Curriculum
- 4 Sections
- 16 Lessons
- Lifetime
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- Module 1: Rhythm and Interruption (the Two Most Mechanical Tools)Week one we work the most mechanical tools — Rhythm and Interruption. Rhythm covers sentence length, beat patterns, paragraph breaks, the way dialogue's musicality moves on the page. Interruption cove6
- 1.1Module 1: Overview20
- 1.2Mindset Maven Test: Are YOUR Dialogue Rhythms Too Even, Too Choppy, or Too Polite?4 Questions
- 1.3Meditation: Hearing Real Speech Rhythm (a Listening Audio)10
- 1.4Writing Prompt: Module 130
- 1.5INSPIRATION: The Scene I Rewrote Eleven Times Before I Tried Reading It Aloud15
- 1.6Companion Blog: Read Your Dialogue Aloud. It Will Embarrass You. That Embarrassment Is the Diagnosis.10
- Module 2: Subtext (What Isn't Said, Doing Most of the Work)Week two installs subtext — what isn't said. The deflection, the avoidance, the threat under the politeness, the longing under the small talk. Most on-the-nose dialogue is a subtext failure; the write6
- 2.1Module 2: Overview20
- 2.2Mindset Maven Test: Which Subtext Failure Pattern Is YOUR Default?3 Questions
- 2.3Meditation: The Subtext Listening Audio (Use Before Subtext Sessions)10
- 2.4Writing Prompt: Module 230
- 2.5INSPIRATION: The Five Pages I Wrote in Subtext Once and Never Forgot15
- 2.6Companion Blog: Subtext Is What Isn’t Said. Trust the Reader to Hear It.10
- Module 3: Action Beats and Voice (the Two Layers That Make Dialogue Specific)Week three installs Action Beats and Voice. Action Beats are the moves that interrupt the speech — the touch, the look, the leaving of the room. Voice is the way each specific character sounds (covere6
- 3.1Module 3: Overview20
- 3.2Mindset Maven Test: Are YOU Over-Tagging or Under-Beating?3 Questions
- 3.3Meditation: The Beat-Placement Audio (Use Before Beat Work Sessions)9
- 3.4Writing Prompt: Module 330
- 3.5INSPIRATION: The Scene Where I Cut Every Single ‘She Said’ (and What Replaced Them)15
- 3.6Companion Blog: Replace Your Dialogue Tags With Action Beats. The Scene Gets Tactile.10
- Module 4: The Iterative Scene Rewrite (the Capstone Practice)Final week. You'll do the capstone rewrite — the same scene from weeks 1-3, now rewritten one more time with ALL the mechanics layered: rhythm, interruption, subtext, action beats, voice. The four-ver6
- 4.1Module 4: Overview20
- 4.2Mindset Maven Test: Which Mechanic Layer Will YOU Most Resist on the Capstone Rewrite?2 Questions
- 4.3Meditation: Closing Audio: The Four-Version Scene13
- 4.4Writing Prompt: Module 430
- 4.5INSPIRATION: The Scene I’ve Rewritten Four Versions Of For Twelve Years (and What Each Mechanic Taught Me)15
- 4.6Companion Blog: Rewrite Every Important Dialogue Scene Four Times. Each Time, Install One Mechanic.10