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- 6 Sections
- 24 Lessons
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- Module 1: Your Project Has Been Growing Without Permission (the Honest Audit)Week one is the size audit. Most stalled projects are bigger than the writer wanted them to be. The project has been growing without explicit permission — every new idea got added, every clever subplo6
- 1.1Module 1: Overview20
- 1.2Mindset Maven Test: How Big Has YOUR Project Actually Gotten? (Honest Math)2 Questions
- 1.3Meditation: The Honest Size Audit Audio (Slow, Pre-Cut, No Reassurance)12
- 1.4Writing Prompt: Module 130
- 1.5INSPIRATION: The Course I ‘Designed’ That Grew to Forty Hours Before I Audited It15
- 1.6Companion Blog: Your Project Has Been Quietly Growing. Here’s the Honest Audit.10
- Module 2: The Finishable Spec (Defining the Project's Boundaries)Week two we write the finishable spec. The spec is a one-to-two-page document that defines the project's size, scope, structure, target audience, AND exclusion criteria (what's NOT in it). The exclusi6
- 2.1Module 2: Overview20
- 2.2Mindset Maven Test: What’s the Right Spec Size for YOUR Specific Project?2 Questions
- 2.3Meditation: Drafting the Spec (a Guided 18-Minute Audio)18
- 2.4Writing Prompt: Module 230
- 2.5INSPIRATION: The Spec That Saved a Course (and the Sections I Cut By Naming Them Exclusions)15
- 2.6Companion Blog: Write a One-Page Spec for Your Project. Include What It’s NOT.10
- Module 3: Just-Enough Plotting (the Outline That Doesn't Calcify)Week three is the plot — but only just enough. Most over-plotting kills the drafting; most under-plotting kills the finishing. The right amount is form-specific. We cover the just-enough threshold for6
- 3.1Module 3: Overview20
- 3.2Mindset Maven Test: What’s the Just-Enough Plotting Threshold for YOUR Project?2 Questions
- 3.3Meditation: The Just-Enough Audio (Use Before Plotting Sessions)10
- 3.4Writing Prompt: Module 330
- 3.5INSPIRATION: The Project I Over-Plotted for Eight Months (and Then Couldn’t Draft)15
- 3.6Companion Blog: Over-Plotting Kills Drafts. Under-Plotting Kills Drafts. Here’s the Just-Enough Threshold.10
- Module 4: Building Margin Into the Design (Time, Energy, Word Buffer)Week four installs the margin. Most finishable drafts have margin built in — a buffer of time, energy, and word count beyond the minimum. The margin absorbs the inevitable surprises. Most failed draft6
- 4.1Module 4: Overview20
- 4.2Mindset Maven Test: What’s YOUR Specific Margin Need (Time / Energy / Word Buffer)?2 Questions
- 4.3Meditation: The Margin-Building Audio (Use Once When Adding Buffer)11
- 4.4Writing Prompt: Module 430
- 4.5INSPIRATION: The 30% Margin That Saved a Book Deadline (And the One Without Margin That Didn’t)15
- 4.6Companion Blog: Build 30% Margin Into Every Project Design. Here’s Why (and the Math).10
- Module 5: The Pre-Draft Test Drive (Running the Design Before Committing)Week five is the test drive. Before you commit to drafting a fully designed project, you run a small test — a one-section pilot. The pilot reveals whether the design holds in practice or breaks on con6
- 5.1Module 5: Overview20
- 5.2Mindset Maven Test: What Pilot Length Fits YOUR Specific Project?2 Questions
- 5.3Meditation: The Pilot-Run Audio (Use Before the Pilot Session)12
- 5.4Writing Prompt: Module 530
- 5.5INSPIRATION: The Pilot Section That Made Me Throw Out a Six-Month Design15
- 5.6Companion Blog: Run a Pilot Section Before You Commit to Drafting a Project. Here’s How.10
- Module 6: The Lifetime Design Practice (Every New Project Gets a Pass)Final week. You'll compile your Personal Project Design Practice — a one-page reference holding YOUR honest-audit habit, YOUR finishable spec template, YOUR just-enough plotting threshold, YOUR margin6
- 6.1Module 6: Overview20
- 6.2Mindset Maven Test: What Will YOUR Design Practice Look Like in Five Years?2 Questions
- 6.3Meditation: Closing Audio: The New-Project Commitment Letter (Spoken Aloud)14
- 6.4Writing Prompt: Module 630
- 6.5INSPIRATION: Twelve Years of Design Practice (And the Projects It Made Finishable)15
- 6.6Companion Blog: Every New Project Gets a Design Pass. Here’s What That Looks Like.10