Heyo — it’s Michael here from the Writing to (L)Earn team.
Our first workshop is officially in the books. Seeing close to thirty of your friendly faces on Friday lit me up, and I can’t thank you enough for all the love.
Throughout 2025, we will be hosting a workshop for our paid subscribers on the second Friday of each month. In addition, we will also be having a monthly Q&A/hangouts.
If you find value in the workshop and aren’t yet a paid subscriber, you can upgrade below.
Our introductory rate of $12/month or $120/year will increase to $15/mo and $150/year on January 1st.
So if you’re thinking of subscribing or considering becoming a Founding Member by making a one-time payment of $240 for lifetime access to our library, now’s the time to make the investment in your writing.
Key Workshop Timestamps
0:00 — Welcoming and a breakdown of the types of upcoming workshops we will be hosting
4:00 — The power of immediately pulling readers into our world
9:00 — Hook readers by dropping them into the middle of an engaging conversation (examples along with the psychology of why it works)
13:30 — The critical roles that transportation and identification play in creating sticky stories.
16:30 — Hook readers by kicking off your stories with introspection (examples along with the psychology of why it works)
21:20 — The value of taking a walk down memory lane and a thought exercise to uncover personal stories that maybe you’ve forgotten about.
26:00 — Hook readers by dropping them into the middle of the action (examples along with the psychology of why it works)
30:20 — A simple way to set the context before diving into the action (if your story demands it)
34:00 — Ripping apart an introduction I’d written when I began writing while thinking of ways I could have started with either conversation, introspection, and action.
48:28 — The beauty of Andy Weir’s first few lines in his book The Martian and the power of giving readers a glimpse of your unique personality early on in your stories.
56:00 — Digging into an introduction from
, one of our Founding Members, to find the best possible sentences to start with.Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trial
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