Aim For 100 Rejections This Year. You Won't Get There. That's The Point.
Course Overview
Five modules on the statistics, the spreadsheet, and the mantras. Why tracking rejections shrinks them. Why a 95% no-rate is healthy. For the writer who needs the maths in front of them to believe the nos are working.
What You’ll Get
- 5 modules on rejection math, self-paced, no cohort, no calendar
- Rejection Math workbook + spreadsheet
- 5 Mindset Maven Tests that name the pattern instead of scoring you
- 5 Book Maven Meditations — audio, roughly 49 minutes of it
- 10 printable toolkits
- 5 writing prompts, submitted or not — that part's yours
- 5 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 rejection math
- Poets who keep running into rejection math
- Memoirists who keep running into rejection math
- Anyone who has read about this problem and still has it
- Writers who will actually do the small thing: Set the 100-nos goal today
Course FAQs
How long does this take?
About 4.5 hours across 5 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 rejection math. 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 100 Nos Goal." The 100-nos goal is the single most effective rejection mindset hack ever invented.
Curriculum
- 5 Sections
- 30 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
- Module 01 · The 100 Nos Goal8 Items
- 1.1Module 01 · The 100 Nos Goal30 Minutes
- 1.2What’s Your Realistic Annual Submission Cap?” — The Volume Calibrator20 Minutes1 Question
- 1.3The Annual No Goal Sit” — 9 Minutes9 minutes
- 1.4Writing Prompt — Module 01
- 1.5The 100 Nos Year Tracker10 Minutes
- 1.6The No-Goal Annual Contract10 Minutes
- 1.7The 100 Nos Year That Got Me 17 Yeses” — A Working Essay15 Minutes
- 1.8Set A No Goal. The Yeses Arrive As Side Effects.10 Minutes
- Module 02 · The Spreadsheet8 Items
- 2.1Module 02 · The Spreadsheet30 Minutes
- 2.2What Submission Tracking Style Fits Your Brain?” — The Format Sorter20 Minutes1 Question
- 2.3The Weekly Spreadsheet Update Sit” — 7 Minutes7 minutes
- 2.4Writing Prompt — Module 02
- 2.5The Submission Spreadsheet Template10 Minutes
- 2.6The Monthly Spreadsheet Review Checklist10 Minutes
- 2.7The Spreadsheet I’ve Kept Since 2014 (And What It Has Told Me About Patience)” — A Working Essay15 Minutes
- 2.8Build A Submission Spreadsheet Today. The Data Will Save Your Career.10 Minutes
- Module 03 · The Healthy No-Rate8 Items
- 3.1Module 03 · The Healthy No-Rate30 Minutes
- 3.2What’s Your Healthy No-Rate Range?” — The Form Calibrator20 Minutes1 Question
- 3.3The 95% Acceptance Sit” — 8 Minutes8 minutes
- 3.4Writing Prompt — Module 03
- 3.5The No-Rate Calculator Sheet10 Minutes
- 3.6The Healthy-Rate Reference Card10 Minutes
- 3.7The Year I Realised My 96% No-Rate Was Actually Working” — A Personal Essay15 Minutes
- 3.8Your 95% No-Rate Is Healthy. Calculate It. Believe The Maths.10 Minutes
- Module 04 · The 24-Hour Recovery8 Items
- 4.1Module 04 · The 24-Hour Recovery30 Minutes
- 4.2What’s Your Honest Recovery Time?” — The Schedule Calibrator20 Minutes1 Question
- 4.3The 24-Hour Protocol Walk-Through” — 12 Minutes12 minutes
- 4.4Writing Prompt — Module 04
- 4.5The 24-Hour Recovery Sheet10 Minutes
- 4.6The Hour-25 Reminder Card10 Minutes
- 4.7The 24-Hour Protocol That Ended My Two-Week Rejection Spirals” — A Personal Essay15 Minutes
- 4.8A No Gets 24 Hours. Past That, You’re Feeding It.10 Minutes
- Module 05 · The Long-Game Submissions Calendar8 Items
- 5.1Module 05 · The Long-Game Submissions Calendar30 Minutes
- 5.2What’s Your Sustainable Submission Cadence?” — The Calendar Calibrator20 Minutes1 Question
- 5.3The Quarterly Calendar Build Sit” — 13 Minutes13 minutes
- 5.4Writing Prompt — Module 05
- 5.5The Quarterly Submission Calendar Template10 Minutes
- 5.6The Annual Submission Plan Sheet10 Minutes
- 5.7The Quarterly Calendar That Has Submitted For Me Since 2020″ — A Working Essay15 Minutes
- 5.8Build A Submission Calendar. The Calendar Submits. You Just Press Send.10 Minutes
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