Remember that kid who dreamed of being a writer? She’s still here. Join me for Lunch with the Writer You Used to Be—a two-hour writing workshop + lunch in Midtown Manhattan. You’ll leave with a clear plan, real momentum, and new creative connections.
Yes, she’s a business leader. Yes, she’s a bad ass. And yes, she wrote a sexy, fun musical called Absolute Zero, which I saw a preview of last night at Below 54.
This is the kind of range I’m going for! Actually starting my stand-up comedy class tonight…
Dorie Clark has given me many of lessons on her LinkedIn Learning classes and in her articles for Harvard Business Review, and last night she gave me a lesson in creative freedom.
Enrollment closes Friday at 3 p.m. 2 seats left in The Finishing School for Writers.
This small group offers structure, accountability, and a community of writers who understand what it feels like to want this badly and finally do something about it.
It's a 6-month program where you’re never more than 24 hours from your writing community. We remind each other that this path is hard for everyone. We celebrate the wins. We hold each other through the setbacks.
Rejection makes our brains panic. They have As Alice Draper (host of My Rejection Story) told us: "Our survival, historically, has depended on being accepted by our tribe. So we don't want to be rejected because that part of our brain thinks the risk is just as high to send a pitch and get rejected
The Finishing School for Writers is open this week, and I'm accepting 5 students at the level that includes the kind of 1-on-1 coaching that got Cass to where she is today.
The biggest shift, she says, was learning to blend her academic knowledge with the emotions of storytelling.
No matter what kind of writing you've been doing — academic, corporate, scientific — you can still find the beating heart of creative writing within you.
If you're done being disappointed in yourself, check out The Finishing School for Writers. We've just opened free consults on the next cohort, and doors close next Wednesday. We only have 8 spots left.
"I am now two-thirds of the way through my book proposal, which is amazing," she says. "That's the goal I set for myself for this year. And I can't believe that I'm actually going to do it. I'm actually going to hit it."
She's won an Emmy, but she couldn't get her book out of her head... for seven years.
Then @ryanecunningham joined The Finishing School for Writers. She started showing up to our daily writing sessions, getting in community, and making plans in our goal-setting meetings.
💡 Tomorrow, I’m opening a limited number of free consult spots for the next round. If you’ve been circling the dream of finishing your essays, book, or memoir, this is your chance to talk with me one-on-one about your writing life and see whether the program is right for you.
