Curriculum
- 4 Sections
- 16 Lessons
- Lifetime
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- Module 1: Specifying the Worst (Naming the Bad Outcome You've Been Carrying)Week one is the specification. Most writers carry a vague 'this could go badly' that gets bigger when ignored. We're going to make it specific. This week you'll articulate the five most-likely bad out6
- 1.1Module 1: Overview20
- 1.2Mindset Maven Test: What Bad Outcome Has YOUR Brain Been Building Without Permission?4 Questions
- 1.3Meditation: The Naming Audio (Slow, Quiet, No Reassurance)9
- 1.4Writing Prompt: Module 130
- 1.5INSPIRATION: The Five Catastrophic Outcomes I Was Carrying Without Naming Them15
- 1.6Companion Blog: Your Fear Is Vague Because You Haven’t Named It Yet. Here’s How.10
- Module 2: The Pre-Mortem Process (Imagining Backwards From the Bad Outcome)Week two installs the pre-mortem. The technique: imagine your project six months in the future and one specific bad outcome has happened. Now look BACKWARD from there. What decisions led to it? Which6
- 2.1Module 2: Overview20
- 2.2Mindset Maven Test: Which Pre-Mortem Style Fits YOUR Brain?3 Questions
- 2.3Meditation: The Pre-Mortem Audio (15 Minutes, Structured)15
- 2.4Writing Prompt: Module 230
- 2.5INSPIRATION: The Pre-Mortem That Saved a Book Launch (Forty-Eight Hours Before It Was Set to Implode)15
- 2.6Companion Blog: Run a Pre-Mortem on Your Next Big Submission / Launch / Pitch (Yes, Yourself)10
- Module 3: Writing the Contingencies (Each Bad Outcome Gets a Two-Page Plan)Week three is the contingency writing. Each named bad outcome gets a two-page contingency: what you'll do in the first 48 hours, what you'll do in the first week, what you'll do in the first month, wh6
- 3.1Module 3: Overview20
- 3.2Mindset Maven Test: What’s YOUR Contingency Writing Pattern? (Avoider, Over-Planner, Catastrophizer, Realist)3 Questions
- 3.3Meditation: The Contingency Drafting Audio (20 Minutes, Structured)20
- 3.4Writing Prompt: Module 330
- 3.5INSPIRATION: The Contingency Library I’ve Built Over Twelve Years (And Used Three Times)15
- 3.6Companion Blog: Write a Two-Page Contingency for Your Biggest Creative Fear. Just Two Pages.10
- Module 4: The Contingency Library and the Ongoing PracticeFinal week. You'll compile your Personal Contingency Library — a filed collection of pre-mortems and contingencies organized by project AND by recurring outcome type. The library is the deliverable. T6
- 4.1Module 4: Overview20
- 4.2Mindset Maven Test: What Bad Outcomes Recur Across YOUR Career? (Library-Level Patterns)4 Questions
- 4.3Meditation: Closing Audio: The Library Is the Practice12
- 4.4Writing Prompt: Module 430
- 4.5INSPIRATION: Twelve Years of Contingency Library: The Outcomes That Recurred, the Ones That Didn’t15
- 4.6Companion Blog: Build a Contingency Library. The Bad Outcomes You’ll Face Will Mostly Be Ones You’ve Already Planned For.10