The Structure Catalyst Is Here! 🌇
A brand new 6-week course for writers in search of structural succor ⋆
Dear fellow writer,
This one’s been floating around in my head for a long time — but at last, my long-anticipated Structure Catalyst has found its way down to earth.
This action-packed course will run from May 17 - June 26, 2025 and includes an all-access pass to my Live Writing Studio, which meets twice weekly through the duration of the Catalyst to accommodate writers in any time zone. Across six weeks of writing workshops, experiments, and prompts, I’ll introduce you to strategies and techniques for mastering six key elements of structural design in your writing:
Week 1: Containers (ideas)
Explore how powerful container concepts can help you organize ideas and establish boundaries.Week 2: Fractals (arguments)
Discover how patterns of recursive organization can strengthen your arguments at every level.Week 3: Blueprints (outlines)
Master outlining as a dynamic process that accommodates both planning and discovery.Week 4: Buildings (texts)
Construct sentences, paragraphs, and sections with strong foundations and sturdy walls.Week 5: Landscapes (parataxis)
Design titles, headings, visual elements, and other paratextual features to orient and engage.Week 6: Journeys (readers)
Enhance your readers’ experience by creating meaningful pathways through your structural designs.
Whether you're drafting a research paper, planning a book, or organizing ideas and arguments for any other purpose, the Structure Catalyst will teach you how to design with precision, build with confidence, and structure with pleasure — a powerful combination.
Like my other popular Writing Catalysts, the Structure Catalyst is both meticulously structured (of course!) and delightfully flexible. Each Catalyst course runs just once a year; however, the online resources will remain available to you for the lifetime of the course (in other words, years!), so you can make your way through the materials at your own pace and revisit them again and again. Many of our alumni return year after year to redo their favorite Catalyst courses with the latest cohort.
Not sure whether the Structure Catalyst is right for you? Contact me to request a free 15-minute Zoom consultation.
I’d love to see you there!
Writing with Confidence
Speaking of confidently structured texts, don’t miss my upcoming WriteSPACE Special Event on April 22 with Lois van Waardenberg, the indomitable author of Confidence Constellations: Insights and Actions for Changing Humans. We’ll discuss how Lois’ extensive experience of guiding organizations and individuals through transitions and change (and of navigating personal and physical challenges in her own life) empowered her to take on the ambitious project of writing her first book, which went on to win the 2024 Firebird Book Award in the Personal Growth category — an inspiring example of confidence and courage rewarded. Learn more and register here.
Writing in the Dark
In case you missed my Special Event last month with the brilliant writer and teacher-of-writers
, a video of our full 2-hour conversation and workshop is now available in the members-only WriteSPACE or WS Studio Library. For a lively written account of this unforgettable event, check out our Event Manager Amy Lewis’ delightful blog post.
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Kia pai tō koutou rā (have a great day) — and keep on writing!
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