Curriculum
- 4 Sections
- 16 Lessons
- Lifetime
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- Module 1: The Three-Way Decision (Show / Tell / Skip)Week one is the framework. Every important moment in a draft is a decision: SHOW (dramatize), TELL (summarize), or SKIP (don't render). We cover each option, the criteria for each, and the diagnostic6
- 1.1Module 1: Overview20
- 1.2Mindset Maven Test: Which of the Three Modes Does YOUR Draft Default To?2 Questions
- 1.3Meditation: Reading For the Decision (a Diagnostic Audio)10
- 1.4Writing Prompt: Module 130
- 1.5INSPIRATION: The Chapter I Over-Showed for Six Drafts (And the Two Skips That Saved It)15
- 1.6Companion Blog: ‘Show Don’t Tell’ Was Incomplete Advice. Here Are the Three Options.10
- Module 2: When Telling Beats Showing (the Strategic Tell)Week two covers strategic telling. We cover the seven moments where telling is the correct call: time compression, low-stakes information, between-scene transitions, authorial commentary, summary of r6
- 2.1Module 2: Overview20
- 2.2Mindset Maven Test: Which of the Seven Strategic-Tell Moments Are YOU Underusing?2 Questions
- 2.3Meditation: The Strategic-Tell Audio (Use Before Tell Conversion Sessions)10
- 2.4Writing Prompt: Module 230
- 2.5INSPIRATION: The Twelve Pages of Scene I Compressed to Two Paragraphs of Tell (and the Book That Survived)15
- 2.6Companion Blog: Telling Is a Craft. Here Are the Seven Moments It Beats Showing.10
- Module 3: The Skip (the Hardest of the Three)Week three covers the skip — the option most writers forget exists. Skipping means NOT rendering the moment at all; cutting to after, or before, and letting the reader fill in. We cover the five skip-6
- 3.1Module 3: Overview20
- 3.2Mindset Maven Test: Which Skip-Type Will Serve YOUR Draft Best?2 Questions
- 3.3Meditation: The Skip Audio (Use Before Skip Decisions)9
- 3.4Writing Prompt: Module 330
- 3.5INSPIRATION: The Skip That Saved Forty Pages (and Made the Book Tighter)15
- 3.6Companion Blog: The Skip Is the Most Undervalued Craft Move. Here Are the Five Types.10
- Module 4: The Five-Second Decision (Building the Reflex)Final week. You'll build the five-second decision reflex — the ability to make show/tell/skip calls in real time during drafting and revision, without belaboring the choice. We cover the four-question6
- 4.1Module 4: Overview20
- 4.2Mindset Maven Test: What’s YOUR Specific Decision-Hesitation Pattern?2 Questions
- 4.3Meditation: Closing Audio: The Five-Second Reflex12
- 4.4Writing Prompt: Module 430
- 4.5INSPIRATION: Twelve Years of Show/Tell/Skip Decisions (and the Reflex That Became Invisible)15
- 4.6Companion Blog: Make the Show/Tell/Skip Call in Five Seconds. Build the Reflex. Compound the Skill.10
Mindset Maven Test: Which of the Three Modes Does YOUR Draft Default To?
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