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100+ Courses Built Around the
25 Writing Problems
Keeping You Stuck

Quick Fixes at $27. 5-Day Challenges at $67. Full Master Courses at $297. Live Coaching at $697. 12 signature Master Courses. 6 free eCourses. One mission: get you unstuck and keep you moving. Find your problem. Pick your level. Let's go.

100+Courses & Workshops
$FREE–$697Price Range
25Writing Problems Solved
30Creative Types Served
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Quick Fix Courses · $27 Each · 60–90 Minutes

One Problem. One Session. One Less Excuse.

Ninety minutes and $27 stands between you and the creative block that's been living in your head rent-free. Gerald is not going to like this section.

$27
Mindset — Impostor Syndrome
Shut Up, Inner Critic Mini

A tight 90-minute intervention for when your brain is being your worst creative enemy. We identify Gerald, name his tactics, and shut him up. (At least for today.)

60–90 minSelf-PacedBeginner
$27
Mindset — Perfectionism Paralysis
Done Is Better Than Perfect: The Emergency Kit

For the creative who has been "almost done" for six months. This session ends the perfectionism loop and gets you pressing publish today.

90 minSelf-PacedAll Levels
$27
Mindset — Procrastination
Stop Scrolling, Start Writing

A no-nonsense session for the chronic tab-switcher who accidentally researched 47 unrelated things instead of writing. Sound familiar? Yeah. This one's for you.

60 minSelf-PacedBeginner
$27
Ideas — Writer's Block
Blank Page Emergency Kit

The fastest cure for a blank page known to humankind. Open this. Do the exercise. Write something. Sixty minutes later, you'll wonder what the fuss was about.

60 minSelf-PacedAll Levels
$27
Ideas — Too Many Ideas, No Focus
The Idea Triage: Pick ONE and Commit

For the creative with 47 half-started projects and zero finished ones. In 90 minutes we cut through the shiny object syndrome and pick the idea worth pursuing.

90 minSelf-PacedAll Levels
$27
Drafting — The Saggy Middle
Saggy Middle Survival Guide

Act Two is where drafts go to die. This 90-minute rescue mission pulls your story out of the swamp, re-energizes the momentum, and gets you to the end.

90 minAll Levels
$27
Drafting — Can't Finish a Draft
First Draft Finisher: The 90-Minute Push

You've started 12 drafts. Finished zero. This is the session that changes that statistic — starting with understanding why you keep stopping, then building the bridge to done.

90 minAll Levels
$27
Drafting — No Routine
Your Writing Routine in 60 Minutes

Build a writing routine that actually sticks in one session. No 5 AM wake-ups required. No judgment about your schedule. Just a system that fits your real life.

60 minBeginner
$27
Craft — Flat Characters
Character CPR: Resuscitating Flat People

Your characters have a pulse problem. This 90-minute session injects personality, motivation, and contradiction into your cast until readers actually care what happens to them.

90 minIntermediate
$27
Craft — Weak Opening Hook
Hook, Line & Read Me: Nail Your First Page

If readers aren't hooked by page one, you don't have a second chance. This session rewires your opening scene to stop people from putting it down.

60 minIntermediate
$27
Revision — Is My Draft Done?
The Draft Done Checklist

The answer to "is it done yet?" in 60 minutes. Run your draft through this structured assessment and walk out knowing exactly what needs work — and what doesn't.

60 minAll Levels
$27
Revision — Feedback Paralysis
Taking Notes Without Losing Your Mind

How to receive critique without crying, quitting, or ghosting your writing group. A practical session on filtering feedback and using it without losing your voice.

60 minAll Levels
$27
Revision — Killing Your Darlings
Cut It Out: The Editing Decisions Session

For the writer who can't delete anything because what if it's actually good. This session builds the emotional muscle to cut what's not working — without grief spiraling.

90 minIntermediate
$27
Genre — Convention vs. Subversion
Rules & How to Break Them: Genre Gymnastics

A 90-minute deep dive on knowing the genre rules well enough to know which ones are load-bearing and which ones are just... opinions in a trench coat.

90 minIntermediate
$27
Genre — Finding Your Unique Voice
Voice Fingerprint: Sound Like Nobody But You

Your voice is the only thing in writing that can't be replicated. This session helps you identify it, amplify it, and stop accidentally writing like everyone else.

90 minAll Levels
$27
Business — Query Letters
Query Letter That Doesn't Get Deleted

Literary agents delete 95% of queries before the end of paragraph one. This session makes sure yours is in the 5%. Practical, brutally honest, and worth every penny of $27.

60 minAdvanced
$27
Business — Author Platform
Platform From Zero: The 90-Minute Start

You don't need 10,000 followers to have a platform. You need the right 1,000 who actually want to read you. Here's how to start building that — starting right now.

90 minBeginner
$27
Business — Synopsis
Synopsis Without Sobbing

Writing a synopsis of your 80,000-word novel in two pages is an act of creative violence. This session walks you through it step by step without a single breakdown. Probably.

60 minAdvanced

The Master Course Collection:
12 Courses. Decades of Wisdom. Zero Shortcuts.

These are the flagship courses. The ones L.A. built from 25 years of coaching. Each one goes deeper, stays longer, and changes more than a quick fix ever could. If you're serious about finishing what you start — start here.

CORE 01
🧠
Shut Up, Inner Critic
Mindset & Internal Struggles

The course that started it all. Four weeks of deep mindset work to silence the inner critic, obliterate impostor syndrome, and rebuild your creative identity from the inside out.

4 Weeks72+ ElementsAll LevelsSelf-Paced
CORE 02
💡
Brain Buffet
Idea Generation & Pre-Writing

For the creative whose idea well has run dry — or who has so many ideas they can't commit to one. A full creative reboot packed with tools, techniques, and permission to play.

4 Weeks72+ ElementsAll LevelsSelf-Paced
CORE 03
✍️
Vomit Draft Vogue
Drafting & The Writing Process

Six weeks of intentionally writing badly — and loving every second of it. The revolutionary drafting method that has helped thousands of creatives finally finish their first draft.

6 Weeks72+ ElementsAll LevelsSelf-Paced
CORE 04
🏗️
Plot Whisperer
Craft, Plot & Structure

Structure is the skeleton your story walks on. Six weeks of learning how to build plots that hold, characters that breathe, and scenes that earn their place on the page.

6 Weeks72+ ElementsIntermediateSelf-Paced
CORE 05
🔴
Red Pen Redemption
Revision & Editing

Revision is where good writing becomes great writing — but only if you know what to look for. Four weeks of learning to edit your own work without losing your voice or your mind.

4 Weeks72+ ElementsIntermediateSelf-Paced
CORE 06
💰
From Manuscript to Money Moves
The Business of Writing

The business course every creative needs but no one teaches. Six weeks on publishing paths, platform building, marketing without feeling gross, and turning your writing into actual income.

6 Weeks72+ ElementsAdvancedSelf-Paced
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