Essential Information

Instructor & Support

• Instructor: Lani Diane Rich — lani@lanidianerich.com
• Workshop Coordinator (tech/admin): Crystal Williams — crystalswilliams02@gmail.com

Where Everything Lives

• YOWM site: Home base for lectures and materials
• YouTube Playlist: A link to a private YouTube playlist where you’ll find the weekly recorded lectures, and the audio and video recordings of each live session
• Discord: Daily communication, community, and session recordings
• Google Calendar: All dates and links
• Zoom: Where the live sessions happen
• How Story Works: Get your free digital copy

When We Meet

• Live sessions: Saturdays, 1–2 p.m. Mountain Time
• Sessions happen only during active modules
• Exact dates are listed below and in the Google Calendar

How the Class Works

Weekly Flow

• Sunday:
  • The week’s lecture is posted on Substack (audio format, with linked transcript) the Sunday before the live session.
  • Review before the live session.
• The following Saturday:
  • Live session on Zoom (discussion, or co-writing during Drafting).

Live Sessions

• Discussion-based, not lectures
• Space for questions, conversation, and community
• Links to recordings are posted in Discord after sessions
  • Recordings should be downloaded from Dropbox, not streamed

Live Sessions during Drafting

• Weekly Pomodoro-style co-writing
• 25 minutes writing / 5 minutes break
• Mostly silent, focused work
• Attendance encouraged but not required
• Drafting sessions are mostly silence, and as such will not be recorded

Workshop Mission

This workshop focuses on:

• Creative peace over pressure
• Craft as support, not rules
• Strengths-based development
• Finishing a draft in community

Confidentiality & Intellectual Property

• All work shared remains the sole property of its creator
• Do not share others’ ideas or story material outside the workshop
• Participation indicates agreement to these terms

2027 Schedule Overview

Mindset (4 weeks)

March 13 – April 3

• 3.07 — Why Mindset Matters Lecture
• 3.13 — Why Mindset Matters Live Session
• 3.14 — Facing Fears Lecture
• 3.20 — Facing Fears Live Session
• 3.21 — The Energy Audit Lecture
• 3.27 — The Energy Audit Live Session
• 3.28 — Unlearning Destructive Beliefs Lecture
• 4.03 — Unlearning Destructive Beliefs Live Session

Discovery (6 weeks)

April 24 – May 29

• 4.18 — Intro to Discovery Lecture
• 4.24 — Intro to Discovery Live Session
• 4.25 — Discovering Your Bespoke Process Lecture
• 5.01 — Discovering Your Bespoke Process Live Session + Commitment Ceremony
• 5.02 — Discovery Writing Lecture
• 5.08 — Discovery Writing Live Session
• 5.09 — Working with Soundtracks Lecture
• 5.15 — Working with Soundtracks Live Session
• 5.16 — Collage Lecture
• 5.22 — Collage Live Session
• 5.23 — Preparing for Drafting Lecture
• 5.29 — Preparing for Drafting Live Session

Drafting (12 weeks)

June 19 – September 4

• Weekly Pomodoro co-writing sessions
• Goal draft completion date: 9.04
• Finishing early or continuing past this date is fine

Craft + Revision (6 weeks)

September 25 – October 30

• 9.19 — Conflict Lecture
• 9.25 — Conflict Live Session
• 9.26 — Structure + Pacing Lecture
• 10.02 — Structure + Pacing Live Session
• 10.03 — Character Lecture
• 10.09 — Character Live Session
• 10.10 — Practice Revision Lecture
• 10.16 — Practice Revision Live Session
• 10.17 — Feedback Workshop Lecture
• 10.23 — Feedback Workshop Live Session
• 10.24 — Diving into Revision Lecture
• 10.30 — Diving into Revision Live Session

The Next Chapter (4 weeks)

November 20 – December 11

• 11.14 — WYFP Scene: Feedback Responses Lecture
• 11.20 — WYFP Scene: Feedback Responses Live Session
• 11.21 — Opening Scene: Feedback Responses Lecture
• 11.27 — Opening Scene: Feedback Responses Live Session
• 11.28 — Traditional Publishing Lecture
• 12.04 — Traditional Publishing Live Session
• 12.05 — Independent Publishing Lecture
• 12.11 — Independent Publishing Live Session + End of Year Celebration

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