Curriculum
- 6 Sections
- 24 Lessons
- Lifetime
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- Module 1: The Voice Signature (Four Elements + One Wildcard)Week one is the framework. Every character's dialogue voice has a SIGNATURE — vocabulary set (the words she reaches for), rhythm pattern (her sentence music), omissions (what she won't say), focus (wh6
- 1.1Module 1: Overview20
- 1.2Mindset Maven Test: Which Voice Element Will YOU Most Need to Pre-Build?2 Questions
- 1.3Meditation: Building the First Signature (a Slow Audio)11
- 1.4Writing Prompt: Module 130
- 1.5INSPIRATION: The Voice Signature I Built In 2018 (Still Referenced In 2024)15
- 1.6Companion Blog: Build a Voice Signature for Every Major Character. Reference It Every Time You Draft Her.10
- Module 2: Vocabulary Sets (the Most Visible Layer)Week two installs vocabulary sets — the specific word choices each character reaches for and avoids. The most visible layer of voice and the one most often badly done (writers grab synonyms; character6
- 2.1Module 2: Overview20
- 2.2Mindset Maven Test: Whose Vocabulary Set Is YOUR Default (Yours)?2 Questions
- 2.3Meditation: The Vocabulary Excavation Audio (Use Per Character)10
- 2.4Writing Prompt: Module 230
- 2.5INSPIRATION: The Three Characters Who Were All Speaking In My Voice For Two Drafts15
- 2.6Companion Blog: Your Characters Are Probably Speaking In Your Vocabulary. Here’s How to Fix That.10
- Module 3: Rhythm Patterns (the Music of Each Character)Week three installs rhythm patterns — the sentence music each character speaks in. Long flowing sentences vs. clipped fragments. Stress patterns. Paragraph structure when they speak at length. We cove6
- 3.1Module 3: Overview20
- 3.2Mindset Maven Test: What’s YOUR Default Dialogue Rhythm (and Why Are All Your Characters Using It)?2 Questions
- 3.3Meditation: The Rhythm Listening Audio (Per Character)10
- 3.4Writing Prompt: Module 330
- 3.5INSPIRATION: The Two Characters Whose Rhythms Were Identical For Three Drafts15
- 3.6Companion Blog: Every Character Has a Rhythm Signature. Build It. Read It. Reference It.10
- Module 4: Age and Region Without Cliche (the Hardest Voice Work)Week four covers the hardest voice work — writing AGE and REGION without falling into cliche. Age cliches: teenagers say 'like,' old people complain about the youth, etc. Region cliches: phonetic acce6
- 4.1Module 4: Overview20
- 4.2Mindset Maven Test: Which Cliche Will YOU Most Reach For?2 Questions
- 4.3Meditation: Listening Past Cliche (a Specific Audio)11
- 4.4Writing Prompt: Module 430
- 4.5INSPIRATION: The 19-Year-Old I Wrote Without ‘Like’ or ‘You Know’15
- 4.6Companion Blog: Write Age and Region Without Cliche. Here Are the Specific Moves.10
- Module 5: Voice Under Pressure (How Voice Shifts Under Stress)Week five covers voice-under-pressure. Characters don't keep the same voice under stress — they tighten, fragment, escalate, or collapse. The shifts are specific per character. We cover the install mo6
- 5.1Module 5: Overview20
- 5.2Mindset Maven Test: What’s YOUR Protagonist’s Specific Pressure-Voice Variant?2 Questions
- 5.3Meditation: The Voice-Under-Pressure Audio12
- 5.4Writing Prompt: Module 530
- 5.5INSPIRATION: The Scene Where the Character Fragmented Under Pressure (and Still Sounded Like Herself)15
- 5.6Companion Blog: Voice Shifts Under Pressure. Design the Shift Before You Write It.10
- Module 6: The Voice Library (the Capstone Living Document)Final week. You'll compile your Voice Library — a living document holding every character signature, vocabulary set, rhythm pattern, omission map, focus map, age/region marker, pressure variant. The L6
- 6.1Module 6: Overview20
- 6.2Mindset Maven Test: What Should YOUR Voice Library Track That You Haven’t Mentioned?2 Questions
- 6.3Meditation: Closing Audio: The Voice Library Established14
- 6.4Writing Prompt: Module 630
- 6.5INSPIRATION: Twelve Years of the Voice Library (and the Ensemble That Compounded)15
- 6.6Companion Blog: Build a Voice Library. Add to It Every Year. Reference It Forever.10
Mindset Maven Test: Which Voice Element Will YOU Most Need to Pre-Build?
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