For the first few minutes, the writing is
scattered with everything your mind was holding. Then your attention lands somewhere deeper than where you started. Your breathing changes, and what comes forward is
more alive than what you can produce by thinking harder.
There's a practice underneath this, and it's not just for writers.
Three ways in
Courses & Daily Practice
An embodied writing practice that settles the nervous
system and stirs up new ideas. It changes what you're able
to produce and how it feels to produce it.
Start
with the free five-day sequence, or go deeper with the
guided course.
Coaching
One-on-one guidance for people who want to develop their practice or go deeper with a writing project.
See how we collaborateWorkshops & Events
The practice magnifies when people experience it together. It raises what's possible for everyone. I facilitate workshops for teams, organizations, and retreat settings.
Get in touch"My novel was literally transformed in a day. I expected the block I had been feeling to go away, but I didn't expect the floodgates of creativity to open as they did."
Jennifer Sage
Most people trying to think clearly are fighting their own nervous system. Instead, rest your awareness on the rhythm and forward flow of writing. The noise fades because it isn't interesting anymore. And what's left is steady enough to pull your best ideas from.
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A weekly letter about the practice of making meaningful work in a commodified age. Essays on freewriting, attention, and the virtues of anti-optimization.
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YouTube
Daily freewriting on a manual typewriter, filmed in real time. Think of it as ambient writing to put on while you do your own work, or something to read closely and see how a practice unfolds.
Watch on YouTube"Stephen has a unique capacity for listening that allows him to understand the feeling that I'm struggling to communicate, and sometimes blindly seeking, in my writing."
Shawn N.
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TMMW
To Map, Must Walk.
The map is the finished work. It emerges after you've walked the territory. And while a GPS route demands specific turns, a compass lets you wander while still knowing north. To make the map, you have to walk first.