Curriculum
- 4 Sections
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- Module 1: The Six Beat Categories (Touch / Look / Movement / Object / Silence / Position)Week one is the framework. Action beats fall into six categories: Touch (between or self), Look (at, away, through), Movement (toward, away, around), Object (interaction with something physical), Sile6
- 1.1Module 1: Overview20
- 1.2Mindset Maven Test: Which Beat Categories Are YOU Currently Using vs. Underusing?2 Questions
- 1.3Meditation: Reading For Beats (a Diagnostic Audio)9
- 1.4Writing Prompt: Module 130
- 1.5INSPIRATION: The Scene Where I Installed Silence as a Beat for the First Time15
- 1.6Companion Blog: Action Beats Have Six Categories. Most Writers Use Two.10
- Module 2: Tag-to-Beat Conversion (the Heavy-Lift Practice)Week two installs the tag-to-beat conversion practice. Most over-tagged dialogue uses 'he said,' 'she said,' 'he replied' — invisible tags that do nothing. The conversion: replace 80%+ of those tags w6
- 2.1Module 2: Overview20
- 2.2Mindset Maven Test: What Tag-Overuse Pattern Are YOU Running?2 Questions
- 2.3Meditation: The Conversion Audio (Use Before Each Tag-to-Beat Session)8
- 2.4Writing Prompt: Module 230
- 2.5INSPIRATION: The Day I Converted Every ‘She Said’ in a Whole Chapter15
- 2.6Companion Blog: Convert 80% of Your Dialogue Tags to Action Beats. Watch What Happens.10
- Module 3: Beat Placement and Calibration (When and Where)Week three covers placement and calibration. Where in a line do you put the beat — mid-sentence, end-of-sentence, between lines? How many beats per page? How dense is too dense? We cover the calibrati6
- 3.1Module 3: Overview20
- 3.2Mindset Maven Test: Are YOU Over-Beating or Under-Beating?2 Questions
- 3.3Meditation: The Density Audio (Use Before Calibration Sessions)10
- 3.4Writing Prompt: Module 330
- 3.5INSPIRATION: The Scene I Over-Beated For Two Drafts Before Calibrating Down15
- 3.6Companion Blog: Beat Density Has a Dial. Most Writers Run It on Auto-Pilot.10
- Module 4: Beats Carrying Subtext (the Capstone Practice)Final week. Beats can do what dialogue refuses to — they carry subtext directly. The Touch that contradicts the polite words. The Look that says what the speaker won't. The Object handled with too muc6
- 4.1Module 4: Overview20
- 4.2Mindset Maven Test: Which Subtext Category Will YOUR Beats Carry Best?2 Questions
- 4.3Meditation: Closing Audio: Beats Carrying Subtext13
- 4.4Writing Prompt: Module 430
- 4.5INSPIRATION: The Scene Where the Touch Said What the Dialogue Couldn’t15
- 4.6Companion Blog: Let the Beats Carry the Subtext. The Dialogue Can Stay Surface.10