Let's be honest:
The hardest part of writing isn’t the writing
It’s the part where your brain whispers:
'I should be further along.'
'Everyone else is doing better than me.'
‘If I stop now, at least I won’t fail later.’
This course won't write your book for you
But it will help you keep going
The Inner Game of Writing is for you if…
✅ You want your inner voice to feel like a teammate, not a judge
✅ You want writing to feel meaningful, not like a test you have to pass
✅ You want to feel like you belong in the creative world—not stuck outside it
✅ You’ve got the talent and you know you can do it, but sometimes you wobble
✅ You’re ready to build a writing life that feels sustainable, not just impressive
Curriculum
- Introduction (7:15)
- You Have No Control Over Whether People Like Your Work (Stoicism) (7:30)
- Stop Assuming Every Setback Is a Cosmic Sign to Quit (Neutral Thinking) (6:27)
- How Do You *Know* If It's Ever Going to Happen? (7:34)
- The Easiest Way to Instil Self-Belief (Without Lying to Yourself) (6:11)
- Affirmations and Brain Filtering – Is it Magic? (9:14)
- How to Shift From Discouragement to Momentum (Focus Wheels) (6:16)
- Resources and worksheets
- Introduction
- #1: Rejection means I must not be good enough (4:00)
- #2: I can't call myself a writer until I'm published (6:03)
- #3 Everyone else is doing better than me (4:05)
- #4: What if everyone hates my work? (6:23)
- #5: Debut author story - This is my one and only shot (5:26)
- #6: Debut author story -- I thought I would feel like a success once I got published but I kind of don't (7:12)
- You're closer than you thiink (5:13)
- Cheatsheet and worksheets
Imagine this...
✨ You sit down to write—and it feels doable, maybe even good
✨ You get rejected—and don’t spiral
✨ You learn how to back yourself—quietly, consistently
✨ You keep going—not because it’s easy, but because it matters
✨ You don’t have to convince yourself—you just start to believe
What's inside
🧠 12 short video lessons (5–10 mins) that pack a PUNCH
🔍 Stoicism, neutral thinking, affirmations, rejection reframes plus in-depth breakdowns of the stories writers tell themselves like
📓 Slides + word-for-word transcripts
🙌 Optional coaching and feedback tiers
📝 Bonus worksheets
🎧 Lifetime access, so you to return any time your brain melts
Cost: $97 AUD
Part of making writing easier
involves making quitting harder
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Your coach and mentor
Hi! I'm Katherine Collette. I'm the author of The Helpline (published in North America, the UK, Italy, Germany, ANZ), The Competition and the children’s series The Too Tall Tales of Alma T Best, which I also illustrated (cartoons).
I've interviewed many many many best selling, award winning writers and authors both IRL and when I co-hosted The First Time podcast.
Now I also coach writers and authors. I help people wanting to be published and who who are published know what to do to give themselves and their work the best possible chance of success.