count Three Words As A Win. The Bar Is The Practice.10 Minutes
- Module 03 · Energy Tiers8
- 3.1Module 03 · Energy Tiers30 Minutes
- 3.2Which Task Belongs To Which Tier?” — The Match Sorter20 Minutes1 Question
- 3.3What Tier Am I In Right Now?” — 6 Minutes6 minutes
- 3.4Writing Prompt — Module 03
- 3.5The Energy-Tier Matrix — Printable10 Minutes
- 3.6The Daily Tier-And-Task Card10 Minutes
- 3.7The Year I Stopped Trying To Draft On Bad Days And Doubled My Output” — A Working Essay15 Minutes
- 3.8Match The Writing Task To Your Energy Tier. The Week Suddenly Yields More.10 Minutes
- Module 04 · Sustainability Over Hustle8
- 4.1Module 04 · Sustainability Over Hustle30 Minutes
- 4.2Are You Walking Or Sprinting?” — The Pace Diagnostic20 Minutes1 Question
- 4.3Imagine The Five-Year Walk” — 12 Minutes12 minutes
- 4.4Writing Prompt — Module 04
- 4.5The Five-Year Walk Plan — Printable10 Minutes
- 4.6The Quarterly Recovery Calendar10 Minutes
- 4.7The Five-Year Walk Plan That Replaced My Burnout Cycle” — A Personal Essay15 Minutes
- 4.8Plan The Walk, Not The Sprint. The Sprinters Are All On The Couch.10 Minutes
- Module 05 · Caregiving And Writing8
- 5.1Module 05 · Caregiving And Writing30 Minutes
- 5.2What’s Your Caregiving Load And How Does It Fit With Writing?” — The Dual-Life Sorter20 Minutes1 Question
- 5.3Hold Both On The Same Day” — 11 Minutes11 minutes
- 5.4Writing Prompt — Module 05
- 5.5The Dual-Life Schedule Template10 Minutes
- 5.6The Guilt-Loop Interrupt Card10 Minutes
- 5.7The Caregiving Year I Drafted A Novel In Hour-Long Pockets Between Hospital Visits” — A Personal Essay15 Minutes
- 5.8You Can Tend Someone And Write. The ‘Or’ Is A Lie.10 Minutes
- Module 06 · The Long-Game Routine8
- 6.1Module 06 · The Long-Game Routine30 Minutes
- 6.2What’s The Smallest Possible Routine You’d Keep For Five Years?” — The Long-Game Sorter20 Minutes1 Question
- 6.3Imagine The Routine In Year Five” — 13 Minutes13 minutes
- 6.4Writing Prompt — Module 06
- 6.5The Long-Game Routine Template — 1 Page10 Minutes
- 6.6The Quarterly Routine Audit Sheet10 Minutes
- 6.7The Routine I Built In 2019 That Has Survived Two Moves, A Divorce, And A Pandemic” — A Working Essay15 Minutes
- 6.8Build A Tiny Routine. Keep It For Five Years. That’s The Whole Career.10 Minutes
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