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Drafts, edits, rewrites. For when the words exist but refuse to line up.

• life Draft a Complaint Letter That Gets a Resolution

  Draft a complaint letter that states what you want and what happens next rather than just expressing frustration.

• life Write a Bedtime Story for Your Child in Five Minutes

  Write a personalised bedtime story in under five minutes.

• self Write a Letter to Your Future Self That Is Worth Opening

  Write a letter to your future self that you will actually want to open.

• life Write a Complaint That Gets a Result

  Write a complaint that cites the relevant right and gets the result rather than an apology.

• creative Write a Scene Using Only Dialogue

  Write a scene entirely in dialogue to test whether the characters have real voices.

• creative Write a Scene You Have Been Avoiding

  Write the scene you have been avoiding by starting it somewhere other than the beginning.

• life Write a Eulogy That Sounds Like the Person Being Remembered

  Write a eulogy that sounds like the person, not the template.

• creative Build a Character Who Feels Like a Real Person

  Build a character with an inner logic rather than a list of traits.

• learn Write an Essay Introduction That Gets the Argument Right

  Write an essay introduction that states the argument clearly rather than describing what is coming.

• self Write a Personal Mission Statement That Is Not Embarrassing

  Write a personal mission statement that is specific enough to actually use as a decision filter.

• creative Write a Villain Who Is Wrong for Interesting Reasons

  Build a villain whose logic holds together rather than one who is just wrong.

• life Write a Complaint Letter That Gets a Response

  Write a complaint letter that stays calm and gets taken seriously.

• work Translate Internal Business Jargon for an External Audience

  Rewrite internal business language into plain English that an external audience will actually understand.

• creative Translate Dense Academic Writing into Plain English for a General Audience

  Translate academic or technical writing into plain English without losing the substance.

• creative Translate a Painting or Image into Words That Capture What It Does

  Find the words for what an image does, not just what it depicts.

• creative Translate a Finished Creative Piece into a Different Medium

  Understand your creative work better by thinking through what it would lose and gain in another form.

• creative Translate Dense Technical Writing into Plain Language

  Translate dense technical or jargon-heavy writing into plain English without losing what matters.

• creative Generate Ideas for a Personal Creative Project You Have Been Putting Off

  Generate five creative project ideas you will actually start given the time and interest you have.

• creative Critique a Creative Brief for Vagueness Before You Start the Work

  Find the vague instructions in a creative brief before the work starts and someone else finds them first.

• creative Summarise the Central Argument of a Long Essay You Have Written

  Find out what your essay is actually arguing once it is written rather than what you intended.

• creative Translate Your Creative Vision into a Brief Someone Else Can Execute

  Turn your vague creative idea into a brief that gets you what you actually want.

• creative Critique a Piece of Writing for Clarity Before You Send It

  Find the three places in your writing that are making the reader work hardest before you send it.

• creative Generate a Scene in a Genre You Have Never Written In Before

  Get a working first draft of a scene in a genre you have never written in before.

• work Critique a Workplace Communication That Did Not Land

  Find out exactly why your workplace message or presentation did not achieve what you intended.

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